Service use records of more than 400 homeless individuals
with psychiatric comorbidities were analyzed to examine patterns of geographic relocation, as well as health, justice, and social welfare service utilization.
Analysis of the data found that patients
with psychiatric comorbidities in the previous year were readmitted to the hospital 3 to 5 percent more often within 30 days than those without a psychiatric diagnosis.
Not exact matches
«These findings suggest that
psychiatric comorbidities influence 30 - day all - cause readmission rates for individuals
with heart failure, AMI and pneumonia,» Ahmedani says.
As a result of this study, Dr. Kumar and her team are researching the effect of specific
psychiatric comorbidities commonly seen in individuals
with ADHD on the development of obesity.
2 Although CD affects only 1 % of the population officially, it is associated
with many autoimmune
comorbidities of the neuromusculoskletal systems like myesthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, peripheral neuropathy, cerebellar ataxia, myalgia (muscle pain), multiple myoclonus, depression, anxiety,
psychiatric disease, and many others.
«Inactivity, sleep disturbance,
psychiatric comorbidity, medication, and ongoing stress experienced by people
with CFS will affect HPA axis function, and the findings that HPA axis dysregulation is more prominent in patients
with a longer duration of illness suggest that the endocrine changes may be secondary.»
Services for adolescents
with psychiatric disorders: 12 - month data from the National
Comorbidity Survey - Adolescent.
Review: childhood sexual abuse is associated
with bulimia nervosa especially when there is
psychiatric comorbidity
Such abuse is associated
with greater
psychiatric comorbidity but not
with the overall severity of the eating disorder.
Siblings of adolescents
with ADHD who themselves have ADHD are more likely to have
psychiatric comorbidities than are unaffected siblings or controls without ADHD
5 of 6 adequate studies found an association between abuse and greater
psychiatric comorbidity in patients
with eating disorders.
The disorder is associated
with specific eating disorder psychopathology (eg, dysfunctional body shape and weight concerns), 4
psychiatric comorbidity, and significant health and psychosocial impairments.5 Binge eating disorder is also linked
with overweight and obesity.6
It is therefore particularly concerning that we found high rates of
psychiatric comorbidity among our population - based sample of adult subjects
with a history of childhood ADHD, regardless of whether ADHD persisted into adulthood (80.9 % and 47.0 %
comorbidity rates, respectively).
Barkley et al found increased rates of comorbid substance abuse disorder, anxiety disorder, mood disorder, personality disorders, and disruptive behavior disorders among adults
with ADHD that had persisted from childhood into adulthood.23 Adults whose childhood ADHD did not persist also had increased rates of
psychiatric comorbidity, although lower than those
with persistent ADHD (47.3 % vs 84.3 %).23 Other smaller studies also report elevated rates of
psychiatric comorbidity (65 — 89 %) among adults
with ADHD.15 — 22 However, these studies used nonrepresentative samples of children referred to specialty treatment programs for ADHD.
Examining
comorbidity is critical because it is so prevalent among juveniles in the general population, 69,70 adult jail detainees, 71 and adults who have high arrest rates, such as substance abusers, 72 young, long - term
psychiatric patients, 73 and homeless, mentally ill persons.74 Moreover, studies71 of adults suggest that juveniles
with comorbid disorders may be especially vulnerable to arrest, particularly if they are poor and can not afford treatment.
Participants will learn to apply a comprehensive approach to assessing and managing sleep complaints in patients
with psychiatric and medical
comorbidities, as well as how to develop a care plan in collaboration
with inter-professional team members and patients to support patients» sleep management.
Comorbidity of
psychiatric diagnoses
with posttraumatic stress disorder in survivors of childhood trauma.
ADHD (ADD) is associated
with significant
psychiatric comorbidity.
Patients
with severe
psychiatric comorbidity or receiving current psychiatrist treatment were excluded, meaning the results can not be extrapolated to patients
with significant mental illness.
Patients
with Axis I
psychiatric comorbidity, imminent suicide risk,...
It is significantly associated
with DSM - III - R hypochondriasis, even after controlling for
psychiatric comorbidity, 35 and it predicts the persistence of hypochondriacal symptoms in transiently hypochondriacal patients.17
Comorbidity is a hallmark of late life mental health disorders,
with psychiatric disorder and physical illness each influencing a range of outcomes of the other.
Explain which binge features, when examined together, are associated
with clinical impairment and
psychiatric comorbidity.
Current studies about IAD have focused on case summaries, behavioral components, negative consequences in daily life, along
with clinical diagnosis, epidemiology, associated psychosocial factors, symptom management,
psychiatric comorbidity and treatment outcome [7], [8], [9], [10], [11].
At an illness level,
psychiatric comorbidities are also associated
with reduced medication adherence.
The adolescent and young adult
with ADHD is at risk for school failure, emotional difficulties, poor peer relationships, and trouble
with the law.29, 30 Factors identifiable in younger youth that predict the persistence of ADHD into adulthood include familiality
with ADHD and
psychiatric comorbidity — particularly aggression or delinquency problems.28,, 29,31,32
Lifetime co-occurrence of DSM - III - R alcohol abuse and dependence
with other
psychiatric disorders in the National
Comorbidity Survey
Comorbidity of AUDs / SUDs
with other
psychiatric conditions is associated
with increased disorder severity and poorer outcomes among youths [7, 9].
Demographic characteristics of paediatrically referred ADHD youth
with and without
psychiatric comorbidity
A third important psychosocial factor to consider when examining sleep in adolescents
with ADHD is
psychiatric comorbidity, as co-occurring externalizing and internalizing mental health problems are highly prevalent among adolescents
with ADHD (Smalley et al. 2007).
In addition, girls tend to have more internalizing comorbid disorders than boys, whilst boys
with ADHD are at higher risk for externalizing
psychiatric comorbidities than girls [7].
Attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a genetically as well as environmentally determined disorder
with a high rate of
psychiatric comorbidity.
Convergence of the Child Behavior Checklist
with structured interview - based
psychiatric diagnoses of ADHD children
with and without
comorbidity