INTRODUCTION Studies have shown varying prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders in patients with terminal illness. On average it is expected that between 33 and 50% of this population will require psychological support. Despite this, up to 50% of psychiatric disorders remain unrecognized by medical and nursing personnel. The objectives of this study were to assess clinically the prevalence of...

The American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) 2013 publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), marks the first substantial revision of the psychiatric diagnostic classification system since the publication of DSM-III in 1980. In recent decades, significant advances in behavioral science, neuropsychiatry, molecular genetics, neuroimaging, and o...

BACKGROUND Five percent of children and adolescents consults in mental health services in one year. Approximately one every ten children has a mental health problem. AIM To assess clinical and demographic factors of children and adolescents hospitalized by psychiatric cause in a university psychiatric clinic. PATIENTS AND METHODS Review of medical records of 167 subjects aged 9 to 17 years,...

Manualized treatments have become popular, despite concern about their use when comorbid diagnoses are present. In this report, the efficacy of manualized posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment was examined in the presence of chronic pain. Additionally, the effect of PTSD treatment on chronic pain and additional psychiatric diagnoses was explored. Six female patients with both PTSD and ...

OBJECTIVE We set out to examine the relationship between unintentional injury and common child psychiatric disorders, including both internalizing and externalizing diagnoses. METHODS The 1999 British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey provided a nationally representative sample of over 10,000 children aged 5-15 years. Measures included assessment of diagnoses of psychiatric disorder f...

Background. Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), and hospitalization for delirium, depression, psychosis, and anxiety is sometimes required. A minimal amount of data exists on these patients. Methods. Charts of all patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital between 2006 and 2009 with a diagnosis of PD were reviewed. Forty-three met entry criteria and wer...

UNLABELLED This study aimed to characterize mental patients and their companions at three psychiatric services; to identify diseases, diagnoses and treatments; to learn about their expectations and opinions about mental illness and psychiatric care. METHODOLOGY Patients with mental disorders and their companions (750) at three care services (Emergency Unit, Psychosocial Care Center and Mental...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether psychiatric illness is a risk factor for subsequent traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS Case control study in a large staff model health maintenance organisation in western Washington State. Patients with TBI, determined by International classification of diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnoses, were 1440 health plan members who had ...

The rate of psychiatric morbidity and its sociodemographic correlates was estimated in 2000 women attending 3 primary care centres in Irbid, Jordan. Women completed standardized diagnostic tools that yielded psychiatric diagnoses, a stress scale and sociodemographic details. The rate of psychiatric morbidity was 26.3% and psychological distress 39.0%. A significant association was found between...

The impact of introducing a divisional psychiatric service based in the community in Nottingham in 1981 on adult psychiatric admissions (patients aged 15-65) was examined with data from the Nottingham case register. During 1980-5 the number of psychiatric admissions fell significantly (4.5% a year) compared with the national figures (0.46% a year). Admissions were reduced most for the diagnoses...