Aims To investigate if current practices by nursing and medical staff in the dementia ward (New Craigs Psychiatric Hospital), acute unit geriatric (Raigmore General Hospital) followed local protocol for managing distress of non-pharmalogical approach rapid tranquilisation (RT) older adults (aged >65years). We believe split between general psychiatric hospitals different time pressures experi...

The convergent and discriminant validity of the Inpatient Multidimensional Psychiatric Scale (IMPS) for chronically institutionalized patients was assessed over three modes of assessment (interview ratings, ward ratings, and observed frequency of behavior), two settings (interview and ward), and two points in time. Sequential performance of raw-score intercorrelations, principal-components anal...

introduction & objective: substance abuse is believed to be one of the greatest social, economical ,and cultural problems all over the world and it is commonly observed among all social classes especially among mental disorder patients. substance abuse can influence on the receptive-mental states such as mood and on the external visible activities such as behaviors. the aim of this study is to ...

introduction many conditions can mimic psychiatric symptoms. amongst them, intracranial mass and space occupying lesions have a significant importance. aggression and hallucination are seen in association with a basal frontal lesion, and may mimic psychotic syndromes. case presentation a 37-year-old man with no previous mental illness presented with a month history of headache, blurred vision, ...

Even though neurofibromatosis ( NF) is not a rare neurological disorder, but there is few studies regarding  the relationship between  NF and psychological disorders. A 14 year old girl with NF type 1 associated  with multiple cerebral lesions was admitted in psychiatric ward due to restlessness , hypertalktiveness aggressive behavior, and flight of idea. Psychiatric diagnosis, based on DSM IV ...