Other Disorders & Topics

Efficacy of Modafinil on Fatigue and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness

This meta-analysis was aimed to assess drug safety and effects of modafinil on fatigue and EDS associated with neurological disorders.


  • Title: Efficacy of Modafinil on Fatigue and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Associated with Neurological Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  • Authors: Ping Sheng, Lijun Hou, Xiang Wang, Xiaowen Wang, Chengguang Huang, Mingkun Yu, Xi Han, and Yan Dong
  • Date: 2013
  • Source: PLoS One. 2013; 8(12): e81802. doi:  10.1371/journal.pone.0081802

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Psychiatric Disorders In Hemophilic Patients


Hemophilia is caused by absence of or defective coagulation factors. Aim of this study was to evaluate hemophiliac patients regarding possible psychiatric disorders.


  • Title: Psychiatric Disorders In Hemophilic Patients
  • Authors: Fakhari A., Dolatkhah R.
  • Date: n/a
  • Source: Priory Lodge Education Ltd


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Psychiatric Disorders In Hemophilic Patients




Clinical Judgments Of General Intelligence

Several investigations have focused on the problems in information processing by mental health clinicians that may impede accurate clinical predictions.


  • Title: Clinical Judgments Of General Intelligence In Relation To Obtained IQ
  • Authors: Thurber S, Lee R, Bonynge E
  • Date: n.a
  • Source: Priory Lodge Education Ltd




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Clinical Judgments Of General Intelligence



Clinical Assessment of Dangerousness in Offender Populations


Mental health professionals are being called upon with increasing frequency to provide courts with dispositions regarding the dangerousness of violent and sex offenders.


  • Title: Clinical Assessment of Dangerousness in Offender Populations
  • Authors: David A. Cohen, M.A. 
  • Date: 1997
  • Source:  Forensic Psychiatry Priory

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Clinical Assessment of Dangerousness in Offender Populations




Epilepsy & Psychiatric Comorbidity


Patients were assessed using a standardised questionnaire (SCL-90-R) and a structured interview.

  • Title: Detecting Psychiatric Comorbidity In Patients With Epilepsy Or Non Epileptic Attack Disorder At A Specialist Neuropsychiatry Tertiary Referral Centre: A Clinical Audit.
  • Authors: R. Goggins, F. Pattison, M. Upton And J. M. Bird.
  • Date: 2003
  • Source: Priory Lodge Education Ltd 


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Epilepsy & Psychiatric Comorbidity




DBT Fact Sheet


Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy. DBT was originally developed in the 1980s by Marsha Linehan.


  • Title: ABCT FACT SHEETS - DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY
  • Authors: abct.org
  • Source: abct.org Information




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DBT Fact Sheet





Self-Efficacy for Primary School Children


The intervention group and the comparison group were two intact physical education classes. A significant increase was observed in the self-regulatory efficacy of intervention group participants. 

  • Title: Implementation of the Personal and Social Responsibility Model to Improve Self-Efficacy during Physical Education Classes for Primary School Children
  • Authors: Amparo Escartí, Melchor Gutiérrez, Carmina Pascual, and Ramón Llopis
  • Date: 2010
  • Source: International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy 2010, 10, 3, pp. 387-402




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Self-Efficacy for Primary School Children





Temperament, Character Traits and Burnout 


This study explores if there is a relationship between the temperament and character traits and burnout. The research was carried out with 108 randomly selected nurses.

  • Title: The Relationship between Temperament and Character Traits and Burnout among Nurses
  • Authors: Ahmet Bulent Yazici, Osman Esen, Esra Yazici, Hayrunisa Esen and Mustafa Ince
  • Date: 2014
  • Source: J Psychol Psychother 4:154. doi: 10.4172/2161-0487.1000154



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Temperament, Character Traits and Burnout



Victims as Victimizers

The objective of this study was to examine whether a history of childhood sexual or physical abuse is associated with becoming a victimizer as an adult. The study demonstrates that among intravenous drug users past abuse is associated with becoming a victimizer as an adult. 


  • Title: Victims as Victimizers - Physical Aggression by Persons With a History of Childhood Abuse 
  • Authors: Jennifer Clarke, MD; Michael D. Stein, MD; Mindy Sobota, MA; Margaret Marisi, RN; Lucy Hanna, MS
  • Date: 1999
  • Source: Arch Intern Med. 1999;159(16):1920-1924. doi:10.1001/archinte.159.16.1920.




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Victims as Victimizers





Anger: ABCT Fact Sheet

A number of effective cognitive-behavioral techniques are available for anger management.
Psychotherapy can identify how these strategies might be combined to reduce anger.


  • Title: ABCT FACT SHEETS :ANGER
  • Authors: abct.org
  • Source: abct.org ABCT information




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