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Preventive interventions in the form of parenting support can reduce the risk of mental disorders in children. Summarising the effectiveness of parenting interventions across different levels of prevention can inform the prioritisation of the intervention.
ObjectivesWe conducted a meta-review of...
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Individuals with mental health conditions may experience disparity in cancer diagnosis and health outcomes. This study aims to examine diagnostic pathways and mortality in patients with colon cancer with pre-existing mental health conditions.
MethodsA population-based cohort study on colon cancer...
Popcorn has a bit of a split reputation. Some see it as a healthy snack, others think of it as junk food. So what happens when...
If you’ve got varicose veins, you already know they’re not just a cosmetic thing. They can ache, swell, and make your legs feel heavier than they...
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Inconclusive findings regarding the association between suicidal ideation/suicide attempt and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) have been recently revealed in a small number of studies.
MethodsThis was a multinational self-controlled case series analysis using Hong Kong's Clinical Data Analysis and...
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Predicting outcomes in schizophrenia spectrum disorders is challenging due to the variability of individual trajectories. While machine learning (ML) shows promise in outcome prediction, it has not yet been integrated into clinical practice. Understanding how ML models (MLMs) can...
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Adolescent mental health problems and mental health help-seeking have increased in the later decades. We aimed to assess to which extent adolescents with high mental health symptom loads received help in general practice or specialist mental health services, and...
As the global impacts of climate change become more apparent, there is a corresponding increase in the psychological effects of the phenomenon, including climate change anxiety, stress and helplessness or hopelessness. Positive psychology provides a promising approach for tackling...
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There is limited research on premenstrual exacerbation (PME) of depression. It is unclear how mood and fatigue fluctuate across the menstrual cycle, and whether heart rate variability (HRV) tracks these fluctuations.
ObjectiveTo determine if there is PME of mood, energy...
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While patient and public involvement (PPI) in research is growing, PPI in the setting of research priorities at an early stage of the research process has been limited to date. Where research priorities have been assessed, this has been...