Aims: The aim of this study was to test the utility of blink reflex in detecting sub-cranial neuropathy in the early course of Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS). Study Design: The study was a case control study with 5 clinically diagnosed patients of GBS and 5 age and sex matched hea...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/44318
Aims: Although epilepsy is a common disease, the pathological process has not been sufficiently elucidated. Previous studies have reported that blood-brain barrier (BBB) damage is involved in epileptogenesis. Our aim was to non-invasively and sequentially evaluate BBB damage in a...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/44707
Cognitive and psychological deficits may be frequent in patients with epileptic disorders. The study was aimed at assessing the cognitive (memory and academic achievement) and psychological (anxiety and depression) deficits associated with epileptic disorders. The study also exam...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/44437
In the last years, several clinical studies have shown the usefulness of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in psychiatric diseases including a role in some drug abuse disorders. Although the glutathione replenishment and the antioxidant activity of NAC have been suggested as the principal m...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/44483
Traditionally, the right hemisphere has been considered as non-dominant because of absence of significant alterations in cognitive functioning after lesions. Recent studies have shown that right hemisphere plays an active role in cognitive processes, such as spatial global analys...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/44117
Introduction: Depression and anxiety disorder are the common mental disorders. Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) is a well-established neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS). It has a role in the anxiety, depression, appetite, motor, cognitive and autonomic fun...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/42988
Dynamic aphasia is considered to be a rare neuropsychological syndrome. Reports of cases of dymanic aphasia aren’t so frequent in literature. The objective of this work is to show the effects of the program for neuropsychological rehabilitation in a case of an adult patient with...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/42633
Background: Mental illnesses are a major public health problem around the world and the prevalence and burden of common mental disorders is growing, especially in Nigeria with a long-standing history of economic instability and security challenges. The psychiatry clerkship can pl...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/42662
Background: Treatment of schizophrenia with antipsychotic medications is often associated with increased risks for weight gain, overweight and obesity but the associated risk factors in these patients are not fully known. Objective: The aim of our study is to determine the preval...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/42792
Aim: To determine the prevalence, pattern and correlates of use of benzodiazepines and other sedating over the counter medications in older persons in Abeokuta, an urban community in Nigeria. Methodology: The design was cross-sectional. It was carried out among 212 retired state...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/42724
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