{"title":"RTMS (Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) could be used as a First Line Treatment for Depression","authors":"Georgios Mikellides","doi":"10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555655","url":null,"abstract":"rTMS is a brain stimulation technique based on the production of short magnetic fields using an insulated coil placed over the scalp. These magnetic fields are of the same type as those used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) imaging. Magnetic pulses produce a weak electrical current in the brain that activates neuronal circuits. This treatment has been shown to be a safe and well tolerated procedure that can be effective in patients with depression or other neuropsychiatric disorders.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43043680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resilience and Streetism: The Experiences from the Field","authors":"Tushar Savarkar","doi":"10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555654","url":null,"abstract":"The ‘street children’ is a wage terminology, include the children living with street families, institutionalized children, child labour those who have regular or occasional contact with their families or relatives and then lastly, children living on the street are those who fend for themselves either because their families have abandoned them, or because they walked away finding the streets more welcoming than their homes. Many of them landed on street because of negative experiences, abuse, violence, and many other traumatic experiences. There is a number of studies that have addressed the vulnerabilities faced by these children while some of these studies further tried to correlate the factors like, abuse, sexual problems, violence with their mental health. But rarely any study might have shown why there is a different effect of all these factors on children though they are staying in the same environment. Previous research had observed that age, gender, socio-economic status, plays an important role in the development of their capacities to deal with the adversities [1].","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44139802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Treatment of Severe Behavioral Problems in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities","authors":"F. Giuliani","doi":"10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555653","url":null,"abstract":"A significant number of individuals with intellectual disabilities also display serious behavioral problems. These behaviors can be both severely intense and very frequent, and thus require some sort of intervention. We believe that improving the care and medical treatment for this population is essential. As it stands, there is a great disparity in care between these individuals and the general population, and for the following reasons: (1) Limited access to services, (2) Poor quality of care, (3) Lack of professional knowledge in the area of mental disabilities. This article will briefly review the initial results obtained in the care of 420 adult patients with intellectual disabilities and psychiatric comorbidities who were treated in a psychiatric unit specialized in the treatment of this particular population.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46324915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Do People Get Angry While Driving? The Qualitative Study for Establishing A New Questionnaire","authors":"Nadeem Abbas","doi":"10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555652","url":null,"abstract":"Anger on the road is a mechanical manifestation of hate and disapproval of an individual or a circumstance [1]. However, angriness while driving can undermine one’s performance as a driver and he or she may hurt people physiologically and psychologically. This paper develops a new measure to quantify level of angriness that they experience while driving. Qualitative investigation is carried out with the help of interviews to identify various factors those may predict the degree of anger drivers experience during the process of driving. Reliability and validity of the instrument are reported as well. The study identifies four distinctive dimensions of anger while driving.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49372813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Breakthrough Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis In the Light of Nucleopathy","authors":"S. Sheikh","doi":"10.19080/gjidd.2018.04.555650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/gjidd.2018.04.555650","url":null,"abstract":"Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic disease in almost in every community across the planet with no cure. Patients suffering from this ailment live a very disturbed and painful quality of life using a variety of steroidal remedies for symptomatic temporary relief. Weight gain, and other prominent derogatory health conditions prevail swiftly that carry a social and financial burden on the family.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48626680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multistate Outcome and Persistent Benefit Analysis in Bipolar Mood Disorders","authors":"Charles L Bowden","doi":"10.19080/gjidd.2018.04.555649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/gjidd.2018.04.555649","url":null,"abstract":"JM Azorin Marseille1, Charles L Bowden2*, G Perugi3, E Vieta4 and AH Young5 1France Hospital de Sainte-Marguerite, Psychiatric University Hospital, Switzerland 2University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA 3University of Pisa, Italy 4Hospital Clinic at the University of Barcelona, Spain 5Institute of Mental Health, University of British Columbia, Canada Submission: July 12, 2018; Published: July 23, 2018 *Corresponding author: Charles L Bowden, Chief Scientific Officer, Biomedical Development Corporation, San Antonio, Texas, USA, Email:","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68372595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Kannangara, J. Carson, S. Puttaraju, Rosie Allen
{"title":"Not All Those Who Wander are Lost: Examining the Character Strengths of Dyslexia","authors":"C. Kannangara, J. Carson, S. Puttaraju, Rosie Allen","doi":"10.19080/GJIDD.2018.04.555648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/GJIDD.2018.04.555648","url":null,"abstract":"The number of students and people with dyslexia and other learning differences has been steadily increasing in recent years. This has led to an accompanying need for additional support for people with dyslexia. Whilst acknowledging that support is vital for people with dyslexia, it is also important to identify the strengths that people with dyslexia have that help individuals flourish. For many years, dyslexia research has been more pre-occupied in exploring the problems faced by people with dyslexia. This study attempts to explore the strengths of people with dyslexia. This quantitative study looked at 89 people with dyslexia [N=89] from the UK and USA. Using the Values in Actions Character Strengths Inventory, participants were given the opportunity to explore their signature strengths. The survey was hosted on a specially designed Dyslexia friendly website. The length of the survey at 240 questions may have proved a deterrent for some respondents, many of who gave up half way through. From the results of those who completed the survey the main signature strengths for people with dyslexia are, Curiosity, Fairness, Kindness, Judgement, Honesty, Leadership and Humour. Comparisons were made between the sample of people with dyslexia and with wider general population surveys. Addressing the strengths of people with dyslexia is as important as looking at their problems and difficulties. The authors feel there is a need for a shorter measure of character strengths that could be used in future research.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45140878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Possible treatment with Second Generation Antipsychotic as Supplementary Management to Treatment-Resistant Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a Pilot Study","authors":"Saeed Shoja Shafti","doi":"10.19080/gjidd.2018.04.555644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/gjidd.2018.04.555644","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68372389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Case of Hellmuth in The Autistic Psychopathy – Suffering from Cushing Syndrome?","authors":"B. Gasser","doi":"10.19080/GJIDD.2018.04.555643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/GJIDD.2018.04.555643","url":null,"abstract":"Autism spectrum disorders are increasingly linked to an altered endocrine metabolism and it was hypothesized that any disturbances in Hypothalamus-Pituitary adrenal gland axis respectively steroid hormone metabolism is reflected in the habitus of affected autistic individuals. One case described by Hans Asperger [1] was Hellmuth – at the time of description an 11-year-old boy – for whom strong indicators concerning an endocrine pathology can be found. If comparing with Cushing syndrome remarkable similarities can be identified. Weak bones would be in line with a glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis or even rachitis with involvement of thyroid and parathyroid glands. Interestingly, Hellmuth was treated with thyroid and hypothalamus hormones not having substantial effects. He was described having a face with hanging chops and with a small head remembering of a microcephalus, which can be further interpreted as signs of a typical Cushing Habitus. Laboratory parameters are missing, but the clinical signs are relatively straight forward, and an endocrinology involvement was explicitly mentioned by Hans Asperger [1]. Probably, hormones from different classes’ glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids and androgens were involved. Furthermore, mentioned sleep disturbances are in line with a dysregulation of Melatonin Stimulating Hormone on pineal gland level and the abnormal diet might be a result of a dysregulation of Insulin and Glucagon homeostasis in line with a general endocrine dysregulation in this autistic individual suffering from Asperger Syndrome. These metabolites are characterized through cholesterol as precursor allowing to suggest that all steroids are involved in autism. A link between cholesterol, vitamin D, and steroid hormones which subsequently impacts on the development of at least some cases of autism have already been suggested.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45978263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}