Psychiatry General
Apr 26, 2021
Research suggests that the disruptions introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic have led to increased psychological distress and time spent on digital technology among young people, thus intensifying pre-p...
Apr 26, 2021
Due to the evolution of hysteroscopic instruments, therapeutic hysteroscopic procedures are increasingly performed in an outpatient, office-based setting. The most important limiting factor of perform...
Apr 26, 2021
The etiology of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is poorly understood, and identifying endophenotypes, or intermediate processes implicated in pathophysiology, for MDD may inform treatment and identifi...
Apr 22, 2021
: Narcolepsy, characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, is a debilitating lifelong sleep disorder for which there is no cure. Current pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments directed to...
Apr 22, 2021
Clozapine is an effective antipsychotic for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. One limitation of clozapine use is required monitoring of absolute neutrophil count (ANC) because of the risk of clozapin...
Apr 22, 2021
Patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) have characteristic personality traits compared with healthy subjects. Genome-wide significant variants for neuroticism have been reported in healthy subjects. Howeve...
Apr 22, 2021
Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment have historically taken a symptom-based approach, with less attention on identifying underlying symptom-producing mechanisms. Recent efforts have illuminated the ex...
Apr 22, 2021
The low sensitivity (α4)3(β2)2 (LS) and high sensitivity (α4)2(β2)3 (HS) nAChR isoforms may contribute to a variety of brain functions, pathophysiological processes, and pharmacological effects as...
Apr 22, 2021
In this article, we describe an extension of general anaesthesia - beyond facilitating surgery - to the relief of suffering during dying. Some refractory symptoms at the end of life (pain, delirium, d...
Apr 22, 2021
The extant literature is inconsistent over whether manic symptoms in First Episode Psychosis (FEP) impact on its development and trajectory. This study addressed: 1) Does Duration of Untreated Illness...
Apr 22, 2021
Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric illness that strikes between mania and depression, caused by both genetic and environmental factors. It is the sixth leading cause of disability worldwide and 3% of t...
Apr 22, 2021
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. Various clinical studies have shown that the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist ketamine has rapid, robust...
Apr 22, 2021
Persistent genital arousal disorder/genito-pelvic dysesthesia (PGAD/GPD) is a distressing condition characterized by persistent, unwanted sensations of genital arousal (eg, feelings of being on the ve...
Apr 22, 2021
Worry about COVID-19 is an important cognitive component and manifestation of COVID-19-related anxiety. It has a social dimension and is shaped by various social factors.We employ original data from a...
Apr 22, 2021
Forensic DNA typing typically relies on the length-based (LB) separation of PCR products containing short tandem repeat loci (STRs). Massively parallel sequencing (MPS) elucidates an additional level ...
Apr 20, 2021
“Psoriasis has been linked with a variety of systemic disorders, including cardiovascular (CV) conditions, which may predispose patients to developing dementia,” explains Megan Lam, BSc. “While ...
Apr 19, 2021
Despite neuropsychiatric outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection are now under close scrutiny, psychoneuroimmunological characteristics of COVID-19 and precise pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric manifestati...
Apr 19, 2021
Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is a chronic neurological disorder having a strong association with HLA-DQB1*0602, thereby suggesting an immunological origin. Increased risk of NT1 has been reported among chi...
Apr 19, 2021
Psychiatric problems, such as stress and anxiety disorders, are encountered among healthcare professionals fighting epidemics. Considering that COVID-19 suddenly became a pandemic and healthcare profe...
Apr 19, 2021
Impaired event-related potential (ERP) indices reflecting performance monitoring systems have been consistently reported in patients with schizophrenia. However, whether these impairments exist from t...