Cognitive impairment and depression in Egyptian patients with noncirrhotic chronic hepatitis C virus infection
Background: Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have neuropsychiatric and cognitive problems, leading to impairment of quality of life.
Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity, cognitive impairment, and depression in a group of Egyptian patients with chronic HCV infection.
Participants and methods: A total of 150 chronic HCV infection noncirrhotic Egyptian patients were enrolled. Mental health, cognitive functions, and depression were assessed using General Health Questionnaire, mini-mental state test, and BDI-II questionnaire respectively.
Results: The study incl...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Autism and vitamin D: an intervention study
Conclusion: Oral vitamin D supplementation is beneficial in improving the 25-hydroxy-vitamin D status of children with autism. Studies directed toward the effect of using high doses of vitamin D on autism symptoms are strongly recommended. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Depression and anxiety in adolescents with congenital heart disease
Conclusion: Adolescents with CHD are at an increased risk of having depression and anxiety, especially those with a low level of education, severe cardiac illness, and multiple cardiac catheterizations. Appropriate psychiatric assessment and early intervention can improve the quality of life of adolescents with CHD. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Lotaief’s memorial: in the memory of Professor Farouk Lotaief: Editor-in-Chief 1993–2013
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Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Lotaief's memorial Source Type: research
Stigma and expressed emotions: a study of people with severe psychiatric illnesses and their family members
Background: Severe psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar mood disorder, and schizoaffective disorder are among the most burdensome and stigmatized illnesses worldwide and are associated with negative expressed emotions from relatives toward patients.
Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate stigma and negative expressed emotions and their burden among patients with severe psychiatric illnesses and among their family members.
Participants and methods: The sample consisted of 194 patients with severe psychiatric illnesses, attending a psychiatric outpatient department, and 386 family members...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - October 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Comorbid psychiatric disorders with glaucoma
Conclusion: Patients with glaucoma suffer from hidden psychiatric disorders that are often undetected. Among these disorders anxiety and depression are the most common. Careful detection and treatment could improve compliance in glaucoma patients. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - October 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Assessment of cognitive functions in euthymic patients with bipolar II disorder compared with healthy controls
Conclusion: We conclude that cognitive impairment exists during the period of euthymia in BD-II. These cognitive difficulties, especially related to verbal memory, may help in explaining the impairment in daily functioning and may aid the formulation of a special rehabilitation program for them. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - October 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Cognitive dysfunction in active and remitted Egyptian non-neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Background: Few studies reported mild cognitive deficits in patients with non-neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (non-NPSLE) with no consistent pattern of cognitive deficits. The aim of the study was to determine the pattern of cognitive dysfunction in non-NPSLE Egyptian patients in both active and remission states by applying a battery of neuropsychological tests.
Patients and methods: Fifty patients with non-NPSLE (25 patients in activity and 25 patients in remissions) were evaluated for cognitive dysfunction and compared with 25 healthy controls matched for age, sex, and education. The activity of systemic lu...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - October 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Clinical profile of cannabis-induced psychosis in comparison to schizophrenia
Conclusion: Results from the present study support previous evidence that tasks of cognitive functions, personality assessment, and clinical evaluation distinguish cannabis-induced psychosis and schizophrenia even in the earliest stages of illness and that the two disorders can be differentiated on the basis of areas of selective deficit. However, the present results also support the hypothesis of a continuum of illness severity, in which significant deficits are evident in all diagnostic groups, but with different severity. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - October 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
The impact of substance abuse on the severity of manic relapse in bipolar disorder
Conclusion: Our results showed impaired functioning and a worse general psychiatric outcome in patients with BD I and comorbid SUD. This has implications for current treatment programs and should lead to more research into the underlying psychopathological mechanisms. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - October 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Effectiveness of a behavioral family psychoeducational program for Egyptian patients with bipolar disorder and their caregivers
Conclusion: The behavioral family psychoeducational program proved to be beneficial in the management of bipolar disorder patients and had a positive impact on their caregivers in terms of reducing caregivers’ burden. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - October 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Neurocognitive profile and diffusion tensor imaging in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Conclusion: Our results imply that there exist changes in the microstructure of the white matter among diabetic children in all the areas examined that are correlated with many neurocognitive functions and can be considered a biomarker for cognitive decline among diabetic children. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - October 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Typical and atypical antipsychotics drug-induced agranulocytosis and neutropenia: a case report
Agranulocytosis is an idiosyncratic reaction that usually occurs in the first 3–4 weeks of treatment with psychotropic drugs, particularly with clozapine. All psychotropic drugs have been associated with blood dyscriasis [1&2]. White blood cells (WBCs) are affected most commonly resulting in neutropenia (neutrophils (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - July 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Case report Source Type: research
Personality profile of obese children and adolescents: relation to body mass index and metabolic complications
Conclusion: Personality traits may contribute to health outcome through their association with obesity and its progression. These data underscore the future potential usefulness of personality assessment in obesity management and suggest the use of cognitive behavioral therapy targeting these personality traits to achieve better treatment outcome. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - July 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Detection of sleep disturbances in a sample of Egyptian children attending a pediatric outpatient clinic
Conclusion: Sleep problems are frequent among children seen at general pediatric outpatient clinics. The most important predictor for the presence of sleep problems in these children was the parasomnia subscale score followed by medical diagnostic category. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - July 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
