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Background and Objective: The prevalence of behavioral disorders in children with mentally ill parents are higher compared with children of healthy parents. This study was carried out to assess the behavioral disorders in children with major depressive mothers. Materials and Methods: This case – control study was done on 50 children (6-11 years) of mothers with major depressive as case group and 50 children of healthy mothers as controls in Bandar Abbas, Iran drung 2009. With psycological interview, DSM-4-R and Beck tests, deprsion in mother were confirmed. The psycological health of control mothers were confirmed using Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI) and questionnaire health general (QHG). The behavior disorders of children in two groups were compared using Achenbach child behavior questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS-17, Chi-Square and student’s t tests. Results: Somatic complains, anxiety and depression, social problems, thought problems, externalization, internalization and antisocial behavior scores, were significantly higher in cases compared to controls (P<0.05). No significant differences in isolation and attention behavior were noticed between cases and controls. Conclusion: Behavior disorders in children with depressive mothers are common.

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Lycanthropy is a delusive belief that the affected person or others transform into a wolf or other animals. Lycanthropy has been known for over 2000 years. This paper introduces a 51-year-old married woman who has had symptoms of depressive disorder for the past four years, following forced marriage and has recently been diagnosed with lycanthropic syndrome. The patient was diagnosed with depression along with lycanthropy symptoms (psychotic depression) and was treated with antipsychotics, antidepressants, and individual psychotherapy. Over a 16-weeks follow-up, her lycanthropy was reduced and symptoms of depression improved relatively.

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Background and Objective: Major depression is a common disease in the world, which is associated with cognitive impairment. Executive functions are among the cognitive functions that are influenced by major depression. This study was conducted to comprehensively evaluate the executive functions of people with major depressive disorder and normal people using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB).
Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 13 patients with major depressive disorder and 13 normal individuals aged 21 to 35 years who were referred to psychology and psychiatry centers in Tehran (Iran) in 2019. The subjects were randomly selected from six centers in four districts of Tehran and then divided into an experimental group and a healthy control group. Both groups were subjected to cognitive assessment using the CANTAB, n-back test as well as Daneman and Carpenter's working memory sentences.
Results: The mean of executive functions was significantly lower in people with major depressive disorder compared to their healthy counterparts (P<0.05). When examining the components of executive functions in both the experimental and control groups, there was a significant increase in the shifting in the total number of errors and the inhibition component in direction errors. In addition, there was a statistically significant decrease in the updating component in errors 1 and error 2 and an increase in time 2. Furthermore, there was a significant increase in the component of working memory maintenance in error as well as the planning component in the average delay (response speed) to the first choice, to correct the error and a decrease in working memory manipulation (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Our findings indicate that the executive functions of people with major depressive disorder are lower than healthy counterparts according to the CANTAB.