In the 1950”s, Professor Lars Leksell of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden coined the term “radiosurgery” to define a neurosurgical procedure that combined precision targeting with a large number of cross-fired beams of ionizing radiation. By directing a very large dose of highly collimated radiation at a discrete location in the brain, the objective of Leksell’s operation was to make a lesion...

1. National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE). Obsessivecompulsive disorder: core interventions in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder and Body Dysmorphic Disorder, vol. 31. Clinical Guideline; 2005. 2. Veale D, De Haro L, Lambrou C. Cosmetic rhinoplasty in Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Br J Plast Surg 2003;56:546e51. 3. Veale D, Neziroglu F. Body Dysmorphic Disorder: a treatment m...

The relationship between anxious disorders and personality disorders is at present a debated subject. Although it is generally admitted that cluster C personality disorders of the DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th Ed.): anxious/avoidant, dependent and anankast/obsessivecompulsive personality disorders, are more frequently observed in anxious patients, the etiolog...

This study investigated the extent to which negative emotions, personality traits, and obsessive-compulsive distress modulate the relationship between sleep problems and dream experiences. The sample consisted of 610 upper secondary school students, whose subjective intensity of dream experiences, thematic dream content, obsessivecompulsive distress, personality traits, defensiveness, emotional...

It is common for both practitioners and patients to have concerns about the possible neurocognitive side effects of neuromodulation techniques and these may also be related to poor adherence.1 Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is currently considered the most effective treatment for severe depression. However, effects such as anterograde and retrograde amnesia and impairment of orientation, proce...

This month's CNS Spectrums examines cholinergic mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia, how attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may complicate the course of other psychiatric illness, whether serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) may induce spontaneous abortions, treatment-resistant obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD), and how silent brain lesions can present as psychiat...

objectives: against the background of evidence-based treatments for schizophrenia resistant to medication, the implementation of cognitive-rehabilitation therapy (crt) becomes more important, especially about patients who don’t response to medication. there is less evidence for group format and face to face structure of crt and also for resistant to medication patients. this research investigat...

backgroundresearchers have found that management safety practices may predict occupational injuries and psychological distresses in the workplace. the present study examined the perception of management safety practices related to injuries reporting and its dimensions among workers of isfahan steel company (esco).     methods a self-administered anonymous survey was distributed to 189 workers. ...

anxiety is one of the symptoms in chronic schizophrenic patients. past research studies show that psychodrama as a group therapy is effective in treatment and rehabilitation of psychological disorders. the aim of this study is to explore the effect of psychodrama on the reduction of anxiety in schizophrenic patients. 26 male hospitalized chronic schizophrenic patients were randomly assigned int...

background & aim:primary dysmenorrhea can be relieved via some medical and non-medical approaches. in this regard, the probable therapeutic role of zinc supplements has been recently emphasized. the present study was conducted to determine the positive effects of zinc supplements on relieving primary dysmenorrhea and premenstrual symptoms. methods:the present double-blind, randomized, controlle...