Hassaan Tohid

California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology and UC Davis · Neuroscience

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To highlight the mechanisms involved and the relationship between Depression and Psoriasis. METHOD A comprehensive literature search was performed in various databases and finally 84 were deemed relevant. RESULTS A significant link between Depression and Psoriasis has been found primarily through immune mechanisms, related but n...

The relationship of the occipital lobe of the brain with schizophrenia is not commonly studied; however, this topic is considered an essential subject matter among clinicians and scientists. We conducted this systematic review to elaborate the relationship in depth. We found that most schizophrenic patients show normal occipital anatomy and physiol...

Over the years, we have seen the International Medical Graduates (IMGs) struggling to match into the United States Medical Residency system. Many of them pass the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) and match without research publications; however, many IMGs are left behind and do not match because they did not improve their chances of mat...

Thousands of international medical graduates (IMGs) each year attempt to get into the US healthcare system by applying for US clinical residency. A huge number of these students do not match. Those who do may struggle with cultural, language, system, and ethical issues. Successful integration into the US healthcare system means that IMGs must learn...

The California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology also known as CiBNP was founded in 2016 by Dr. Hassaan Tohid and Dr. Syeda Sidra Tohid with an aim of teaching online and make quality education possible for everyone around the world. The institute started with just one student few years ago now serves thousands of international m...

To be more competitive for the United States (US) residency match, the international medical graduates (IMGs) need to work hard and improve their curriculum vitae (CV); however, a proper direction and clarity is needed about what to focus on mainly. It is a well-known fact that IMGs must have some sort of clinical experience in the United States an...

Thousands of international medical graduates (IMGs) apply for the United States (US) medical residency program each year. Many do succeed, but a huge percentage of students do not match. This causes frustration, anxiety, grief, depression, and many other issues among the IMGs. Surprisingly, these signs are not just confined to those candidates who...

The mission of United States medical licensing examination (USMLE) /Scholar-RX is simple and straightforward: serve and help medical students around the globe. Scholar-RX, the organization, was founded by the co-author of the book First Aid (one of the most famous books for USMLE preparation). The Scholar-RX provides Online Question Bank for the US...

There is no surprise that both early education and medical education systems vary widely between countries. The education system of the United States is complex and often seen as the system of extreme differences. The primary and secondary education are often seen as inadequate and poorly organized compared to most of the other wealthy countries, w...

Thousands of international medical graduates come to the United States to start their career as physicians. Many of them, however, are not aware of the challenges and problems that they may encounter along the way. These difficulties can range from the language and cultural barriers to a lack of confidence and self-esteem. Many students are also un...

THE TRIANGLE OF SELF-OBSESSION Anger is a common emotion; we all have been angry at one point or another in our lives. Mostly it is a negative behavior, there obviously is a positive use of such emotion but this is not the subject of this blog today. In this blog I will discuss that when many people are always angry, they just give excuse of thei...

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The association of nervous system with skin is well documented. Many common psychiatric disorders can involve skin either directly or indirectly. We found an association of 13 primary psychiatric disorders leading to dermatological diseases, with association of 2 of 13 considered to be idiopathic. Association of the mind and body has long been stud...

Plagiarism- causes and solution

We discuss a strange case of dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder. This article describes the case of a 55-year-old Caucasian woman with a history of substance use disorder with seven personalities. The patient describes a couple of triggers for her condition. More research is needed to understand these trigge...

Objective To highlight the inflammatory and immunological mechanisms involved in depression and psoriasis. Methods A comprehensive literature search was performed in various databases, in total 145 studies were selected. Results Depression and psoriasis have an association. Immune mechanisms —the actions of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin 1...

Stiff-person syndrome (SPS) is a rare disorder that affects the central nervous system and is characterized by progressive muscle stiffness, rigidity, and spasm of axial and limb muscles. The syndrome is caused by a lack of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA), which occurs because of antibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), an essential enz...

Stiff-person syndrome (SPS) is a rare disorder that affects the central nervous system characterized by progressive muscle stiffness, rigidity, and spasm of axial and limb muscles. The syndrome is caused by lack of gamma butyric amino acid (GABA), because of antibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), which is an essential enzyme for GABA...

ABSTRACT Objectives Earthquakes are unpredictable and devastating natural disasters. They can cause massive destruction and loss of life and survivors may suffer psychological symptoms of severe intensity. Our goal in this article is to review studies published in the last 20 years to compile what is known about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTS...

The association of nervous system with skin is well documented. Many common psychiatric disorders can involve skin either directly or indirectly. We found an association of 13 primary psychiatric disorders leading to dermatological diseases, with association of 2 of 13 considered to be idiopathic. Association of the mind and body has long been stud...

Little has been known about the possible brain changes in the patients suffering from the psychiatric illness called Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). This reviews suggests that the patients of DID have structural changes in the limbic system – hippocampus and amygdala -and the cortex. Blood flow is also altered in the orbito-frontal cortex. An...

Parkinson's disease is a widespread neurological illness. However, its psychiatric links have also been discussed lately by many authors, which has brought more depth to the specialized field of neuropsychiatry. Neuropsychiatric complications are commonly seen in Parkinson's patients, including major depression, anxiety, psychosis and hallucination...

A literature search was conducted in different databases to study the topic of liver problems and diabetes. The aim of the study was to explore more about an association of diabetes mellitus with the liver. The study shows that diabetes does indeed have an effect on liver. Similarly, liver problems like chronic liver disease lead to diabetes which...

Objective To study a strange case of agoraphobia. Method Patient follow up. Result Agoraphobia irrespective of severity can be treated and decreased in intensity by psychiatric intervention and regular follow ups. Conclusion We report a case of an agoraphobic woman who was severely agoraphobic to an extent that she did not leave her bed for...

Objective To highlight the inflammatory and immunological mechanisms involved in depression and psoriasis. Methods A comprehensive literature search was performed in various databases, in total 145 studies were selected. Results Depression and psoriasis have an association. Immune mechanisms —the actions of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin 1...

Various hollywood movies have shown a character who switches his personality, one personality does not remember the other at all. In the psychiatric world such a condition is called dissociative identity disorder (DID). The current study shows a collection of some studies showing the pathologic nature of the phenomenon. In this review, we have show...

In this article, we discussed a clinical problem known as cardio renal syndrome (CRS). In CRS, both, the affected cardiovascular system, either low output or high output failure leads to the renal dysfunction or vice versa. As already known, the heart failure is the leading cause of readmission in the US and worldwide. The patients suffering with c...

Abstract: Objective: To highlight the link of mirror neurons with body movements Method: A literature search was conducted in PubMed and various other data bases to collect some studies about the association of mirror neurons with body movement. Result: Studies do exist that support the notion that there are some sets of neurons in the human and an...

We present a rare case of visual release hallucinations also referred to as Charles bonnet syndrome. The disorder is rare and no officially recognized mode of treatment has been developed. However, we hope that as the time goes by, and more cases of CBS are found. It will be possible for the scientists and the clinicians to find a permanent and a b...

ABSTRACT: Background Psychodermatology is an established branch of psychosomatics. The vast knowledge in the field of psychosomatics has also opened the door for the discussion like the dermatological side effects of psychotropic drugs. Various psychotropic drugs are found associated with skin side effects.In this review article we highlighted some...

The dearth of child psychiatrists in Pakistan is becoming one of the major causes of many cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) remain undiagnosed. Some important measures must be taken at the private and the governmental levels, so that the ADHD cases do not remain undiagnosed in the future.

As the field of cell sciences continues to grow and more research is conducted, at least some kind of new information is brought to surface every day. The information published is so humongous that it becomes almost impossible for a single person to follow all the new developments in the field. Thus, we need one single platform to compile the relev...

Objective: To highlight the clinical problem of antenatal depression. Method: A brief literature search was done to write a short review. The search was conducted in the databases like PubMed for the articles discussing the association of pregnancy with major depression. The search for this short review was conducted from January 2015 to February...

Abstract A rare kind of antibody, known as anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) autoantibody, is found in some patients. The antibody works against the GAD enzyme, which is essential in the formation of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitory neurotransmitter found in the brain. Patients found with this antibody present with motor and cogni...

ABSTRACT Aim To study the association of Fragile X associated tremor/ataxia syndrome FXTAS with Alzheimer and Parkinsonism symptoms and Lewy Body Dementia. Method A systematic search was performed in various data bases and journals of Neurology. In total over 600 articles were reviewed and out of those 600, only 66 were selected based on selection...

Objective: To highlight the changes in the frontal lobe of the human brain in people with schizophrenia. Methods: This was a qualitative review of the literature. Results: Many schizophrenic patients exhibit functional, structural, and metabolic abnormalities in the frontal lobe. Some patients have few or no alterations, while some have more func...

Objective: To study how people behave under stressful conditions and how Javed Miandad behaved and thought during the famous Sharjah last ball sixer. Method: Besides literature search a survey was conducted with 126 participants from ages 18 to 59 with half of them males and half of them females. Only one survey question was included. The question...

Understanding social cognition has become a hallmark in deciphering autism spectrum disorder. Neurobiological theories are taking precedence in causation studies as researchers look to abnormalities in brain development as the cause of deficits in social behavior, cognitive processes, and language. Following their discovery in the 1990s, mirror neu...

Introduction: The world renowned comedian and four-time Oscar nominated actor Robin Williams died on August 11, 2014. From the outset, the news indicated that his death was believed to be a suicide and this was later confirmed to be true by the autopsy reports. Williams had been suffering from severe depression, which is believed to be the leading...

Abstract Objective To study the presence of pre-operative and post-operative psychiatric problems in bariatric surgery patients. Method A literature search in different data bases and journal was performed. Result Some bariatric patients have an underlying psychiatric illness like eating disorder as the cause of their obesity and can also have ot...

A large number of patients do not have cauda equina syndrome (CES) on MRI to account for their clinical findings; consequently, the majority of urgent scans requested are normal. We aimed to determine whether any clinical manifestation of CES, as stated in Royal College of Radiology guidelines, could predict the presence of established CES on MRI....

Context: Human/animal shaving biology. Objective: To assess the effect of shaving on percutaneous penetration and skin function. Methods: We screened 500+publications in Pub Med, Scopus, Cochrane Library and pertinent journals out of which only 17 were deemed relevant. Terms for searches included shaving and skin, percutaneous penetration and...