Correlates of psychiatric morbidity in Egyptian renal transplant recipients
Conclusion: The frequency of psychiatric morbidity is quite high in renal transplantation recipients, which necessitates thorough screening of the demographic and clinical variables. The involvement of mental health professionals with the team of renal transplantation can help and facilitate early detection and proper intervention to help patients suffering from psychiatric complications after the surgery. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Attitude of a sample of Egyptian community pharmacists and their assistants toward psychiatric patients
Conclusion: Pharmacists showed shortage of knowledge about the nature of mental illness and the efficacy of psychotropic medications. The same was evident for pharmacists’ assistants who held inadequate and erroneous information about mental illness and the mentally ill patients. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Is parental age a risk factor of mental retardation among their children?
Conclusion: There is a need for further studies of the risk factors for mental retardation among children, as our study results for this subgroup may be unique to a particular geographic area. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Social phobia among Saudi medical students
Conclusion: The prevalence of social phobia among KKU medical students is high. Risk factors are modifiable. In this context, increasing the awareness about social phobia among medical students is crucial. Early detection and intervention is highly recommended to help them. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Screening for obstructive sleep apnoea in tramadol users: a case–control study
Background: Although opioids are known to cause sleep apnoea, to date, the risk for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in individuals abusing tramadol has not been investigated. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the risk for OSA in individuals abusing tramadol.
Patients and methods: We conducted a case–control study comparing 100 patients with tramadol addiction with 100 healthy controls, assessing them for risk for OSA with the STOP-Bang questionnaire and for risk for daytime sleepiness with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). We correlated between Severity of Dependence Scale, STOP-bang and ESS scores.
Results: Individu...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Association of the type 2 diabetes mellitus susceptibility gene (IGF2BP2) with schizophrenia in an Egyptian sample
Introduction: A link between schizophrenia and diabetes has been known for over a century, long before the use of antipsychotic medications. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an important contributor to mortality and morbidity in this condition. Insulin growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein 2 (IGF2BP2) genetic variants rs4402960 and rs1470579 have been implicated in the etiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Egyptians. It is possible that both disorders share a common genetic susceptibility.
Aim: The current study aimed to explore single-nucleotide polymorphism 2 (IGF2BP2) polymorphisms in a sample of Egyptian first-episode sch...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Evaluation of prolactin levels in male patients with first-episode schizophrenia and its correlation with psychopathology
Conclusion: This study suggests that we should be aware of prolactin levels in first-episode schizophrenic patients, especially when negative and depressive symptoms are prominent. Thus, this finding may change the present pharmacotherapy for negative and depressive symptoms in schizophrenia based on prolactin levels. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Relationship between vitamin D status and psychopathology in patients with first-episode schizophrenia: a cross-sectional study
Background: Deficient vitamin D is one of the implicated factors in the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia and other mental disorders. However, there are scarce reports as regards its prevalence or associated problems among those with first-episode schizophrenia.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] serum concentrations in first-episode schizophrenia male patients as compared with healthy controls and to determine whether a correlation exists between serum levels of 25(OH)D and disease activity.
Methods: We enrolled 50 male patients with first-episode schizophrenia and compared them...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Assessment of cognitive functions and cerebral blood flow in patients with schizophrenia
Conclusion: We found that most patients with schizophrenia have moderate-to-marked cognitive dysfunctions. We also found a positive correlation between positive symptoms and increased CBF and between negative symptoms and decreased CBF. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Correlation between aggressive behavior and sociodemographic characteristics in patients with schizophrenia at a psychiatry outpatient clinic
Conclusion: All patients showed variable degrees of aggression. There were many factors related to this aggression, including the patient age, sex, marital status, educational level, and adherence to treatment. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Stigma, self-esteem, and depression in adolescent patients with epilepsy
Conclusion: Perceived illness stigma of epilepsy and self-esteem are associated with depression in AWE. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Psychological assessment and quality of life among patients with nonmetastatic colorectal cancer at Assiut University Hospital and South Egypt Cancer Institute
Conclusion and recommendations: These findings of high prevalence of different psychiatric symptoms and moderate level of QoL among CRC patients give the impression that, some of the patients with CRC might get benefit from psychiatric liaison to help them to deal with these challenges. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Social cognition in euthymic patients versus their biological siblings: comparability in mental state decoding and cognitive deficits
Introduction: Recent studies on bipolar disorder (BD) have reported a deficit in social recognition and emotional deficit even in the remission period of the disorder. Given that impaired social cognition in patients with serious mental illness impacts on increased symptom severity, prolonged course of illness, higher rates of relapse, and daily functioning, characterization of the extent of these deficits is important.
Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to examine differences in social cognition insamples of euthymic patients with first-episode BD type I, their unaffected biological full siblings, and healthy pa...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation in patients with cardiac diseases
Conclusion: Using motivational techniques can encourage patients to quit smoking with less stress and can increase self-efficacy of patients. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Testing burnout syndrome as a psychiatric disorder among nursing staff of different medical settings
Background: The high risk for professional burnout noted among nurses has led to a growing interest in the psychosocial work environment. The aim of this study was to discuss the importance of revising the nature of burnout as an illness to be considered in psychiatric classification and to find out the overall prevalence of work-related burnout symptoms and their risk factors among nurses of different departments.
Patients and methods: This cross-sectional study included 112 nurses: 45 working in psychiatry units, 34 in ICUs, and 33 in the internal medicine unit of the same hospital. The participants were assessed with t...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - October 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
