Exploring risk factors and determinants: A scoping review of factors associated with nomophobia.

Background: Nomophobia or no-mobile-phone phobia, defined as the fear of being unable to use or being unreachable via one's mobile phone. The pervasive concern has varied bio-psychosocial and clinical implications in an individual's life. Nomophobia is currently in an exploratory phase.

Knowledge of Mental Illness and Its Associations Among Caregivers of Patients With Schizophrenia.

Background: Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that greatly impacts the real-world functioning of patients. In India, caregivers are primarily responsible for their patients and function as their support system, often taking treatment decisions on their behalf. However, they may have insufficient knowledge of the illness, which can have a negative impact on their roles as effective caregivers.

Psychosocial Correlates of the Experience of Caregiving Among Caregivers of Patients With Schizophrenia.

Background: Family caregivers provide essential support to their loved ones with schizophrenia with profound outcomes for themselves. The caregiver burden fails to consider the entire caregiving experience, which also incorporates positive aspects of caring. Many potentially significant variables are associated with this.

Characteristics Associated with Substance Use and Non-use Among Street Children in Delhi, India: A Community-based Cross-sectional Epidemiological Study.

Background: Street children are vulnerable to adverse health and risk behaviors and drug use. Substance use among street children has been well documented in several countries. This study reports sociodemographic and peer, family, and stress-related factors associated with substance use and non-use in a representative sample of street children of Delhi.

Changes in Psychosocial Variables Among Caregivers of Patients With Schizophrenia: A Short-Term Follow-Up Study.

Background And Aims: Caring for a person with schizophrenia entails considerable effort. The caregiving experience while caring for a person with schizophrenia has been described as both stressful and enriching. The literature on changes in caregiving experience with time has been fairly limited.

Effects of cumulative COVID-19 cases on mental health: Evidence from multi-country survey.

Background: Depression and anxiety were both ranked among the top 25 leading causes of global burden of diseases in 2019 prior to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The pandemic affected, and in many cases threatened, the health and lives of millions of people across the globe and within the first year, global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25% with the greatest influx in places highly affected by COVID-19.

Aim: To explore the psychological impact of the pandemic and resultant restrictions in different countries using an opportunistic sample and online questionnaire in different phases of the pandemic.

A qualitative study to assess the psychological experiences and coping strategies of families affected with Li-Fraumeni syndrome in the Indian population.

Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary cancer syndrome. Due to the high risk of occurrence of multiple cancers, families with LFS may have an overwhelming psychosocial burden. This cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care center using face-to-face interviews through a grounded theory approach.

fMRI Analysis of Dissociative Convulsions: A Case-Controlled Study.

Background And Objectives: Dissociative convulsions represent complex biopsychosocial etiopathogenesis and have semiological similarities with epilepsy, which leads to delays in definitive diagnosis as well as treatment. We explored the neurobiological underpinnings of dissociative convulsions using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) design targeting cognitive, affective, and resting state characteristics in our subjects.

Materials And Methods: Seventeen female patients with dissociative convulsions without any co-morbid psychiatric or neurological illness and 17 matched healthy controls underwent standardized task-based (affective and cognitive) and resting state fMRI.

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.

A randomized controlled trial to assess effectiveness of GamE- an e-Health intervention to self-manage gaming with an aim to prevent gaming disorder.

Gaming disorder is a health concern associated with significant impairment. Digital technology can be helpful for implementing preventive measures for gaming disorder. This randomized trial aimed to assess the effectiveness of an e-Health intervention to prevent gaming disorder among college students.

Neurochemical correlates of cognitive functions in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder: H-MRS study.

Objectives: We assessed and correlated neurochemical levels and cognitive functions in left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and left hippocampus in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder and compared these with healthy controls METHODOLOGY: Twenty-five right-handed euthymic patients (HAM-D score < 7, and YMRS score < 7) with bipolar disorder and 20 age and gender matched controls were compared for neurometabolites (n-acetylaspartate - tNAA, choline - Cho, creatinine - Cr, myoinositol - Ins, and glutamine/glutamate - Glu/Gln) measured in left DLPFC and left hippocampus using single voxel magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and cognitive functions assessed using trail making test (TMT - A and B), wisconsin card sorting test (WCST), and wechsler memory scale (WMS-III Indian adaptation).

Results: The two groups were comparable on socio-demographic variables. tNAA levels in DLPFC and hippocampus, and glutamate levels in hippocampus were found to be significantly lower and Inositol and glutamine levels in hippocampus were found to be significantly higher in patients as compared to controls.

Development of Home-Based Intervention Module for Specific Learning Disorder Mixed Type: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Despite significant prevalence of specific learning disorder (SLD) in India, insufficient efforts have been taken to deal with its burden. Currently, the workforce is limited and resources are expensive and difficult for families to access. Consequently, developing an alternative remedial program in the form of a home-based intervention (HBI) is imperative.

Psychosocial factors among patients undergoing orbital exenteration.

Clinical Relevance: Patients undergoing exenteration have significant anxiety and depression, and lower quality of life that worsens after surgery. Therefore, counselling by an eye health-care provider along with the team of psychologist and psychiatrist could be provided pre-operatively to assess baseline psychosocial status and be continued post-operatively to look for any deterioration.

Background: Orbital exenteration comes with psychological trauma of disfigurement of face.

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).

Screen Time beyond Gaming and Social Media: Excessive and Problematic Use of Over the Top (OTT) Platforms among College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic.

There is a gap in existing literature regarding Over the Top (OTT) platform use contributing to the excessive and problematic screen time. We aimed to assess OTT platform use among college students and its associations with increased screen time, mental well-being, COVID-19 related anxiety and personality traits. A total of 1039 students from a college in India were invited to participate in this web-based survey.

Magnitude of psychiatric comorbidity in patients with obesity in Northern Indian population.

Background And Aims: To determine the prevalence of different psychiatric comorbidities in patients with obesity and study their relationship with the degrees of obesity.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 151 patients with a BMI≥25 kg/m. Subjects with diagnosed psychiatric illness, type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease or any neurological illness were excluded.

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.

Development and validation of gaming disorder and hazardous gaming scale (GDHGS) based on the WHO framework (ICD-11 criteria) of disordered gaming.

This study aimed to develop and validate a brief psychometric scale for gaming disorder and hazardous gaming based on the WHO framework as defined in the ICD-11. The study was carried out among college students using face to face interview. A panel of mental health experts examined the face validity of the new Gaming Disorder and Hazardous Gaming Scale (GDHGS).

Evaluation of eating disorders and their association with glycemic control and metabolic parameters in adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: There is little data on the prevalence and effects of eating disorders in patients with T2DM.

Aims: To evaluate the presence of eating disorders (ED) and their association with glycemic control and metabolic parameters in adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the endocrinology outpatient unit of our tertiary care centre between January 2017 to December 2018.

Impact of lockdown following COVID-19 on the gaming behavior of college students.

Background: The uncertainty about the impact of the lockdown in wake of COVID-19 on their future academic and carrier prospects, besides other concerns; makes college students, particularly vulnerable to stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gaming has been recognized as a coping mechanism against stress in the previously published literature.

Objectives: The current study aimed to assess the gaming behavior of college students during the lockdown following COVID-19.

The pattern of problematic internet use and mental health-related internet use among psychiatric outpatients at a tertiary care center.

Objective: There is scarce literature available on the pattern of problematic internet use (PIU) and use of internet for mental health help-seeking among adult patients with psychiatric disorders in South-East Asian countries. The present study aimed to understand the pattern of PIU among adult patients attending the outpatient psychiatry services at a tertiary care center in India. Further, it aimed to explore the use of internet for seeking mental health-related information or services among them.

Psychiatric Comorbidities in Children with Specific Learning Disorder-Mixed Type: A Cross-sectional Study.

Specific learning disorder (SLD) is a neurodevelopmental condition which frequently exhibits with comorbidities of other disorders, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder, anxiety, and depression. SLD with any comorbidity may affect the expression and severity of the SLD and may make its management difficult. Thus, the present cross-sectional study was planned to examine the psychiatric comorbidities among children with SLD.

Estimating the size of substance using street children in Delhi using Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS).

Street children as a population sub-group exist in significant numbers in the developing world and have been reported to be vulnerable to adverse health and risk behaviours that include physical and sexual risk behaviour. However, the estimation of prevalence for various psychoactive substances among the street children in a representative sample has not been attempted in the developing country like India. This is challenging due to the absence of an appropriate sampling frame, the population living in isolation, hiding their identity and concealing their behaviour.

Perception of Families of Children with Specific Learning Disorder: An Exploratory Study.

Background: Parents have a tremendous influence on their children's academic and social success. Unfortunately, a majority of them do not have a concrete idea on how to assist their children, impacting negatively on both the parents and the child. Currently, there is sparse research on parents' experiences in dealing with children with specific learning disorders (SLD).