Publications by authors named "Boubacar Bague"
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- The study aimed to assess mental disorders and addictive behaviors among gold miners treated at a hospital in Burkina Faso over a decade.
- It involved 174 male patients, mostly young and single, with high rates of acute psychotic disorders and substance use, particularly tobacco, cannabis, and alcohol.
- The findings indicate that mental health issues among gold miners are a significant public health concern in Burkina Faso, especially with the increase in gold mining activities.
The shared psychotic disorder is a rare psychiatric entity classified in the ICD10 induced delusional disorders and corresponds to the induction by a psychotic subject of a delusion to a subject without any mental disorder. The protagonists are regularly elements of a couple or a family, which then characterizes the "family madness". We report a rare case of delusional disorder induced by a schizophrenic patient to her husband.
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