Comparison of the effectiveness of amblyopia treatment with eye-patch and binocular Occlu-tab for the same treatment duration.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the conventional eye patch with Occlu-tab-a binocular open-type amblyopia training device-and evaluate their effectiveness in amblyopia treatment.

Methods: In this prospective, multi-center study, 40 patients between ages 3 to 12 years, diagnosed with anisometropic amblyopia (refraction difference of both eyes ≥ 2 D, best-corrected visual acuity [BCVA] of the amblyopic eye ≤ 0.1 [logMAR]) were treated with Occlu-tab or conventional eye patch for 1 h per day thrice a week.

Psychiatric evaluation in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy in Asian Indians.

Purpose: This study aimed at psychiatric evaluation of patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) and its association.

Material: Consecutive patients diagnosed to have CSCR were included in the study. The participants underwent a routine eye examination.

HIV, multidrug-resistant TB and depressive symptoms: when three conditions collide.

Background: Management of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) patients co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is highly challenging. Such patients are subject to long and potentially toxic treatments and may develop a number of different psychiatric illnesses such as anxiety and depressive disorders. A mental health assessment before MDR-TB treatment initiation may assist in early diagnosis and better management of psychiatric illnesses in patients already having two stigmatising and debilitating diseases.