Introduction: Advanced mobile technology especially mobile phones provide useful and convenient means for individuals to communicate and access the internet anytime and anywhere. However, electromagnetic field (EMF) energy from the mobile phones has been mentioned to hamper neuro...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i330174
Background: Cerebrovascular diseases (CVD), including stroke, are considered as a high burden heath issue around the world. Diabetes is a well-established risk factor for stroke that affects both severity and outcome. Objectives: The objective of this study is to evaluate cerebra...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i330173
Background: Burnout is considered a condition of great public concern due to its biopsychosocial consequences which include poor quality of life. Healthcare providers have been described as high-risk population for experiencing burnout. Psychological distress is also considered a...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i230172
Lois N. Omaka-Amari, Christian O. Aleke, Jude N. Nwafor, Eunice N. Afoke, Patricia C. Ngwakwe, Ifeyinwa M. Okeke, Okocha Yusuf Item, Saheed Olaide Dauda & Onyechi Nwankwo·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2021
Background: Globally, suicidal behaviour is seen as a growing public health problem, However, little is known about the suicide ideation and its risk factors among secondary school adolescent in Ebonyi State. Suicidal thought negatively impacts the quality of life, physical, and...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i230171
Background: Medical, dental and paramedical post-graduate students are an essential part of multi-specialty teaching institutes where resident doctors are the ones who come in the first contact with the patients. In this study emotion of residents was measured through their anger...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i230170
Background: Obesity is becoming an important issue for health promotion. The World Health Organization estimated that around 1.5 billion adults were overweight (body mass index (BMI) 25 kg/m2) and about 500 million people were obese (BMI 30 kg/m2) in 2008. The relationship betwee...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i230169
Background: Substance abuse refers to the use of all chemicals, drugs and industrial solvents that can produce dependence (psychological and physical). It can also be referred to as the repeated non-medical use of potentially addictive chemical and organic substances. There is po...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i130167
Background and Aim: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorders of childhood. Teachers can play a key role in identifying and supporting students with ADHD. In order to fulfill this important role, teachers must have...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i230168
Aims: This work evaluates the vitamin D status in patients with statins- associated muscle symptoms. Study Design: A case control prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Neurology Department, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, between June 2020 and May 2021. Methodol...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i130166
Background and Aim: The attitude of Non Psychiatry Post Graduate Residents towards Psychiatry is crucially important because of its influence on impressionable medical students and the large number of psychiatric patients who present to Non Psychiatry Doctors like General Practit...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i130165
Background and Aim: Major depression in both women and men is a debilitating disorder that disrupts relationship and daily lives and affects nearly 10% of general populations. The aims and objectives of this study were to determine the gender differences in major depression with...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i130164
Background: Speech fluency disorders determined by a variety of complex biological and environmental interactions are common problems of children, adolescents, adults and older adults around the world and need therapeutic interventions for improving the quality of life of those w...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v16i130163
Aims: Schizophrenia is a devastating and disabling disorder associated with long term negative consequences and may require lifelong treatment. It is often complicated with self-stigma which makes treatment difficult and may be a source of complications. Ensuring good outcome wil...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v15i430162
Aim: Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is caused by a new type of corona virus first discovered in China in 2019; hence the name COVID-19. Some of its symptoms include cough, fever, and breathing difficulty. In severe cases the disease can lead to death. This study looked at the...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v15i430161
Yasmin Souza Silva, Luciana Lane Gomes Da Silva, Wellington Carlos da Silva, Agrinazio Geraldo Nascimento Neto, Thalita De Sousa Pereira, Ana Karoline Campos Araújo, Armando Jarib Gonçalves Tavares, Rafaella Alves Weber, Livia Gomes de Oliveira, Nitiele Elizabete Cunha, Leonice Costa Luz & Jacqueline Aparecida Philipino Takada·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2021
Introduction: Down syndrome is a genetic condition arising from three chromosomal abnormalities, namely trisomy 21 (the most well-known); translocation, and/or mosaicism. This chromosome change occurs in the formation of the fetus, in more detail at the time of cell division, whi...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2021/v15i430160