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The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Individuals With and Without Mental Health Disorders
(2021-01-01)
Objective: To identify people with history of mental health disorders before the COVID-19 pandemic in the Brazilian population and estimate the prevalence of mood swings and the subjective distress of the pandemic among ...
Associations between mental disorders and subsequent onset of hypertension
(Elsevier, 2014)
Previous work has suggested significant associations between various psychological symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety, anger, alcohol abuse) and hypertension. However, the presence and extent of associations between common ...
Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and diabetes mellitus: A role for impulse control disorders and depression
(Springer Verlag, 2014)
No studies have evaluated whether the frequently observed associations between depression and diabetes could reflect the presence of comorbid psychiatric conditions and their associations with diabetes. We therefore examined ...
Level of insight and clinical features of obsessive-compulsive disorder with and without body dysmorphic disorder
(2007-04-01)
Introduction: Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have several similarities and are included among the obsessive-compulsive spectrum of disorders. However, the content of preoccupations ...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Influence of age at onset on comorbidity patterns
(2008-04-01)
Purpose: This study investigates the influence of age at onset of OCS on psychiatric comorbidities, and tries to establish a cut-off point for age at onset. Methods: Three hundred and thirty OCD patients were consecutively ...
Common mental disorders in public transportation drivers in Lima, Peru
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Traffic related injuries are leading contributors to burden of disease worldwide. In developing countries a high proportion of them can be attributed to public transportation vehicles. Several mental disorders including ...
COOP/WONCA Charts as a Screen for Mental Disorders in Primary Care
(ANNALS FAMILY MEDICINE, 2011)
PURPOSE most people with mental disorders receive treatment in primary care. The charts developed by the Dartmouth Primary Care Cooperative Research Network (COOP) and the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies, ...
Burden and Distress in Caregivers of Patients With Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017-01-01)
We estimated the prevalence, severity, and correlates of burden and distress in caregivers of patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia. The instruments used in this cross-sectional study with 40 caregivers and 40 ...
Factors associated with common mental disorders in a hospital cleaning staff
(Univ Federal Ceara, Dept Enfermagem, 2019-01-01)
Objective: to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with common mental disorders in a hospital cleaning staff. Methods: cross-sectional research with 78 cleaners. To identify the common mental disorders, data were ...
Prevention of mental disorders: Steps toward community interventions
(Universidad de Belgrano. Facultad de Humanidades. Proyectos de Investigación, 1998)
Current social conditions present a mixture of progress in some areas, together with destruction and violence in others. These circumstances represent predisposing conditions for the occurrence of mental disorders. Tertiary ...