archives of 228 patients hospitalized at psychiatric centers of iran university of medical sciences during the period 1994-1995. with the diagnosis of schizophernia were reviewed and data on birth order and family size were collected. results showed that there was no significant relationship between disrtibution of illness and birth order. most of patiennts were the last child – usually 9th or ...

this paper reports the results of an epidemiological study of psychological disorders among the rural population of meibod, in the province of yazd, with an age range above 15 (n=400). the main instrument was scl-90-r. a score of 0.4 indicating gsi level and reported in a previous research was chosen as a cut off point. subjects scoring above this point and an equal random number scoring below ...

this article starts with a brief educational beckground and achivements of professor gray, head of the department of psychology, institute of psychiatry, university of london. gray's long standing research leads him to a neuropsychological framework for the classification of psychiatric disorder. gray believes psychiatry is a branch of medicine and is concerned with behaviour disorder and ...

the purpose of this research was to study the sress level and coping strategies in among the caregivers of the two groups of chronic schizophernic patients and chronic dialysis patients. the sample consisted of 20 caregiveres who were mothers, wives, husbands, and children of the patients. they were selected from patients records in the clinics of the city of shiraz. the subjects were matched f...

ED FROM Kulkarni J, de Castella A, Fitzgerald PB, et al. Estrogen in severe mental illness—A potential new treatment approach. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2008;65:955–60. Correspondence to: Jayashri Kulkarni, Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, First Floor, Old Baker Bldg, Commercial Road,...