Objectives: Our aims were to assess cognitive impairment in bipolar patients in remission compared with healthy controls, and to study its connection to clinical and therapeutic factors.
Methodology: This was a case-control study of patients with bipolar disorder (BD) in remission and matched healthy controls. It was carried out at the Hédi Chaker University Hospital in Sfax, Tunisia.
Introduction: trauma-related disorders following a road accident have both a health and an economic impact.
Methods: we conducted a prospective study to determine the prevalence of these disorders, and to identify risk factors in subjects victims of road accidents and hospitalized in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology of the University Hospital Center of Sfax-Tunisia.
Results: a total of sixty-ten subjects were included in this study.
Introduction: teachers have to adapt during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to many changes that could potentially make them more vulnerable to psychological distress. We aimed to assess anxiety and depression in Tunisian secondary school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic and to explore their associated factors.
Methods: we conducted a cross-sectional survey concerning Tunisian secondary school teachers between May 1, 2021, and June 30, 2021, using an online survey platform via Google Forms.
Objective: Patients with epilepsy who have been charged with a serious offense may be referred by the courts for forensic psychiatric examination. A detailed psychiatric and neurological examination is often necessary to assist the courts in making the right decision, as exemplified in the current case presentation.
Method: The forensic case of a 30-year-old Tunisian male with temporal epilepsy who exhibited an inadequate response to the treatment is presented here.
Introduction: the management of patients with psychosis is associated with a risk of exposure to violence which can affect all the stakeholders, in particular the family entourage. Caregiving role generates violence and this can have a psychological impact on the caregivers. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of aggressions perpetrated by patients with psychosis on their family caregivers as well as to assess the psychological and traumatic impact on family caregivers and to identify factors associated with it.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety are the most common psychiatric consequences among parents of children with epilepsy.
Objectives: We aimed to investigate the prevalence and predictors of PTSD, depression and anxiety in a sample of parents of children with epilepsy.
Methods: A survey of 135 parents of children with epilepsy, treated in the pediatric neurology department at the Sfax Teaching Hospital in Tunisia, was conducted in the last quarter of 2019.
Objectives: Research indicates that many patients with schizophrenia experience deficits in metacognitive capacity defined as the ability to form complex representations of themselves and others. The aim of the current study was to assess metacognitive deficit in patients with schizophrenia. These variables were collected together with many other sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a chronic stressor that may alter the emotional state and quality of life (QOL) of patients suffering from it. In this work, we proposed to estimate the prevalence of depression and anxiety, to assess the QOL in a Tunisian population of apneic patients, and to assess their evolution under continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).
Methods: We conducted a prospective study, involving 33 apneic patients followed for SAHOS with moderate or severe class disease in the pneumology department at Hedi Chaker university hospital in Sfax, Tunisia.
Psychiatric signs and symptoms occur frequently in individuals with central nervous system diseases. Inadequately treated, these comorbid conditions affect patient rehabilitation, compliance with treatment and quality of life. Their management poses a major challenge given the variable efficacy and safety profiles of available psychotropic drugs and increased risk of drug interaction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Bipolar disorder (BD) etiopathogenesis is still not well elucidated. It has recently been proven that 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25OHD) has an anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective role. Our objectives were to measure 25OHD plasma levels in patients with BD in acute decompensation and compare them with patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) or schizoaffective disorder (SAD) and with healthy controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Internet addiction, a relatively new phenomenon, is a field of recent research in mental health, particularly within young populations. It seems to interact with several individual and environmental factors.
Objectives: We aim to spot internet addiction in a Tunisian adolescent population, and to study its relationship with personal and family factors, as well as with anxious and depressive comorbidities.
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
February 2019
Background: Although the increase of media interest for psychoactive substances use, especially alcohol, among young people, since the revolution, Tunisia has few epidemiological studies on this subject, which does not allow having a clear idea of the importance of the problem and its different determinants.
Aims: To assess the prevalence of alcohol consumption among adolescents in the region of Sfax (Tunisia) and to determine its relations to the two personality dimensions: sensation seeking and impulsivity.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 317 middle and high school students in Sfax (Tunisia).
Introduction: The study of affective temperaments is a dimensional approach to personality that would provide a better understanding of the emergence of psychopathological disorders including addictive behaviors. However, in the literature, there is a lack of studies focusing on the links between this type of disorder and affective temperaments. Our objectives were to study the distribution of the five known affective temperaments in a group of drug addicts compared to a control group, and to identify sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with emotional traits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSchizophrenia is often accompanied by somatic comorbidities, which make the management challenge of such patients more difficult. In this study, we proposed to identify the sociodemographic and clinical factors correlating with somatic comorbidities in patients with schizophrenia to facilitate screening and prevention. It was a retrospective descriptive study of 78 schizophrenia patients in clinical remission and followed in outpatient psychiatry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnder-diagnosed and under-treated, depression has a pejorative prognosis. The general practitioners (GP) represent the most often consulted healthcare professionals by depressed patients. The aim was to describe how the Tunisian GPs manage the depressed patients and to note the difficulties they encounter in order to suggest corrective measures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The physical and/or psycho-cognitive changes after stroke may lead to a decline in the quality of life (QOL) of patients. The aims of our study were to evaluate the QOL of stroke survivors and to investigate its relationships with the physical disability degree and the emotional disorders (anxiety and depression).
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study, which included 147 patients, followed for stroke that had occurred over the past year, in the outpatient neurology department at the university hospital Habib Bourguiba of Sfax (Tunisia).
Background: The chronic hemodialysis imposes various limitations on patients that may affect their quality of life. However, Tunisian studies on this matter remain scarce.
Aims: To assess the quality of life among hemodialysis patients and to identify the factors influencing their quality of life.
Background: Stress of the higher studies leads to various disorders, especially eating ones. Such disorders, once present, may influence body image and self-esteem of young students.
Aim: to assess the prevalence of eating disorders among a group of Medicine students and to study its links with stress level and selfesteem.
Introduction: Culture and religion carry several prohibitions and taboos, especially in the Arab-Muslim societies, and are therefore involved in the sexual behavior and its perception, particularly that of women.
Objectives: To assess the married population's knowledge and opinion about female sexuality, and to estimate the impacts of religious and cultural factors on women's life experience and sexual practice in the Tunisian society.
Subjects And Methods: Our study is in an inquiry.
Care for a child with a disability is a stressful experience for parents. It triggers a range of emotions and feelings that require a set of behaviors and attitudes to manage daily life. To face this situation, parents use coping strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Constitutional mythomania presents several diagnostic, aetiopathogenic and forensic problems for the doctor. We have discussed these aspects through the analysis of a case report.
Case Report: The case report relates to a 43 year-old man, who was subjected to a penal expertise following the emission of cheques without provision.
Background: The co-occurrence of emotional disorders (alexithymia, depression and anxiety) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is reported in the literature. There are several possible explanations for this co morbidity.
Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of alexithymia, anxiety and depression among patients with IBD and to compare them with a control group of healthy individuals and to discuss the relation between emotional disorders and IBD.
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