Khat Use: History and Heart Failure [PDF]
Oman Medical Journal, 2015 Recent reports suggest that 20 million people worldwide are regularly using khat as a stimulant, even though the habit of chewing khat is known to cause serious health issues.
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Khat use and psychotic symptoms in a rural Khat growing population in Kenya: a household survey [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2019 Background Khat is an amphetamine like psychostimulant chewed by over 10 million people globally. Khat use is thought to increase the risk of psychosis among its chewers.
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Khat Use Is Associated with Impaired Working Memory and Cognitive Flexibility [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 RATIONALE: Khat consumption has increased during the last decades in Eastern Africa and has become a global phenomenon spreading to ethnic communities in the rest of the world, such as The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
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Acute khat use reduces response conflict in habitual users [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013 Khat consumption has become a worldwide phenomenon broadening from Eastern Africa and the south west of the Arabian Peninsula to ethnic communities in the rest of the world.
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Khat use and intimate partner violence in a refugee population: a qualitative study in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most common form of gender-based violence affecting women and girls worldwide and is exacerbated in humanitarian crises.
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The Relationship Between Khat Use Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Prisoners with Life Time Trauma Exposure in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2021 Asrat Wolde Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan Aman, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Asrat WoldeDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences,
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Acute Liver Injury Associated with Khat Use in a 24-Year-Old Male [PDF]
Case Reports in Hepatology, 2018 Chewing khat leaves (Catha edulis) is common cultural practice in Eastern African countries. Khat has been implicated in cases of acute liver injury, sometimes leading to liver failure and requiring transplantation.
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Prevalence and Predictors of Harmful Khat Use among University Students in Ethiopia [PDF]
Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2014 Comprehensive assessment of harmful khat use is lacking because often researchers rely on a simple tool for studying it. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of harmful khat use among Ethiopian university students by ...
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Pharmacological risks of khat–oral antidiabetic drug interactions among patients at Gondar university referral hospital [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBackground Khat (Catha edulis), a psychoactive plant commonly chewed in Ethiopia, is known to influence drug metabolism through its active compound, cathinone.
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Khat use as risk factor for psychotic disorders: A cross-sectional and case-control study in Somalia [PDF]
BMC Medicine, 2005 Background Little is known about the prevalence of khat-induced psychotic disorders in East African countries, where the chewing of khat leaves is common. Its main psycho-active component cathinone produces effects similar to those of amphetamine.
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