e*tent, to psychotics, has mainly two aims. The first is of purely ^agnostic nature, for the behaviour of the patient during the group sessions, his reaction to the environment, and above all his individual response, is of diagnostic help. The second aim is therapeutic, for during the group session various therapeutic agencies are engendered ^hich may produce desirable changes in the psychologi...

Neuro-protection in this context is an important concept in the treatment of patients in the early, prodromal phase of psychosis, otherwise known as the 'At Ultra High Risk Mental State'. Neuro-protection as described here refers to the use of agents to control the process of apoptosis, which occurs more rapidly in the earliest phases of schizophrenia. There is a need to identify medications wi...

Psychotics disorders, most commonly known as schizophrenia, have incapacitated professionals in different sectors of activities. Those disorders have caused damage in a microlevel to the individual and his/her family and in a macrolevel to the economic and production system of the country. The lack of early and sometimes very late diagnosis has provided reactive measures, when the professional ...

Background: Survey the Psychological disorder of infertility in infertile couples (couples who undergoing for ART protocol): Parenthood is one of the major transitions in adult life for both men and women, which is associated with major emotional sequels. This study was performed to determine the psychological impact of infertility in infertile female (IF) and their partners- normal healthy mal...

BACKGROUND In 2006, the National Institute of Clinical and Health Excellence (NICE) guidelines for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) recommended anti-psychotics as a class for SSRI treatment resistant OCD. The article aims to systematically review and conduct a meta-analysis on the clinical effectiveness of atypical anti-psychotics augmenting an SSRI. METHODS Studies that were double-blind ...

Eleven in-patients of the hospital for Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases, Hyderabad, who presented with psychiatric symptoms resulting in maladjustment were examined and placed in different diagnostic groups. There were five psychotics and six neurotics. Out of the five psychotics, three were manic and two were depressive. Among the six neutrotics, three were depressive and one each of anxiety, o...

Prior research has shown that prescription drug spending grew substantially during the decade of the 1990s. This analysis uses 1996 to 1998 State Medicaid Research File (SMRF) fee-for-service (FFS) data for 29 participating States to provide insight into the factors driving this growth. The analysis examines cost variation by census region, State, Medicaid basis of eligibility, and therapeutic ...