Background: Mental illnesses are a major public health problem around the world and the prevalence and burden of common mental disorders is growing, especially in Nigeria with a long-standing history of economic instability and security challenges. The psychiatry clerkship can pl...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/42662
Background: Cases of peripheral oedema associated with antipsychotic medication have been reported, especially with the atypical types of antipsychotics. The exact cause is not known. Aim: Our purpose is to bring to the medical world that though peripheral oedema is more reported...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/41874
Monday N. Igwe, Emmanuel O. Olose, Afamefuna O. Okeke, Miriam C. Aguocha, Okwudili Obayi, Appolos C. Ndukuba, Richard Ewah & Kehinde O. Bankole·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2018
Objectives: This study assessed the level of knowledge and attitudes of resident anaesthetic doctors, anaesthetic nurses and psychiatric nurses working at a teaching hospital in southeast Nigeria towards electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/40326