Acceptability and efficacy of the culturally adapted problem management plus intervention for people with disability in Pakistan: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.

Background: In Pakistan, the mental health care for persons living with disabilities is insufficient, lacking a holistic approach to address their needs. This research evaluates the adapted PM+'s (IA-PM+) initial efficacy and acceptability in improving mental health among persons living with disabilities, contributing to the integration of mental health services within primary care settings in Pakistan.

Methods: This study employed a two-arm, single-blind cluster randomized controlled trial in a community setting within Union Council Kuri Dolal, Tehsil Gujjar Khan, District Rawalpindi-Pakistan.

Recurrent bilateral frontal lobe lesion with maladaptive schema modes and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms: a case study.

The frontal lobe is responsible for high-order functioning, such as memory, attention, decision-making, and personality. Lesions in the frontal lobe may lead to different physical and psychological problems. The current study was conducted to examine the emotional, cognitive, and behavioural states and coping strategies of a patient with recurrent bilateral frontal lobe lesion.

Health-care professionals coping responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan.

Background: In the initial stage of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 creates a prodigious uncertainty not only in general population but also in health care professionals. This often leads to emotional distress in general public and particularly in health care professionals.

Objectives: During COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan, the health care professionals experienced unusual stressors.

Psychosocial functioning of the patient with spinal cord and whiplash injury: A case report.

Whiplash is a soft tissue injury of the cervical spine that is generally caused by trauma from a motor vehicle accident or gunshot. It is associated with a wide range of clinical symptoms, including neck pain and stiffness, pain and restricted movement in the upper arms. We report the manifestations of this trauma within the beliefs and psychological functioning based on a comprehensive psychological assessment that include a review of hospital records, clinical examinations, a structured clinical interview, an inventory of psychosocial function, and a post-traumatic maladaptive belief scale.

Maladaptive schema modes as the predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder among trauma survivors.

Objective: To study the relationship between dysfunctional schema modes and post-traumatic stress disorder among trauma survivors.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, from March to August 2019, and comprised patients of traumatic brain injury and orthopaedic trauma. Data was collected using Schema Mode Inventory and the Clinician Administered Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Scale version 5.

The relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and acquired brain injury among civilian patients.

Purpose: Patients with acquired brain injury are a vulnerable group in Pakistan with limited psychosocial services available to them. The current study sought to determine the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in ABI patients with traumatic and non-traumatic injury.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional research design was used.

Transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization: a systematic review.

Purpose: Transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization consists of a Doppler-guided ligation of the distal branches of the rectal arteries. The aim of this review is to assess the current evidence on dearterialization, establish the safety and efficacy of the technique, define its indications, and identify its possible advantages and limitations.

Methods: All published studies on dearterialization without language restrictions were reviewed systematically.