Fig. 7.1 Childhood strategies to improve adult cognition It is generally agreed that in adults, the prevention, identification, and treatment of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome may prevent or delay…
Fig. 20.1 EEG trace findings of NP Treatment and Outcome Before visiting the Mulago hospital MHC because her epilepsy illness, NP was being managed by traditional healers where she used…
Major depressive disorders Dysthmic disorder Depressive disorders not otherwise specified Bipolar 1 disorder Bipolar II disorder Cyclothymic disorder Bipolar disorder not otherwise specified Mood disorder due to a medical condition…
22. Galukande M, Jombwe J, Fualal J, Baingana R, Gakwaya A. Reference values for serum levels of folic acid and vitamin B12 in a young adult Ugandan population. Afr Health…
Author Location Study design Setting Sample size % Females Measures of depression symptoms Validation measure % depression symptoms Measure of major depression % major depression Association between depression and ART…
Fig. 17.1 Image of S.N.’s brain CT scan The Lateral and 3rd ventricles are widened. The 4thVentricle is normal. The ambiens and basal cisterns are normal. The Sylvian fissures are…
Fig. 18.1 Image of SK’s brain MRI In order to exclude metastases in other areas, a chest x-ray, mammogram and abdominal-pelvic ultra sound scan were done and all were found…
Fig. 13.1 Short-term outcomes of low-birth-weight (LBW) neonates in Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya, 2003–2004 Neonatal sepsis causes over 25 % of all neonatal deaths in the continent [10]. This number…
Type of dementia Percentage of all dementia types (approximate) (%) Causes Alzheimer’s disease 60 Degenerative disease causing “plaques and tangles” to build up in the brain tissues that kill and…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Seggane Musisi and Stanley Jacobson (eds.)Brain Degeneration and Dementia in Sub-Saharan Africa10.1007/978-1-4939-2456-1_16 16. Neuropsychological Cases in a Low-Income National Referral Hospital Janet Nakigudde1 (1) Department of Psychiatry, Mulago National Referral…
