Mental Disorders - Epidemiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures.

17 Nov 2009 Few studies have utilized both categorical and dimensional measures of psychopathology in children with epilepsy. We evaluated 173 children (88 males, 85 females; mean age 11.7y [SD 1.8]; range 9-14y) who had epilepsy (generalized 36%, partial 61%) ... Read more...

The use of population based registers in psychiatric research.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: Much of the knowledge we now take for granted regarding major mental disorders such as schizophrenia, suicide and other disorders, would not exist without the use of population based registers. The use of population based registers in ... Read more...

Viral infection leading to brain dysfunction: more prevalent than appreciated?

13 Oct 2009 Virus infections of the brain can lead to transient or permanent neurologic or psychiatric dysfunction. Some of the complexities in establishing the causal role of viruses in brain disease are explored ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Disorders - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures. 17 Nov 2009
• The use of population based registers in psychiatric research. 30 Oct 2009
• Conclusion: mental health in the mainstream of public policy. 30 Oct 2009
• New models of collaboration between criminal justice and mental health systems. 30 Oct 2009
• An unacceptable slur? 29 Oct 2009
• Viral infection leading to brain dysfunction: more prevalent than appreciated? 13 Oct 2009
• Medical and psychosocial diagnoses in women with a history of intimate partner violence. 10 Oct 2009
• New horizons for mental health in the UK. 8 Oct 2009
• Common mental disorder and obesity: insight from four repeat measures over 19 years: prospective Whitehall II cohort study. 4 Oct 2009
• Analysis of behavior-related adverse experiences in clinical trials of montelukast. 29 Sep 2009
• Assessing risk: Data from montelukast clinical trials. 29 Sep 2009
• Reports of suicidality in clinical trials of montelukast. 29 Sep 2009
• Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities: a national survey in Italy. 29 Sep 2009
• Methodological challenges in evaluating the effectiveness of women's crisis houses compared with psychiatric wards: findings from a pilot patient preference RCT. 29 Sep 2009
• Toxic sequelae of childhood sexual abuse. 29 Sep 2009
• PANDAS: horse or zebra? 28 Sep 2009
• Mental illness in China. 24 Sep 2009
• Mental illness in China. 24 Sep 2009
• Mental illness in China. 24 Sep 2009
• Physical, psychological, and functional comorbidities of multisymptom illness in Australian male veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. 15 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Mental Disorders'

Definition: Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.

Descriptor UI: D001523

Alternative terms: Mental Disorders; Disorder, Mental; Disorders, Mental; Mental Disorder; Diagnosis, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Diagnosis; Behavior Disorders; Disorders, Behavior;

Related Mesh Headings: Mentally Ill Persons;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03;

Online Note: pre-explosion = MENTAL DISORDERS (PX)

History Note: use pre-explosion 1974-97