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Abstract Introduction There is evidence that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacted students on health care courses, including evidence of associations between anxiety or depression and inadequate co...

Introduction: The study of the association between specific characteristics of family environments and different types of psychopathology may contribute to our understanding of these complex disorders and ultimately info...

Background Sexual dysfunction is common among patients with psychiatric disorders but might be under-reported due to Asian sociocultural factors. Recognition of sexual dysfunction and associated factors in this vulnerabl...

Background / Aim: Depression as a complex mental, emotional condition, negatively affects productivity, its diagnosis requires accurate emotional analysis for patients who have an imbalance of neuro-psychiatric function....

Objectives: Psychiatric disorders are frequently found in both patients with PNES and DRE, making the differential diagnosis even more complex. The aim of this study was to analyze and compare psychiatric aspects and the...

Abstract Objective In recent decades, there have been considerable advances in treatment and prevention of acute ischemic stroke (IS). However, even after treatment, approximately two-thirds of patients with IS have som...

ABSTRACT Background Substance use, particularly cannabis and alcohol consumption, presents a growing public health challenge in Ghana, with significant implications for both mental and physical health. While the adverse ...

BackgroundTraumatic brain injury (TBI) with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is treatment-resistant, with conventional psychotherapy showing limited efficacy due to neurocognitive impairments.Case SummaryWe report t...

In this article, common psychological problems of dialysis patients are presented. There are many organic, psychological and social problems which accompany the chronic renal failure. Beside changes of life style, the pa...

Abstract Objective The incidence of obesity, which is a chronic condition, has increased in recent years. The association between obesity and female sexual dysfunction remains unclear, particularly in postmenopausal wo...

Christos Kleisiaris,1 Theodora Arida,2 Maria Klesiora,1 Konstantinos Tsaras,1 Maria Malliarou,1 Ioanna V Papathanasiou,1 Theodosios Paralikas,1 Nikolaos Bakalis,3 Mahmoud Ogla Al-Hussami,4 Wafa Hamad Almegewly,5 Savvato ...

Chronic psychosocial stress is a major risk factor for anxiety, depression and related disorders, yet a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis centric framework alone is insufficient to explain stress-induced vulnerab...

Background The importance of psychosocial functioning in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) is widely recognised. However, there is a lack of effective scales to assess psychosocia...

OBJECTIVE: To examine psychosocial functioning in eating disorder (ED) patients with restrictive and purgative subtypes. METHOD: Forty-four adult female patients with a diagnosis of ED were divided into restrictive (RP) ...

Tinghan Fu,1– 3,* QianQian Wang,1– 3,* Shasha Chen,1– 3,* Tiannan Xu,1– 3 Hongye Wu,1– 3 Ruimei Ni,1– 3 Kai Zhang2– 4 1School of Mental Health and Psychological Science, Anhui Medica...

Abstract Objective: To investigate the clinical functioning of the criticism avoidance dimension from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2 (Inventário Dimensional Clínico da Personalidade 2 [IDCP-2]), esta...

This Campbell systematic review examines the effectiveness of school‐based Mindfulness‐based interventions (MBIs) on cognition, behavior, socio‐emotional outcomes and academic achievement. The review summarizes 61 ...

Background Dhat syndrome, a clinical condition related to semen loss in urine often found among males in India, has rarely been described as a separate clinical condition in females. Women with the syndrome complain of p...

OBJETIVO: Estudar a associação entre transtornos mentais pós-parto e fatores demográficos e psicossociais, pré e perinatais. MÉTODOS: Todas as familias com crianças de quatro meses da Vila Jardim - Porto Alegre (R...

Abstract Background Generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are being increasingly adopted by adolescents to address mental health–related concerns, such as seeking emotional reassurance, clarifying symptoms, ...

BackgroundAttention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized as a neurodevelopmental disorder onset in childhood. However, accumulating evidence suggests that some adults may fulfill current diagnostic crit...

O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar as qualidades psicométricas da Escala Baptista de Depressão (Versão Adulto) - EBADEP-A, com base na Teoria da Resposta ao Item - TRI e na Teoria Clássica dos Testes - TCT...

BackgroundDepressive disorders are clinically heterogeneous and mechanistically complex psychiatric conditions. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a key non-invasive neuromodulation technique, has expanded r...