Publications by authors named "Amira A Fouad"
Ramadan fasting is believed to be beneficial. We assessed a random sample of 100 Egyptian male schizophrenia outpatients using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and dietary, anthropometric, clinical, and laboratory measures at baseline (T1) before Ramadan of 2014 and during the fourth week of Ramadan (T2). The metabolic syndrome was identified in 31 patients and these showed a reduction of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) concentrations and increase in the levels of dietary intakes, body mass index (BMI), waste circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, all PANSS subscales, glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-c), white blood cells, granulocytes, lymphocytes, monocytes, fibrinogen and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP).
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- The study investigated the prevalence of parent abuse among Egyptian adolescents with first-episode psychosis, finding that 40.7% of participants reported abusing their parents, predominantly their mothers.
- Researchers identified five key risk factors associated with this abuse, including the gender of both parent and child, childhood trauma, positive symptoms of psychosis, and the duration of untreated psychosis.
- The findings highlight the need for greater awareness of parent abuse in this context and suggest that improved parental support and treatment access could mitigate the issue.