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Intellectual Activity in Patients with Semantic and Motor Afferent Aphasia

Yulia Solovieva & Luis Quintanar · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2017

The goal of the study is to analyse the defects of intellectual activity in patients with aphasia. The Scheme for evaluation of Intellectual Activity was applied to four Spanish speaking patients with vascular accidents: two patients with semantic and two with motor afferent apha...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2017/32280

Detrimental Effects of Epilepsy and Anti-Epileptic Drugs on Sexual Function and Potency of Epileptic Male Patients

Osama Abdel Salam, Ayman Abd El-Naby, Wael Gbr, Adel Matar & Waleed El-Eraki El-Azab · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2017

Objectives: To assess effect of epilepsy and anti-epileptic drug (AED) therapy on sexual function and potency of the epileptic male patients. Patients and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study incorporated 40 epileptic male patients with mean age of 26.8±2.9 years and 15 contr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2017/29392

A Case of Polydipsia in a Psychiatric Patient

Christopher Izehinosen Okpataku · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2017

A 28 year old male student, with a long standing history of psychotic disorder, presented with excessive water intake and symptom exacerbation with associated confusion, vomiting and irrational talk, that has started a week before. He drank about 20 L of water daily and had dysel...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2017/32113

Therapeutic Serum Concentration Measurement of Oxcarbazepine in Epilepsy Patient

Rakshya Koirala, Ramesh Khadka, Wang Juli & Wangmengmeng . · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2017

Aim: To study measurement of the therapeutic serum concentration of Oxcarbazepine (OXC) in children diagnosed with epilepsy and to analyze the relationship among the serum drug concentration of OXC based on drug dose/weight. To observe therapeutic range of OXC to provide them a r...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2017/32181

Acute Non-communicating Hydrocephalus Developed within 48 Hours in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Baha Eldin Adam, M. Emin Eminoğlu, Mehmet Erşahin & Abdulkadır Koçer · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2017

Hydrocephaly is a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE], and the pathogenesis is still unclear. Some studies suggest cerebral venous thrombosis, immune complex deposition within the arachnoid villi, or direct post-inflammatory lesions of the central nervous sys...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/31801

A Case-control Study to Identify the Risk Factors of Dementia among Clinically Diagnosed Patients in Kerala

Malini Bhattathiry · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2017

Context: Dementia is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century because of its health, social and economic impact. In India over 4.1 million people are affected. Dementia still remains a largely hidden problem in India. There is gross ignorance, neglect and scarce...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2017/31691

Physical Body, Imaginary Body, Symbolic Body: Investigating the Latent Dimensions of Change

Lony Schiltz & Anna Brytek-Matera · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2017

Background and Objectives: We present a pilot study of arts psychotherapy proposed in combination with cognitive restructuring techniques to N=13 adult women affected by a disturbed body image, low self-esteem and depressive tendencies in relationship with obesity.  Methods: The...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/31113

Pattern of Psychoactive Substance Use among Long Distance Commercial Drivers in Calabar, Nigeria

Chidi J. Okafor, Owoidoho Udofia & Theophilus Onyuku · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/29676

Ischemic Stroke: A Complication of Tuberculous Meningitis

Muhammad Azharuddin, Ishan Lalani, Doantrang Du & Wael Ghali · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/29820

Comparison between the Electronic Version and Traditional Methods of a Test for Dyslexia: A Cost-benefit Analysis

Tong Fu & Fang Tong · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/25365

The use of Nutraceuticals as Mono- or Adjuvant Therapy to Pharmacotherapies in Major Depressive Disorder

Lisanne A. E. M. Van Houtum & Jan Berend Deijen · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/29568

The Use of a Topographic Model to Describe Cognitive Disorders for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

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.

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/29415

The Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Management: Perspectives of Nurses in Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Daniel D. Faleti & Emmanuel O. Adesuyi · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/28159

Can Serum Levels of C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Interleukin-6 and Copeptin Discriminate between Simple and Complex Febrile Seizures?

Osama Abdel Salam, Sanaa El Sadek, Mohamed Abdel-Moneim & Zakaria Mohamed Ahmed · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/28895

Desmoplastic Medulloblastoma Patients Survival after Multimodality Treatment

Ashraf El-Badry, Mohamed Abdel Bari Mattar, Eman A. Toson & Ahmed Abdelkhalek · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/25411