Missed Immunization Opportunities Among Children Under 5 Years Of Age Dwelling In Karachi City.

Background: Immunization is the safest and effective measure for preventing and eradicating various communicable diseases. A glaring immunization gap exists between developing and industrialized countries towards immunization, because the developing countries including Pakistan are still striving to provide basic immunization to their children. The purpose of this study was to access the prevalence and factors of missing immunization among under 5-year children of Karachi.

The least worst option: user experiences of antipsychotic medication and lack of involvement in medication decisions in a UK community sample.

Background: Treatment decision-making that fully involves service users is an aim across medicine, including mental health.

Aim: To explore service users experiences of taking antipsychotic medication for psychotic disorders and their perceptions of decision-making about this.

Method: Semi-structured interviews with 20 users of community mental health services, conducted by service user researchers and analysed using thematic analysis.

Assessment of knowledge and practices about breastfeeding and weaning among working and non-working mothers.

Objective: To assess the knowledge and practices of working and non-working mothers regarding breastfeeding and weaning.

Methods: This cross-sectional study involving working and non-working mothers was conducted from May 2015 to May 2016 at different hospitals of Karachi. Data was collected from women who had at least one child aged below 5 years and who had previously breastfed their child.

Results of a pilot cluster randomised trial of the use of a Medication Review Tool for people taking antipsychotic medication.

Background: Government policy encourages increasing involvement of patients in their long-term care. This paper describes the development and pilot evaluation of a 'Medication Review Tool' designed to assist people to participate more effectively in discussions about antipsychotic drug treatment.

Methods: The Medication Review Tool developed consisted of a form to help patients identify pros and cons of their current antipsychotic treatment and any desired changes.

Manualised Individual Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for mood disorders in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability: a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Background: Evaluation of complex interventions, including standardisation of the intervention, types of outcomes selected and measures of change, is a fairly novel concept in the field of intellectual disabilities. Our aim was to explore these issues in a feasibility study of Manualised Individual Cognitive Behaviour Treatment (M-iCBT) compared to the treatment as usual alone (TAU).

Methods: Service users with mild to moderate intellectual disability experiencing a mood disorder or symptoms of depression and/or anxiety (mini PAS-ADD total score >10 or 7 respectively) were randomly assigned to either.

Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for anxiety and depression in adults with mild intellectual disabilities (ID): a pilot randomised controlled trial.

Background: Several studies have showed that people with intellectual disabilities (ID) have suitable skills to undergo cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Case studies have reported successful use of cognitive behavioural therapy techniques (with adaptations) in people with ID. Modified cognitive behavioural therapy may be a feasible and effective approach for the treatment of depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders in ID.