Roshan Chudal Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for bipolar disorder Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Finland Annales Universitatis Turkuensis, Medica-Odontologica, 2015, Turku, Finland Bipolar disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Prenatal insults have been shown to be associated with later development of mental d...

OBJECTIVES To determine if physical and/or psychological risk factors could differentiate between subtypes of primary headache (migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), and coexisting migraine and TTH (combined)) among members of a longitudinal birth cohort study. METHODS At age 26, the headache status of members of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (DMHDS) was determin...

OBJECTIVES In Poland, no guidelines concerning the mode of delivery in patients with psychiatric disorders have so far been developed. The most common psychiatric diagnosis discussed in the Polish literature in the context of the indications for the elective caesarean section is tokophobia. It was confirmed in recent studies that intense fear of childbirth, requiring medical interventions is an...

This retrospective cross-sectional study examines whether conduct disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are associated with problem severity and psychiatric comorbidity in 193 middle-aged, opioid-dependent patients. Conduct disorder history, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, psychiatric comorbidity, and problem severity were assessed by structured interviews and validate...

BACKGROUND Attention is currently being drawn to child psychiatric care, most especially in the developed countries. This type of care is still rudimentary in the developing countries. Botswana is one of the African countries with good health care services but mental illness is given the low priority. Child and adolescent mental health care (CAMHC) is almost non-existent likely due to the deart...

Introduction Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a multifactorial neurodevelopmental disorder, with both contribution of genetic and non-genetic factors. A collaboration de novo mutations prenatal postnatal environmental factors are likely to play role. ASD can be syndromic or non-syndromic. The etiology non-syndromic still relatively undefined due its heterogeneity. Contrary ASD, often associate...

Significant perinatal distress and depression affects 14% of women, producing short and long term consequences for the family. This suggests that measures for early detection are important, and non-identification of these women may exacerbate difficulties. Screening provides an opportunity to access large numbers of women and facilitate pathways to best-practice care. A valid, reliable, economi...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a neurobiological syndrome with an estimated prevalence among children and adolescents of 5%. It is a highly heritable disorder, but acquired factors in etiology are sometimes uncovered that may be amenable to preventive measures or specific therapy. Early reports have described symptoms similar to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder that followe...