Introduction: Physical symptoms associated with depression and common psychiatric disorders sometimes lead to the misdiagnosis of depressive disorders. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency distribution of different chief complaints in patients with major depressive disorder referring to psychiatric clinics according to their demographic characteristics and source of referral. Me...

OBJECTIVE The authors sought to determine whether personality disorders diagnosed during a depressive episode have long-term outcomes more typical of those of other patients with personality disorders or those of patients with noncomorbid major depression. METHOD The authors used 6-year outcome data collected from the multisite Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study (CLPS). Di...

BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) have significant impacts on quality of life including psychomotor domain. PURPOSE To evaluate three major affective disorders in subjects with COPD compared with other CRDs and nonill population. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Thai version of Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) ...

Functional neuroimaging techniques have accelerated progress in the study of sleep disorders. Considering the striking prevalence of these disorders in the general population, however, as well as their strong bidirectional relationship with major neuropsychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder, their numbers are still surprisingly low. This review examines the contribution of re...

Background & Aims: In developed countries mental disorders are recognized by screening questionnaires and clinical interviews. Since there is a limited number of epidemiological studies about mental disorders in Iranian population, the present study was performed to find the prevalence and type of mental disorders among Kerman residents older than 15 years old. Method: At the first step, GH...

The authors systematically evaluated a selected population of juvenile offenders for the prevalence of affective disorders. Seventy-one (40 male, 31 female) serious juvenile offenders were interviewed using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS). They were then diagnosed using the Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) and the DSM-III. The Hamilton Rating Scales (HRS), Carrol...

INTRODUCTION Depression is a well known health problem worldwide. Prevalence of depressive disorders varies in different societies. AIM to determine the prevalence of depressive disorders and some associated factors in Rasht City (Northern part of Iran). MATERIALS AND METHODS 4020 subjects were selected among 394925 residents of Rasht aged between 18-70 during 2003 - 2004. In the first phas...

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric disorder accompanied with high rate of suicide, morbidity and mortality. With the symptom an increasing or decreasing appetite, there possibility that MDD may have certain connections gut microbiota, colonies microbes which reside in human digestive system. In recent years, more studies started to demonstrate links between microbiota from animal ...