Archive for Author: prince

Putting person-centred psychosocial diabetes care into practice: two psychosocial care pathways based on outcome preferences of people with diabetes and healthcare professionals

Background

Diabetes increases the risk of psychosocial health problems. Person-centred psychosocial care is therefore advocated. However, several barriers to implementation exist, including uncertainty about how to approach psychosocial problems in consultations.

Objective

We aimed to explore which psychosocial outcomes patients and healthcare...

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Dose-dependent effects of oral cannabidiol and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on serum anandamide and related N-acylethanolamines in healthy volunteers

Background

The mental health benefits of cannabidiol (CBD) are promising but can be inconsistent, in part due to challenges in defining an individual's effective dosage. In schizophrenia, alterations in anandamide (AEA) concentrations, an endocannabinoid (eCB) agonist of the eCB system,...

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Suicide deaths associated with climate change-induced heat anomalies in Australia: a time series regression analysis

Background

Although environmental determinants play an important role in suicide mortality, the quantitative influence of climate change-induced heat anomalies on suicide deaths remains relatively underexamined.

Objective

The objective is to quantify the impact of climate change-induced heat anomalies on suicide deaths in...

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Psychological well-being and needs of parents and carers of children and young people with mental health difficulties: a quantitative systematic review with meta-analyses

Question

For parents of children and young people (CYP) with diagnosed mental health difficulties, what are the levels of parents' well-being and psychological need?

Study selection and analysis

Medline, PsycINFO, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL, Web of Science and Cochrane Library of Registered Trials...

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SAMHSA’s RSS Feed

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an XML-based format for sharing and distributing Web content. Often referred to as "News Feeds,"you can use an RSS readier to view data feeds from various websites including headlines, summaries, links to...

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‘Theres more to life than staring at a small screen: a mixed methods cohort study of problematic smartphone use and the relationship to anxiety, depression and sleep in students aged 13-16 years old in the UK

Background

Depression and anxiety are common in adolescents and have increased over the last decade. During that period, smartphone usage has become ubiquitous.

Objectives

The study aim was to assess the association between problematic smartphone usage (PSU) and anxiety.

Methods

Using a prospective mixed...

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Potential dopaminergic deficit in patients with geriatric psychiatric disorders as revealed by DAT-SPECT: a cross-sectional study

Background

It has been reported that patients with geriatric psychiatric disorders include many cases of the prodromal stages of neurodegenerative diseases. Abnormal 123I-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)-N-(3-fluoropropyl) nortropane dopamine transporter single-photon emission computed tomography (DAT-SPECT) reveals a nigrostriatal dopaminergic deficit and is considered useful...

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