When it is safe to do so, medical professionals should not delay the treatment of patients who present with respiratory difficulties. Stigmatization of such patients can result in the unnecessary deferral of emergency therapy; this may lead to fatalities that could have been avoi...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v15i130144
Background: Speech fluency disorder(SFD), a common disorder is reported in all age groups of people but most commonly in children around the world. Objective: This study aimed to review critically several aspects of SFD, specifically epidemiological parameters, etiological founda...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v15i130143
Acrylamide is a chemical that naturally forms in starchy food products during every day high temperature cooking. The ingredients, storage and processing conditions greatly influence acrylamide formation in food. Home-cooking choices can have a substantial impact on the level of...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i430142
Background: Depression poses a huge challenge on personal, professional, and social life of individuals. Studies on the prevalence of depression have largely been on the general population, using socio-demographic variables to explain it’s outcome. The clergy constitutes a specia...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i430141
Aim: The screening of cognitive decline is a mandatory step in the early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of dementia to begin. In order to achieve this, an easy-to-take, validated neurocognitive test with good specificity and sensitivity are essential in the assessment. The a...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i430140
Aims/ Objectives: To study the importance of electrophysiological tests in diagnosing hereditary motor sensory neuropathy in absence of genetic studies. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physiology, Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Insti...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i430139
In primary health care centers somatic symptoms of depression usually dominates over psychological presentation. In Pakistan, before seeking help of a proper qualified medical doctors, people living in rural areas generally get advice from faith healers and local hakims (Unani me...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i430137
Aim: To ascertain the attitudes of caregivers of patients with schizophrenia comprising their knowledge of the illness and social distance towards people with the illness. Study Design: A cross sectional study design. Place and Duration of Study: Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i430138
Denise Freitas Santana, Kárita Amanda Ribeiro de Melo, Agrinazio Geraldo Nascimento Neto, Wellington Carlos da Silva, Fábio Alves dos Santos, Amanda Aguiar Barros, Maisa Adriele Nalves da Silva, Livia Gomes de Oliveira, Leidimar da Silva Carvalho, Taynara Dantas Batista, Larissa Lima dos Santos, Bianca de Andrade Nery, Murilo de Sousa Reis & Yan de Lima Borges·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2020
Introduction: At the end of 2019, more specifically in December, the outbreak of the new coronavirus - Sars-Cov-2, which caused pneumonia, emerged in Wuhan, and soon spread throughout China, where researchers began to suspect a possible pandemic. , being a disease that causes a d...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2020/v14i430136
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