The objective of the study was to examine the hypothesis that some forms of suicidal behavior among adolescents are related to helplessness and depression, whereas others are related to anger and impulsivity. Sixty-five adolescents were studied. Thirty-three had borderline personality disorder (BPD), of whom 17 had made a recent suicide attempt. Thirty-two had major depressive disorder (MDD), o...

Objective: Impulsivity is an important neurobiological process that contributes to individual differences in substance use disorder vulnerability. Uric acid has been mentioned to be telated to some psychiatric disorders characterized by impulsivity. No other study has yet examined the relationship between UA plasma concentration and impulsivity in patients with substance use disorders. Methods:...

OBJECTIVE Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common behavioral problem during childhood and in school-aged children. Various projection drawings have been designed for assessing children's personality and psychological disorders including the tests of draw a person (DAP) and draw a family (DAF). We aimed to compare the differences between typically developing children a...

Impulsive behavior problems are powerful predictors of addiction treatment outcomes. However, a comprehensive assessment these features has not been examined in relation to smoking cessation This study aims evaluate the capacity impulsive predict risk relapse and number relapses for smokers. The sample comprised 141 participants (Mage= 47.3, SD= 8.31; 59% females) psychopharmacology dependence ...

OBJECTIVES Numerous studies have shown associations between an on-going depression and elevated serum levels of the acute-phase reactant C-reactive protein (CRP). Also, in suicidal behaviour, a proinflammatory state has been suggested to be of importance for the pathophysiology. There is a genetic susceptibility to suicidal behaviour, but studies with respect to genes related to inflammation ar...

Billions of people play Internet games and some them may develop gaming disorder (IGD), yet the differences between IGD non-disordered but heavy use behavior remain unclear. We used multiple behaviors multimodal functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine specificity impulse control differentiate from use. One hundred sixty subjects, including patients with (PIGD), participants (NIG...