in this case we present a previously healthy child with sudden behavioral change and acute confusional state (acs). acs is a neurologic emergency. the clinical manifestations of acs are; confused affect, limited verbal response, disturbance in performing orders, some automatism, stable vital signs and absence of tonic-clonic movements and it has a wide range of differential diagnosis which shou...

brucellosis is an endemic zoonotic infectious disease in middle east countries including iran. this infection may involve central nervous system. psychosis has been reported in rare cases with chronic brucellosis. a 26-year-old male shepherd patient who developed neuro-brucellosis and psychosis is presented. he had hallucinations (visual and auditory) and delusions. he was also impulsive and ha...

This study reports the difficulties in the treatment and follow-up of patients with epilepsy and psychotic disorder and the orientation of neurologists about lifelong chronic effect of epilepsy towards psychiatric morbidity. Six patients (2 females, 4 males) complaining of generalized epilepsy, where the disease had started in the adulthood, for more than ten years, and suffered more than ten s...

objectives: the aim of present study was to evaluate some effects of crinum zeylanicum (c. zeylanicum) on central nervous system. materials and methods: c. zeylanicum methanolic bulb extract (250-1000 mg/kg orally), 2 mg chlorpromazine and 4 mg diazepam /kg body weight intraperitoneally respectively were tested in mice using irwin test, pentobarbitone-induced sleep test, spontaneous motor activ...

background: iran is facing an outbreak of methamphetamine-induced disorders and frequent use of these substances in patients with bipolar disorder. using or intoxication of methamphetamine in patients with bipolar i disorder may alter the patient's clinical profile; however there is limited studies about impact of methamphetamine on clinical manifestation of bipolar disorders. this study aimed ...

Student perceptions of school climate represent the ways students feel about the school environment. These include perceptions regarding safety, teaching and learning, and relationships within the school. It has been found that student perceptions of school climate are positively correlated with academic achievement (Brookover et al., 1978), and negatively correlated with risky behaviors (Bandy...

When we talk about psychosis and psychotic disorders, have in mind patients with disorganized thinking, mental retardation, delusions, other similar symptoms associated damage to the brain's normal functioning. Psychosis, however, is not only cause of dysfunction, abnormal functioning brain. The onset may be due psychological factors, stress one main factors. Psychological environmental factors...

BACKGROUND Age at the first psychotic episode and an interval between the onset of epilepsy and that of psychosis reflect developmental processes of interictal psychosis. However, factors relating to these indices remain unknown. AIMS To identify clinical variables that are associated with the timing of the development of interictal psychosis. METHOD In 285 adults with epilepsy with interic...

This study reports the difficulties in the treatment and follow-up of patients with epilepsy and psychotic disorder and the orientation of neurologists about lifelong chronic effect of epilepsy towards psychiatric morbidity. Six patients (2 females, 4 males) complaining of generalized epilepsy, where the disease had started in the adulthood, for more than ten years, and suffered more than ten s...

In contemporary Lacanian psychoanalysis, Verhaeghe's theory of actualpathology psychopathology in psychosis and the Millerian idea of "ordinary psychosis" provide diverging conceptual approaches to psychosis. In this paper, the two approaches to psychosis are examined with a particular emphasis on "mild psychosis" and compensatory mechanisms. Despite the shared focus on similar clinical phenome...