Publications by authors named "Seyed Mehdi Samimi"
Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in bipolar disorder.
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
February 2016
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFLT) in patients with bipolar disorder to a control group using optical coherence tomography (OCT).
- It found that patients with bipolar disorder had a significantly lower mean RNFLT (99 ± 8 μm) compared to healthy controls (106 ± 8 μm), particularly in the inferior, superior, and nasal quadrants.
- The research concluded that the reduction of RNFLT is related to the duration of bipolar disorder, highlighting its potential as a marker for assessing neurodegenerative changes in these patients.
Objective: Chronic pain is a common disorder with a high prevalence of psychiatric disorder that imposes a worse prognosis on both conditions. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is estimated to be the fourth most prevalent life time psychiatric disorder, but yet has gained less attention in chronic pain comorbidity researches.
Methods: Ninety three heterogeneous chronic pain patients who attended a pain clinic in Tehran (Iran) in an outpatient setting during three months were included in this study.