anorexia nervosa (an) is a serious psychiatric illness marked by an inability to maintain a normal healthy body weight. the prevalence of an comorbid with other psychiatric disorders has been reported to be quite high. whereas depression and anxiety disorders are the most common comorbid diagnoses in anorexic patients, the dual-diagnosis of anorexia and schizophrenia is a relatively rare condit...

introduction : the aim of this study was to compare obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) comorbidity in early and late onset bipolar i disorder and to explore the pattern of obsessive symptoms in these two groups. methods : a total of 100 inpatients with early and late bipolar disorder were admitted in the child, adolescent and adult psychiatric ward. they were recruited to the study through con...

conclusions the findings of the study indicated a high satisfaction of the elderly with their hearing aids, considering the type of hearing loss. despite all the efforts to improve the audiologic services during verification process, the elderly should be consulted specifically in order to fit their hearing aid as well as their expectations from aid. results the mean satisfaction scores of the ...

objective: although there are some reports of reduction of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in manic episodes or its exacerbation during depressive episodes, this relationship has not been proved. method: clinical observations of six cases with co-morbidity of bipolar-i-disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder or symptoms. results: the cases presented here show heterogeneity and variety of the r...

objective: patients with chronic daily headache (cdh) suffer from several significant psychiatric comorbidities and have unhealthy lifestyle. we aimed at studying psychiatric comorbidities, environmental triggers, lifestyle factors, and intensity of cdh in patients referred by the department of neurology from 2011 to 2014. method: through medical and psychiatric interviews and using 0 to 10 vis...

ïndividuals with factitious disorder fake illnesses to assume a sick role. they simulate, induce, or aggravate illness, often inflicting painful, deforming, or even life-threatening injury on themselves or those under their care. factitious disorders are diagnosed in about one percent of patients who are seen in psychiatric consultation in general hospitals. ône of the features, that are overre...

background: headache and epilepsy are two common chronic and recurrent disorders. headache may be a premonitory or postdromic symptom of epileptic seizures. objective: this study aims to evaluate the prevalence of migraine and tension type headache in epileptic patients. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional descriptive study, 100 patients with epilepsy who referred to the neurology clini...

objective: several studies show co morbidity of anxiety disorders amongst patients with bipolar and unipolar disorders. it is associated with an intensification of symptoms, insufficient treatment response, non recovery, poor functional outcome and suicidality. the aim of this study was to show the frequency of anxiety disorders comorbidity and the relationship between comorbidity and suicide a...