Publications by authors named "Tewfik K Daradkeh"
Article Synopsis
- Substance use is a growing public health issue, particularly in the Arab world, and this study focused on understanding its prevalence among patients with psychiatric disorders in Jordan.
- The research involved 671 patients aged between 20-80 years and highlighted that factors like male sex, lower education, and unemployment were associated with higher rates of substance use.
- Findings suggest that these patients not only had higher instances of substance use but also faced additional challenges like self-harming behaviors and emotional trauma, indicating a need for targeted clinical interventions.
Objective: To report several cases of hyperthyroidism in patients presenting with the unusual symptom of sleepwalking and to discuss the possible pathophysiologic basis for this novel association.
Methods: After encountering and reporting the first case of new-onset somnambulism in a patient presenting with thyrotoxicosis at our institution, we routinely inquired about the sleep history of patients with thyrotoxicosis, questioning both the patients and family members when applicable. Those patients who actually had sleepwalking episodes coinciding with the onset of thyrotoxicosis underwent close follow-up, and the relationship between the sleepwalking and the results of thyroid function tests was analyzed.
Aim: To examine sex differences in the prevalence of depressive disorders in an Arab community.
Methods: One thousand three hundred and ninety-four subjects (n=1394) were systematically sampled from the general population in Al-Ain city, United Arab Emirates. All subjects were interviewed and assessed with the modified version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) and a specially designed socio-demographic questionnaire.