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Anxiety and depression in patients with giant cell arteritis
Martinho, Joana Martins; Ponte, André; Dourado, Eduardo; Khmelinskii, Nikita; Barreira, Sofia C.; Machado, Ana R. Cruz; Macieira, Carla; Teixeira, VítorObjectives To compare the prevalence of anxiety and depression in patients with GCA with that in the general population, using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and to identify independent predictors of these psychiatric manifestations in patients with GCA.Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study including all patients diagnosed with GCA followed during 1 year in a vasculitis outpatient clin...
Schizophrenia: What Non-Psychiatrist Physicians Need to Know
Queirós, Tiago Pinto; Coelho, Filipa Semeão; Linhares, Ludgero Arruda; Correia, Diogo TellesSchizophrenia is a disabling and severe mental illness that affects all social classes and racial and ethnic groups, spreading across every part of the world. It’s more frequent in males and it usually manifests itself in late adolescence or early adulthood and its early detection by all clinicians is important so that there is a proper referral to specialized psychiatric care. This article intends to update th...
“Psychiatrists and psychiatry in history – on the book “The roots of symptoms a...
Correia, Diogo Telles