Introduction: Non-Suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is both highly comorbid with suicidality among adolescents and a significant predictor of suicide attempts (SAs) in adolescents.A broad variety of different functions can underlie acts of Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). Aims: To stud...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i3375
Aims: Hydroalcoholic T. dodoneifolius, B.pinnatum and T. catappa leaf extracts were investigated for their acute toxicity and anxiolytic activities. Study Design: Acute toxicity (LD50) was determined using the limit dose acute and Anxiolytic activities were assessed by open-field...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i3374
Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate self esteem, depression and life satisfaction in a sample of HIV patients receiving highly active anti retroviral therapy (HAART) attending a Nigerian tertiary health institution. Study Design: The descriptive cross sectional study des...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i3373
Background: Cannabis (marijuana), while being prohibited in many countries, is the most commonly used illicit drug worldwide (WHO, 1997). "Cannabis-impaired driving" refers to the impairment brought on by 9-tetrahydrocannabinol's (THC) cognitive and psychomotor effects, which ha...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i3372
Background: The use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco is very common among medical students. Problems related to substance usage are currently of concern on a global scale. Despite this, the condition is frequently misdiagnosed because students attempt to conceal their issue...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i2371
This review article discusses the structural and functional abnormalities observed in the hippocampus of individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The hippocampus plays a critical role in regulating emotions and memories, which has been implicated in the pathophysio...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i2370
Aims: To Assess Depressive, Anxiety & Stress related symptoms and their correlation with sociodemographic factors amongst recently enrolled medical students. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Recently enrolled 275 Medical students attending Un...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i2368
This literature review thoroughly examines the current research on sleep in elite ultrarunners. While the importance of sleep for athletes is well-established, the unique challenges that ultrarunners face regarding sleep have not yet been extensively explored. The review delves i...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i2369
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a challenging and complex mental health disorder characterized by emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, unstable relationships, and a poor sense of self. Neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to change and adapt in response to experiences,...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i2367
Hemorrhagic transformation (HT) is one of the most feared challenges in management of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) that affects both the treatment plan and the clinical prognosis. The risk for HT is not monocausal and it is almost impossible to define a single target for preventi...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i1366
Lecanemab's apparent effectiveness follows years of disillusionment with earlier, comparable medications that were meant to delay or stop the course of Alzheimer's disease. It contains monoclonal antibodies that were created in laboratories with the goal of purging the brain of a...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i1365
Female reproductive and sexual psychiatry is an unexplored arena and little has been done to qualify and quantify the female sexuality and reproductive psychiatry. This work puts forward a systemic quantitative and qualitative study of it. A questionnaire based system termed “Des...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i1364
Objective: An adequate sleep is essential for good mental health. Thus, this study associated the prevalence of the main symptoms of anxiety and depression with sleep quality in medical students at a Brazilian university center, a population frequently affected by these disorders...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i1363
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disease that has a lifetime prevalence of 1% in most of the populations studied. The neuropathology and psychopathology of Schizophrenia are still poorly understood. This is attributed to the paucity of adequate animal models. Schizophrenia i...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2023/v19i1362
Global health attention is necessary to improve the prison population mental and physical health because limited public health ramifications and inmates’ psychological effects impose many strains on community preventive measures and prison rehabilitation. Though some prisoners ar...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2022/v18i4360