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Psychiatry General

Permanent change of station moves and disordered-eating attitudes and behaviors in prevention-seeking adolescent military-dependents.

Dec 31, 2020

Military-dependent youth appear to be at greater risk for disordered-eating than their civilian counterparts. Permanent change of station moves (PCS-moves), typically occurring every 2-3 years, are c...

Differentiating between bipolar and unipolar depression using prefrontal activation patterns: Promising results from functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) findings.

Dec 31, 2020

Bipolar depression (BD) is a unique, severe and prevalent mental illness that shares many similarities in symptoms with unipolar depression (UD). Improving precision of their diagnoses would enhance t...

Perspectives on mental health among patients receiving dialysis.

Dec 31, 2020

Diminished mental health is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and may contribute to loss of independence and motivation in patients receiving dialysis and their caregivers. Increased u...

The effect of acupuncture on emotional disorders in patients with insomnia: A protocol for systemic review and meta-analysis.

Dec 31, 2020

Insomnia with high incidence is usually accompanied by many other diseases, especially mental disorders with the under-diagnosis and under-treatment. Some studies demonstrated that acupuncture may be ...

Effect of magnetic stimulation of Shenmen point on cognitive function of chronic insomnia: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

Dec 31, 2020

Chronic insomnia (CI) can lead to cognitive dysfunction and bring great pain to patients' life. There is no effective intervention for cognitive dysfunction caused by CI. Shenmen (HT7) is the first ch...

Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression in Pediatric Palliative Care Patients with Severe Neurological Impairment-A Scoping Literature Review and Case Reports.

Dec 31, 2020

Pediatric Palliative Care (PPC) addresses children, adolescents, and young adults with a broad spectrum of underlying diseases. A substantial proportion of these patients have irreversible conditions ...

Benzoate and Sorbate Salts: A Systematic Review of the Potential Hazards of These Invaluable Preservatives and the Expanding Spectrum of Clinical Uses for Sodium Benzoate.

Dec 31, 2020

Sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate are extremely useful agents for food and beverage preservation, yet concerns remain over their complete safety. Benzoate can react with the ascorbic acid in drink...

Novel compound heterozygous of PARKIN causes early-onset Parkinson's disease.

Dec 31, 2020

Genetics has an essential role in the development of early-onset Parkinson's disease (EOPD). Consequently, genetic screening is of great significance for the diagnosis and treatment of EOPD. In this s...

PGC-1α reduces Amyloid-β deposition in Alzheimer's disease: Effect of increased VDR expression.

Dec 31, 2020

Amyloid-β (Aβ) is the core component of amyloid plaques of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent evidence has confirmed that Aβ triggers neurodegeneration by dramatically suppressing vitamin D receptor ...

A comparison of the location in membranes of curcumin and curcumin-derived bivalent compounds with potential neuroprotective capacity for Alzheimer's disease.

Dec 31, 2020

Curcumin and two bivalent compounds, namely 17MD and 21MO, both obtained by conjugation of curcumin with a steroid molecule that acts as a membrane anchor, were comparatively studied. When incorporate...

Prophylactic effects of sporoderm-removed Ganoderma lucidum spores in a rat model of streptozotocin-induced sporadic Alzheimer's disease.

Dec 28, 2020

Ganoderma lucidum (G. lucidum, Lingzhi), also known as "immortality mushroom" has been broadly used to improve health and longevity for thousands of years in Asia. G. lucidum and its spores have been ...

Enhanced anti-amnestic effect of donepezil by Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) via further improvement in pro-cholinergic and antioxidative activities.

Dec 28, 2020

EGb 761 is a standardized dry extract of Ginkgo biloba L. leaves traditionally used by Eastern Asia and has been associated with beneficial effects on neurodegeneration disorders, including Alzheimer'...

Mini-Review: The MSA transcriptome.

Dec 28, 2020

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is an atypical parkinsonism that rapidly affects motor ability and autonomic function, leaving patients wheelchair-bound and dependent for daily activities in 3-5 years. ...

A Systematic Review on the Efficacy of Intravenous Racemic Ketamine for Bipolar Depression.

Dec 24, 2020

Ketamine, a glutamate N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist, has shown rapid antidepressant effects in treatment-resistant depression. We conducted a systematic review of studies evaluating the eff...

Structural brain network differences in bipolar disorder using with similarity-based approach.

Dec 24, 2020

Previous studies have shown differences in the regional brain structure and function between patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and healthy subjects, but little is known about the structural connecti...

Is short-term antidepressant treatment effective and safe in bipolar depression? Results from an observational multicenter study.

Dec 24, 2020

To investigate the short-term effectiveness and the short-term and long-term safety of acute antidepressant (AD) treatment of bipolar depression in a naturalistic setting.Patients with bipolar (n = ...

Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised: Psychometric Validation in a Psychiatric Sample of Young Adults with Predominantly Polysubstance Use.

Dec 24, 2020

Measures of motives for alcohol use provide an important avenue for understanding underlying psychological reasons that drive substance use and predict distinct patterns of use. The Modified Drinking ...

An alternative analysis of illicit opioid use during treatment in a randomized trial of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone: A per-protocol and completers analysis.

Dec 24, 2020

The distinct pharmacological properties and clinical uses of extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) and sublingual buprenorphine-naloxone (BUP-NX) present challenges in analyzing patient outcomes.We con...

Short communication: Systematic review on effectiveness of micro-induction approaches to buprenorphine initiation.

Dec 24, 2020

Micro-induction is a novel buprenorphine induction approach that seeks to avoid withdrawal and minimize precipitated withdrawal, both barriers to standard inductions. We aimed to synthesize evidence o...

Cellular and behavioral basis of cannabinioid and opioid interactions: Implications for opioid dependence and withdrawal.

Dec 24, 2020

The brain's endogenous opioid and endocannabinoid systems are neuromodulatory of synaptic transmission, and play key roles in pain, memory, reward, and addiction. Recent clinical and pre-clinical evid...

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