Sleep Quality Among Psychiatry Residents.

Objective: Medical residency programs are traditionally known for long working hours, which can be associated with a poor quality of sleep and daytime sleepiness. However, few studies have focused on this theme. Our objective was to investigate sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, and their relation with anxiety, social phobia, and depressive symptoms.

Health of Psychiatry Residents: Nutritional Status, Physical Activity, and Mental Health.

Objective: This study aims to analyze mental health, nutritional status, and physical activity in psychiatry residents.

Methods: Sixty-two residents were invited and 59 participated (95.2% response).

[The clinical and psychosocial profile of inmates in psychiatric hospitals in the State of Ceará, Brazil].

One of the most vexing problems in the context of psychiatric reform are the inmates of psychiatric hospitals institutionalized for one year or more. The long periods of hospitalization indicate that these inmates have been abandoned, which can aggravate their psychiatric disorders. This article seeks to trace a socio-demographic and clinical profile of the inmates of psychiatric hospitals in the State of Ceará, Brazil.

Schizencephaly and psychosis: a rare association.

Schizencephaly is a rare malformation of the central nervous system defined as a gray matter-lined cleft filled with cerebrospinal fluid that extends from the pial surface to the ventricle. Few cases of association with psychosis were reported in the scientific literature. We present a case of a 46-year-old woman, admitted into a psychiatric hospital with crises of psychomotor agitation, disorganized and erotized behavior, persecutory and self-reference delusions, and auditory and visual hallucinations.

Delirium in hospitalized elderly patients and post-discharge mortality.

Objective: To determine the impact of delirium on post-discharge mortality in hospitalized older patients.

Introduction: Delirium is frequent in hospitalized older patients and correlates with high hospital mortality. There are only a few studies about its impact on post-discharge mortality.