Psychotic Symptoms in Kenya - Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Relationship with Common Mental Disorders [PDF]
There have been few epidemiological surveys to establish prevalence and associated risk factors of psychosis in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper reports a population- based epidemiological survey in rural Kenya of the prevalence of psychotic symptoms and ...
Bebbington +15 more
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Personality and phobias in adolescence: age and gender in psychopathological expressions [PDF]
Background: Although the understanding of adolescent phobias is important, this phenomenon has thus far not been adequately researched. This report, based on clinical experience, highlights prevalent phobic phenomena linked to personality characteristics.
Alibrandi, Angela +6 more
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Mirtazapine versus fluoxetine in the treatment of panic disorder
Mirtazapine is an antidepressant whose side effect profile differs from that of first-line agents (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) used in the treatment of panic disorder.
L. Ribeiro +6 more
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Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders in a Rural District of Kenya, and Socio-Demographic Risk Factors [PDF]
Association between common mental disorders (CMDs), equity, poverty and socio-economic functioning are relatively well explored in high income countries, but there have been fewer studies in low and middle income countries, despite the considerable ...
Ayuyo, J. +8 more
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Clinical features of sleep disturbances in anxiety disorders of neurotic and organic genesis.
There is a bi-directional link between dyssomnia and psychological diseases. Sleep disorders can influence the severity of the underlying disease, complicate the process of treatment, and increase the risk of the recurrence further. Besides, there is an
Yu.V. Liashchenko, L.M. Yuryeva
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The prevalence of social phobia in mothers of social phobic children
Objective: The most frequently encountered child psychiatric disorder is anxiety disorders. Social phobia is a common disorder which usually starts in adolescence and causes a severe impairment in educational and work life.
Mücahit Öztürk +3 more
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Psychopathology and urine toxicology in methadone patients
Several studies reported high rates of psychiatric commorbidity among methadone patients. We examined the relationships of measures of psychopathology to outcomes of screening urine tests for cocaine, opiates, and benzodiazepines in a sample of 56 ...
Gamal Sadek, Zack Cernovsky, Simon Chiu
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Tryptophan research in panic disorder. [PDF]
A considerable body of evidence suggests the involvement of serotonin neurotransmission in the pathogenesis of panic disorder. Research on pathways and functions of tryptophan, an essential amino acid converted into serotonin, may advance our ...
Maron, E, Nutt, DJ, Shlik, J
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BACKGROUND: Comorbidity of chronic migraine (CM) with psychiatric disorders, mostly anxiety and mood disorders, is a well-recognized phenomenon. Phobias are one of the most common anxiety disorders in the general population.
Felipe Corchs +8 more
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Effect of maternal panic disorder on mother-child interaction and relation to child anxiety and child self-efficacy [PDF]
To determine whether mothers with panic disorder with or without agoraphobia interacted differently with their children than normal control mothers, 86 mothers and their adolescents (aged between 13 and 23 years) were observed during a structured play ...
A Goldstein +43 more
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