Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most frequent behavioral disorders diagnosed in childhood, causing damage to child's neurocognitive development.

Background and Objective: Given the growing rate of psychiatric disorders, especially in young populations, detailed data on frequency of these disorders for further national public health strategiesis of great importance.We aimed to survey the frequency of different psychiatric disorders among children and adolescents in Kohgiloyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. Materials and Methods: 1001 cases w...

BACKGROUND Smith-Magenis syndrome is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that includes intellectual deficiency, speech delay, behavioral disturbance and typical sleep disorders. Ninety percent of the cases are due to a 17p11.2 deletion encompassing the RAI1 gene; other cases are linked to mutations of the same gene. Behavioral disorders often include outbursts, attention deficit/hyperactivity...

abstractparkinson’s disease (pd) is a neuropathological and debilitating disorder involving the degeneration of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. neuroprotective effect of hesperetin has already been reported, therefore, this study examined whether the administration of this flavonoid would attenuate behavioral abnormalities in an experimental model of pd in rat. for this purpose, unilateral ...

Backgroud: Anxiety disorders are characterized by excessive emotional responses that generate major disturbances, causing cognitive and behavioral changes triggering somatic manifestations. Therapeutic interventions show relevance significant results for the treatment of anxiety. Aim: To identify therapeutic used in anxiety disorders. Method: A search publications indexed three electronic datab...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to identify mental, behavioral, and cognitive disorders that may be triggered or exacerbated during heat waves, predisposing individuals to heat-related morbidity and mortality. DESIGN Using health outcome data from Adelaide, South Australia, for 1993-2006, we estimated the effect of heat waves on hospital admissions and mortalities attributed to mental, b...

OBJECTIVE Disorders of executive functions are among the most frequent cognitive deficits, but they remain poorly defined and are subject to heterogeneous assessment. To address this major issue, the Groupe de Réflexion sur l'Evaluation des Fonctions Exécutives (GREFEX) group has proposed criteria for behavioral and cognitive dysexecutive syndromes and has designed a battery including a specifi...

OBJECTIVES To develop a cognitive behavioral intervention for adolescents with bipolar disorders, test its feasibility and preliminary efficacy. METHODS Based on existing research, a manualized, individually delivered cognitive behavioral intervention was developed and tested with adolescents with bipolar disorders as an adjunct to pharmacological treatment. Using existing data, baseline char...