Showing papers in "Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria in 2006"

TL;DR: There is evidence that religious involvement is usually associated with better mental health, and improving the understanding of the mediating factors of this association and its use in clinical practice is needed.

TL;DR: A new and more consistent cycle of the use of cannabis derivatives as medication begins, since treatment effectiveness and safety started to be scientifically proven.

TL;DR: A revisao foca o historico, a nosologia e as caracteristicas clinicas and associadas aos dois transtornos invasivos de desenvolvimento mais conhecidos - o autismo and a sindrome de Asperger.

TL;DR: The study suggests that the mortality risk among crack cocaine users is greater than that seen in the general population, homicide and AIDS being the most common causes of death among such individuals.

TL;DR: This overview focuses on the history, nosology, and the clinical and associated features of the two most well-known pervasive developmental disorders - autism and Asperger syndrome.

TL;DR: Impulsivity scores from the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale version 11 had a correlation with scores for attention deficit/hyperactive disorder and oppositional defiant disorder and with number of symptoms of conduct disorder, suggesting an appropriate construct validity of the scale.

TL;DR: It is argued that the study of the long-term course of this mental disorder in developing countries is a major research question and it is time to thoroughly and systematically explore cross-cultural variation in the course and outcome of schizophrenia.

TL;DR: The authors revisaremos a literatura recente sobre as diferentes intervencoes that have been utilizadas no tratamento do autismo, com enfase naquelas that possuem base empirica.

TL;DR: Excessive daytime sleepiness was frequent among patients and significantly associated with higher levels of depression and particularly with suicidal ideation, Thus, a careful investigation of daytimeSleepiness in depressed patients is required during clinical evaluation.

TL;DR: The prevalence of severe physical punishment of children/adolescents in a low-income community, and child mental health problems as a potential correlate, is estimated to be 10.1%.

TL;DR: O presente artigo tem como objetivo promover uma revisao sobre estudos publicados nos ultimos anos sobre alteracoes cognitivas em idosos com diagnostico de depression.

TL;DR: Diagnostic and therapeutic criteria to the most prevalent psychiatric comorbidities are reviewed and the importance of adequate diagnoses and treatment regarding alcoholic and drug dependent patients suffering ofComorbid psychiatric disorders is reassured.

TL;DR: O artigo descreve duas situacoes complexas e duplamente preocupantes em termos de saude publica, seja, por sua alta prevalencia e/ou por suas consequencias as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Depressive and anxious patients differ from other individuals in their use of defense mechanisms, and each diagnosis has a particular pattern, which could lead to the development of specific psychotherapeutic interventions.

TL;DR: The prevalence of major depressive episodes in women with HIV infection is high, and women with AIDS-related symptoms are more often depressed than are those who have never presented such symptoms.

TL;DR: In this paper, Hypericum perforatum demonstrou eficacia antidepressiva em comparacao ao placebo, mas comparacoes com outros antidepressivos permanecem controversialas.

TL;DR: This is the first report on the usefulness of Memantine in the treatment of cognitive impairment in bipolardisorder patients and Randomized double-blind controlled studies are needed to validate these preliminary observations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the prevalence of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy, prevalence of cocaine and marijuana use during the third trimester of gestation and the socio-demographic characteristics of a population of low-income teenagers were determined.

TL;DR: Duration, severity of the disease and the number of people living in the same house were the most important predictors of quality of life of Parkinson's disease patients.

TL;DR: Os estudos nao foram consistentes quanto a associacao entre fatores sociodemograficos e clinicos e qualidade of vida de pacientes com esquizofrenia, mas sem a mesma consistencia.

TL;DR: In this paper, a revisao de artigos that discutem a influencia do exercicio fisico nos transtornos de ansiedade, principalmente em relacao aos exercicios anaerobios, was conducted.

TL;DR: The concomitant use of olanZapine with nizatidine was not effective in controlling weight gain in patients who had previously gained weight during treatment with olanzapine when compared to placebo.

TL;DR: In this paper, a prospective cross-sectional study assessing all patients admitted to the emergency room within 6 hours after a non-fatal injury was conducted over a three-month period, where the following measures were used as measures of alcohol and drug use: a standardized World Health Organization questionnaire; a self-administered questionnaire related to drug consumption within the 24 hours preceding contact; urine screens for cannabis, cocaine and benzodiazepines; and determination of blood alcohol concentration.

TL;DR: Two complex and doubly preoccupying situations in terms of public health, either for its high prevalence and/or its consequences are the psychoactive substance use disorder and crime.

TL;DR: Institutionalization of the elderly seems to be related to worse cognitive performance, and activity programs during institutionalization may be effective in minimizing cognitive functional loss.

TL;DR: The results support the high morbidity of anxiety and depressive disorders in asthmatic patients, independent of the severity of asthma.

TL;DR: The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale proved to be reliable and structurally valid instrument for use in a population of alcoholic patients and the possibility of screening for social phobia through the use of the instrument may be helpful in identifying probable cases of the disorder among alcoholics.