Parkinsonism secondary to duloxetine use: a case report.

In literature, there are more than hundred cases of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) associated with selective serotonin reuptake intibitors (SSRI) whereas EPS case reports associated with serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRI) are in a relatively small number. A SNRI group drug duloxetine that is used for indication of major depression since 2004 is a double acting antidepressant that acts by blocking serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake. Side effects of duloxetine on extrapyramidal system are not expected due to low affinity to D2 receptors.

[Aphasia, prosopagnosia and mania: a case diagnosed with right temporal variant semantic dementia].

Neurologic disorders can produce "secondary" mania, and clinicians must distinguish secondary mania from bipolar disorders (BD). Patients with new and late onset mania require an evaluation that includes a thorough history, a neurologic examination, neuroimaging, and other selected tests. Neurologic causes of mania include strokes in the right basotemporal or inferofrontal region, strokes or tumors in the perihypothalamic region, Huntington's disease and other movement disorders, multiple sclerosis and other white matter diseases, head trauma, infections such as neurosyphilis and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

Impact of obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbidity on the sociodemographic and clinical features of patients with bipolar disorder.

Background: In this study, our aim is to determine the prevalence rates of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbidity and to assess the impact of OCD comorbidity on the sociodemographic and clinical features of patients with bipolar disorder (BD).

Methods: Using the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Symptom Checklist and Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition-IV/Clinical Version on bipolar patients, 2 groups, BD with OCD comorbidity (BD-OCD) and BD without OCD comorbidity, were formed. These groups were compared for sociodemographic and clinical variables.

The clinical impact of mood disorder comorbidity on obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The present study examines the effect of concomitant major depressive or bipolar disorder on clinical symptoms of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Forty-nine patients classified as OCD without a mood disorder, 26 classified as OCD with bipolar disorder (OCD-BD) and 42 classified as OCD with major depressive disorder (OCD-MDD) according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria were included in the study. The groups were compared with respect to demographic variables and scores obtained on various scales.

Family attitudes toward transgendered people in Turkey: experience from a secular Islamic country.

Objective: In Turkey, an individual with gender identity disorder is stigmatized and isolated from society. The family largely reflects and reinforces these negative views because gender crossing poses a threat to the normatively sanctioned gender classification.

Methods: We examined the acceptance of gender identity differences by the families in 47 relatives of 39 transgendered individuals who applied to a psychiatry clinic for sex reassignment.

Cigarette smoking among patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the ratio of smokers and the relationship of cigarette smoking to clinical features in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. One hundred and forty-four patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder along with 114 healthy controls were evaluated. A total of 57.