Mixed associations observed between advanced paternal age and
psychiatric morbidity in offspring
Invited commentary on: Abusive experiences and
psychiatric morbidity in women primary care attenders
A 14 session cognitive behavioural family intervention reduced
psychiatric morbidity in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease compared with a 1 session cathartic interview or a no interview control group, and improved patient activities of daily living at 3 months of follow up.
Adult
psychiatric morbidity in England, 2007: results of a household survey.
Not exact matches
Thus, white youth
in the juvenile justice system may, on average, be more dysfunctional (have greater
psychiatric morbidity) than minority youth.
As they age, they may become suicidal, addicted to alcohol or other drugs, enmeshed
in violent relationships, and unable to care for their children.64, 76 Delinquent females also engage
in sexual activity at an earlier age than nonoffenders, placing them at greater risk for unwanted pregnancy and human immunodeficiency virus.78 Understanding
psychiatric morbidity and associated risk factors among delinquent females could help us to improve treatment and reduce the cycle of disorder and dysfunction.
Functional expectations of caregivers are often huge with multiple responsibilities such as household chores, emotional support, providing transportation and symptom management.4 As cancer survivorship grows, from 50 %
in the 70s, to 54 % between 1983 and 1985, to 65 %
in 2009, the illness may become a chronic disease, further stressing caregivers with a cumulative and unrelenting burden of care and responsibility.5 Psychological
morbidity or
psychiatric symptomatology among cancer caregivers is high.6, 7 Levels of distress have also been shown to be higher than those reported by patients themselves.8
The prevalence of
psychiatric morbidity among adults aged 16 — 64 living
in private households
in Great Britain
Social experiences
in childhood and adult
psychiatric morbidity: a multiple regression analysis
Because of changes
in the DSM and DIS interview over the course of the study, we constructed an index of
psychiatric morbidity that was more nearly comparable at baseline and follow - up.