Publications by authors named "Faisel Alam"

Objective: This study aimed to explore the effects of COVID-19 and the lockdown measures adopted in England on patients with acute mental illness.

Methods: The authors analyzed referrals to the crisis resolution and home treatment (CRHT) team and inpatient admissions to acute adult wards, at Leicestershire Partnership National Health Service Trust, an integrated community and mental health trust in the United Kingdom. Number of CRHT referrals and inpatient admissions during a 4-week period starting March 16, 2020 ("COVID-19 period"), was studied and compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019 ("control periods").

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Synchronous primary malignancies are a rare finding which can be difficult to diagnose. We present the case of a 57-year-old patient with a high prostate specific antigen who was found to have prostate cancer on subsequent magnetic resonance imaging. A skeletal metastasis was also identified at the time, although no osteoblastic activity or sclerosis was identified on skeletal scintigraphy or computed tomography, respectively.

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