Introduction: Smoking is highly prevalent in patients with bipolar disorder and is associated with medical and psychiatric comorbidities. The main aims of this study were to determine the prevalence and correlates of smoking and the predictors of persistent smoking in patients wi...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/26190
Aim: To present a patient suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS) with the noticeable conformity to dream elements with what had occurred in subsequent days (i.e. the relapse of MS). Presentation of Case: The patient is a 27-year-old man who is a known case of MS. The sleep patter...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/26517
Irene Toldo, Margherita Nosadini, Maria Federica Pelizza, Debora De Carlo, Stefano Sartori, Michela Gatta & Pier Antonio Battistella·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2016
Primary headaches have a high prevalence in paediatric age and may pose a high strain on the quality of life of young patients. Adequate care involves a patient-by-patient approach, and this generally relies both on bio-behavioural measures and on pharmacological and non-pharmaco...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/26790
Aim: The main purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of depression and disability in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients and to determine any association between stage of CKD and depression in the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Methods: One hundred and sixt...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/26218
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
We reported a patient with restless arm but without any other extremity involvement during 20 year period. There was hypometabolism of brain in caudate bilaterally. Interestingly, the restlessness had not progressed to involve other hand or his legs during this long time period....
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/25810
Aims: 1) To determine the nature and extent of alcohol and substance use and 2) To describe the relationship between alcohol use and psychosocial competence among secondary school youths in Northern and Central Uganda. Study Design: This was a cross-sectional study. Place and Dur...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/25387
Alzheimer’s disease is an age-related central nervous disorder that has created daunting challenges for the treating physicians, the families and the society. Alzheimer’s disease, a leading neurodegenerative disorder worldwide, is a major cause of dementia in the developed and de...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/24771
We present a case report of a 69-year old man with spinal ischemic stroke and spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage (sSAH) in the thoracic region. The first complaint was low back pain, which was followed by retention of urine, inferior paraplegia and distal hypesthesia below Th7-8 derm...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/25903
Background: Diagnosis of tuberculosis and lower limb fracture and treatment can affect a patient‘s’- psychological well being. Psychological problems can affect the overall well being of the patient and make palliation of physical symptoms more difficult. Psychological symptoms r...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/24624