Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has questioning origin in Wuhan, an industrial city of China. The novel coronavirus 2 (NCV2) was first identified in December 2019, and World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a global public h...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i430135
Aim: This survey aimed to highlight the mental and social health-related complaints of children and adolescents during the lockdown in Nigeria. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Respondents from all six geopolitical zones in Nigeria, from May...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i430134
Kleptomania is a disabling impulse control disorder, that can be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This was achieved through the results of a case study. The presenting case is 20-year-old college student. The complaint at the first interview was that she was steal...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i330133
Aims: This study set out to identify and compare the pathways to care for children and adolescents presenting at child psychiatry and paediatric neurology clinics in South West Nigeria. Study Design: This was a comparative cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Depar...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i330131
Background: There is a need for effective, well tolerated and affordable drug for chronic migraine prophylaxis in low socioeconomic countries. Objective: To study the efficacy and safety of propranolol and sodium valproate (a food and drug administration approved and widely used...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i330130
Background: During an epidemic, an associated rise in mental health concerns is usually observed. The impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on mental health of adults residing in Nigeria is unknown. The current study attempts to determine the prevalence of psycholo...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i330129
Background: Low level of community reintegration among stroke survivors is a major obstacle to rehabilitation services post discharge from acute care. Few studies have assessed the impact of community reintegration on stroke survivors in Nigeria. This study investigates community...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i330128
Daniela Ponciano Oliveira, Ellen Fernanda Klinger, Gisele Alves Rodrigues, Alanne Letícia Lima Silva Oliveira, Dennis Martins Adriano, Luís Filipe Bonaparte Milhomem, Kaffilla Alves Botelho, Keytianny Alencar de Oliveira, Vanessa Mendes de Oliveira Mota, Talita Pinheiro Aguiar, Maysa Gloria Oliveira & Kássia Silva Oliveira·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2020
Psychological counseling, as a contemporary clinical practice, presents itself as a modality concerned with the model as if the new psychic demands are configured and, above all, focused on respecting the historical horizon of meaning in which the one who addresses his request fo...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i230127
Background: Febrile seizures are a common, yet benign neurological disorder and characterized by convulsions associated with fever in childhood due to the effect of fever on the immature brain. All treating clinicians must understand the nature and evaluation of this benign condi...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i230126
Context: Caregivers of children with heart diseases are faced with the long term care of these children and may suffer psychological illnesses as a result. Aims: To determine the prevalence and determinants of depression among caregivers of children with heart diseases attending...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i230125