Twenty-two patients were carefully defined as having progressive dementia without other known cause and not complicated by clinical or laboratory evidence of multiinfarct dementia. Their degree of dementia measured by the ESD correlated highly with EEG disturbance (r=-0.79). The LPRS correlated 0.73 with ventricular enlargement. Although the EEG and CT scan only correlated significantly with ea...

A study ofb~uxism among 358fiveand six-year-old kindergarten children using a parental history confirmed by an intraoral examination has shown a prevalence of 15% bruxers. A further 15.4 % of children showed clinical evidence of bruxism without parental awareness of the habit. Males and females were equally affected by the habit. Using the Missouri Children’s Picture Series as the psychological...

There were over 2000 applications for asylum from Turkish nationals to the UK in 2003. A large proportion of these were person of Kurdish origin, many of whom claimed to have suffered torture. We sought to evaluate the physical and psychological effects of torture in those with physical injuries. A total of 97 Kurdish asylum seekers requiring medical evaluation for evidence of torture were exam...

background: in recent years, there is a growing appreciation of the stresses involved in nursing training. it is important for nursing educators to know the prevalence of psychological distress and psychological well-being among nursing students. the present study aimed to assess perceived stress in the undergraduate students studying in a nursing college located in north india. materials and m...

sleep plays a vital role in regulating physiological mechanisms in the human body. nowadays, by the change of lifestyle and as a consequence of longer work hours and increased accessibility to media, sleep disturbance becomes a common problem in modern society. many studies demonstrated that sleep disturbance triggers a systemic low-grade inflammation by increasing the level of several cytokine...

BACKGROUND The aim was to study the effect of brief counselling and psychological debriefing following a trauma on subsequent morbidity. METHOD We investigated psychological morbidity in 62 British soldiers whose duties included the handling and identification of dead bodies of allied and enemy soldiers during the Gulf War. Of these soldiers, 69% received a psychological debriefing on complet...

Acupuncture is being adopted by cancer patients for a wide range of cancer-related symptoms including highly prevalent psychological symptoms like depression, anxiety, insomnia, and impairment in quality of life. Pharmacological treatment of prevalent symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance can contribute to the high chemical burden already carried by cancer patients, creating ...