Relapse rate and outcome correlates in Egyptian patients with bipolar disorder treated with behavioural family psychoeducation
Conclusion: BFT in combination with pharmacotherapy improves the outcome of bipolar illness by reducing relapse and hospitalization/rehospitalization rates. The study also demonstrated that BFT is effective for all patients across different sociodemographic and clinical backgrounds. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - July 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Psychosocial profile of a sample of Egyptian children with rheumatic heart disease
Conclusion: Children with heart diseases suffer from high internalizing psychological stress. More effort needs to be made for the early identification and management of psychological morbidity in children with RHD, especially for anxiety and obsessive compulsive symptoms. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Cognitive behavioral remediation program for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Conclusion and recommendation: This cognitive–behavioral program is effective in the modification of ADHD manifestations. A larger sample size is needed to strengthen the effectiveness of the program. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Executive functions among Egyptian children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and reading disabilities
Conclusion: ADHD and specific learning disability share the same underlying cognitive deficit. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Post-traumatic stress disorder and psychiatric comorbidity in a sample of Egyptian adolescents after the revolution: a cross-sectional study
Background: Trauma experienced by adolescents has considerable importance because significant physical and emotional growth occurs at this age. With the events of the Arab Spring and the Egyptian revolution in 2011, many adolescents faced highly challenging and dramatic life events. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was clinically noticed in this group of patients.
Aim: Because of the scarcity of research during this critical period, we aimed to determine the occurrence of PTSD in a sample of adolescent students in Tanta in order to assess their level of anxiety and study comorbid disorders.
Methodology: A total of 423...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
The prevalence and associations of depressive episodes among children with attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (an observational cross-sectional study)
Conclusion: Higher rates of depressive episodes in children with ADHD in the presence of chronic medical disorders, stuttering, nocturnal enuresis, and a low IQ require special attention while diagnosing and planning treatment. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Event-related potentials in bipolar disorder with comorbid anxiety disorder
Conclusion: Impaired sensory gating in BPD patients was marked by suppression in P50, N100, and P200 waves of the auditory-evoked potential (paired-click paradigm). Comorbid anxiety disorders lead to a higher suppression in the P50, N100, and P200. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Sexual dysfunction related to typical and atypical antipsychotics in drug naive psychotic patients
Conclusion: The rate of antipsychotics-induced sexual dysfunction is high; however, it is profoundly neglected and infrequently addressed in psychiatric practice. Thus, this problem should be routinely revised and properly managed to prevent its possible sequelae on adherence issues and quality of life. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
The relationship of perceived family criticism and other risk factors to violence among patients with schizophrenia
Conclusion: Positive symptoms of schizophrenia, male sex, noncompliance with treatment, a history of violence, and perceived family criticism were found to be associated with violence among schizophrenic patients in the current study. All these factors should be considered in the treatment regimen of schizophrenia to decrease violence among these patients. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Negative symptoms and functioning in institutionalized versus outpatient schizophrenic patients
Conclusion: Negative symptoms on positive and negative symptoms scale are worse in outpatients and GAF is better in outpatient schizophrenics, confirming that institutionalization can have a negative impact on schizophrenic patients and their ability to return to community life. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Structural and functional abnormalities in the caudate nucleus of schizophrenic patients with and without obsessive symptoms
Conclusion: Schizophrenic patients with OCS may have an atypical set of neuroradiological characteristics that would specifically categorize it within the schizophrenia spectrum. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - April 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Some neuropsychiatric and MRI manifestations in patients with multiple sclerosis
Conclusion and recommendations: Attention should be focused on the other important presentations of the disease such as psychiatric disorders and cognitive impairments, and a comprehensive biopsychosocial neuropsychiatric approach should be adopted, which is essential for optimal care of patients with MS. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
The association between cognitive functions, cortisol release, and symptom severity in patients with schizophrenia
Conclusion: Patients with schizophrenia have impairment in their cognitive performance. The level of cortisol was elevated in patients with schizophrenia compared with normal people. There was no correlation between the cortisol level and symptom expression and the cognitive performance. There was a negative correlation between the cognitive performance and the severity of symptoms. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Normative data for healthy adult performance on the Egyptian–Arabic Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III
Introduction: The Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III (ACE-III) (2012) is a brief cognitive battery that assesses various aspects of cognition. Its five subdomains (attention and orientation, memory, verbal fluency, language and visuospatial abilities) are commonly impaired in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia.
Objective: The aim of the study was to provide normative data for healthy adult performance on Egyptian–Arabic ACE-III.
Participants and methods: We adapted the ACE-III (2012) to the Egyptian population. We evaluated this version on 139 cognitively healthy volunteers aged 20 years or older (5...
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Obsessive–compulsive symptoms in Egyptian schizophrenic patients
Conclusion: This study concluded that obsessive–compulsive symptoms are prevalent among schizophrenic patients, especially among those with paranoia, and strongly affect the global functions of those patients. (Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry)
Source: Middle East Current Psychiatry - January 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
