Psychiatric Disorder in a Patient With Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome: A Case Report.

Patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) often suffer from pheochromocytoma and hypoglycaemia and are vulnerable to disorders associated with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA), such as major depressive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, borderline personality disorder, etc. Features of pheochromocytoma even overlap with features of anxiety disorders, panic disorders, etc. These patients undergo multiple major surgeries under general anaesthesia at a very young age due to recurrent tumours that can affect their behavioural and emotional development.

Incidental Finding of Ascaris in Peritoneal Cavity During Laparotomy for Blunt Trauma Abdomen: A Rare Case.

migration from the intestine into the peritoneal cavity is rarely seen and the usual presentation is the acute abdomen. Our case report is of a young male who got admitted after a roadside accident with polytrauma including blunt trauma abdomen. When the patient was taken up for exploratory laparotomy, a freely lying tubular structure was noticed in the pelvis and small intestinal perforation.

Therapeutic Efficacy of Rhemercise: A Novel Mindfulness Technique in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder.

Rhemercise is a novel mindfulness technique used to prevent relapse in opioid use disorder (OUD). Rhemercise is a quantifiable and intentional slow-breathing technique that could increase subjective well-being, which helps to prevent relapse in OUD by reducing craving, negative affect, and visceral reactivity. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of rhemercise as an adjunctive therapy in patients with OUD undergoing detoxification.

Comparison of impact of family stigma on quality of life among caregivers of male inpatients with alcohol and opioid use disorder.

Background: Caregivers of patients with alcohol and opioid use disorder (OUD) have low quality of life (QoL) and suffer from family stigma. However, impact of family stigma on QoL has not been studied in this population.

Materials And Methods: One hundred primary caregivers of male inpatients with severe alcohol use disorder (AUD) ( = 47) and OUD ( = 53) as per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5 Edition were enrolled into the cross-sectional, descriptive study.