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BACKGROUND: Providing care and nurturance to a child with bipolar disorder (BPAD) is a challenging task for parents, especially mothers. In Indian contexts, mothers are the primary caregivers of ailing children and they have to keep intrafamily situation stable, which makes their role more stressful. OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to assess maternal stress and coping in mothers of adolescents with BPAD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was a comparative one and carried out on sixty mothers of adolescents; of which thirty were adolescents with BPAD, and the remaining thirty were the mothers of normal adolescents. The participants were selected purposively as per the mothers' age and education level, and the socioeconomic status of the families they belong to. Sociodemographic and clinical data sheet, Parenting Stress Index/Short Form (PSI/SF), and Brief COPE were applied on the mothers for data collection. RESULTS: Mothers' of the BPAD adolescents reported higher scores in the both PSI/SF and Brief COPE. CONCLUSION: Mothers of the adolescents with BPAD tend to perceive high level of stress and they also use maladaptive coping more in dealing with stressful situations.
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BACKGROUND: Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) are nonfunctional self-injurious behaviors. BFRBs fall under obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs) and co-occur with anxiety disorders. AIM: The current study plans to assess the presence of BFRBs in schoolchildren and adolescents and find its relationship with state-trait anxiety and significant life events. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study identified twenty-one students with BFRBs using the Modified Habit Questionnaire. Along with the 21 matched healthy controls, both the groups were evaluated on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC) and Life Event Scale for Indian Children (LESIC). RESULTS: The study group scored significantly high on STAIC state score (P = 0.004), trait score (P = 0.014), and total score (P = 0.020). On five life events, the study group reported significantly high on stress. CONCLUSION: The study reports the presence of BFRBs in schoolchildren; state-trait anxiety and significant life events have a significant association with BFRBs.
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Clozapine-induced sialorrhea (CIS) is a frequently occurring debilitating adverse effect. Although various treatment options exist, none has been proved to be distinctly superior to others. We report a case of CIS that responded to low dose of trihexyphenidyl (2 mg/day).
