objectives: according to growing of aged population in iran and also high prevalence of psychiatric disorders in this group, assessment of demographical and epidemiological studies of psychiatric disorders in subjects 59 years or older in ekbatan district of tehran was the aim ofthis study. methods & materials: the subjects were chosen randomly from 1422 subjects 59 years or older, who were liv...

conclusions the research revealed that nonsmokers showed better mental health and dyadic adjustment than smokers, thus suggesting that smoking endangers and can impair the tranquility of families and that smoking also threatens the dyadic adjustment of couples. background the mental health and dyadic adjustment of smokers is a matter of serious concern which brings many demerits on mental healt...

In an era in which extensive judicial emphasis has been placed on "due process of law" in criminal proceedings, both in the federal courts and in the state courts, Dr. Szasz's book serves as a jarring reminder that in at least one vital area of the concept of due process, much remains to be done. The emerging definition of due process has enunciated the rights guaranteed the individual by the F...

objective: to assess the level of awareness on breast cancer among women of reproductive age. materials and methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in opd of dhaka medical college hospital among the 175 respondents by face to face interview using pretested semi structured questionnaire. results: one forth (23%) aged 21-25 years, mostly muslim (86.3%), housewives (72.57%), had...

Aims To establish if the creation of a checklist examination and investigations required within 24 hours admission to Psychiatric ward had improved practice patient care. Methods This was snapshot audit. On 7th August 2022 I carried out retrospective review case notes & results on electronic recording system ascertain which been completed for all current in-patients Ward 4, Dr Gray's Hospit...

A 29-year-old male presented to Aga Khan University Hospital with complaints of fever, body-aches, vomiting and one episode gum bleeding. Dengue antigen test done prior presentation was positive. He admitted for medical management. During hospital stay, the patient developed manic symptoms including over-talkativeness, expansive mood, disinhibited behavior, excessive planning, paranoia aggressi...

Abstract This article analyzes the way anarchism and its followers were understood in L’assassinat du président Carnot, by French physician Alexandre Lacassagne. A few months before book was published, June 1894, president of France, Sadi had been killed Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio. Lacassagne called upon to perform autopsy Carnot’s body a psychiatric examination The results these ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the psychosocial and clinical factors that are associated with psychiatric morbidity among women with infertility attending a Nigerian gynaecology clinic. METHOD Over a four month period, 320 respondents (160 in the study group and 160 in the control group) were interviewed using a proforma (designed by the authors) and a screening instrument, General Health Questionnai...

BACKGROUND The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), originally developed in the 1970's, has been hailed as the "gold standard" of clinical assessments for medical students and is used within medical schools throughout the world. The Clinical assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) is an OSCE used as a clinical examination gateway, granting access to becoming a senior Psychiatr...

Before 1960, few systematic surveys of behavioural and emotional problems in children were available in the literature. Most of psychopathological data therefore derived from the observation of clinical samples which are known to be sensitive to referral and other selection biases. As in many other fields of medical research, it was therefore imperative to generate knowledge about the rates, pa...