BACKGROUND Pre- and perinatal adversities may increase the risk for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Hypoxia-related obstetric complications (OCs) are associated with brain anatomical abnormalities in schizophrenia, but their association with brain anatomy variation in bipolar disorder is unknown. METHOD Magnetic resonance imaging brain scans, clinical examinations and data from the Medica...

OBJECTIVES Epilepsy, febrile seizures, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are disorders of the central nervous system and share common risk factors. Our goal was to examine the association in a nationwide cohort study with prospective follow-up and adjustment for selected confounders. We hypothesized that epilepsy and febrile seizures were associated with subsequent ADHD. MET...

The sample consisted of black adolescents who were members of the Columbia-Presbyterian chapter of the Collaborative Perinatal Project from birth to age 7. At age 17, subjects and their parents were administered a battery of instruments that included standardized psychiatric diagnostic interviews as part of a call-back study. Results from least-squares and logistic regression analyses were comp...

chronic arsenic poisoning (arsenicosis) is a global health risk, and it has been reported to improve the fitness, especially in altitudinal sickness in therapeutic dose. scarcity of systematic study on psychiatric co-morbidities in arsenicosis motivated us to conduct this research. the aim of this study was to estimate the co-morbid psychiatric disorders in patients with arsenicosis and to exam...

objective: quality of life (qol) assessment has been employed increasingly to evaluate outcome among patients with chronic medical conditions. such assessment could be adversely affected by psychiatric disorders, co existing with such a medical condition. method: a cross sectional study of 251 out-patients with diabetes mellitus was done at a nigerian university teaching hospital using the comp...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is identified by chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habits in the absence of organic etiology. premature ejaculation is the most common male sexual disorder. we aimed to evaluate the frequency of premature ejaculation disorders in patients with ibs referred to a gastrointestinal clinic in rafsanjan, iran, in 2012. materials and methods: of all th...

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for women in postpartum period. Psychiatric disorders are common pregnancy, affecting 15-29% pregnant women, whereas clinical depression affects 10%-15% them. Women during pregnancy and period particularly vulnerable to suicidal ideation. The prevalence ideation ranges from 5% 14% worldwide, while rate suicide lies between two three per 100,000 count...