Neurocysticercosis and Psycho-Social Trauma

Goldner-Vukov, Mila; Moore, Laurie; Bayley, Janet; Abeysundera, Hesitha; Arunachalam, Arulmathy

doi:10.9734/bjmmr/2014/5453

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“…A total of 139 full-text papers were selected for a full review of which 63 passed the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Following the secondary inclusion and exclusion process, the 37 excluded papers were omitted due to little or no relevance to the aims of the review, no access to the papers due to language barriers, no results had been yielded from the paper as of yet, because the study was not based in Africa or due to a low-GRADE score (Wise et al ., 2012; Goldner-Vukov et al ., 2014), leaving 26 papers for final analysis. Figure 2 depicts the review process.…”

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Impact of parasitic infection on mental health and illness in humans in Africa: a systematic review

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A growing body of research implicates inflammation as a potential pathway in the aetiology and pathophysiology of some mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in humans in Africa and reviewed the state of the evidence available. The search focused on publications from Africa documenting the relationship between parasites from two parasite groups, helminths and protozoans, and four classifications of mental illness: mood affective disorders, neurotic and stress-related disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses. In the 26 reviewed papers, the prevalence of mental illness was significantly higher in people with parasitic infection compared to those without infection, i.e., 58.2% vs 41.8% (P < 0.001). An overall odds ratio found that the association of having a mental illness when testing positive for a parasitic infection was four times that of people without infection. Whilst the study showed significant associations between parasite infection and mental illness, it also highlights gaps in the present literature on the pathophysiology of mental illness in people exposed to parasite infection. This study highlighted the importance of an integrated intervention for parasitic infection and mental illness.

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