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Newest firstIntroduction treatment of HIV infection with Protease Inhibitors (PIs) and Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs) can lead to insulin resistance and changes in body fat distribution. Overactivity of the endogenous cannabinoid system produces similar disturbances in metabolic syndrome within the general population. However, Cannabinoid receptor type 1 antagonism, in both human and animal studies, rever…
Open article record in new tab ↗Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the world. It is consumed by age groups, the main ones being adolescents and young adults. Its consumption leads to somatic, psychiatric and social complications. Data in our context are scarce. The purpose of our work was to describe the epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with cannabis addiction at the Centre for Care, Support and Prevention of the La…
Open article record in new tab ↗Introductionla notion d´émotion exprimée (EE) remonte aux années soixante et désigne l´attitude de la famille envers un proche schizophrène. Elle se décline en trois éléments qui sont les commentaires critiques, l´hostilité et le surinvestissement émotionnel. Une riche littérature prouve qu´un haut niveau d´EE est un facteur de rechute de la schizophrénie. Notre étude a eu comme objectif de mesurer, sur un échanti…
Open article record in new tab ↗Introduction substance use disorders are becoming increasingly common among schizophrenic patients and often raise problems in their care. This work aims to assess the rate and level of substance use in schizophrenic patients hospitalized for relapse and to identify factors associated with this comorbidity. Methods we conducted a cross-sectional study of 115 patients with schizophrenia selected by convenience samp…
Introductionau Mali, il n'existe pas de données sur la prévalence des troubles mentaux. L´objectif de ce travail était de décrire les aspects cliniques et épidémiologiques des personnes hospitalisées en psychiatrie.Méthodesnotre étude était de type transversal conduite dans le service de psychiatrie du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Point G sur 1105 dossiers de personnes hospitalisées pour trouble psychiatrique…
INTRODUCTION: according to the latest World Drug Report, 271 million people worldwide (5.5% of the global population) aged 15-64 years are drug users. Drug addiction and trafficking became an urgent public health problem that affects human health and social life. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2016 to December 2018, to identify the socio-demographic profile of drug users captured by the anti-na…
Open article record in new tab ↗Suicide is a public health problem affecting majority of patients with psychiatric diseases, including bipolar disorder (BD). The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of suicide attempts (SAs) and to identify different factors associated with it in a population of patients with bipolar disorder type I (BD I). We conducted a cross-sectional and descriptive study of 150 patients. We used a fact sheet…
Open article record in new tab ↗INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer is the most common cancer in men living Eastern Morocco. We here present the first report on the clinical, pathological and therapeutic features of lung cancer in Eastern Morocco. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of 738 patients diagnosed with lung cancer at the Hassan II, Oncology Center between October 2005 and December 2014. RESULTS: Among the cases studied, 671 patients wer…
Self-induced dermatoses are more and more frequent in adolescent substance abusers with adaptation problems. We here report a case of self-induced bullous lesions on the shoulder in an adolescent with major depression and suicidal ideations. The study involved a 22-year old man, who was a chronic smoker, an occasional user of cannabis and alchool with no particular past medical history, with divorced parents, in c…
Open article record in new tab ↗Smoking is a major public health problem. Doctors and paramedical staff are not excluded from this plague. Smoking ban in hospitals originated from government effort to reduce passive smoking. The objectives were to evaluate smoking habits among doctors and paramedical staff in order to implement tobacco control strategy in this study population and to refer them to the smoking-cessation counselling. We conducted…
Open article record in new tab ↗Cannabis is the most consumed psychoactive substance by young people. Chronic use of cannabis can lead to cannabis arteritis, which is a very rare peripheral vascular disease similar to Buerger's disease. It is affecting young adults, especially men, consuming cannabis. A 27-year old woman, with no particular past medical history except for long-term use of cannabis and tobacco developed a digital necrosis in the…
Open article record in new tab ↗Drug traffic is a major concern worldwide. We report a case of a 27-year old male who presented with a diffuse abdominal plain to the emergency department. Abdominal X-ray demonstrated multiple foreign bodies along the intestinal tract, which were found to be cannabis packets. The patient was treated conservatively with a good result.
Open article record in new tab ↗Rupture of hydatid liver cyst into biliary tree is frequent complications that involve the common hepatic duct, lobar biliary branches, the small intrahepatic bile ducts,but rarely rupture into common bile duct. The rupture of hydatid cyst is serious life threating event. The authors are reporting a case of total rupture of hydatid cyst of liver into common bile duct. A 50-year-old male patient who presented with…
IntroductionEvidence suggests that comorbid psychopathology can negatively affect treatment outcomes in substance users. In South Africa, limited information exists regarding the prevalence, nature and role of psychiatric comorbidity in substance users. This study examined psychiatric comorbidity and its association with specific substance use, and young adult substance users in treatment for substance use.Methods…
Open article record in new tab ↗IntroductionAlthough substance use is commonly associated with mental disorders, limited data on this association are available from low and middle income countries such as South Africa. The aims of the study were i) to determine patterns of substance use in young adults, ii) to identify trends of common psychiatric disorders in relation to use of specific substances, and iii) to determine whether specific psychia…
Open article record in new tab ↗Marijuana is the most widely used illicit substance in the world. The relation between marijuana use and epileptic seizures is still controversial. We report a case of late onset epilepsy associated with marijuana abuse, with brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. A 44-year-old patient was admitted for 03 isolated episodes of secondary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. He had a history of 26 years regul…
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