scholarly journals Adjustment Reaction with Prolonged Depressive Reaction

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Reaction

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Prevalence of Somatoform Disorders in Patients Visiting Primary Care Centers

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
A. Bener
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
Somatoform Disorders ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Clinical Interview ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Depressive Reaction

Objective:The aim of this study was to examine the gender differences in the prevalence of somatoform disorders among a sample of Qatari patients who were visiting primary health care (PHC) centres and to investigate the severity of most frequent somatic symptoms in these patients.Method:The first stage of the study was conducted with the help of general practitioners (GPs), using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). the second stage was carried out by a psychiatrist using the Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS). the survey was conducted among patients presenting to the primary health care centres over the period from January to July, 2007. 2320 subjects were approached and a total of 1689 patientsagreed to participate and responded to the questionnaire. among the screened Qatari patients, 404 patients, 211 males (52.2%) and 193 females (47.8%), were identified for clinical interview.Results:The prevalence rate of somatoform disorders among the total screened sample was 23.9%. the prevalence rate was slightly higher in women (24.2%) than in men (23.7%). Prolonged depressive reaction was significantly higher in women compared to men (p=0.003). There was a significant gender difference in certain psychiatric diagnostic categories such as depressive episode, recurrent depressive disorder, dysthymia and brief depressive reaction. Backache was the most common reported symptom in men, while headache was more common in women.Conclusion:Prevalence of somatoform disorders was slightly higher in Qatari women than in men. There was a significant difference found between men and women in certain diagnosis categories and somatic symptoms.

Mental Consequences Resulting from Torture

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
D. Arandjelovic ◽  
P. Misic ◽  
M. Petrovic ◽  
S. Serafimovic ◽  
V. Todorovic
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Emotional Behavior ◽  
List Type ◽  
Psychological Profile ◽  
Innocent Person ◽  
Type Number ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Stable Pattern ◽  
Physical Consequences ◽  
Depressive Reaction

Torture is considered as physical or mental harassment, torment, causing pain, injuries and humiliation of an innocent person occurring during the shorter or longer period of time.Is human emotional behavior based on primary biological mechanism that human inherited not only from close animal predecessors, but also significantly more distant kinds on evolutionary ladder?Results of researches indicate that aggressiveness is stable pattern of behavior in children and young people. Aggressive behavior of humans decreases over the years, although certain types of personalities preserve stability of aggressive behavior.Psychological profile of torturer includes diagnostical category of antisocial personality disorder.Mental consequences resulting from torture are depression, psychosomatic reactions, aggression, state of anxiety. The contribution of victimology is significant, particularly from aspect of “selecting” psychopathological reaction. It is also important whether the torturer is known to be victims or it is a stranger. It is understandable that consequences are much more severe with people who had unfortunate to be tortured by known person.The most common psychopathological reactions are:1.Fear lived during the torture.2.Depressive reaction.3.Aggression - which may not be demonstrated in adequate manner, may be shifted to other people, which may create interpersonal disputes, before all for the victim and represents one of physical consequences resulting from torture.Torture prevention is problem of individuals, community and society as whole.Degradation of authorities in one society leads to moral erosion, and on its part, to torture on all functioning levels.

CHARACTERISTICS OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN PATIENTS WITH DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
S. A. Yaroslavtsev
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Bipolar Affective Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Dysfunctions ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
Linguistic Functions ◽  
Depressive Reaction

362 patients with cognitive impairment in depressive disorders were examined: 123 patients with recurrent depressive disorder (RDD), 141 patients with bipolar affective disorder (BAD) and 98 people with prolonged depressive reaction (PDR). It was found that cognitive dysfunctions were less pronounced in patients with PDR, than in patients with RDD and BAR (p<0,035). Cognitive dysfunctions in depressive disorders was underlined by the presence of disorders in the mental sphere, in the sphere of attention, executive, visual-spatial and linguistic functions. The differential features of cognitive impairment in patients with RDD, BAR and PDR are highlighted and it should be taken during conducting differential diagnosis of cognitive impairment in depressive disorders. Keywords: patients with cognitive impairment, depressive disorders, cognitive dysfunctions, recurrent depressive disorder, bipolar depressive disorder, prolonged depressive reaction.

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