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Trastornos depresivos y de ansiedad y factores asociados en la población adulta colombiana, Encuesta Nacional de Salud Mental 2015

Rev. colomb. psiquiatr; 45 (supl.1), 2016
Resumen Introducción: Las enfermedades mentales son la primera causa de años vividos con discapacidad, contribuyen al 7,4% de los años de vida ajustados por discapacidad y esto aumenta en la medida en que disminuyen los producidos por enfermedades transmisibles. Objetivos: Determinar la prevalencia y ...

Migraine in the post-menopausal period is associated with higher levels of mood disorders, disability, and more menopausal symptoms

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (12), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the prevalence of headache in post-menopausal women. Methods Women attending gynecology outpatient services in the coastal region of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil were invited to participate in this study. Only those with non-surgical menopause and no hormone replacement...

Caregivers' resilience is independent from the clinical symptoms of dementia

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (12), 2016
ABSTRACT Resilience is the capacity for successful adaptation when faced with the stress of adversity. We aimed to investigate the relationship between caregivers’ resilience and the sociodemographic and clinical factors of people with dementia. Cross-sectional assessment of 58 people with dementia...

Psychopathological evaluation and use of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in a sample of Brazilian patients with post-stroke depression

Abstract Background: Depression is the most frequent psychiatric complication of stroke and is often undetected or inadequately treated. Objective: This study aimed to characterize psychopathological aspects of Brazilian patients admitted to an acute stroke unit, and to evaluate the performance of the ...

La medida de la percepción emocional con el modelo de rasch

Psychol. av. discip; 10 (2), 2016
Resumen Reconocer y denominar expresiones emocionales son habilidades en cuyo estudio existe un creciente interés por parte de la psicología y las neurociencias; trastornos tales como el autismo, la esquizofrenia y la depresión se caracterizan por dificultades en reconocer las emociones ajenas. El hal...

The putative catalytic role of higher serotonin bioavailability in the clinical response to exposure and response prevention in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Objective: Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is effective to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but the lack of tolerance to the aversion nature of exposure techniques results in a high drop-out rate. There have been reports of a generic stress endurance effect of serotonin (5-HT) in the cen...

Depression, quality of life, and body composition in patients with end-stage renal disease: a cohort study

Objective: To prospectively evaluate depressive symptoms, nutritional status, and quality of life (QoL) and search for possible associations in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: A cohort study of 104 adult patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysi...

Translation and validation of Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale

SUMMARY Introduction The evaluation of patients with hyperhidrosis (HH) can be accomplished, among other ways, through questionnaires and scales. The Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale (HDSS) has been used as a simple and quick tool to perform this evaluation. Although HDSS has been well established i...

Health-related quality of life in Brazilian community-dwelling and institutionalized elderly: Comparison between genders

SUMMARY Objective To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQL) indicators between institutionalized and community-dwelling elderly men and women. Method This was a cross-sectional study with a sample of 496 elderly men and women, surveyed by researchers at a private hospital that attends instit...