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M R Chaudhry

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PubMed1987

Rehabilitation of chronic schizophrenics in a developing country.

Mental health services in Pakistan, as in most developing countries, have not advanced beyond elementary level. Considering the population size, there are few beds in psychiatric wards or hospitals for those in need, and little, if any, opportunity for mentally ill individuals to receive aid and assistance in the community. One model which provides a comprehensive array of services for chronic mental patients in the community is known as the 'Clubhouse'. Since 1971, Fountain House has provided social, vocational, and residential services to chronic schizophrenics in Lahore, based on the concept of mental patients as members of a club receiving self-help through mutual cooperation. Equally basic to the model is the concept of family structure. Based on 14 years of experience, it has been found that the Clubhouse model can be initiated, grow, and thrive in a developing country. Essential to this process has been full involvement of the community. The model can be fully incorporated with adaptations reflecting local conditions and circumstances in other developing countries.

Community Mental Health Centers↗
PubMed1978

First experience of a rehabilitation centre for schizophrenics in a developing country.

The mental health services in Pakistan are still at the elementary level. There are only a few mental hospitals to look after the psychiatric needs of the country. The discharged patients from the mental hospitals find great difficulty in rehabilitating themselves in the community, particularly when the period of hospitalization has been long. This article discusses a new approach in psychiatric rehabilitation which is relevant to the needs of developing countries.

Developing Countries↗
PubMed1977

Rehabilitation of schizophrenics in a developing country (five years of Fountain House, Lahore, Pakistan).

Facilities for psychiatric treatment in Pakistan are extremely limited. While efforts are in the offing for the extension of Mental Health Services by the Government, a voluntary organization has been running a rehabilitation centre for the mentally ill in Lahore, called Fountain House, since 1971. An important aspect of this pioneer venture is the collaborative links with Fountain House, New York. The results of follow-up studies conducted over a period of 4 years show that programmes and ideas developed in one country can be profitably utilized in another country.

Aftercare↗
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Comparison of delusions among schizophrenics in Austria and in Pakistan.

One of the central purposes of cross-cultural psychiatry is to scrutinize the sociocultural influences on the phenomenology of psychiatric diseases. On the other hand it is possible to lay bare a nucleus of symptoms, common to all cultures, which, independently of all influences, occupies a central position for an understanding of the disease considered. In this study an attempt was made to approach this problem by means of investigating the contents of delusion of schizophrenic patients in Austria and Pakistan. The contents of delusion among 126 Austrian and 108 Pakistani patients diagnosed as having schizophrenia according to DSM-III-R (art. 295) were compared following the classification of Huber and Gross. Additionally the kind of persecution and the type of the persecutor were registered. However it appeared that only a few contents of delusion are frequent in both countries. In both countries persecution was the most frequently mentioned content of delusion. The comparison of the contents of delusion revealed significantly higher frequencies of delusions of grandeur, guilt and religious delusions in Austrian patients. Significant differences could also be found with the kind of persecution and the persecutor's type. Cultural factors seem to have a decisive influence on shaping the contents of delusion.

Adult↗
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Bilateral vocal cord paralysis following radiation therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Cranial nerve palsies are uncommon late sequelae of radiation therapy. We present a rare case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis secondary to radiation-induced recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis. The exact mechanism accounting for radiation-induced nerve damage is unknown. The complication may occur years following radiation therapy thus making a causal relationship difficult. As there is no treatment available, the therapy should aim to improve the functional impairment produced by the nerve involved.

Carcinoma↗