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Psychiatry General

Immunotherapy in Narcolepsy.

Jan 31, 2020

Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is a chronic and disabling sleep disorder due to the loss of hypocretinergic neurons in the lateral hypothalamus pathophysiologically linked to an autoimmune process. Current t...

Pitolisant: A Review in Narcolepsy with or without Cataplexy.

Jan 31, 2020

Pitolisant (Wakix), an orally available, first-in-class antagonist/inverse agonist of the histamine 3 receptor, is approved in the EU (as of March 2016) for the treatment of narcolepsy with or without...

Negative mood as a mediator of the association between insomnia severity and marijuana problems in college students.

Jan 31, 2020

Insomnia symptoms have been linked to problematic marijuana use among young adults, but the mechanism underlying this association and whether sex differences exist, remains unclear. Using cross-sectio...

Population Pharmacokinetics of Clozapine: A Systematic Review.

Jan 31, 2020

Clozapine is a second-generation antipsychotic drug that is considered the most effective treatment for refractory schizophrenia. Several clozapine population pharmacokinetic models have been introduc...

A 12-Week Evidence-Based Education Project to Reduce Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk in Adults With Serious Mental Illness in the Integrated Care Setting.

Jan 31, 2020

Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) such as schizophrenia spectrum disorders, severe bipolar disorder, or severe recurrent major depressive disorder have a shorter life expectancy compared ...

Olanzapine-mediated cardiotoxicity is associated with altered energy metabolism in isolated rat hearts.

Jan 31, 2020

Olanzapine is an antipsychotic drug routinely used for the treatment of schizophrenia. Although the olanzapine treatment is associated with disturbed electrical heart activity, the exact mechanism und...

Association of cognitive and P50 suppression deficits in chronic patients with schizophrenia.

Jan 31, 2020

Cognitive deficits are core symptoms of schizophrenia; however, their pathophysiological mechanisms are still unclear. A sensory gating deficit, as reflected by P50 suppression, has been repeatedly sh...

Factors Associated with Sleep Quality in Patients with Chronic Widespread Pain Attending Multidisciplinary Treatment.

Jan 31, 2020

(i) To investigate the prevalence of poor sleep quality and (ii) to explore the associations between clinical, cognitive and emotional factors and quality of sleep in patients with chronic widespread ...

Blonanserin patch vs. Other Antipsychotics for Acute Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review of Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Phase 3 Trials in Japan.

Jan 31, 2020

The use of the blonanserin patch (BLO-P) for schizophrenia treatment was approved in Japan in 2019. This systematic review of trials in Japan assessed the efficacy and safety profile of BLO-P compared...

Magnolol alleviates Alzheimer's disease-like pathology in transgenic C. elegans by promoting microglia phagocytosis and the degradation of beta-amyloid through activation of PPAR-γ.

Jan 31, 2020

This study aims to investigate whether magnolol (MG), a natural neolignane compound, can prevent AD induced by beta-amyloid (Aβ) and the possible mechanisms involved. MG dose-dependently reduces Aβ ...

Metformin and trimetazidine ameliorate diabetes-induced cognitive impediment in status epileptic rats.

Jan 31, 2020

Patients with diabetes and epilepsy are more prone to cognitive impairment, dementia, and even Alzheimer's disease. Diabetes-induced inflammatory process is one of the main contributing factors; howev...

Characterization of the dynamic behavior of neural activity in Alzheimer's disease: exploring the non-stationarity and recurrence structure of EEG resting-state activity.

Jan 31, 2020

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been shown to induce perturbations to normal neuronal behavior and disrupt neuronal networks. Recent work suggests tha...

Efficacy and Safety of Psychostimulants for Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Jan 31, 2020

Several reports of the effectiveness of the use of psychostimulants for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are available.A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted including double-bli...

Addressing the need for forensic psychological evaluations of asylum seekers: The potential role of the general practitioner.

Jan 31, 2020

Asylum seekers who have survived torture and other abuses may experience a wide range of psychological symptoms associated with depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder. During the asylu...

Who is willing to participate in research? A screening model for an anxiety and depression trial in the epilepsy clinic.

Jan 31, 2020

Anxiety and depression in epilepsy are prevalent, associated with poor outcomes, underrecognized, undertreated, and thus a key area of need for treatment research. The objective of this study was to a...

American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement: Mental Health Issues and Psychological Factors in Athletes: Detection, Management, Effect on Performance, and Prevention-Executive Summary.

Jan 31, 2020

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine convened a panel of experts to provide an evidence-based, best practice document to assist sports medicine physicians and other members of the athletic...

Mental Health Issues and Psychological Factors in Athletes: Detection, Management, Effect on Performance, and Prevention: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement.

Jan 31, 2020

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine convened a panel of experts to provide an evidence-based, best practices document to assist sports medicine physicians and other members of the athleti...

Local context effects in the magnitude-duration illusion: Size but not numerical value sequentially alters perceived duration.

Jan 31, 2020

Many aspects of an event can change perceived duration. A common example of this is the magnitude-duration illusion, in which a high magnitude (e.g. large or high value) stimulus will be perceived to ...

Detection of Type2 biomarkers for response in COPD.

Jan 31, 2020

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous inflammatory lung disease. It is important to identify patients who would respond to anti-inflammatory treatment. This prospective st...

Poor performance of the 'child Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test' correlates with poorer social-emotional functioning in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Jan 31, 2020

The performance of the 'child Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test' (cRMET), a measure of Theory of Mind (ToM), was assessed in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with relation...

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