From garden to madness: herbal products and psychotic experiences.

Psychotic symptoms, characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and cognitive disturbances, are associated with various psychiatric and neurological disorders. This manuscript explores two cases of acute psychotic episodes triggered by the regular consumption of herbal products. The cases highlight the need for increased awareness of the potential toxic side effects of herbal products.

The relationship between parental obsessive-compulsive disorder and children's cognitive disengagement syndrome (Sluggish Cognitive Tempo).

Although the impact of parental obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) on children is well known, there is a still need to investigate additional psychopathological effects that parental OCD may have on children. To our knowledge, the relationship between Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (CDS), previously referred to as Sluggish Cognitive Tempo CDS in children and parents' OCD has not been investigated to date. In this study, we examined the relationship between parental OCD and children's CDS, while adjusting for parental anxiety, depression, as well as symptoms of internalization, externalization, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in their children.

Empathy in Social Anxiety Disorder: The Association with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

: Our main hypothesis in this study was that patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) and comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had lower empathy levels than those without ADHD. Also, after controlling for the severity of SAD and depression, we hypothesized that ADHD symptoms contributed to lower levels of empathy in SAD patients.: 72 patients (46 females, 32 males) with SAD between the ages of 18-65 years were divided into two groups as those with (n = 32) and those without ADHD (n = 40).

Separation Anxiety Disorder in Panic Disorder Patients with and without Comorbid Agoraphobia.

: Previous studies have focused on the relationship between childhood separation anxiety disorder (SAD) and adult panic disorder (PD)-agoraphobia. It is not clear enough whether SAD, which continues into adulthood, is associated with PD with and without comorbid agoraphobia in adult patients. Our primary hypothesis was that PD patients with comorbid agoraphobia had a higher rate of SAD that continues into adulthood than those without agoraphobia.

The relation of major depression, OCD, personality disorders and affective temperaments with Temporal lobe epilepsy.

Background: In patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), studies demonstrate frequent comorbidity with mood disorders, personality disorders (especially obsessive-compulsive disorder) and major depression, but there are conflicting findings. This study aimed to investigate psychiatric comorbidities and affective temperament among TLE patients and to explore the relationships between obsessive compulsive disorder, other personality disorders, major depression and affective temperament in order to clarify the mediator effect of TLE in these relationships.

Methods: Thirty patients with TLE and 30 healthy volunteers were included.

Affective temperaments and lifetime major depression in female migraine patients.

The relationship between affective temperaments and migraine is not well studied to date. It is also uncertain whether some affective temperaments may predispose the migraine patients to major depression (MD). We hypothesized that migraine patients had more affective temperament traits than HCs, and certain affective temperament traits in migraine patients are associated with lifetime MD.

Affective temperament traits may explain high expressed emotion in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Background: The negative interactions between Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and their caregivers may provoke criticism, hostility, and emotional overinvolvement that characterise highly expressed emotion (EE) attitudes. In this study, we hypothesised that affective temperament traits of AD caregivers are related to their high EE levels independent from other patient and caregiver characteristics.

Methods: Eighty AD patients were assessed through Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR), and Mini-Mental State Examination.

The affective temperament traits and pregnancy-related depression in mothers may constitute risk factors for their children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.

We investigated whether the affective temperaments of mothers and maternal depression before and during the index pregnancy are related to the development of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in their children. One hundred and twenty children were screened for the diagnosis of ADHD. After exclusion and inclusion criteria were applied for children and their mothers, we compared the mothers of children with ( = 63) and without ADHD ( = 60) in terms of affective temperament traits, depression before and during the index pregnancy, and some environmental risk factors.

The subthreshold autistic traits in patients with adult-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder: a comparative study with adolescent patients.

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to compare the adult-onset and adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients in terms of the subthreshold autistic traits.

Methods: 29 adolescent, and 45 adult-onset OCD patients were assessed by Autism-spectrum Quotient (AQ).

Results: The ratio of males to females, the frequency of ritualistic compulsions, and the mean number of lifetime compulsions were significantly higher in adolescents with OCD compared to adult-onset patients.

The association of temperament with nausea and vomiting during early pregnancy.

ABSRACT We aimed to investigate the relationship between affective temperaments and the severity of nausea and vomiting symptoms in early pregnancy (NVP). The pregnant women who did ( = 187) or did not report ( = 71) any nausea and vomiting at three consecutive assessments with the Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis Scoring Index (PUQE) ( = 71) were examined. Affective temperamental traits were assessed by Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego auto-questionnaire (TEMPS-A).

The importance of avoidant personality in social anxiety disorder with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

In the present study, our primary aim was to compare the generalized social anxiety (GSAD) patients with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in terms of avoidant personality disorder (AVPD), and some clinical variables. We also investigated the relationship of AVPD and depression with ADHD and GSAD. We hypothesized that ADHD may be associated with AVPD in patients with GSAD.

The relationship between temperament and depression in Parkinson's disease patients under dopaminergic treatment.

Aim: The risk factors for depressive symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) under dopaminergic drug treatment are unclear. In this study, we examined whether some temperament traits are related to the presence of comorbid depression in PD patients, independent of the characteristics of illness and drug treatment.

Methods: The participants in this study were 74 patients with idiopathic PD who were already treated with stable doses of levodopa or dopamine agonists.

Temperament in Adulthood Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder without Bipolar Disorder.

Objective: We examined whether some temperamental traits would be associated with persistence of attention deficit-hyperacitivty disorder (ADHD) in adulthood independent from bipolar disorder (BD).

Methods: Eighty-one ADHD patients without a comorbid diagnosis of BD were divided into two groups, those with childhood ADHD (n=46), and those with Adulthood ADHD (n=35). The severity of childhood and adulthood ADHD were assessed by using the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS-25) and Turgay's Adult ADD/ADHD Diagnosis and Evaluation Scale (DES).

The factors related to early-onset depression after first stroke.

Background: The biological and psychological aspects of post-stroke depression (PSD) may vary based on the time since stroke onset. The sociodemographic and clinical correlates of early-onset PSD are not yet well understood. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the clinical correlates of early-onset depression following first stroke.

The Clinical Characteristics of ADHD and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Comorbidity.

To investigate the clinical implications of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and ADHD comorbidity in adults. The OCD patients who had and had no diagnosis of adulthood ADHD were compared in terms of several demographic and clinical variables. The mean number of obsessions and compulsions; hoarding, symmetry, and miscellaneous obsessions; ordering/arranging and hoarding compulsions; total, attentional, and motor subscale scores of Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS)-11 were more frequent among the patients with OCD-ADHD.

The impact of pre-procedural waiting period and anxiety level on pain perception in patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of pre-procedural waiting period and anxiety level on pain perception during transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy.

Materials And Methods: Sixty patients who had undergone transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy were enrolled in this prospective study. The subjects were asked to fill out the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Scale-1 to measure the level of state anxiety at three times: 1) at the time of the procedure request, 2) before the procedure, and 3) before getting the result.

The attitudes of menopausal women and their spouses towards menopause.

Objective: Menopausal experience and symptom reporting of the women was reported to be affected by their attitudes to menopause which in turn is influenced by a range of variables. In this study, we primarily tried to investigate the attitudes of women and their spouses towards menopause. The other aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between menopausal attitudes and menopausal symptom experience, depression and anxiety scores of the participants.