Sep 13, 2021

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe mental illness that affects more than 1% the world's population with high recurrence rates and a series of comorbidities. Cognitive dysfunction is an endophenotype of...

Sep 13, 2021

Caregivers of children with disabilities might face high risk of anxiety, but the specific influencing factors may be different between parents and grandparents. This study is to explore the influenci...

Sep 13, 2021

Several drugs previously tested in clinical trials and approved for different indications have been repurposed for bipolar disorder. We carried out a systematic meta-review of meta-analyses of randomi...

Sep 13, 2021

Randomized controlled trials to improve care for complex, high-need, high-cost patients have not consistently demonstrated a relative decrease in acute care utilization or cost savings. However, the V...

Sep 13, 2021

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) affects babies born to mothers who consume alcohol while pregnant. South Africa has the highest prevalence of FASD in the world. We review the social determinan...

Sep 06, 2021

Gonadal steroids and gender are risk factors for sleep disruptions and insomnia in women. However, the relationship between ovarian steroids and sleep is poorly understood. In rodent models, estradiol...

Sep 06, 2021

Few longitudinal studies have explored the association between apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) status, sleep disturbances, and incident dementia among middle-aged participants.Cox regression analyses exp...

Sep 06, 2021

Prolactin increase is a common side effect in antipsychotic treatment of schizophrenia, which crucially impacts drug choice and treatment compliance. As previous reviews by our group on this topic hav...

Sep 06, 2021

Impairments in a broad range of cognitive domains have been consistently reported in some individuals with first-episode psychosis (FEP). Cognitive deficits can be observed during the prodromal stage....

Sep 06, 2021

Brain magnetic resonance imaging studies have not investigated the cortical surface comprehensively in schizophrenia subjects by assessing thickness, surface area and gyrification separately during th...

Sep 06, 2021

There is increasing evidence that bipolar disorder is influenced by circadian timing, including the timing of sleep and waking activities. Previous studies in bipolar disorder have shown that people w...

Sep 06, 2021

The World Health Organization ranks bipolar disorder (BD) as the 7th leading cause of disability. Although the effects on those with BD are well described, less is reported on the impact of BD on coha...

Sep 06, 2021

Alterations of brain signal complexity may reflect brain functional abnormalities. In adolescent bipolar disorder (ABD) distribution of brain regions showing abnormal complexity in different mood stat...

Sep 06, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of psychological distress rose from 11% in 2019 to more than 40% in 2020. This study aims to examine the disparities among US adult men and women.We used 2...

Sep 06, 2021

Effective communication is an essential part of nursing care. Nurses need to effectively communicate with patients, families, providers and staff. The purpose of this study was to show how the use of ...

Aug 26, 2021

Insomnia is prevalent and is associated with a range of negative sequelae. Cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia (CBT-I) is the recommended intervention, but availability is limited. Telehealth...

Aug 26, 2021

Social cognition is an independent structure from the positive symptoms of schizophrenia and contributes to negative symptoms, neurocognitive impairment, and social functioning.To examine the effectiv...

Aug 26, 2021

This study aimed to investigate the presence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) in patients being followed for schizophrenia and their first-degree relatives (mother, father, siblings, and childre...

Aug 26, 2021

Ultrasound guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) has emerged as a powerful technique for pain management in the operating theatre. It uses ultrasound imaging to visualize anatomical structures, the needle...

Aug 26, 2021

To estimate the association between an erectile dysfunction (ED) diagnosis and other chronic health conditions, as well as, the association between receiving ED treatment and these conditions.Data was...