Background: Medical students in Nigeria are exposed to various types of substances to enhance their academic performance .This is not without its attendant problems. Objectives: The objectives were to identify the substances used by medical students in Nigerian universities as we...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/12795
Eve G. Spratt, Ann- Charlotte Granholm, Laura A. Carpenter, Heather A. Boger, Carrie E. Papa, Sarah Logan, Humera Chaudhary, Sarah- Wade Boatwright & Kathleen T. Brady·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2014
Aims: There is a need for more biologic research in autistic disorder (AD) to determine if biomarkers exist that would be useful for correlating to symptom severity and/or clinical improvement during treatment. Given the fact that AD is 4 times more common in males than females,...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/12118
Aims: Dementia is common among the elderly but it can also affect the younger age group. Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEI) in Alzheimer Dementia (AD) are extensively studied and widely used. This case report aims to illustrate the usefulness of ChEIs in other non–age related neuro...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/12752
Aims: Nemaline rod myopathy (NRM) is a rare form of congenital myopathy characterized by slowly progressive or non progressive muscle weakness and pathognomonic rod-like structures within the muscle fibers. Muscle weakness and hypotonia are apparent from the neonatal period. We r...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/12813
Aims: To report antihistamine abuse at a tertiary headache center including 6 patients who meet the criteria for substance abuse for intramuscular diphenhydramine (DPH). Presentation of the Cases: Six patients were identified who were prescribed intramuscular DPH and developed es...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/12216
Background: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is one the most common gynecological conditions that can impact an individual’s interpersonal relationships, social interactions, academic performance, and emotional well-being. Objective: The aim of this research was to determine the psych...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/12638
Giovanni Abbate-Daga, Enrica Marzola, Federico Amianto, Maurizio Zibetti, Aristide Merola, Michele Lanotte, Leonardo Lopiano & Secondo Fassino·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2014
Aims: Certain personality features and psychiatric symptoms are often observed in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) but the effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) on psychiatric aspects of PD remain largely unclear. We aimed to evaluate changes in persona...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/11740
Alessandro Carano, Domenico De Berardis, Marilde Cavuto, Carla Ortolani, Giampaolo Perna, Alessandro Valchera, Monica Mazza, Michele Fornaro, Felice Iasevoli, Giovanni Martinotti & Massimo Di Giannantonio·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2014
In 1880 French neurologist Jules Cotard described a condition characterized by delusion of negation (nihilistic delusion) in a melancholia context. Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in Cotard’s syndrome. The most prominent symptoms of Cotard’s Syndrome are depress...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/7215
Major depressive disorder is a serious medical illness associated with significant burden. Our current treatments for depression are limited, which has motivated researchers to explore novel targets. This article will highlight new psychopharmacological agents and investigational...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/11590
Aims: Relative to studies of lived experiences of people with mental health disorders in developed countries, no research has focused on the lived experiences of persons living with mental health disorders in the Niger Delta region and Nigeria in general. Mental health services a...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/10791