Mental Illness: Volume 8 Issue 1 , Open Access

Psychological distress and emotional pain among adult attendees of a dental clinic: a case-control study

Adebayo Rasheed Erinfolami, Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Yewande Olufunmilayo Oshodi, Abiola Adelphine Akinbode, Babatunde Fadipe, Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo

We set out to carry out a case-control evaluation of psychological distress and emotional pain among adult attendees of a Nigerian dental clinic. A total of 201 subjects, made up…

The quality of life in girls with Rett syndrome

Lucia Parisi, Teresa Di Filippo, Michele Roccella

Nowadays, quality of life is receiving an increasing attention in all scientific areas. Rett syndrome (RTT) is a rare neurological development, affecting mainly females. The…

Detection of mental disorders other than depression with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in a sample of pregnant women in northern Mexico

Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Antonio Sifuentes-Alvarez, Carlos Salas-Martinez

We sought to evaluate the capacity of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in discriminating mental disorders other than depression in pregnant women in northern…

Risks and benefits of rapid clozapine titration

Jeannie D. Lochhead, Michele A. Nelson, Alan L. Schneider

Clozapine is often considered the gold standard for the treatment of schizophrenia. Clinical guidelines suggest a gradual titration over 2 weeks to reduce the risks of adverse…

The effects of symptoms, diagnostic labels, and education in psychiatry on the stigmatization towards schizophrenia: a questionnaire survey among a lay population in Japan

Asami Matsunaga, Toshinori Kitamura

This questionnaire survey was conducted to study the determinants of stigmatization toward schizophrenia in Japan. A total of 1003 persons living in Kumamoto Prefecture (mean age…

Tennis enhances well-being in university students

Ahmet Bulent Yazici, Mine Gul, Esra Yazici, Gazanfer Kemal Gul

Sports and physical activity are widely recommended, both as guidelines and in clinical practice, because of their broad range of positive effects on health, depression, anxiety…

Psychiatric disorders associated with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Orsola Gambini

A link between maternal thyroid hormone and sexual orientation?

Jeffrey Mullen