Shweta Singh

To assess the blood lead level (BLL) of school children in 10 cities of India. This multi-centric cross-sectional study enrolled participants from randomly selected schools. Data on demographic details, socioeconomic status (SES) and anthropometric indicators was collected. Samples were collected for assessment of lead level in blood. Inductively c...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a unique challenge for all, where numerous coping strategies are being used to adapt to the unprecedented stress. Among them, substance use is one of the most challenging for the youth in a developing country like India. Aims The present study aimed to (1) compare among adolescents, young adults, and midd...

Globally, excessive internet use is identified as a challenge. This study aimed to compare ‘Problematic Internet Use’ (PIU) using DSM-5 based criterion of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and its ‘content usage’ among adolescents, and adults amid the current pandemic. We also explored the role of age, gender, domains of internet behavior and content...

Background: Micronutrient deficiency (MD) is associated with deficits in cognitive functioning of children. However, no comprehensive multicentric study has been conducted in India to explore the role of multiple MD in cognition of children and adolescents. The present study aimed to explore association of MD with level of general intelligence and...

Aim The study investigate the severity of perceived stress and wide domains of psychiatric symptomsreported on initial screening in hospitalized patients of COVID-19 with a second aim to determine the role of sociodemographic factors and coping styles in the hospitalized patients of COVID-19. Method Total 224 patients of COVID-19 infection, hospit...

Background Impairment in neurocognitive functions are commonly followed by Epidural hematoma (EDH) . This cross-sectional study was aimed to study gender differences in neurocognitive functions in mild to moderate epidural hematoma patients (43 male and 19 female patients) post-surgery using standardized assessment tools of comprehensive neurocogni...

FND is common in Indian children and adolescents. Outcome related factors are not well known. With objective to study short-term outcome of FND, prospective, longitudinal, nine months follow-up study of 6-16 years was planned. Socioeconomic, clinical variables, I.Q. and personality traits at baseline and new psychiatric/physical illness, psychosoci...

Objective: The present study aimed to compare the comprehensive mental health facets of adolescents with the adults. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional design with 1,027 participants (456 adolescents; 347 young and 224 middle age adults). The Comprehensive Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 self-rated Level 1 cross-cutting symptom measure, p...

Background and objective: The WHO declared the Chinese outbreak of COVID-19 to be health risk of National and International Concern from 30th January 2020. This has significant implications on mental health , especially for patients of OCD in various ways. This study was aimed to study Psychiatric comorbidity and Fear of Corona virus in patients wi...

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Background: India is a diverse country with a substantial number of migrants. The COVID-19 outbreak and enforced protocols led to enormous stress in the migrants. The challenges of internal migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic in India have been unique because of the unique socio-politico-economic and cultural aspects. There are various levels of...

Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences An Official Journal of Central Psychiatric Society (Indian Psychiatric Society-Central Zone)

Background Dhat syndrome (DS) is considered a culture-bound syndrome of South East Asia. It is often associated with multiple sexual and psychiatric comorbidities. We aimed to assess the quality of life (QoL) and disability in patients of DS with and without comorbidity. Methods This cross-sectional study included 117 patients with DS and 117 matc...

Introduction Childhood and adolescence require adequate amount of micronutrients for normal growth and development. The primary objective of study was to assess the prevalence of deficiencies of Vitamins (Vitamin A, 25 Hydroxy Vitamin D, Vitamin B12 and Folate) and minerals (Calcium, Zinc, Selenium and Iron), among urban school going children aged...

Introduction: The profession of a police personnel is extremely stressful. Coping strategies and social support are known to be robust buffers of stress Objective: To study Stress, Coping Strategies and Social Support as Predictors of Mental Health of Police Personnel of Uttar Pradesh, North India. Method: This was a cross-sectional study comprisin...

Epidural Hematoma (EDH) is a common condition of traumatic brain injury. It has a good prognosis if prompt surgical intervention is conducted. There is a dearth of studies on neuropsychological assessment of executive functioning exclusively in post-operative EDH patients. Moreover, age as a variable in determining executive functions in patients p...

Background Globally, problematic internet use (PIU) is acknowledged as a significant behavioural problem in adolescents and youth. It is being researched for further clarity as an independent behavioural disorder. It is crucial to explore predictors of PIU to understand the high-risk psychosocial indicators of problematic internet use, particularly...

Introduction Childhood and adolescence are the period of rapid physical and cognitive growth and development, requiring adequate nutrition. Malnutrition in the form of undernutrition or micronutrient deficiency or overweight/obesity affects the health, cognition and educational achievement of this age group. The objective of this study is to assess...

Introduction : Ever since the outbreak of Covid 19 pandemic, there has been a sudden infodemic about the origin, spread, mitigation and treatment. Through various social media platforms the portrayal of information has impacted millions of people thereby increasing their stress levels, fuelling pre-existing anxieties and leading to cognitive biases...

Background Globally, there is a constant state of flux amid the ‘new normal’ period of the COVID-19 pandemic, as people try to accommodate to uncertainty, stress, and the threat of facing subsequent waves. It is crucial to explore and compare the psychological and behavioral processes of adolescents, young adults, and middle-aged adults amid such a...

Research article on: The Effect of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy on Sleep and Circadian Rhythm in Young College Students

The present study is to study the effect of cognitive behaviour therapy on various sleep parameters and circadian phase rhythmic in young college going adults. Fifty young college going adults were chosen from the MBBS and BDS students of King George's Medical University Lucknow, their polysomnography was conducted along with it salivary melatonin...

Background: Given varied forms of stressors in the backdrop of the COVID 19 pandemic, adolescents are particularly vulnerable to specific mental health challenges. It pertinent to explore how adolescents differ from adults regarding the comprehensive mental health facets amid the 'new normal, i.e., the duration between the first and second wave of...

India has a global ranking of the second largest child population and has been ranked 65th among 80 countries, thereby presenting child safety concerns. (Sharma, 2020). Every 15 minutes, a child is sexually exploited in India, according to the BBC report (2017). Growing digitalization proliferates children's vulnerability to harm (UNICEF, Apr; 2020...

Background: The occupation of police personnel is known to be enormously stressful. The occupational stress research shows that coping strategies and social support have a buffering effect on stress and a protective role on mental health. The present research study was set out to investigate the role of coping strategies and social support as mode...

The study of Psychology has gone through many struggles to establish its own identity in the scientific world, looking for acknowledgment and identity. Although the origin of psychological thought in India goes back to ancient times, scientific psychology was started in the twentieth century.[1] Clinical psychology grew as an independent branch a l...

Tele-psychotherapy collectively includes any psychological intervention conducted through telecommunication or digital devices via phone or internet, where communication is not conducted face-to-face due to mobility problems, geographical isolation, or other limiting factors [audioconference, videoconference, email, text messaging, online chat, mes...

concept, theories, motives, conflict resolution

ROLE OF COGITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND FLAXSEED SUPPLEMENTATION FOR PROMOTING HEALTHY SLEEP

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Psychotherapy is the treatment, by psychological means- Of problems of an emotional nature in which a trained person deliberately establishes a professional relationship with the patient With the aim of- - Removing,modifying or retarding existing symptoms - Mediating disturbed patterns of behaviour - Promoting positive personality growth and develo...

COPING STRATEGIES AS MODERATOR OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH IN POLICE PERSONNEL OF UTTAR PRADESH

Advances in CBT for OCD

“Does Thinking About Thinking Matter?” An Overview On Metacognitions

Community Mental Health in India : A WHO perspective.

Purpose- The severity of different IGD symptoms criteria has not been explored much. The study describes the phenomenology of IGD in Adolescents with comorbid psychiatric disorders attending child and adolescent psychiatry OPD. Methods- Adolescents aged 13-16 years, who have attended child and adolescent Psychiatry OPD, of a tertiary care teaching...

Background The phenomenon of metacognition is instrumental in the conceptualization and management of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Studies on the comparison between metacognitions in OCD patients and healthy controls or those with other clinical conditions have been conducted. We aimed to compare metacognitions among currently symptomatic O...

Background COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has brought about a sense of fear and anxiety around the globe. This phenomenon has led to short term as well as long term psychosocial and mental health implications for children and adolescents. The quality and magnitude of impact on minors is determined by many vulnerability factors like developmental ag...

https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bNee6gcL71hAK ......Owing to easy accessibility of internet, globally there are more than 3 billion social media users accounting for 49 % of the world's popu- lation. In India, the number of social media users stands more than 376 million with a population of more than 1.36 billion (Statista, 2020). The mental heal...

Purpose The spread of novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has affected more than four million lives worldwide. Unfortunately, incidents of stigmatisation associated with COVID-19 are being reported worldwide. Studies conducted during and after public health emergencies because of communicable diseases have highlighted the development of stigmatisatio...

This is a correlational research work, non-interventional and cross-sectional in nature on adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder. The study group(n=20) was matched with healthy control group(n=20) on age, gender, and education. WCST, MCQ-C, and TCQ-CA were administered to assess their executive functions, metacognitive beliefs and thought...

This cross-sectional and correlational research study was undertaken to assess metacognitive and thought control strategies in adolescents with OCD and to compare with matched healthy controls. Purposive sampling was used. Volunteering and symptomatic adolescents aged 10 to 16 years of age, matched to age, gender, and education were recruited in th...

Anemia affects ~69% of Indian children aged 6–12 months, with iron deficiency (ID) being a common cause. The effectiveness of micronutrient-fortified infant cereal in improving iron status and neurodevelopment was evaluated in non-anemic and mildly anemic Indian infants. An intervention group (IC) enrolled at age 6 months consumed 50 g/d of rice-ba...

BACKGROUND: Degree of insight in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) varies with different symptom dimensions of OCD and not much of studies are done in this area. There is need to study insight in more detail in patients of OCD along with psychopathology and functioning. AIMS: To study and compare Psychopathology and Functioning in Patients of Obs...

Background Dissociative disorder is a common neurotic disorder. Patients with dissociative disorder experience significant psychological distress and have deficits in various domains of neurocognitive functions. Objective To assess the neurocognitive functioning of adolescents diagnosed with dissociative disorder and compare it with that of health...

Background: Presence of enormous stress gives birth to a higher prevalence of mental health difficulties. Globally, the job of police personnel is full of stress. Coping strategies and social support have a crucial role to play in the management of stress and mental health. Objective: The objective of this study was to study stress, social suppo...

Background: Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale-Second Edition (VABS-II) is the revised version of Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS) and is currently most widely used scale for the assessment of adaptive behavior of children. The present study compares adaptive functioning of intellectually disabled children and adolescents assessed by VABS-II and...

AIMS: To study on Social Cognition in adolescents with Dissociative Disorder and compare with healthy controls. To study relationship of Social Cognition wih intellectual functioning in adolescents with Dissociative Disorder

Neuropsychological Functioning of Patient with Organic Personality Disorder with Caudate Nucleus Infarct: A Case Study

Background: Cognitive functions are important predictors of day to day functioning. Cognitive functions are significantly affected in schizophrenia and various other psychiatric disorders. There are very few Indian studies studying the relationship between cognitive functions and disability. Aims and Objectives: The purpose of the present study was...

Background: Marital relationship may be adversely affected due to depression in spouse. Usually the non-affected partner is main caregiver and responsible for caregiving. Methods: This was cross sectional case control study with sample size of 252 subjects (151 cases and 151 healthy controls). Cases were diagnosed as per DSM-IV-TR criteria. Quality...

HIV as a chronic illness is manageable but not curable. Psychiatric disorders not only act as risk factors for HIV infection but also result from the diagnosis of HIV infection. The psychiatric disorders range from anxiety, depression to neurocognitive disorders. The diagnosis also means psychological and emotional effects on the patients and the c...

Art can be a good exploratory modality to elicit the unconscious feelings of an individual. It can guide a therapist to discover the emotional conflicts and distresses, which may not be possible in routine clinical interview settings. The objectives of the case study are to use art as an exploratory modality to reach the unconscious and preconsciou...

Police personnel in India are subjected to several distinct occupational stressors which impact their mental health and their work performance negatively. The study aimed to explore various sources of stress among police personnel. In this study, 100 constables, 100 inspectors and 100 police officers of Uttar Pradesh, were evaluated using the occup...

Art can be a good exploratory modality to elicit the unconscious feelings of an individual. It can guide a therapist to discover the emotional conflicts and distresses, which may not be possible in routine clinical interview settings. The objectives of the case study are to use art as an exploratory modality to reach the unconscious and preconsciou...

Social support and mental health in police personnel

Working memory deficits in 8 checkers and 10 noncheckers as the patient subrypes of OCD were investigated in comparison to 10 normal subjects; matched for age, years of education and handedness. The two subtypes were based on the clinical impression and clinical psychmetric measures. The delayed recal, competing language procesing test ana digit sp...