Ouanouche, El Hassan Elmostafi, Hicham Amarat, Naoufal Wafaa, Ouahid Ryad, Tamouza El Hessni, Aboubaker Mesfioui, Abdelhalem
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Middle East Current Psychiatry
BackgroundIn addition to the biological plausibility widely described through a very large number of studies, the causal link between cannabis uses and schizophrenia disorders has become illicit internationally and given the scarcity of similar studies in Morocco. Our study consists of a prospective descriptive study in the psychiatric department o...
Oneib, Bouchra El Filali, Abdelilah Abda, Naima
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Middle East Current Psychiatry
BackgroundThe objective of the present study was to translate and linguistically validate in Moroccan dialect the original English version of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). The translation and adaptation of this scale are obtained by using the process forward translations and backward translations. The participants filled out the final question...
Okasha, Tarek A.
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Middle East Current Psychiatry
Rizk, Dalia Nagui Abo Ghanima, Mohamed
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Middle East Current Psychiatry
BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had an impact on frontline healthcare workers’ (HCW) mental health as they experienced depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances. There is a need to investigate the impact on anesthesia and intensive care doctors (ICU), especially after the rise of vaccination. Anesthesia and ICU doctors ...
Sabri, Youmna Abdelsalam, Noha
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Middle East Current Psychiatry
BackgroundPatients with depression are at a higher risk of developing serious medical problems such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases, increasing the burden of depression and worsening its outcome.Recent studies revealed the presence of low-grade systemic inflammation and metabolic impairments which are playing an impo...
Erdoğan, Atike Pınar Ekinci, Ferhat Acar, Ömer Göksel, Gamze
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Middle East Current Psychiatry
BackgroundCancer patients are in the high-risk group of getting COVID-19 infection and experiencing a severe course. Anxiety of cancer patients about how they pass this pandemic process and how changes in the health system would influence their treatment has increased together with the COVID-19 pandemic. Influence of COVID-19 on psychology of cance...
Islam, Z Rahman, M Olive, A H Hasan, MK
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Middle East Current Psychiatry
BackgroundAround 5.29% of the world population is suffering from ADHD, and 60 million people are suffering from CVS, with an increasing rate of prevalence of these disorders. This study aimed to determine the prevalence rate of ADHD and CVS symptoms among the Bangladeshi population.ResultsTo assess the aim of the study, a cross-sectional survey was...
Khalaf, Ola Osama Abdalgeleel, Shaimaa Abdalaleem Mostafa, Nehal
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Middle East Current Psychiatry
BackgroundThe pandemic of COVID-19 is considered as one of the major threats that affected all age groups all over the world. Old age group has been highly affected with increased risk of severe health complications that may result in several mental health problems such as anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, sleep problems, or any other mental h...
Sultan, Sadia Bashar, Abu Nomani, Ibtesam Tabassum, Aisha Iqbal, Mohammad Shahid Fallata, Ebtihaj O. Sindi, Ramya Ahmad Almasoudi, Nouf M. Rheem, Seeqa
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Middle East Current Psychiatry
BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has shown a significant impact on the psychological well-being of health care workers. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological health of health care workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During the months of November and December, 283 health care...
Mohamed, Ahmad Saad Elmeteini, Mahmoud Ahmed Mohamed, Ghada Abd Elrazek Elserafy, Doha Mostafa Elmadani, Alaa Adel Hashem, Reem Elsayed
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Middle East Current Psychiatry
BackgroundLiver transplantation (LT) helped to save the life of end stage liver disease (ESLD) patients; however, there is a debate on the persistence of cognitive impairment. The study aimed to evaluate cognitive functions in patients with ESLD before and after liver transplantation and to assess its relation to hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Thirty...
