Neurodegenerative diseases and cognitive decline pose significant global health challenges. The Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) – nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) pathway is a master regulator of cellular defense against oxidative stress and inflamma...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2025/v22i4500
Mental health problems, including sadness and anxiety, have become important public health issues that affect more than 280 million people around the world. For treatment to work, it is important to diagnose problems early and start treatment right once. Unfortunately, standard t...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2025/v22i4499
Background: Adolescence constitutes a critical developmental stage marked by the onset of mental health difficulties, yet timely access to effective mental health care remains a significant challenge for many adolescents in the United Kingdom (UK). Artificial intelligence (AI)-en...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2025/v22i4498
Aims: This study examines changes in various defense mechanisms as individuals transition from a healthy state of mind to a depressed state, as well as the prevalence of different defense mechanisms. Study Design: Hospital- and Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study Place and Dura...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2025/v22i4497
Background: Though there are several studies on the efficacy of escitalopram in the management of depression and anxiety disorders, there is a dearth of studies among clinicians regarding their perspectives. This study assesses clinician preferences for escitalopram across vario...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2025/v22i4496
Eduardo Fernandes de Miranda, Deyvison José da Silva, Rayane Cavenage Silva, Fernanda Martins Silva, Maria Clara de Almeida Souza, Helen Castro Dantas Rodrigues, Maisa Bruna de Morais Teixeira do Nascimento, Andressa Sena Rodrigues, Carina Souza de Melo, Daniela Leão da Costa, Laís Tonello & Iransé Oliveira-Silva·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2025
Introduction: University students face challenges that impact both their physical and mental health. However, studies that integrate depressive symptoms, sleep quality, chronotype, and cardiorespiratory fitness remain scarce. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the relationshi...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2025/v22i4495
Background: The increasing rate of substance abuse and its adverse effects on physical and psychosocial health is a public health concern affecting adolescents. Psychoeducation has shown to be an effective treatment intervention in psychotherapy and patient education. This study...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2025/v22i4494
Felix Keneolisa Asogwa, Daniel Lotanna Ajaghaku, Augustine Oluchukwu Asogwa, Levi Onyebuchi Idokoja, Detu Martins Ikpechukwu & Damian Chukwunonso Mbah·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2025
Schizophrenia is a disorder characterized by a multifaceted pathogenic mechanism impacted by numerous genes. The investigation of its pathophysiology is mostly dominated by the dopamine hypothesis. Multi-target therapies represent a viable strategy for addressing polygenic disor...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2025/v22i4492
Ekbom syndrome or delusional parasitosis is a rare disorder characterized by the unshakeable and fixed belief that the skin is infested by insects or parasites. It is a monothematic delusion of hallucinatory origin, which can affect men or woman independent the old. We report the...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2025/v22i4491
Background & Aim: To express a perspective on cortical homunculus as a universal memory storehouse and control centre of an organism. The cortical homunculus, the “little human” in the brain is the internal representation of human body parts within the sensory and motor domai...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2025/v22i4490