Cross-sectional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have long hypothesized that the brain in children with autism undergoes an abnormal growth trajectory that includes a period of early overgrowth; however, this has never been confirmed by a longitudinal study. We performed the first longitudinal study of brain growth in toddlers at the time symptoms of autism are becoming clinically appar...

objective: in spite of introduction of novel drugs, obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) has still found no suitable treatment. on the other hand, high rates of co-morbidity of ocd with bipolar spectrum disorders are increasingly recognized. mood switching and development of rapid cycling with antidepressants are significant problems in these patients. from this viewpoint, introducing a non-anti...

posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) occurs following exposure to potentially traumatic experiences such as those regularly encountered by emergency service workers (police, ambulance and firemen/women) and servicemen/women. ptsd is associated with high rates of somatic comorbidities including metabolic syndrome contributing to an excess mortality rate due to preventable cardiovascular diseases...

introduction: eating disorder symptoms and social anxiety can be occurring in the same time. also social anxiety is one of the important factors predicting eating disorder symptoms which vary among different cultures and countries. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between eating disorder symptoms and social anxiety in school boys.  materials and methods: this was a cross-...

background: psychiatric disorders are common in hiv-infected patients and for sure have direct impact on both prevention and management of diseases in these patients. in this research, the prevalence of major psychiatric disorders including mood, anxiety, and psychotic disorders in hiv-infected patients of rafsanjan and kerman health care centers were determined. materials and methods: eighty t...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a multifactorial disorder with more questions than answers. In past years, research has mainly focused on 5 areas: genetic factors, neurological mechanism dysfunction, hormone/metabolic dysfunction, skeletal growth abnormalities, and biomechanical factors. As adolescents with any known functional or structural disorder in the somatosensory pathway are mo...