Chronic Illnesses and Depression among Community-based Adolescents in Rural Haryana, India.

Evidence on the association of chronic illnesses with depression among adolescents in the Indian community setting is limited. A simple random sample of 583 adolescents, comprising 56.6% of boys and 43.

Effect of Yoga among Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with Psychiatric Disorders: A Scoping Review.

Background: Depression has been expected to be the second-leading cause of disability, followed by autism, attention and hyperactivity disorder, and learning disorder. Yoga therapy has found to be beneficial in managing psychiatric disorders.

Aim: The present study undertakes a scoping review of research on yoga therapy in psychiatric disorders among children and adolescents.

Deliberate self-harm in adolescents: A review of literature.

Deliberate self-harm is a rising epidemic in the youth. This review examined the different self-harm behavior, approach to treatment, and the implication of such behaviors in the adolescent population in the academic literature. Using the PubMed database, we searched for specific terms related to different self-harm behaviors in Adolescents.

Evaluation of Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Tone and Reactivity in Adolescents with Specific Learning Disorder (Dyslexia).

Objectives: To evaluate the autonomic function in specific learning disorder (SLD) and comorbid SLD attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (SLD-ADHD).

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital with 20 adolescent subjects each of confirmed SLD, SLD-ADHD, and healthy control (mean age 15.32 y).

Colossal Breed and Backlash of the 'Sesame Street': Brunt of COVID-19 Pandemic in the 'High-Tech' Era of Learning on Children and Adolescents and Suggestions.

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the closure of various academic institutions, leaving online learning the only option for continuity of education and curricular activities among children and adolescents. It is unclear whether the adoption of online learning will persist in the post-pandemic period. However, enhanced exposure to gadgets impacts the socio-emotive-adaptive development of young children.

Psychiatric Morbidity and Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents with Bronchial Asthma.

Objectives: Psychiatric morbidity and behavioral problems are quite common in children and adolescents with bronchial asthma, yet they remain underexplored and often ignored in clinical settings. This can impact the child's overall quality of life. There seems to be a dearth of Indian literature and so the current study was planned to assess psychological impact of asthma on the pediatric population.

Depression among adolescents in a rural community of north India: A cross-sectional study.

Background: There is a paucity of literature on depression among adolescents in the north Indian community.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of depression among adolescents residing in a rural community of north India, and to determine associated factors, psychiatric comorbidities, and functional impairment.

Methods: A simple random sample of 630 adolescents aged 10-19 years was drawn.

Self-stigma in patients with major depressive disorder: An exploratory study from India.

Background: One of the barriers to effective care in patients with depression is stigma associated with having a mental disorder, which also acts as a barrier to recovery and increases the disability.

Aims: To study the stigma and disabilities experienced by the patients with depressive disorders seeking treatment in a tertiary care hospital.

Methodology: Fifty patients diagnosed to have depressive disorder as per ICD-10 were recruited by convenient sampling.

Autism spectrum disorder: Trends in research exploring etiopathogenesis.

Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition in which affected individuals have difficulties while interacting and communicating socially, and repetitive behaviors. It has a multifactorial etiology. Various risk factors, including genetic and environmental influences, have been explored while trying to understand its causation.

Trends in concept and nosology of autism spectrum disorder: A review.

Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent deficits in social communication, social interaction and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities. The concept of autism has changed since its inception, from childhood schizophrenia to neuro-variation. These changes in concept have been accompanied by changes in the diagnostic threshold through which the 'case' of autism is identified.

Initial treatment dropout in patients with substance use disorders attending a tertiary care de-addiction centre in north India.

Background & Objectives: Dropout from substance use disorders treatment is associated with poor outcomes. Although many factors have been associated with an early dropout of patients, the reasons for dropping out of treatment prematurely remain poorly understood particularly in the Indian context. This study was aimed to study socio-demographic and clinical variables predicting initial dropout of patients attending a tertiary care de-addiction treatment centre in north India.

A controlled study of plasma fatty acids in Indian patients with depressive episode.

Aim: To study the plasma omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acid levels in patients with depressive episode and in matched healthy controls.

Method: Thirty patients with first episode depression and thirty healthy matched control subjects were recruited from a tertiary care hospital setting. We measured plasma omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid levels of the study and the control group.

Successful Long-term Management of a Child with Kleine-Levin Syndrome with Low-dose Lithium.

Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) is a rare disorder characterized by episodic hypersomnia along with cognitive and behavioral disturbances (i.e., hyperphagia and hypersexuality).

Erratum to: Prevalence of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Predictors of retention in treatment in a tertiary care de-addiction center.

Context: Retention in treatment can improve the outcomes of patients with substance use disorders.

Aims: This study aimed to assess the predictors of treatment retention in a set of patients admitted with substance use disorders.

Setting And Design: This record-based study was conducted among consecutive patients discharged from the inpatient unit of a tertiary care de-addiction facility in Northern India.

Pituitary Macroadenoma Presenting with Multiple Psychiatric Complications.

We report a case of pituitary macroadenoma with multiple physical and psychiatric complications, which posed a significant diagnostic dilemma and management challenge for the treating teams of neurosurgery, endocrinology and psychiatry. A pragmatic approach comprising of interdisciplinary collaboration resulted in satisfactory management of the case.

Prevalence of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The importance of epidemiological studies lies in recognition of cases that do not come to treatment settings. The increasing focus on child adolescent mental health in India points to the necessity of epidemiological studies on children. Although there are a few such studies done in different parts of India in different socio-cultural settings, data from those cannot be generalized to the entire country.

A controlled study of serum lipid profiles in Indian patients with depressive episode.

Background: Lower levels of circulating lipid fractions and cholesterol are risk factors for impulsivity and depressive disorder. A lower level of serum cholesterol is also associated with patients presenting with history of self-harm.

Materials And Methods: A total of 30 depressive patients and 30 healthy matched control subjects were recruited from the department of Psychiatry of a tertiary care hospital.

Complicated alcohol withdrawal presenting as self mutilation.

Self-mutilation has been defined as deliberate self injury to body tissue without the intent to die. There has been an association between substance abuse and self mutilation. Alcoholic hallucinosis is usually in auditory modality and regarded as harmless.