Patients using antipsychotic drugs are more likely than the general population to suffer glucose metabolism dysfunctions, yet these problems are frequently overlooked. According to several research findings, patients who take antipsychotic drugs, particularly second-generation antipsychotics, are...
Download PDF ↓Hopelessness is a subjective appraisal of negative expectations about the occurrence of a highly valued outcome coupled with the sense that one lacks control over desired events in the future. Hopelessness is an early symptom of depression and is comorbid with cervical cancer. Supportive Group...
Download PDF ↓Background- Psychiatric co-morbidities, particularly mood and anxiety disorders, occur more frequently in patients with epilepsy compared to the general population and tend to worsen morbidity and mortality in this group of patients via suicide among other causes. Treatment of these disorders is...
Download PDF ↓Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is a problem in many countries in the world including Zambia with various studies pegging the prevalence at 3 to 17% for boys and 8 to 31% for girls (Barth, Bermetz, Heim, Trelle & Tonia, 2013). The effects of CSA are both physical (genital trauma, contraction of...
Alcoholism accounts for 4% of deaths worldwide and 4.5% of global burden of disease and injury (WHO, 2011). In Zambia 15.6% of the population drink alcohol of which 43.7% consume alcohol heavily (Acuda et al, 2011). Relapse prevention interventions are used worldwide as an essential part of the...
Download PDF ↓Psychiatric disorders occur frequently in people living with HIV. Most of them go undiagnosed and therefore untreated, despite the negative consequences they have on HIV spread, progression and management. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in HIV...
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