a bstract  background: eating disorder symptoms are among the most common disorders in perinatal period and are influenced by various environmental and psychosocial factors such as anxiety disorders. so, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between eating disorder symptoms and obsessive compulsive disorder in primigravida women.     materials and methods: this cross‑sectional...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a common chronic neuropsychiatric illness. Estimates of the lifetime prevalence rate of obsessive-compulsive disorder will vary depending on the methods used to gather the epidemiological data and the diagnostic criteria used to define obsessive-compulsive disorder. Estimates of the lifetime prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder have been reported to be to...

Introduction The risk of suicide may be elevated in the presence personality pathology. Adults with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) vulnerable to depression and suicidal thoughts. Objectives To identify factors associated cases OCPD. Methods Psychological autopsy procedures were used gather detailed information about adults who died by natural causes. A total 75 deceased evalua...

Personality disorders are presumed to be stable because of underlying stable and maladaptive personality traits, but while previous research has demonstrated a link between personality traits and personality disorders cross-sectionally, personality disorders and personality traits have not been linked longitudinally. This study explores the extent to which relevant personality traits are stable...

there has been a recent rise in research focused on maternal psychological conditions during the perinatal period. although the majority of investigations have examined postpartum depression, there is a growing appreciation for the deleterious consequences of maternal anxiety in the perinatal period for both the mother and child. obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd), in particular, has emerged a...