Browsing by Subject "Anxiety"
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An analysis of antidepressant noncompliance in the private health sector of South Africa
(2014)The main aim of the thesis was to measure antidepressant (AD) non-compliance, to determine which factors are closely associated with AD non-compliance and the consequences of prolonged AD non-compliance in the private ... -
Anxiety-like behaviour and adenosinergic processes in compulsive-like deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii)
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2023)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)1 is characterized by recurring thoughts (obsessions) and rigid repetition of certain mental or behavioral actions (compulsions) that are often associated with anxiety. In terms of ... -
Back to basics: a methodological perspective on marble-burying behavior as a screening test for psychiatric illness
(Elsevier, 2018)Animal models of human psychiatric illness are valuable frameworks to investigate the etiology and neurobiology underlying the human conditions. Accurate behavioral measures that can be used to characterize animal behavior, ... -
Bio-behavioural evaluation of efavirenz and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol alone and in combination in rats with respect to psychosis and anxiety
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)The highly active antiretroviral therapy, efavirenz (EFV), has been noted to occur as a constituent of a potent new designer drug cocktail called “Nyaope” or “Whoonga”, which is reported to have mind-altering and addictive-like ... -
Chronic treatment with the phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors sildenafil and tadalafil display anxiolytic effects in Flinders Sensitive Line rats
(Springer, 2012)There are conflicting results from behavioural studies regarding whether the activation or inhibition of the cGMP-nitric oxide (NO) pathway induces anxiolytic-like behaviour. Sildenafil, an inhibitor of cGMP-selective ... -
Correlates of physical activity among adults with anxiety symptoms in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)The present study aimed to assess the correlates of low physical activity in adults with anxiety in South Africa. Data from the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (a cross-sectional survey in ... -
Creativity and anxiety in the late middle childhood
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2001)This research project is part of a sub-division of an inter-university research project regarding resilience in children in the South African context and concepts related to it. The title of the project is: Resilience ... -
A critical inquiry into marble-burying as a preclinical screening paradigm of relevance for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder: mapping the way forward
(Springer, 2019)Rodent marble-burying behavior in the marble-burying test (MBT) is employed as a model or measure to study anxiety- and compulsive-like behaviors or anxiolytic and anticompulsive drug action. However, the test responds ... -
The development and evaluation of a self-concept enrichment programme for children aged 7-9 years
(North-West University, 2005)This study was an integral constituent of a multidisciplinary research project by the School of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences: Psychology and the School for Bio-kinetics, Recreation and Sport Sciences of the Northwest ... -
Development and validation of a post-traumatic stress disorder model in zebrafish
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severely debilitating chronic mental disorder brought about by encountering an actual or perceived, life-threatening or traumatic experience or series of events, like violence or ...