aim and background: mood disorders are a significant group of psychiatric disorders. bipolar spectrum disorders are mood disorders that usually remain unrecognized and subsequently undertreated. one of the most useful screening instruments for underdiagnosed bipolar disorders is the mood disorder questionnaire (mdq). this paper presented the persian version and psychometric properties of mdq fo...

Introduction:Cold dissection (CD) and bipolar cautery dissection (BCD) techniques are two common surgical tonsillectomy procedures used in the clinic. Obstruction has become more prevalent as the major surgical indication and is most prominently observed in younger children.Case Report:  In this report, we aimed to explain the abovementioned surgical techniques in detail and compare the results...

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 ...

olanzapine is the frequently prescribed drug in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder, but unfortunately it has metabolic side-effects. on the other hand, in a number of melatonin studies on sleep cycle, regulation of metabolic abnormalities has been reported. therefore, we aimed to study effects of melatonin in reducing metabolic side-effects of olanzapine in 11-17 year-old patients w...

54-year-old male patient was admitted in endocrine ward and referred to our hospital for psychiatric consult due to malaise symptoms , dysphoric mood, irritability, insomnia, loss of appetite, increasing the amount of speech, lack of enjoyment of life, hopelessness, thoughts of worthlessness ,thoughts of death (these symptoms was started from 4 months ago ,after some career change ). other symp...

conclusions stability of the clavicle is crucial for shoulder function and care should be taken not to miss or underestimate segmental bipolar fractures even with a low energy mechanism. authors believe that operative treatment should be taken into consideration for displaced fractures. introduction clavicle fractures are very common, accounting for approximately 4% of all adult fractures. segm...

bipolar disorder is a mental disease that can be presented as irritable mood with affective storms, mixed symptoms of depression and mania, rapid cycles, emotional labiality and irritability during all episodes. â confirmed positive familial history of the disease is the single most robust risk factor for developing the illness. this report presents 5.5 years-old girl with the symptoms of bipol...

The aim of study was to evaluate the reliability of Persian form of quality of life questionnaire -36 Items in the patients with bipolar I disorder. Present study was cross sectional-descriptive. 50 patients with bipolar I disorder were selected from Mehregan hospital by convenient sampling. They were assessed with using of Persian form of quality of life questionnaire-36 items. 20 patients (40...

conclusions these results suggest that addictive behaviors can affect behavioral addictions in bipolar mood patients. behavioral addictions lead to negative emotional regulation strategies and result in increased behavioral addictions in these patients. people with high levels of arousal or those who cannot control their behavioral addictions are probably more prone to addictive behaviors. resu...

introduction: bipolar spectrum disorders include a variety of mood disorders from bipolar ii disorder to conditions characterized by hyperthymic mood states. it has been suggested that psychosocial factors also play an important role in bipolar disorders, in this study we have used social network analysis in order to better understand the social positions of those affected by bipolar spectrum d...