The goal of the study was to compare the tolerability and the effects of conventional subthalamic nucleus (STN) and combined subthalamic nucleus and substantia nigra (STN+SNr) high-frequency stimulation in regard to neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease patients. In this single center, randomized, double-blind, cross-over clinical trial, twelve patients with advanced Parkinson's dise...

AIMS Successful diabetes management depends on patient behaviour. Diabetes is a significant risk factor for depression which itself is a risk factor for poor metabolic control. Data on this association is scarce from India--which is fast becoming the diabetes capital of the world. This study was done to see the prevalence of depression in adult patients with type 2 diabetes diagnosed within the...

This study investigated the severity of anxiety due to COVID-19 pandemic among students studying at Africa International University, Karen, Nairobi County, Kenya. The was done within a period three months. guided by Ecological Systems theory and Social Cognitive Theory. employed descriptive survey research design. Participant’s answers were compared certain variables including prevalence preven...

background: diabetes mellitus has a strong association with the presence of depression. psychiatric morbidity and especially depression are believed to be important aspects of diabetes influencing upon treatment course and prognosis. to determine the prevalence of depression in adult diabetic populations and compare nondiabetic population, we performed the current study. methods : three hundred...

There is a lack of physical contact in current telecommunications such as text messaging and Internet access. To challenge the limitation and re-embody telecommunication, researchers have attempted to introduce tactile stimulation to media and developed huggable devices. Previous experiments in Japan showed that a huggable communication technology, i.e., Hugvie decreased stress level of its fem...

background: depression is common in chronic medical illnesses including hf. it has been established that depression has different rates in different races and the reported depression rates among hospitalized patients range from 13% to 77%; nevertheless, there is remarkably little information on the prevalence of depression and the   impact of demographic and health status in the north of iran ....

Apathy is both a symptom and syndrome prevalent in neurodegenerative disease, including motor system disorders, that affects motivation to display goal directed functions. Levy and Dubois (2006) suggested three apathetic subtypes, Cognitive, Emotional-affective and Auto-activation, all with discrete neural correlates and functional impairments. The aim of this study was to create a new apathy m...

This study aims to investigate whether: familial history of affective disorder, subclinical depressive symptoms and life events (LEs) are predictive of a later development of mood disorder (onset). In a high-risk study, 234 healthy monozygotic and dizygotic twins with and without a co-twin history of affective disorder (high and low risk twins, respectively) were identified through nationwide r...

AIM To define phenotypic characteristics of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and natural killer cells (NK) in peripheral blood, frequency of somatic symptoms, and level of anxiety and depression in 25 patients clinically diagnosed with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHODS Patients were divided into two sub-groups according to the stressor: 18 PTSD patients with the battlefield ...