background: mental disorders such as depression, anxiety and dementia are common in elderly. however, physical activity is suggested to be effective in preventing such aging-related disorders. the aim of this study was to investigate the role of physical activity on mental health in later life. methods: four hundred elderly people were randomly divided into the intervention and control groups. ...

Survivors of torture and refugee trauma often have increased needs for mental and physical healthcare. This is due in part to the complex sequelae of trauma, including chronic pain, major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and somatization. This article reviews the scientific medical literature for the efficacy and feasibility of some complementary and alternative medicin...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the psychological aftermath of an air show disaster using prospectively obtained epidemiologic data. METHOD Participants in a recently completed epidemiologic mental health survey in Lviv (disaster site) and controls from western Ukraine were interviewed shortly before and 6 months after a gruesome air show disaster. RESULTS The Lviv group reported more psychopathol...

Childhood abuse and neglect is a serious problem in the United States; each year, over three million children are reported abused and/or neglected. One million of these reports are substantiated; however, more than half of the confirmed cases are closed on the day of substantiation. Research has shown that a range of psychiatric symptoms and disorders in childand adulthood are associated with e...

S omatoform disorders comprise a group of psychiatric illnesses in which patients report physical symptoms that cannot be fully accounted for by a known medical condition. In children and adolescents somatization can result in significant disability and functional impairment including poor academic performance and serious emotional and behavioural psychopathology (Campo et al., 1999). Somatizat...

The aim of this paper was to explain the idea of cardiac syndrome X, particularly the association between emotional disturbances, somatoform disorder and syndrome X. Cardiac syndrome X is defined by the presence of angina-like chest pain, a positive response to stress testing and angiographically normal coronary arteriogram. It has been shown to occur in approximately 20 - 30 percent of angina ...

We sought to ascertain the importance of psychological manifestations of vertigo and psychogenic vertigo among a Portuguese population. Sixty patients complaining of vertigo and imbalance were studied over a 2-year period. At each assessment, the patients underwent a general examination, a neurootological evaluation, psychiatric interviews, and psychopathological assessments conducted by a mult...