Myasthenia gravis and psychiatric comorbidities
Conclusion: A high association of psychiatric comorbidities with MG of up to 90% was seen in the current study. The most common psychiatric comorbidities are depressive disorders and anxiety disorders. The disease characteristics for MG are the most common variables to have a significant correlation with the rate of psychiatric comorbidities, especially disease duration and severity. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Geriatric depression: prevalence, risk factors, and relationship to physical illnesses in a sample of medical clinic outpatients
Conclusion: Geriatric depression is a major health problem in medical outpatients. It is significantly correlated with positive past and/or family history of depression and the number of psychosocial stressors, physical illnesses, prescribed drugs, and previous hospitalizations. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Executive dysfunctions in borderline personality disorder: correlation with suicidality and impulsivity
Conclusion: BPD patients demonstrated impaired performance on the majority of executive function domains, which was associated with their impulsivity risk. These findings suggest the importance of early identification of individuals at risk for executive deficits. Ongoing research on the cognitive functions of BPD patients may contribute to a clearer conceptualization of their conflicted interpersonal relationships and life-threatening behaviors, which may eventually result in more targeted treatments for these patients. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Executive dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders
Conclusion: There are executive deficits in the areas of set shifting, response inhibition, planning, verbal fluency, concept formation, and working memory in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder type I and stabilized schizophrenic patients with short duration of illness; this may indicate that executive dysfunction in both disorders may be a trait marker. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Cognitive impairment and electroencephalographic changes in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder
Conclusion: Our sample of Egyptian patients with OCD had significantly lower cognitive performance on several parameters compared with healthy controls, an impairment that positively correlates with both the severity and duration of the illness. Our results did not support a significant role of EEG in the pathogenesis of OCD or its related cognitive impairments. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Impact of implementing a parental training program in the treatment of a sample of ADHD children
Conclusion: Findings from this study indicate important positive changes in many behavioral aspects in children with ADHD whose parents had received parental training, pointing to the importance of parental involvement, training, and education in the outcome of a child with ADHD. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Comparing brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels, intelligence, and memory in clinical subtypes of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Conclusion: Plasma BDNF is higher in ADHD patients than in normal controls. Its levels could be positively correlated to anxious/shy, psychosomatic, sociocognitive impairment, and inattentive scores, and negatively correlated with hyperactive/impulsive, perfectionism, emotional liability, and oppositional scores. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Neurological soft signs in a sample of Egyptian ADHD children and their clinical correlates
Conclusion: NSS were present in ADHD children regardless of sex, type of ADHD, or perinatal period events and past and developmental history events. It was correlated to younger age of patient and cognitive domains of ADHD. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Prevalence of and attitudes toward eating disorders among female nurses
Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of and attitudes toward eating disorders among female nurses.
Participants and methods: Female nurses who were under training in Alamal Psychiatric Complex Medina constituted the participants of the study.
Nurses were differentiated into two groups: group A, with BMI below 20, and group B with BMI equal to or above 20. Group A and group B were subjected to a two-stage epidemiological study. In the first stage, Eating Attitude Test 26 (EAT 26) and Bulimic Investigatory Test Edinburgh were used. In the second stage, Structured Clinical Interview of DSM-IV (S...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Effect of living donor liver transplantation on depressive symptoms in hepatitis C virus patients
This study aimed at exploring the impact of living donor liver transplantation on depressive symptoms reported by hepatitis C virus (HCV) recipients during their preoperative psychological assessment.
Materials and methods: Thirty-five recipients with HCV-related liver cirrhosis who had undergone living donor liver transplantation were prospectively assessed using a self-rating scale – the Beck Depression Inventory – for the evaluation of depressive symptoms. The evaluation was carried out three times: before transplantation, 1 month after transplantation, and 6 months after transplantation.
Results: The preoperative...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Female circumcision as a cause of genophobia
Conclusion: Female circumcision increases anxiety and depression and decreases the self-esteem of the women. All these factors could play a vital role in the development of genophobia. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Studying medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia: focus on antipsychotic-related factors
Conclusion: The rate of nondrug adherence was relatively high. Females and university educated patients were more adherent to treatment. There was no relation between type of antipsychotic prescribed and drug compliance; however, experiencing motor side effects might be a driving component for nonadherence. This information may help clinicians to make proper interventional decisions to maximize drug adherence. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Psychiatric and surgical outcome in Egyptian donors after living-donor liver transplantation
Conclusion: Surgeons and psychiatrists have to work together to select donors, provide assistance in decision making, and minimize any postoperative complications either surgically or psychiatrically. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Are there differences in pattern and magnitude of cognitive deficits between euthymic patients with bipolar I and bipolar II disorder?
Conclusion: This study showed differences in severity and pattern of cognitive deficits between BD subtypes, and so the difference is not merely quantitative as confirmed by most of the previous studies. However, there were also qualitative differences in the pattern of executive function deficits, being more extensive in BD-I, which may indicate different biological or genetic etiology between the two BD subgroups. Future researches are needed to support this hypothesis. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Associations of early career psychiatrists worldwide: history, role, and future perspectives
In response to the multitude of scientific, clinical, and social challenges that psychiatry faces today and the challenges in professional development that go along with them, several associations of early career psychiatrists (ECPs) have been created around the globe in recent years. Participation in these associations promotes local, national, and international sharing of experiences and provides advocacy platforms for improvement of training and working standards. Furthermore, associations of ECPs contribute to networking and to decreasing professional isolation. This paper provides an overview of the aims, structure, a...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Review article Source Type: research
