Sindrom Rapunzel merupakan kondisi medis terdapatnya massa (gumpalan) rambut yang terperangkap di gaster atau sampai menuju usus halus. Gangguan psikiatri trikotilomania dan trikofagia menjadi faktor predisposisi gastric trichobezoar. Kondisi ini dominan ditemukan pada remaja perempuan. Manifestasi klinis biasanya non-spesifik berupa nyeri abdomen, mual, muntah. Endoskopi baku emas diagnosis. M...

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...

Academic Psychiatry has devoted the current issue to papers from various nations across the world. As we become more interconnected and interdependent, it is desirable for psychiatric educators to share innovative educational programming among international institutions. Beyond the value of learning novel approaches, appreciation of the practice of psychiatry in different nations enriches the c...

Examination of the corpus callosum provides a window to cortical brain change in brain disorders. Combining volumetric with microstructural analysis allows a greater understanding of the biology underpinning change, and examining callosal structure alongside the structure of the cortical regions it interconnects may allow us to understand the true significance of callosal change in psychiatric ...

This paper presents a person-centered perspective to child and adolescent psychiatric care first through an examination of the particular specificities of diagnosis in child and adolescent psychiatry and then through a review of the importance of empathy to approach subjectivity in clinical care. As such, this discussion highlights some key issues for person-centered care in psychiatry and medi...

A middleaged woman with a four year history of behavioural change including episodes of catatonia is described. Despite a persistently abnormal electroencephalogram, the patient was diagnosed repeatedly as suffering from a primary psychiatric disorder. Neurological examination and psychological testing suggested frontal lobe dysfunction, which was confirmed by the finding of isolated frontal lo...

A young man, 23 years old, with a clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), presented violent thoughts during a neurological consultation. He was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome based on a psychiatric and (neuro)psychological examination. Possible risk factors for acting-out and the implications for treatment, if CIS would evolve to MS, are discussed based on a review of the literature.

background: more psychiatric visits, especially non-emergency ones, to emergency departments (eds) of general hospitals have been observed in recent years. the aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of psychiatric visits to the ed of rasoul-e-akram hospital, tehran, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, during a two-month period, all psychiatric presentations and consult...