Background: The abuse of psychoactive substances has become a global menace that threatens the entire society because of its dire consequences. It has been observed that driving a vehicle under the influence of psychoactive substances is a growing cause of fatal road traffic acci...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/29676
We report a case of a 45-year old Hispanic male who was diagnosed with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) presented to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status, confusion, and violent behavior. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the head was normal and repeated lumbar pun...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/29820
Background: The psycholinguistic ability testing of phonological and orthographic skills is one of the assessment tools to measure children’s learning development. The traditional method to administer the test has been face to face with a scale box. Continuing advancements in red...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/25365
Objectives: The present review provides an overview of the appropriate literature on the use of nutraceuticals in depression. The goal was to examine whether nutraceuticals, in combination with the current pharmacotherapies or even as mono-therapies, could be effective in depress...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/29568
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “The Use of a Topographic Model to Describe Cognitive Disorders for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/29415
The study assessed the perspectives of nurses in Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria on the effectiveness of substance abuse management. It made use of a descriptive research design. The study was conducted at the Department of Nursing, Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Ar...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/28159
Objectives: To evaluate serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and copeptin in children with febrile seizure (FS) and their ability to discriminate between simple (SFS) and complex FS (XFS). Patients and Methods: The study included 80 febrile children; 40...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/28895
Aims: This is to investigate the results of the multimodality regimen including surgery, postoperative craniospinal irradiation and clarify the role of chemotherapy as well as the influence of multiple variables on desmoplastic medulloblastoma patient’s survival. Study Design: Or...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/25411
NBIA (Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation) is a rare disorder with varied age group of presentation but mostly detected in childhood. It is a progressive disease with basic extra-pyramidal symptoms and an autosomal recessive nature. The incidence is found to be very lo...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/28224
Medicine is one of the outstanding gifts of science to save lives. In addition to the desired therapeutic effect almost all of the medicine possesses the undesired secondary effect called side effect. From the over-the-counter (OTC) aspirin to the prescription medicine on the mar...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/26317
Background: Adopting strategies to curb the menace of substance abuse in any given locality would require clear and detailed population based understanding of the patterns of abuse so as to guide comprehensive preventive and control measures. Objectives: The objectives of the stu...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/28507
Background: Psychological well-being and metabolic control in pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus type I (T1D) could be negatively influenced by adolescence current age, age at the diagnosis, lower economic condition and lower education status and by higher family conflict....
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/28553
Introduction: In previous studies, other function of adult hippocampal neurogenesis besides memory and learning has not been studied. The aim of this study is to discover other function of hippocampal neurogenesis, especially in addiction period. Materials and Methods: In this ex...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/27633
Aims: Verify the presence or lack of improvement in quality of life perception, comparing the results of the evaluation from both elderly groups that participated on the executive functions training research. Study Design: This is a quantitative, quasi-experimental, correlationa...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/20347
Aim: This study explored the prevalence of teachers stress (TS), depression (D) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) among selected secondary school teachers in Ibadan, Nigeria. Method: In this descriptive cross sectional study, 471 primary school teachers were selected by a mu...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/27039