Students’ interest and involvement during class lectures is imperative for grasping concepts and significantly improves academic performance of the students. Direct supervision of lectures by instructors is the main reason behind student attentiveness in class. Still, there is sufficient percentage of students who even under direct supervision tend to lose concentration. Considering the e-learn...

BACKGROUND The effects of declining androgen secretion on mood regulation and the potential psychotropic efficacy of androgen replacement in men are largely undetermined. OBJECTIVE To examine the effects on mood of the acute suppression of testosterone secretion. DESIGN A double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover (self-as-own-control) study. SETTING An ambulatory care clinic in a resear...

Title: Prenatal diagnosis of fetal unilateral lung agenesis complicated with cardiac malposition

BACKGROUND Mixed depression (MxD) is one subtype of depressive experiences within the depressive spectrum. MxD definition is debated among experts. Koukopoulos׳ proposed diagnostic criteria focused primarily on psychic agitation, marked irritability, and intense mood lability as markers of a mixed depressive episode. The present study validates Koukopoulos׳ criteria as diagnostic for MxD. MET...

Wewould like to start this chapter by describing three severe cases of schizophrenia where treatment resistance developed at different time points of the evolution or natural history of disorder. Case report 1—AB is a man of 34 years who developed his first psychotic symptoms at the age of 17 years. He has a history of neurodevelopmental abnormalities such as birth complications and motor and l...

Recent evidence has indicated that chewing gum can enhance attention, as well as promoting well-being and work performance. Four studies (two experiments and two intervention studies) examined the robustness of and mechanisms for these effects. Study 1 investigated the acute effect of gum on mood in the absence of task performance. Study 2 examined the effect of rate and force of chewing on moo...

We report a case of full term female child having persistent cloaca who was diagnosed to have right lung agenesis on investigations.

depression is a serious disorder in today’s society, with the estimates of lifetime prevalence being as high as 21% of the general population in some developed countries. as defined by the american psychiatric association, depression is a heterogeneous disorder often manifested with symptoms at the psychological, behavioral, and physiological levels. such patients are often reluctant to take sy...