A narrative review summarized the findings of 69 prospective longitudinal studies to inform practitioners and policy makers about the outcomes of physical punishment and identified 7 key themes.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, increases in mental health conditions in the general population, as well as health care workers, have been documented. However information on health workers has been limited.
The researchers examined this question: Does a tendency toward sleeping and waking earlier have a potential causal role in reducing the risk of major depressive disorder?
The researchers’ goal was to explore the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for psychosis in patients with a high clinical risk for psychosis.
The researchers’ goal was to determine the effectiveness of a text message program vs only assessment for vaping cessation among young adults.
The researchers combined virtual reality with Approach Bias Modification to determine if this would improve smokers’ motivation to quit smoking and reduce the number of dropouts from smoking cessation programs.
Opioid overdose deaths increased during the pandemic, possibly due to less access to care. The study researchers examined how the pandemic affected patients already prescribed opioids as well as new patients.
According to the study, individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) show elevated brain metabolism of acetate at the expense of glucose. The study authors hypothesized that a shift in energy substrates during withdrawal may contribute to withdrawal severity
and neurotoxicity in AUD and that a ketogenic diet may mitigate these effects.
With no conclusive preclinical diagnostic test for Parkinson disease, diagnosis is achieved primarily through observations by a physician of the decline in motor functions. And while studies of sebum are commonplace in dermatological conditions, sebum as a biofluid has rarely been used in disease diagnostics.
