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06%) felt that mental health professionals would fall into a problem while dealing with a suicidal or a homicidal patient. Some expressed that the inability to do physical and central nervous system examinations could lead to missing out comorbidities. About one-third (
= 117, 36.56%) felt that the patient recording the consultation would be a legal issue.
This online survey showed that psychiatrists perceive many advantages and some disadvantages in practicing telepsychiatry.
This online survey showed that psychiatrists perceive many advantages and some disadvantages in practicing telepsychiatry.
To identify prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity in clinically stable COVID-19 patients.
A cross-sectional single point observational study was conducted among clinically stable 72 COVID-19 infected patients. Psychiatric comorbidity was assessed with the help of DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 CCSM-Adult scale.
The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity was 76.4% (
= 55). Depression was the most common diagnosis in 44.44% (
= 32) followed by anxiety (34.72%,
= 25), somatic symptoms (26.39%,
= 19), sleep problems (23.61%,
= 17). Around 45 .83 % (
= 33) patients considered COVID-19 infection as potentially life-threatening and 23.62% (n=17) patients experienced discrimination and stigma after being diagnosed with COVID-19 infection. Using binary logistic regression, physical symptoms was identified as a risk factor for psychiatric comorbidity.
Our study provides evidence of a significant impact of COVID-19 infection on mental health in COVID-19 patients.
Our study provides evidence of a significant impact of COVID-19 infection on mental health in COVID-19 patients.
India's population has seen increasing access to the Internet and gaming mainly in adolescents and young adults.
The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence and correlates of Internet gaming and its effects on the psychological well-being of gamers versus nongamers.
Cross-sectional survey was done to enroll a convenient sample of nongamers, violent gamers, and nonviolent gamers. Measures included Psychological general well-being scale-short (PGWB-S), Internet Gaming Disorder-Short Form-9 (IGDS9-SF), name, frequency, and duration of game use.
The study enrolled 119 nongamers, 62 violent gamers, and 58 non-violent gamers. The prevalence of IGD was 0.8%. PGWB-S scores of gamers were comparable to nongamers. On multiple linear regression, lower PGWB-S score and higher frequency of use were found significantly associated with higher IGDSF-S9 scores. Violent gaming was found significantly associated with male gender (
≤ 0.001), frequency (
= 0.012), and duration of game use (
≤ 0.001).
The study provides empirical evidence for the "gaming as a consequence of self-medication" hypothesis.
The study provides empirical evidence for the "gaming as a consequence of self-medication" hypothesis.
Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) have a significant problem in psychosocial functioning domains, which are not systematically studied in India. This study aimed to evaluate the psychosocial functioning in current noninjecting opioid users on Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) versus Treatment as Usual (TaU
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It is a cross-sectional study on patients of current noninjecting OUD on MMT or TaU for at least in the past month. Comorbidities and illness severity were assessed with the help of Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview 7.0.2 and World Health Organization-The Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test 3.0, respectively. Social and occupational functioning assessment scale (SOFAS), WHO Quality of Life (WHOQoL-BREF), and Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) assessed the sociooccupational functioning and QoL and client satisfaction. ATN-161 purchase A total of 67 participants (37 on MMT and 30 on TaU) were included in the study.
A significant difference between the two groups (MMT better than TaU) was based on SOFAS scores, CSQ-8, and WHOQoL-BREF. In the TaU group, there was a significant negative correlation between risk of addiction severity with sociooccupational functioning (
= -0.5;
= 0.0046), physical health (
= -0.48;
= 0.0087) and social relationship (
= -0.47;
= 0.0087) domain of QoL. In the MMT group, the association between risk of addiction severity with sociooccupational functioning, domains of QoL, and client satisfaction were insignificant.
Sociooccupational Functioning, Client Satisfaction, and QoL of patients maintained on MMT are better than those on TaU.
Sociooccupational Functioning, Client Satisfaction, and QoL of patients maintained on MMT are better than those on TaU.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread across the globe, which has affected the health of all populations including antenatal women.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the levels of anxiety, depression, stress, and worry in antenatal women during COVID-19 compared with the pre-COVID-19 levels and to evaluate the associations between the sociodemographic factors of antenatal women and Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS)-D, HADS-A, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)-7, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Brief Measure of Worry Severity (BMWS) scores.
This single group repeated measures design was conducted on 101 antenatal women who were referred to outpatient antenatal clinics from January 2020 (pre-COVID-19) to April 2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic). Data were collected using four questionnaires including the HADS, GAD-7 scale, PSS, and BMWS.
Antenatal women (
= 101, M
= 32.73 years, standard deviation = 5.67) during COVID-19 demonstrated significantly increased (
< 0.result in global changes in social experiences, and interventions are necessary to address associated changes in mental health, especially among antenatal women.
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a severe mental illness that affects one percent of the population, affecting how people think, feel, and behave. Evidence suggests glial cell alteration and some researchers have found genetic risk loci and epigenetic marks that may regulate glia-related genes implicated in SCZ.
The aim of this study is to identify genetic and epigenetic changes that have been reported in glial cells or glial-associated genes in SCZ.
We searched the articles from PubMed, PubMed Central, Medline, Medscape, and Embase databases up to December 2020 to identify relevant peer-reviewed articles in English. The titles and abstracts were screened to eliminate irrelevant citations.
Twenty-four original articles were included in the review. Studies were categorized into the following four thematic via (1) oligodendrocytes, (2) microglia, (3) astrocytes, and (4) perspectives.
This study is the first of its kind to review research on genetic variants and epigenetic modifications associated with glia-related genes implicated in SCZ. Epigenetic evidence is considerably less than genetic evidence in this field. Understanding the pathways of some risk genes and their genetic and epigenetic regulation allows us to understand and find potential targets for future interventions in this mental illness.
This study is the first of its kind to review research on genetic variants and epigenetic modifications associated with glia-related genes implicated in SCZ. Epigenetic evidence is considerably less than genetic evidence in this field. Understanding the pathways of some risk genes and their genetic and epigenetic regulation allows us to understand and find potential targets for future interventions in this mental illness.In species with long-term pair bonds, such as zebra finches, evaluating the quality of potential mates is critically important. Courtship is an opportunity to evaluate information from dynamic behavioural cues. Personality traits, as stable individual differences in behaviour, could predict the quality of a potential mate. How might personality traits influence mate choice? We examined the influence of several personality traits, including exploration, aggression, and social preference, on pair formation in zebra finches. We provided birds with a variety of potential mates and allowed them to select a pair partner. Our semi-naturalistic mate choice paradigm allowed birds to observe social information over an extended period, simulating the challenges of social evaluation that birds encounter in the wild. We found that pairing is influenced by personality, with birds selecting mates similar to them in exploration. The partner's exploration score relative to their own was more important than the absolute exploration score.BACKGROUND We aimed to analyze the related factors of intracranial anterior circulation saccular artery thrombosis and its characteristics on high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI) images to provide a basis for neurosurgeons to select the precise treatment strategy for thrombotic intracranial aneurysms (TIA). MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective analysis included 136 patients with unruptured intracranial anterior circulation artery aneurysms who underwent HR-MRI. The 136 aneurysms were divided into thrombus (41) and non-thrombus (95) groups. Single factor analysis of morphological and clinical indicators were conducted to select meaningful indicators for logistic regression analysis; the optimal diagnostic threshold was calculated through ROC curve analysis. The location and signal characteristics of thrombi were analyzed to inform clinical treatment. RESULTS Single factor analysis revealed significant differences in patient age, aneurysm size, aneurysm neck, aspect ratio, size ratio, and hyperlipidemia between the 2 groups (P less then 0.05). Multi-factor regression analysis demonstrated that aneurysm size (OR=2.180) and aspect ratio value (OR=7.495) were correlated with intracranial thrombosis. ROC curve analysis showed that for aneurysms larger than 8 mm, the sensitivity and specificity of TIA prediction were 83% and 93%, respectively. For aneurysms with aspect ratio values greater than 2.5, sensitivity and specificity of TIA predication were 75% and 95%, respectively. The proportion of aneurysm wall enhancement and clinical symptoms in the thrombus group was significantly higher than that in the non-thrombus group. CONCLUSIONS Intracranial unruptured aneurysms with the size larger than 8 mm or with aspect ratio values higher than 2.5 indicated the possible formation of thrombosis in the aneurysm.BACKGROUND Breast adenomyoepithelioma is a rare benign breast tumor characterized by a biphasic proliferation of epithelial and myoepithelial cells with variable clinical and diagnostic features. Establishing the diagnosis, determining optimal therapy, and predicting outcome are problematic because of the rarity of this entity. There have been only 2 large series of adenomyoepitheliomas of the breast, reported by Tavassoli and Rosen, which included 27 and 18 patients, respectively. In this report, we present 3 cases of breast adenomyoepithelioma. CASE REPORT Herein, we report 3 cases of breast adenomyoepithelioma. The first case is of a 64-year-old woman who was found to have right breast microcalcification on a screening mammogram. The second case is of a 74-year-old woman who had a right breast mass. These 2 patients were managed by wide local excision. Postoperative microscopic examination revealed adenomyoepithelioma. The third case is of a 49-year-old woman with bilateral saline breast implants who presented with a left breast mass.
