Background: There is a myriad of risk factors associated with overweight and obesity in the psychiatric population. Objective: The review aimed at looking at the psychotropic medications induced weight gain or loss through the lens of age categories and psychiatric diagnoses. Met...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/42585
Background: Cases of peripheral oedema associated with antipsychotic medication have been reported, especially with the atypical types of antipsychotics. The exact cause is not known. Aim: Our purpose is to bring to the medical world that though peripheral oedema is more reported...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/41874
Karen Oliveira Gomes, Vitor Hugo Auzier Lima, Daniele Salgado de Sousa, Rebeson Moraes da Silva, Ysadora Maria Rodrigues Pinto, Dhiego Lima Costa & Eveli Freire de Vasconcelos·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2018
The magisterium has always been considered by law as a painful activity, which causes physical or psychological wear and tear on the organism, due to the repetition of psychological movements, pressures and tensions that affect the worker emotionally. Decree 53.831 / 64 framed th...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/42056
Aim: This study examines the effect of clinical traineeship on the emotional dimensions (valence and arousal) among nurses student. Methods: Two groups were recruited. The first group consisting of the students who did not start the clinical traineeship. The second group composed...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/41406
Aims: To measure subjective Quality of Life and its relationship to psychiatric morbidity and socio-demographic variables in secondary school teachers in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: 10 selected public secondary school...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/41477
The difficulties of processing facial emotions in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were reported. The traditional educations have provided evidence that traditional educations improve social skills. Nonetheless, the processing of facial emotions was limited. A serious game, called...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/36820
Background: Non-antipsychotic medications are frequently used in psychiatric patients with a variety of disorders. However, there is limited research concerning weight gain and metabolic changes in mentally ill population. Objective: This review aimed to critically describe non-a...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/41133
Background: First and second-generation antipsychotic medications are commonly prescribed to millions of psychiatric patients with psychosis around the world. Antipsychotic medications are associated with a variety of adverse effects including weight gain. Objective: This review...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/40876
Objective: Antipsychotic drugs have been implicated as a potential cause of haematological toxicity. However, the seemingly mild and asymptomatic presentation is perhaps responsible for it not being frequently investigated. The aim of this study, therefore, was to determine the e...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/40894
Earlier studies of Correctional Officers have already shown the relationships between work environment and mental health. However, most have not evaluated the prevalence of specific psychiatric morbidity among officers who work in the prison environment. The aim of this study was...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/40900