Aims: The patient’s perspective of antipsychotic treatment has been a relatively neglected area of research. Whether subjective experiences of antipsychotic treatment are better among patients on second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs), than those on first-generation antipsychoti...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/24769
Aims: Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an auto-immune mediated demyelination polyradiculo-neuropathy. Clinical features include progressive symmetrical ascending muscle weakness of more than two limbs, areflexia with or without sensory, autonomic and brainstem abnormalities. The...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/24399
Background: Adolescence psychopathology often represents a challenge in regards of the way it is treated, due to the shortage of public mental health resources like Wellbeing Centers and daily Services, that differ from hospitals. From our experience in a daily Semi-residential S...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/23329
Background: Disfiguring skin disorders like leprosy and albinism may negatively distort a patient’s body image with resultant impairment in quality of life. Objective: This study determined and compared the quality of life (QoL) of subjects with leprosy and those with albinism. M...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/22931
Background: Dopamine (DA) plays a major role in the control of epileptic seizures arising in the limbic system, through D1/D2 receptor-mediated signaling. Objective: The study was intended to investigate whether bromocriptine mesylate (BRC), a dopamine (D2) receptor agonist, has...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/24401
Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study is to correlate the presence of chronic micro bleed, patient symptoms, number of chronic micro bleeds and carotid plaque characteristics. Materials and Methods: Seventy consecutive patients (50 men, 20 women; mean age 64.5; range 45-82...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/22819
Background and Objective: Substance use disorders are a major health issue affecting many who present for treatment for psychiatric and medical problems. Substance use is associated with employment problems, relational difficulties, child abuse, stress and percentages of untimely...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/24195
Purpose of the Study: To justify the efficacy of the ultrasonography (US) in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in the postoperative follow-up in comparison to electrodiagnostic tests [electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction velocity (NCV)]. Patients and Methods: O...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/24211
Aim: Globally, but even more remarkably in developing countries, many young people suffer from untreated depression despite the availability of evidence-based treatment. Utilisation of mental health resources is hinged on the recognition of symptoms and the need for appropriate h...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/24002
Aim: Many researchers have studied the oxidative mechanism and found that its disruption may play a role in the etiopathogenesis of certain psychiatric diseases such as major depression, bipolar disorder, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders and schizophrenia, all of whi...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/23302
Background: Mental health (MH) is an extremely integral component of health and accordingly there is “no health without mental health’’. Objective: Based on the concept of World Health Organization (WHO) Mental Health Division Model, this paper updates to the previous published M...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/23002
Background: Spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (SSICH) has the greatest morbidity and fatality of all cerebral strokes, moreover the contribution of surgery stays contradictory. Early surgery to restrict the mechanical compression of the brain and the toxic impac...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/23434
Background: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a chronic and disabling condition that negatively affects quality of life (QoL) of patients with this disorder attributable to sociodemographic, clinical and illness-specific factors. However, findings vary across studies that ha...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/21469
Background: Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that involves recurrent obsessions and repetitive compulsions which are severe enough to cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning of t...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/21468
Introduction: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorder in childhood. The risk of epilepsy is highest in children with brain abnormalities, such as cerebral palsy. There are a lot of studies showing that epilepsy varies from 12-19 percent in children with CP. Objec...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/22785