the aim of this study is the normalization of the wender utah rating scale which is used to detect adults with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (adhd). available sampling method was used to choose 400 parents of children (200 parents of children with adhd as compared to 200 parents of normal children). wender utah rating scale, which has been designed to diagnose adhd in adults, is ...

conclusion the results of this study show that adding mbct to pharmacotherapy in treatment of dysthymic patients can cause significant improvement in depression symptoms and mindfulness skills in patients compared to pharmacotherapy alone. results in this study, no statistically significant differences were found between the two groups regarding the demographic characteristics. the mean differe...

objective: metacognitions are vulnerability factors in predicting development of psychological disorders especially generalized anxiety disorder (gad) and dysthymia, which are highly comorbid. many studies have shown that gad and dysthymia have similar underlying metacognitive factors but the results are contradictory. the aim of present research was to test this hypothesis by using new instrum...

Background and Aim: Alcohol Dependence Syndrome has deleterious consequences not only on the patient with but also members of his family. The psychopathology in wives patients is a largely neglected area psychiatric research. Aim present study was to evaluate frequency nature disorders Syndrome.
 Materials Methods: A total 177 wives, 100 77 Bipolar Affective Disorder- current episode mania...

Though dysthymia is considered less severe and more chronic than major depressive disorder, it is unclear whether the two disorders are truly different. In this study, MMPI-2 scales of 21 patients with dysthymia and 30 patients with major depressive disorder were compared. The average scores on Scales 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8 were in the clinical range for both groups. However, sizable differences bet...

The aim of this study is the normalization of the Wender Utah rating scale which is used to detect adults with Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Available sampling method was used to choose 400 parents of children (200 parents of children with ADHD as compared to 200 parents of normal children). Wender Utah rating scale, which has been designed to diagnose ADHD in adults, is ...

OBJECTIVE Individuals visiting a primary care practice were screened to determine the prevalence of depressive disorders. The DSM-IV-TR research criteria for minor depressive disorder were used to standardize a definition for subthreshold symptoms. METHOD Outpatients waiting to see their physicians at 3 community family medicine sites were invited to complete a demographic survey and the Prim...

OBJECTIVE Research on adult samples has found that the comorbidity between depression and eating disorders exceeds the comorbidity of any other Axis I disorder and eating disorders. Few studies have investigated the specific associations of major depression versus dysthymia with eating disorders. METHOD This sample consisted of 937 adolescents who were repeatedly assessed until the age of 24....