Mental Disorders
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Friday, March 12, 2010

Improvement of neurological status and quality of life in children with opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome at long-term follow-up.

29 Nov 2009 BACKGROUND: Kinsbourne syndrome or opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is characterized by rapid, involuntary, irregular conjugate eye movements (opsoclonus), myoclonic jerking of the limbs and trunk, ataxia, and behavioral disturbances. In general, ... Read more...

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...

Applied psychometrics in clinical psychiatry: the pharmacopsychometric triangle.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To consider applied psychometrics in psychiatry as a discipline focusing on pharmacopsychology rather than psychopharmacology as illustrated by the pharmacopsychometric triangle. METHOD: The pharmacopsychological dimensions of clinically ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Improvement of neurological status and quality of life in children with opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome at long-term follow-up. 29 Nov 2009
• Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures. 17 Nov 2009
• Applied psychometrics in clinical psychiatry: the pharmacopsychometric triangle. 30 Oct 2009
• The use of population based registers in psychiatric research. 30 Oct 2009
• From age correction to genome-wide association. 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
• Identifying neighborhood stressors in assessment of drug treatment continuity and relapse. 30 Oct 2009
• Mental health disparities. 30 Oct 2009
• Vocational rehabilitation: an educational review. 30 Oct 2009
• An unacceptable slur? 29 Oct 2009
• Viral infection leading to brain dysfunction: more prevalent than appreciated? 13 Oct 2009
• Neuroendocrine and immune influences on the CNS: it's a matter of sex. 13 Oct 2009
• Mental status exam in primary care: a review. 13 Oct 2009
• Understanding the role of DISC1 in psychiatric disease and during normal development. 12 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
• Management of injecting drug users admitted to hospital. 8 Oct 2009
• Perceived need for mental health care among community-dwelling older adults. 7 Oct 2009
• [Can psychiatric acute teams reduce acute admissions to psychiatric wards?] 6 Oct 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