Edelweiss: Psychiatry Open Access (ISSN 2638-8073)
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Volume 5 Issue 1
Research Article
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.131
Genomic Architecture Differences at the HTT Locus Associated with Symptomatic and Pre-Symptomatic Cases of Huntington’s Disease in a Pilot Study
Matthew Salter, Ryan Powell, Jennifer Back, Francis
Grand, Christina Koutsothanasi, Jayne Green, Ewan Hunter, Aroul Ramadass,
Jurjen Westra, Alexandre Akoulitchev
Abstract
Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that causes degeneration of neurons in the brain, ultimately leading to death. The root cause of HD is an expanded trinucleotide Cytosine-Adenine-Guanine (CAG) repeat in the “huntingtin gene” (HTT). While there is a rough correlation between the number of CAG repeats a
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DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.132
Transactional Analysis Shows Child Factor Would be Influential Egogram for Late Teenager
Yokoyama T and Bando H
Abstract
Background: Transactional Analysis (TA) and egogram have been in focus for medical and educational fields. There has been a reliable personality battery, Tokyo University Egogram (TEG). Recent topic includes TEG new version 3 for clinical introduction. Using TEG ver.3, university students were investigated for their egogram pattern. Subjects &
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DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.130
Delusional Parasitosis: More Than Just Skin-Deep - A Case Report
Reshma Hegde and Prinul Gunputh
Abstract
Delusional parasitosis is an uncommon disorder and is probably underdiagnosed - several factors contribute including lack of recognition/difficulty in arriving to a conclusion by a clinician, or the reluctance to seek help or even rejection of the diagnosis by a patient. Patients present with pruritus, excoriations, stinging or formication for
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DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.129
Selling to the ‘Mind’ of the Insurance Prospect: A Mind Genomics Cartography of Insurance for Home Project Contracts
Abstract
The paper introduces the science and process of Mind Genomics as a process by which to reveal the mind of prospects regarding the factors surrounding insurance, specifically insurance that the home contractor will complete the project satisfactorily. The objective is to uncover the existence and nature of groups of people sharing the same poin
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DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.128
Correlation of Depressive Illness with Academic Performance Among Medical Students at the University of Port Harcourt
Emen Asuquo, Nkporbu A Kennedy, Okechukwu Chibuike, Okafor Nneka T and Onoh Ifeanyinwa
Abstract
Background: The rising prevalence and burden of Depression among all age groups including medical students have continued to constitute enormous concern worldwide. Depression has been associated with cognitive impairment and may impair academic performance. Aim: To determine the relationship between depression and academic performance among me
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DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.127
Effect of Music on Salivary Amylase in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy
Syed Imran, MS Moosabba and Alphonsa Ancheril
Abstract
Background: The objective of the study was to determine the salivary amylase levels in patients undergoing chemotherapy before and after listening to preferred music. Design: Quasi-experimental repeated measure design. Setting; Experimental and control group were recruited from two oncology units of selected multispecialty hospitals. Participa
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DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.126
Antonovsky’s Short 13-Items SOC Scale in a Swedish Community Cohort-Considering the Selection of the 13 Items from the Original 29 SOC Scale
Cecilia Mattisson, Anne Gräsbeck, Mats Bogren
and Vibeke Horstmann
Abstract
Background: Antonovsky’s Sense of Coherence (SOC) scale, published with 29 items, is considered a social concept, also used in mental health research. A scale using only 13 of the items has been suggested, without explanation as to how these 13 items were selected. Aim: To compare how total scores based on 29 and 13 and the remaining 16 ite
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Commentary
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.125
Is Sex Addiction an Addiction?
Rivka A Edery
Volume 4 Issue 1
Research Article
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.124
Suicide Risks and Prevention, Neuropathogenic Study
Da-Yong Lu, Jin-Yu Che, Hong-Ying Wu, Ting-Ren Lu and Swathi
Putta
Abstract
Past clinical evidence suggests that there is partly an association between suicide risk/mortality and mentally health condition. It is an interesting subject for modern diagnostic implication and therapeutic targeting. As a result, neuropathy in brain and relevant treatment (eased by anti-depressive agents or herbs) can be extensively explored
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