Papers by Fatemeh Hosseini
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a central nervous disease that may cause disability. Depre... more Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a central nervous disease that may cause disability. Depression is very common in MS which has a negative impact on quality of life and cognitive status. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of depression in MS patients, to assess the association of neuropsychological, demographic factors and clinical features of it. Methods: This study was performed on 220 patients. A questionnaire was completed by patients and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) test was used to evaluate the severity of depression. Results: 81.3% of patients had depression based on the cutoff point of 13. A significant relationship was found between gender, treatment duration, motion disability, Cerebellar and pyramidal symptoms and severity of depression,also between history of depression and prevalence of it. The prevalence of depression was more in age group of 20-40. No significant association was found between the duration of disease and severity of depress...
Journal of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, 2020
Introduction: Many factors cause cognitive impairment, including medication, such as selective se... more Introduction: Many factors cause cognitive impairment, including medication, such as selective serotonine reuptake inhibitor drugs use. On the other hand, many drugs are used in cognitive impairment therapy, including donepezil, which act by inhibiting the cholinesterase enzyme and increase brain acetylcholine. Methods: This study was a double-blind controlled randomized controlled clinical trial on the 73 numbers of 20-50 years-old patients treated with selective serotonine reuptake inhibitor drugs using Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test. They were randomly divided into two groups: placebo recipient and donepezil recipient. The Montreal Cognitive Test- reliability 92% and IC 83% - was performed two months after drug administration in both groups.The results were analyzed by Mann-Whitney, Chi-Square, T-test and has been reviewed by SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL; Version 16. Results: There was a significant difference in the Montreal Cognitive Test score before and after the intervention i...
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2015
Background: There are many antidepressant medications with different side-effects and efficacy pr... more Background: There are many antidepressant medications with different side-effects and efficacy profiles. Objectives: In this study, we compared the efficacy of citalopram and venlafaxine in major depression, which has not yet been studied in Iran. Patients and Methods: In this double-blind, randomized controlled trial study, 39 patients aged 18-54 year old with major depressive disorder were randomly allocated into two groups in Yazd City, Iran, between March 2011 and December 2012. A total of 16 patients were treated with velafaxine and 23 patients were treated with citalopram for 8 weeks. Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) questionnaire was used for monitoring depression severity. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20.0 software using Mann Whitney U test and chi-square statistical tests. Results: The HDRS scores were decreased significantly in each group after 8 weeks of treatment (P = 0.001). However, there was no significant difference considering the score of HDRS (P = 0.110). Ten patients in the venlafaxine group and two patients in the citalopram group stopped using medication, all due to nausea or vomiting, or both, and the rate of these two side-effects was significantly higher in the venlafaxine group (P = 0.010). Conclusions: The efficacy of venlafaxine and citalopram are almost the same, but compliance for the use of medication, such as nausea and vomiting, in patients using venlafaxine is much higher than the citalopram group. Therefore, this implies that citalopram could be a safer antidepressant for patients suffering from major depression.
Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 2013
Introduction Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the commonest disorders se... more Introduction Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the commonest disorders seen in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry services. ADHD is associated with comorbid conditions such as emotional problems, aggression and oppositional behaviors, specific learning disorders and sleep problems Aims The aim of the present study was to compare sleep problems in children with ADHD with that of a control group. Methods Ninety patients aged 6-12 years diagnosed with ADHD were compared with controls (n=90) without ADHD. ADHD was diagnosed by a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist based on the DSM-IV criteria. Controls were selected from children attending the paediatric clinic. Childhood Sleep Questionnaire was used in assessment of sleep problems. Results Children with ADHD experienced restless leg syndrome, fear of sleeping alone and darkness more than the control group. They sleep later and need more rituals for sleep. Conclusions TChildren with ADHD should be assessed for sleep disturbances and offered interventions when needed.
American Behavioral Scientist, 1971
There are several reports in the literature indicating a great variety of pharmacological effects... more There are several reports in the literature indicating a great variety of pharmacological effects for peganum har-mala or aspand such as sedative anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, antiviral and antiprotozoal. Some people believe that can be used for treatment of some organic or psychiatric disorders. We introduce a woman with history of long time constipation that was disappointed in novel medical treatment and decided to use comminuted Aspand to relieve her problem .Two hours after use, the intoxication symptoms manifested as blurred vision, phonophobia, floating feeling, and tinnitus ringing. Here we report the treatment process and outcome of this case.
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013
Background: Temporal lobe epilepsy with prevalence of 0.003 is the most common type of epilepsy i... more Background: Temporal lobe epilepsy with prevalence of 0.003 is the most common type of epilepsy in adulthood. 20-60% of these patients have psychiatric co morbidity and 30% of them have a history of admission in psychiatric hospitals, before referring to neurologist. Case presentation: The case is a 22 years old, single and high school educated man who developed his first epileptic episode four years ago when he was student in spiritual sciences center, so he was captured and suspended his education because of sexual manifestation of epilepsy. Then he was referred to a psychiatrist for management as a case of psychiatric illness but there was no improvement after one year of psychopharmacotherapy and following a suicidal attempt he was admitted in hospital and took ECT with the impression of mood disorder but in out patient service follow up he talked about the true nature of his problem and in a case conference session with the presence of psychiatrists and neurologist, we noticed that he is a case of epilepsy that his epileptic episodes usually occur in public places, 2-3 times in a year, no matter what is the victim sexuality. Each episode lasts about few minutes with postictal confusion and the patient has no memory about the episodes. Between the episodes the patient suffers from anxiety and depression. EEG was abnormal but brain CT scan and MRI with contrast were normal. After antiepileptic management the patient had no epileptic episode during one year follow up period. Conclusion :evaluation of sexual manifestation in the context of anxiety and depressive state need more consideration because it could be a distinct entity rather than a psychological manifestation.
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013
Introduction: child and adolescent mental health is the main part of public health and any effort... more Introduction: child and adolescent mental health is the main part of public health and any effort for the improvement of the child mental health needs evaluation of parenting skills and familial interactions. Positive parenting education is an interventional program based on the social learning theory and its main objective is prevention of behavioural , emotional and developmental problems in children by increasing the information, skills and self confidence of the parents.Materials and methods: 32 individuals who were the mother of pre school students enrolled in this study. Beforeand after positive parenting education they were asked to fill the parenting scale and demographic questionnaires.Results: The score of the parenting scale was higher in three sub scale before education and the total score in mothers with age of lower than 30 and in mothers whose student was their first child was higher before education. the role of age and the birth rank were not significant after education .Conclusion: this study shows that short term education of positive parenting can make improvement in different sub scales of parenting scale.
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