1.
East Afr Med J
; 84(4): 149-50, 2007 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17894247
Subject(s)
Crime Victims/psychology , Rape/psychology , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy , Crime Victims/legislation & jurisprudence , Female , Humans , Mental Disorders/etiology , Mental Disorders/therapy , Rape/prevention & control , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/etiology , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/therapy , Women's Health
2.
East Afr Med J
; 79(2): 103-5, 2002 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12380889
ABSTRACT
Two male patients with diabetes mellitus and alcohol dependence syndrome are presented. Both were married and in middle age. MI stayed alone in the city while his spouse and two children lived in the rural home. He showed no obvious underlying psychiatric morbidity. FWK was living with his family in the city. He was an alcoholic receiving psychiatric care for alcoholism. They both presented separately at different hospitals with decompensated diabetes following heavy alcohol consumption. The history and clinico-laboratory picture of both patients are presented and brief management programme and outcome are also given. Review of literature on alcoholism and its potential impact on the course and management of diabetes is presented.