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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Diagnostic
5
Paludisme
Diagnostic médical
Dengue
Tests diagnostiques
Infections parasitaires
Diagnostic
Symptômes
5
Infections respiratoires
Symptômes
Infections intestinales
Symptômes
Prévention
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Prévention
Infections intestinales
Prévention
Traitements
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Infections parasitaires
Traitement
Complications
5
Tuberculose
Complications
Infections intestinales
Complications
Facteurs de risque
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Paludisme
Facteurs de risque
Dengue
Facteurs de risque
Tuberculose
Facteurs de risque
Infections intestinales
Facteurs de risque
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Expert en Médecine, Optimisation des Parcours de Soins et Révision Médicale
Validation scientifique effectuée le 13/03/2025
Contenu vérifié selon les dernières recommandations médicales
5 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease in Belize: A Population-based Survey.
Lancet regional health. Americas
2021-07-17
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure and Resources in Schools in Belize during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021-2023.
International journal of environmental research and public health
2024-04-12
Novel species of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) identified in a case of vectorial transmission of Chagas disease in northern Belize.
Scientific reports
2024-01-16
Incorporating COVID-19 into Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Systems, Belize, Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, and Liberia, 2020-2021.
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Dengue Virus Infections Detected through Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance, Belize 2020.
Viruses
2022-04-07
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Ministry of Health and Wellness, East Block Building, National Assembly, Bliss Parade, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure and Resources in Schools in Belize during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021-2023.
International journal of environmental research and public health
2024-04-12
Novel species of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) identified in a case of vectorial transmission of Chagas disease in northern Belize.
Scientific reports
2024-01-16
Incorporating COVID-19 into Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Systems, Belize, Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, and Liberia, 2020-2021.
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Dengue Virus Infections Detected through Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance, Belize 2020.
Viruses
2022-04-07
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, 1102 Bates Ave, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure and Resources in Schools in Belize during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021-2023.
International journal of environmental research and public health
2024-04-12
Novel species of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) identified in a case of vectorial transmission of Chagas disease in northern Belize.
Scientific reports
2024-01-16
Incorporating COVID-19 into Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Systems, Belize, Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, and Liberia, 2020-2021.
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Dengue Virus Infections Detected through Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance, Belize 2020.
Viruses
2022-04-07
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Eck Institute of Global Health, University of Notre Dame, 120 Brown Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Eck Institute of Global Health, University of Notre Dame, 120 Brown Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Pharmacy Program, Department of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Belize, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Data Analytics Planning and Monitoring, Data and Analytics Section, UNICEF, New York, New York; Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: lcarvajal@unicef.org.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Henry J.N. Taub Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Houston TX.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0W3, Canada.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. Sm22@bcm.edu.
William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. Sm22@bcm.edu.
National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Sm22@bcm.edu.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Vector and Ecology Center, Orange Walk Town, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Vector and Ecology Center, Orange Walk Town, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Medical Oncology, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Salud Mesoamerica Initiative, Inter-American Development Bank, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Inter-American Development Bank, Dominican Republic.
Publications dans "Belize" :
In 2022, the first revised version of the S3 guidelines on obsessive-compulsive disorder will be published under the auspices of the German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DG...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) frequently affects children and adolescents, with most cases beginning during this time. Symptoms of OCD in youth may present as exaggerated developmental concerns ...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a frequent mental disorder that leads to an enormous impairment in the quality of life. Cognitive-behavioral explanatory approaches are well established. Scienti...
This article reviews current research findings and the etiopathophysiological considerations derived from them....
An overview of the genetic, epigenetic, structural, functional, and neurochemical alterations in OCD is presented. Additionally, the possible organic causes that can trigger obsessive-compulsive sympt...
With respect to OCD a moderate heritability is assumed. On a molecular level, genetic variants and epigenetic variations in the serotonergic, dopaminergic and glutamatergic systems in particular seem ...
The neurobiology of OCD is partially understood and categorized in an integrative neurobiological model. For the rare secondary immunological causes the concept of "autoimmune OCD" has recently been p...
Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) more often think about, attempt, and die by suicide than individuals from the general population. Sexual and religious obsessions (i.e., taboo obse...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been referred to as the "doubting disease," yet there has been little foundational research on its phenomenology and characteristics. Studies of doubt have reli...
A semi-structured interview about doubt was administered to people with OCD (N = 44) and with subclinical OCD (N = 21)....
Doubt was highly prevalent and manifested as a form of obsession, uncertainty about whether a task was done properly, and/or lack of confidence in memory and perceptions. All participants took action ...
We relied on retrospective report, and the subclinical group was relatively small....
In subclinical and clinical OCD, doubt is pervasive, manifests in three domains, is connected to negative core beliefs, and is highly aversive. Continued empirical study of doubt is essential to prope...
Pharmacological treatment is a mainstay of the care of individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Robust evidence supports the use of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the older tri...
It is important for psychiatric-mental health nurses and advanced practice nurses to be familiar with clinical presentations and recommended treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in childr...
Cognitive neuroscientific research has the ability to yield important insights into the complex neurobiological processes underlying obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This article provides an updat...
Embitterment is a persistent emotion that is known to everybody in reaction to injustice and being let down, associated with feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. People with psychiatric disorder...
Following a semi-structured diagnostic interview, a number of measures were administered to 31 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) [ICD-10 F42.X: mean age 35.2 (SD = 10.7) years] and 31 ...
Patients with OCD scored more than three times higher (mean = 2.0, SD = 1.1) than the healthy participants in the PTEDq (mean = 0.6, SD = 0.8; p < 0.001), but the cut-off of < 2.5 for a clinically rel...
Our findings suggest that embitterment as measured by PTEDq is important in patients with OCD, who are characterized by metacognitive distortions with an injustice of fate as well as a mortification o...
In this paper, I will provide a phenomenological analysis of somatic obsessions at times present in obsessive-compulsive disorder. I will compare two different types of bodily obsessions, which have a...