BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Although adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is well recognized in western countries, there are no reports of adult ADHD from India. Therefore, this study was planned to identify ADHD in adults in an Indian psychiatry outpatient setting and elicit its phenomenology and co-morbidities. METHODS A total of 283 adults were screened using Adult ADHD Self-Re...

DESCRIPTION. The Home & Community Social Behavior Scales (HCSBS) is a 64-item behavior rating scale that is completed by parents “and other home-based raters” of children and youth between ages 5 and 18. In contrast to the “highly clinical” nature of many child behavior rating instruments, the HCSBS is designed to emphasize “routine or commonly occurring social competencies and problems” (user’...

BACKGROUND There is abundant literature on how to distinguish problem gambling (PG) from social gambling, but there are very few studies of the long-term evolution of gambling practice. As a consequence, the correlates of key state changes in the gambling trajectory are still unknown. The objective of the JEU cohort study is to identify the determinants of key state changes in the gambling prac...

Amaç: Son yıllarda geleneksel alışveriş yöntemleri yerini çevrimiçi alışverişe bırakmıştır. Dürtü kontrol bozukluğu ya da davranışsal bağımlılık olarak nitelendirilen kompulsif satın alma davranışına yönelik sınırlı sayıda araştırma bulunmaktadır. Çalışmamızda ruhsal hastalık tanısı bulunmayan kadınlarda davranışı ile sosyodemografik özellikler ve dürtüsellik arasındaki ilişkinin araştırılması ...

objective: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is a common mental disorder in adults that was under-diagnosed until recently. due to probable consequences of adhd such as occupational and educational dysfunctions and substance use, this disorder is becoming more and more of a concern. this study aimed to investigate adhd symptoms among students of zahedan university of medical scien...

Since the implementation of workers' compensation, accurately and consistently rating impairment has been a concern for the employee and employer, as well as rating physicians. In an attempt to standardize and classify impairments, the American Medical Association (AMA) publishes the AMA Guides ("Guides"), and recently published its 6th edition of the AMA Guides. Common critiques of the AMA Gui...