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
Most studies on mental health at workplaces have focused mainly on depression as a frequent cause of occupational disability among nurses. This study aimed at determining the prevalence of burnout syndrome and anxiety disorders and their associated psychosocial factors among nurs...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/39640
Aims: To assess the prevalence of stress, anxiety and sleep disorder among nurses on rotation shift work and those on fixed shift work system. Design: This study was a cross-sectional study. Setting: This study was conducted at the Tamale West Hospital in the Tamale metropolis o...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/40284
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) has been widely investigated in recent years becoming central evidence of both Global Mental Health (GMH) and the argument to ‘scale up' Mental Health (MH) resources worldwide. This burden of disease is defined as the difference between present...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/38793
There is paucity of studies on psychoactive substance use among women in their reproductive years in low and middle-income countries. With this scenario, the preventable consequences of substance abuse on the pregnant woman and unborn child have not received adequate attention in...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/39639
Simon Pale, Nadege Kouemo, Germain Sotoing Taiwe, Antoine Kavaye Kandeda, Fleur Clarisse Moto Okomolo, Jacqueline Stephanie Kameni Njapdounke & Elisabeth Ngo Bum·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2018
Aim: This present study aimed to assess the antipyretic and anxiolytic activities of Cymbopogon giganteus decoction in rats. Place and Duration of Study: Experiments were conducted in the laboratory of Biological Sciences for bioassays and laboratory of Chemistry for phytochemica...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2018/39616
A high level of medication adherence is required for effective treatment of bipolar disorder due to the chronic progressive nature of the illness requiring maintenance treatment. Aims: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of medication non-adherence of people with...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/39752
Aims: This research is aimed at investigating the possible effects of Virgin Coconut Oil on Histomorphology of the prefrontal cortex of type 2 diabetes male Wister rat. Study Design and Methodology: Animals used for this research experiment was 32 male Wistar rats, and were group...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/35218
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune, demyelinating disease affecting the central nervous system. Vitamin D is an immunomodulating factor with potentiality to prevent and treat MS. Objectives: To estimate serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/38724
The consequences of living with a chronic condition such as Cerebral Palsy (CP) do not only affect the child but other members of the family. However, researchers have neglected the caregivers in their quest for the consequences of the disorder. The present study investigated the...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/39050
Epilepsy may be associated with a wide range of neuropsychological deficits. The study examined the neuropsychological deficits (language skills, attention skills and executive functioning) associated with epileptic children. The role of medication compliance on the neuropsycholo...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/39142