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Urticaria is a cutaneous immuno-allergic reaction caused by various factors, characterized by the appearance of a skin rash consisting of erythematous, oedematous, pruritic papules and plaques affecting the dermis...

Background: The purpose of this study was to develop and cross-validate a Romanian translation of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) using a Romanian student sample. Methods: The original English...

Objective: To examine the relationship between early childhood cognitive functioning and late adolescence psychotic symptoms and depressive symptoms. Methods: A prospective cohort study (based on the 1970 British Cohort) which includes...

Introduction: The current diagnosis of acute and transient psychotic disorders represents and intermediate station of the long way of the defining...

We analyzed the domains of psychiatry and neurology from the perspective of medical evolution, with the aim to logically distinguish between the two medical domains, not at the clinical...

Psychopathy (Antisocial Personality Disorder) is the first Personality Disorder described in psychiatry, the concept being a controversial one and the subject of ardent debates in the practice of psychiatry...

Background: Action of the psychosocial factors in the evolution of schizophrenia is important both for patients and their caregivers, being an important marker...

Introduction: Elderly people with depression often associated medical comorbidities. The association between depression and somatic diseases lead in dificulties of diagnosis because depressive symptoms are frequently attributed to comorbidities. Objective:...

Introduction: Features of schizophrenia identified in the literature: the most severe and disabling psychosis; chronic disease with poor development potential; heterogeneity; multifactoriality; multidimensionality; high variability among cultures and regions. Objectives:...

În urmă cu șapte ani de zile, în timpul unei discuții colegiale, „într-o seară relaxată”, s-a născut ideea acestui proiect conceput și realizat de profesorii Gavril Cornuțiu și Dragoș...

Background: Depression has been designated by WHO in 2001 as a worldwide chronic disease, with the potential to become the leading cause of morbidity by 2020 (1). Cardiovascular diseases represent...

Human personality represents a concept of a special etiological and structural complexity which is found also in the structure and dynamics of the personality disorders. These are conditions of...

There is substantial evidence which indicates that neuropsychological functioning is impaired in individuals with bipolar affective disorder. The recurrence of episodes of mania and/or depression is a feature of...

The maladaptive traits of personality, which are expressed by behavior, have always constituted a major problem in psychiatry because of the fact that ...

Introduction: Depression in schizophrenia is highly prevalent (25%) and probably an important risk factor for increasing mortality or relapse in schizophrenia patients. Objective: The...