The relationship between childhood sexual/physical abuse and sexual dysfunction in patients with social anxiety disorder.

Background: Childhood traumatic events are known as developmental factors for various psychiatric disorders.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of childhood sexual and physical abuse (CSA/CPA), and co-morbid depression on sexual functions in patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD).

Method: Data obtained from 113 SAD patients was analysed.

[Mania with psychotic feature induced by the use of pramipexole in Parkinson's disease: a case report].

Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by movement abnormalities, is frequently complicated by psychiatric syndromes. Psychiatric symptoms may be the direct result of PD, its co-morbid pathologies, or occur as a side effect of its pharmacotherapy. Pramipexole, like other dopamine agonists for treating Parkinson's disease , has a tendency to induce psychotic and manic symptoms due to central dopaminergic stimulation.