Mental Disorders and Treatment

Narcissism is a greatly maligned human characteristic. It’s understandable. Narcissists tend not to consider others’ feelings. They think only of themselves, and use those who care for them without giving anything in return. In psychological literature, narcissism is predominantly discussed within a pathological context. The focus is on helping the narcissist see past his own self and learn to relate to others more openly. Within this, the evolutionary need for narcissism tends to be ignored. In this paper I intend to elaborate on the other side of narcissism that elicits attraction to the familiar and triggers resistance/rejection of the alien or unknown. What is this function of narcissism? We know that all personality traits, whether they're perceived as healthy or pathological, have an evolutionary basis. They exist in order to ensure our survival as individuals and as a species. So, what about narcissism? What is it that narcissism ensures or preserves? Why do we have this trait, and do we need it?

This study investigated effects of Solution - Focused Social Interest programme (SFSI) on academic stress and internet addiction among older adolescents. 120 (One Hundred and Twenty) Older adolescents from three polytechnic participated in this study. The research design adopted for this study was pre- post experimental design. Four research hypotheses were raised and answered in this study. One screening and two other instruments were used for data collection. Data collected in this study were analysed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The results obtained shows that there existed statistical significant main effect of treatment as evident in the post-test score of the participants. Again, the findings indicated that there was a significant interaction effect of gender on participants' academic stress and internet addiction. Moreover, the result revealed that there was a significant interaction effect of treatment of age on independent variables. The results obtained also shows statistical significant interaction effects of socio-economic status on independent variables. The implication of the findings indicated that Solution - Focused Social Interest programme was an effective therapy for the management of academic stress and internet addiction among older adolescents.

Meta-analyses often find similarities in tolerance between first and second generation antipsychotics. In terms of major barriers to treatment adherence, the extrapyramidal symptoms associated with the first generation antipsychotics have be replaced by the devastating association of weight gain and metabolic syndrome. Dietary and exercise prescriptions are currently being recommended for patients beginning treatment with atypical antipsychotics, although the details of this intervention are often left unclear. Intermittent fasting through time-restricted feeding windows is a practical lifestyle modification that has been shown to increase insulin sensitivity, prevent obesity and decrease risk of type II diabetes, thus making it a useful tool in the prevention of common metabolic issues surrounding atypical antipsychotics. In this review, we have combined the findings from the CATIE and CUtLASS trials with recent research on intermittent fasting and submit that the effectiveness of atypical antipsychotics may be enhanced via reductions in metabolic abnormalities associated with their usage. Our aim is to highlight intermittent fasting as a supplemental protocol to combat the metabolic consequences most prevalent with antipsychotics and to outline a prescription of how to utilize intermittent fasting in this patient population.

Mental disorders and associated illnesses are the main etiology of death in the world, according the last review of literature. The present study report the economic burden assumed by African countries since the last ten years. We also show the costs engaged by the African countries in specifically Alzheimer Disease (AD), Parkinson Disease (PD) and Dementia. The present research finds that despite the lake of funds, a government doesn’t have accurate planning for mental disorders. We also found that some areas of Africa invests significant money for general mental illnesses compared to other, but fewer than 5 per cent of this investments is engaged for neurodegenerative diseases