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Risk factors for vascular dementia in elderly psychiatric outpatients with preserved cognitive functions
(2007-06-15)
The aim of the study was to assess risk factors for vascular dementia (VaD) in elderly psychiatric outpatients without dementia, and to determine to what extent clinical interventions targeted such risk factors. Out of 250 ...
Overview of the mental health system in mozambique: addressing the treatment gap with a task-shifting strategy in primary care
(Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Fac Letras, 2016)
Background: Mozambique has gradually changed its action on mental health (MH) from an asylum-centric care with long-term hospitalization to an innovative approach to community and primary care. Objective: To collect essential ...
Seasonality of admissions for mania in a psychiatric hospital of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
(Elsevier B.V., 2006-08-01)
Background: Seasonality of mania has been previously reported in several world regions. A spring and/or summer peak has been the most frequent finding, correlating to climatic variables, especially luminosity. There are, ...
Effects of the brain-derived neurotropic factor variant Val66Met on cortical structure in late childhood and early adolescence
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018)
Background: The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism (rs6265) has been associated with several neuropsychiatric disorders and regional structural brain changes in adults, but little is known about ...
Psychiatric disorder and the use of benzodiazepines: an example of the inverse care law from Brazil
(Dr Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag, 1999-06-01)
Background: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Pelotas, southern Brazil, to assess the relationship between the use of benzodiazepines (BZD), minor psychiatric disorders (MPD) and social factors. Methods: A ...
Lack of association between bipolar disorder and tyrosine hydroxylase: A meta-analysis
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1997-07-25)
Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) is a candidate gene extensively explored in several association studies of bipolar disorder (BD). However, because of conflicting results of independent studies and low statistical power of ...
Conditional risk for posttraumatic stress disorder in an epidemiological study of a Brazilian urban population
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2016)
Introduction: Conditional risk for PTSD is the risk of developing PTSD after exposure to traumatic events. This epidemiological study of the general urban population from the two largest cities in Brazil reports exposure ...
Teenage pregnancy: use of drugs in the third trimester and prevalence of psychiatric disorders
(Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria - ABP, 2006-06-01)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy, the prevalence of cocaine and marijuana use during the third trimester of gestation and the socio-demographic characteristics of a population ...
Lifetime psychopathology among the offspring of Bipolar I parents
(Faculdade de Medicina / USP, 2011-01-01)
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have demonstrated high rates of psychopathology in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder. The aim of this study was to identify psychiatric diagnoses in a sample of children of bipolar ...
Alcohol use disorders in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: The importance of appropriate dual-diagnosis
(Elsevier B.V., 2009-02-01)
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and clinical associated factors of alcohol use disorders (AUD) comorbidity in a large clinical sample of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).Methods: A cross-sectional ...