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Journal Title: Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
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Shyamanta Das
This editorial highlights the contents of this issue of the journal.
Shyamanta Das
Acute dystonia with concomitant use of amitriptyline and paroxetine
Amitriptyline and paroxetine are antidepressant agents useful for the treatment depressive disorders. Antidepressant induced extrapyramidal symptoms represent an under recognised but important clinical entity as it can a...
Clinical and demographical profile of inpatient psychiatry referrals in a multispecialty teaching hospital
Background: Research in consultation-liaison psychiatry is important clinically because of high incidence of coexistence of psychiatric and medical disorders in patients attending psychiatry and general healthcare system...
Study on psychiatric morbidities in patients with newly (recently) detected type 2 diabetes mellitus
Aims and objectives: Psychiatric co-morbidity in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with higher level of functional impairment and poor self-care. This study was carried out with the aim to find out exist...
A study of sleep quality and its correlates in end-stage renal disease patients on haemodialysis
Background: Poor sleep quality is reported to be frequent in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on haemodialysis. The aim of this study was to assess sleep quality and its predictors among haemodialysis patients. Me...
An exploratory study from eastern India on neurological soft signs and spontaneous movement disorders in schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Background: Apart from the traditional symptoms of delusion and hallucination, soft signs of neurological dysfunction in psychotic disorder have the potential for addressing neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative aetio...