Difficulty in processing and integrating sensory information in patients with autism: a case–control study
Conclusion: Autistic children exhibit difficulty in processing and integrating sensory information, which differs according to age, sex, IQ, and culture. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - July 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and maternal psychosomatic stress: a case–control study
Conclusion: Parenting a child with ADHD is associated with significant stress and lack of social support, which are significantly correlated to the development of psychological and physical morbidity, not necessarily associated with abnormal biomarkers. When treating a child with ADHD, measures to improve the mother’s state of well-being should be considered, including counseling and self-help groups. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - July 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Nursing students’ attitudes toward psychiatric nursing and psychiatric patients: a comparative study
This study aimed to identify nursing students’ attitudes toward psychiatric nursing and psychiatric patients in a descriptive–comparative design.
Methods: The study included all first grade students who did not study psychiatric nursing course in Faculty of Nursing in El-Minia and Assiut Universities and all fourth grade students from El-Minia University and all second grade students from Assiut University who just finished their psychiatric nursing course. A self-report scale to measure nursing students’ attitudes toward mental health nursing and another one to measure attitude scale for mental illness were used.
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Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - July 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Psychological and quality-of-life changes after removal of the eye in a sample of adult patients, Egypt, 2013
Background and objectives: Of the five human senses, sight has always been considered the most important. Loss of vision due to diseases or trauma causes major changes in the quality of life. Not only is the patient no longer able to perform all the usual tasks and activities to the same extent as previously, but changes in lifestyle, habits, and roles may also result in a serious psychological adjustment; individuals’ social interaction is also affected. Therefore, the current study aimed to assess some socio-demographic characteristics of patients who had undergone removal of the eye, and to investigate the psychologic...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - July 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Physical and sexual well-being during and after tramadol dependence
Conclusion: Most of the myths about tramadol value in improving sexual and physical function were proved to be wrong. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - July 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Cognitive functions in euthymic patients with bipolar II disorder and their correlation with the clinical profile
Conclusion: Bipolar II euthymic patients showed persistent cognitive deficits in some aspects of general intellectual capacity, executive and memory functions, and the ability for sustained attention, which are correlated with some clinical variables. Bipolar II patients should be routinely assessed for deficits in cognitive functions to enable early intervention and rehabilitation. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - July 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
