Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES) is an under-recognised cause of chronic abdominal wall pain caused by entrapment of the anterior cutaneous branches of the lower thoracic intercostal nerves. This report describes the diagnosis and surgical management of a 36-y...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5587
Background: Medical education is associated with substantial academic, psychological and social demands. Medical students may experience depression, anxiety, psychological distress, sleep disturbances and burnout at rates that are concerning for both student welfar...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5588
Background: Co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders (SUDs) are associated with high clinical complexity, heterogeneous treatment response and recurrent relapse. Pharmacogenomic and neuroimaging biomarkers may complement conventional clinical predictors, but the ex...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5586
Descriptions of the “great teacher” as an inspiring figure are abundant in professional discourse, yet the biological and psychological processes that might underpin inspirational teaching, and sustain it across a working life, remain loosely specified. Interest in educational ne...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5585
Precision psychiatry proposes that the combination of genomic, neuroimaging, peripheral biological, digital and health-record data will permit treatment to be matched to individual patients rather than to diagnostic categories. Opioid use disorder in the United States has been ad...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5584
For nearly three decades, the Brain Disease Model of Addiction (BDMA) has strongly influenced scientific, clinical, and public understandings of addiction while remaining the focus of sustained debate. This critical narrative review reassesses the BDMA by integrating evidence fro...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5583
Epilepsy is a heterogeneous brain disorder in which recurrent seizures arise from diverse genetic, structural, metabolic, immune and unknown causes. Neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction have each been implicated in seizure generation and epileptogenes...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5582
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors associated with adherence to epilepsy treatment. Methods: The study was conducted in Kitui Central Sub-County among adult patients with epilepsy. The study adopted a cross-sectional design, and a...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5580
Persistent comorbidity, diagnostic instability and the scarcity of disorder-specific causes have encouraged the proposal that a single superordinate dimension underlies liability to all common mental disorders. This proposition, expressed empirically as the general factor of psyc...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5581
The amygdala, a major limbic structure, regulates emotional response, anxiety, and memory formation. Methamphetamine is known to trigger oxidative stress and neurodegeneration, whereas vitamin A possesses potent antioxidant properties that may offer neuroprotection. This study ev...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5578
Background: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is an emerging behavioural health concern globally, yet its association with sleep quality among medical residents in Saudi Arabia remains understudied. Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of IGD, assess sleep quality...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5579
Introduction: Developmental dyslexia is traditionally explained by the acoustic phonological deficit theory, yet clinical observations suggest that reading difficulties may extend to motor and articulatory components, manifesting as phono-articulatory stalls during the decoding o...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5577
Background: Schizophrenia is frequently accompanied by substance use disorders, which complicate clinical management and contribute to recurrent hospitalisation. Evidence regarding the association between substance use disorders and 30-day hospital readmission remains inconsisten...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5576
Aim: This study aimed to determine the impact of social support networks on recovery from depression among patients with depression residing in Ikpoba-Okha LGA, Benin City, Edo State. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted to examine the relationship bet...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5575
While existing research has largely focused on involuntary social isolation, less attention has been given to how individuals actively withdraw from social engagement and experience this phenomenon. This study aimed to explore the lived experience of voluntary social isolation an...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2026/v23i4574