Waguih William IsHak, Jennice Vilhauer, Richard Kwock, Fan Wu, Sherif Gohar, Katherine Collison, Shannon Nicole Thomas, Lancer Naghdechi & David Elashoff·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2016
Aims: This analysis aims at examining if patient-reported variables such as hope for improvement and patient satisfaction with clinician/treatment could influence the outcome major depressive disorder (MDD) treatment, namely depression remission, in the Sequenced Treatment Altern...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/26203
Eric D. Peselow, Rebecca Long, Alexander Joseph Steiner, Demetria R. Pizano, Lancer Naghdechi, Nermeen Akladios & Waguih William IsHak·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2016
Background: Mood stabilizers such as lithium are effective agents to treat bipolar disorder and are known to decrease suicide rates. This paper looks to explore the variables associated with compliance and specifically compare and contrast compliant and non-compliant patient grou...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/26987
Purpose: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized by obesity, dyslipidemia (high triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol), hyperglycemia, and hypertension. With the constantly increasing epidemic of metabolic syndrome in the US population, our purpose is to review the impact...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7748
Objective: This paper aims to present a comprehensive literature review of Quality of Life (QOL) in patients who are suffering from serious medical illness as evidenced by receiving treatment in the intensive care setting. By examining the instruments used to measure QOL, as well...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19621
Eric D. Peselow, Ruby Mangsatabam, Kimberly Smith, Enrique Lopez, Bret Becker, Mehdi Farokhnia, Monica Hanna, Samantha Cohen, Shaina Ganjian, Jonathan Dang & Waguih William IsHak·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aim: To evaluate whether Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) has an impact on the treatment outcome in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Methods: We studied 130 patients who met the DSM-IV criteria for MDD according to the DSM-IV checklist. Patients were assessed f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29374
Konstantin Balayan, Maria Kahloon, Gabriel Tobia, Anna Postolova, Holly Peek, Araks Akopyan, Marie Lord, Alexandra Brownstein, Amira Aziz, Uju Nwabueze, Brian Blackmon, Alexander Joseph Steiner, Enrique Lopez & Waguih William IsHak·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2014
Aims: To review the relevant literature on Quality of Life (QOL) impairment in PTSD and the impact of treatment interventions on QOL. Methods: A database search from 1980-2012 was conducted using Medline, PsycINFO, and the PILOTS database using the keywords: “PTSD”, “posttraumati...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/7649