Modafinil, a non-amphetamine psychostimulant, is indicated for narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder and severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Modafinil is prescribed at the dose of 100 mg once in a day or as two doses, 12 h apart in a day. It has also been found that it reduces cocaine dependence and withdrawal phenomenon. Modafinil is claimed to have very low liability for abuse and dependence. Here we report a rare case of modafinil dependence.
The prevalence of Anxiety Disorders in South Indian adolescents was higher than found in the western literature. Prevalence of specific AD was age and gender specific. Adolescent and mental health policies must integrate anxiety disorder of public health significance.
The current study assessed the effect of an intervention on problematic internet use (PIU), biopsychosocial functioning, and academic performance in 100 adolescents with PIU in grades 9 and 11 in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India. Students from four comparable schools were randomly assigned to experimental and wait-list control groups after being screened for PIU. The experimental group participated in a 10-week intervention and parents of these adolescents were provided with two sessions. The wait-list control group received the intervention after the posttest. A PIU questionnaire, sociodemographic data, internet usage pattern, a biopsychosocial functioning tool, and academic performance were used to assess participants at baseline and immediately after and 3 months postintervention. Findings revealed significant differences in PIU; physical, psychological, and social functioning; and academic performance immediately and 3 months postintervention (
p
< 0.05). Thus, the intervention was effective in reducing PIU among adolescents and improved their physical, psychological, and social functioning and academic performance. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58
(7), 16–26.]
Human dirofilariasis is a rare infection in Malaysia. Thus far, only two human cases have been reported viz. Dirofilaria immitis and D. (Nochtiella) repens and in both instances, adult worms were recovered from infected patients. The two cases reported in the present study, one from Melaka and the other from Penang, were diagnosed histologically. Based on the diagnostic criteria for identifying Dirofilaria in tissue sections, the parasites were identified as D. (Nochtiella) repens.
Background: The whole world became still, when a major pandemic COVID-19 started its toll across all developed and developing countries. It has caused both physical and emotional disturbances among all age groups. This study was done to evaluate the parental mental health in COVID-19 as this group is not given much importance. The major mental health problems associated with COVID-19 among parents are due to online classes which has caused depression, anxiety and stress.Methods: A cross-sectional study done among all parents, especially those of whose children are attending online class were included in the study. Convenient sampling was used to select 204 participants, GHQ 12 questionnaire was used for data collection on mental health status among parents.Results: Overall prevalence of parents with better mental health <19 was 108 (52.9%) and prevalence of parents with poor mental health >19 was 96 (47.1%).Conclusions: This study concluded that parental age of 31 to 40 years who are employed and have children studying in primary school to have a poor mental health status. The most important contributing factors for poor parental health were online classes for children and work place stress.
Understanding of age appropriate presentation of anxiety symptoms may help in streamlining the treatment guidelines and yield a better estimate of the disease process.
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