Browsing by Subject "psychiatric disorders"
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Editorial: Neuropeptides and Behavior: From Motivation to Psychopathology
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Educational needs of epileptologists regarding psychiatric comorbidities of the epilepsies: a descriptive quantitative survey
(John Libbey Eurotext Ltd, 2017)Aim. Psychiatric disorders are relatively frequent comorbidities in epilepsy and they have an impact on morbidity, mortality, and quality of life. This is a report from the Task Force on Education of the ILAE Commission ...
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Efeitos psiquiátricos e comportamentais das drogas antiepilépticas e sua ação como moduladores de humor
(Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia (LBE), 2011-01-01)INTRODUCTION: The association between epilepsy, psychiatric disorders (PD) and antiepileptic drugs (AED) is among the most frequent and important aspects of epileptology. According to most recent data in literature, AED ...
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THE EFFECTS of ADHD in ADULT SUBSTANCE ABUSERS
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2013-07-01)The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychiatric comorbidities and different areas of life functioning in substance abusers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms. A cross-sectional, multi-center study ...
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High frequency of unrecognized mental disorders in HCV-infected patients
(Elsevier B.V., 2008-01-01)Objective: This study indexed the frequency of psychiatric disorders among hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients.Method: HCV-infected patients treated at a university hospital in the northeastern region of Brazil were ...
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Interictal dysphoric disorder: a frequent psychiatric comorbidity among patients with epilepsy who were followed in two tertiary centers
(Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2013-11-01)Psychiatric disorders are frequent among patients with epilepsy. Data in the literature have shown a heterogeneous clinical presentation of psychiatric disorders in patients with epilepsy. Interictal dysphoric disorder ...
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Neuropsychiatric profiles of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy treated with valproate or topiramate
(Elsevier B.V., 2006-05-01)In this cross-sectional study, the neuropsychiatric profiles of 42 patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) who were treated with valproate (VPA) or topiramate (TPM) in monotherapy were compared with the aim of ...
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O papel do polimorfismo funcional VNTR da região promotora do gene MAOA nos transtornos psiquiátricos
(Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, 2011-01-01)INTRODUCTION: A functional variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) polymorphism of the promoter region of the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene has been described and many studies have investigated the association of this ...
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Pre-surgical mood disorders associated to worse post-surgical seizure outcome in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy and mesial temporal sclerosis
(Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia (LBE), 2012-03-01)OBJECTIVES: This study aims at verifying the impact of pre-surgical PD on seizure outcome in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy and mesial temporal sclerosis (TLE-MTS). METHODS: After previous consent, ...