A mixed methods exploratory study assessing youth knowledge, self-efficacy and mental health outcomes in transition to adult healthcare by Jennifer G. Andrews, Rena Shifren, Richard Wahl, Wendy Parent-Johnson, Scott Klewer

“…Most concerning is the emotional well-being and self-esteem of our adults who scored in the reason for concern range in 7 of 9 scales whereas adolescent peers did not. …”
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Implementation of the STEPPS program for the treatment of self-harm behaviors in Catalonia’s prisons: barriers and facilitators by Rosa Lorente-Català, Irene Jaén, Xavier Buscà-Huertas, Berta Framis, Azucena García-Palacios

“…Abstract Background The Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) is an evidence-based program that has been shown to be effective in reducing self-harm behaviors in Correctional Settings (CS). …”
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Cognitive Distortions and Decision-Making in Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review by Marta Badenes-Sastre, Patricia Medinilla-Tena, Chelsea M. Spencer, Francisca Expósito

“…Results: Self-blame, low attribution of responsibility to the aggressor, minimization of violence or damage, normalization of IPV, denial/loss of self, denial injury, control perceived, hope of change, savior beliefs, “should” belief in the relationship, focus on positive aspects of the relationship or aggressor, and denial other emotional options besides the partner were the main cognitive distortions found in women victims of IPV and related to maintaining IPV. …”
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Digital connection, real bonding: Brief online chats boost interpersonal closeness regardless of the conversational topic by Chiara Fini, Vanessa Era, Giovanna Cuomo, Ilenia Falcinelli, Mattia A. Gervasi, Matteo Candidi, Claudia Mazzuca, Marco Tullio Liuzza, Bodo Winter, Anna M. Borghi

“…., philosophical/spiritual, emotional, social, physical/spatio-temporal) and concrete topics (e.g., tools, animals, food). …”
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Effect of a Nutritional Education Intervention on the Reduction of Added Sugar Consumption in Schoolchildren in Southeastern Mexico: Community Study by Carmen Morales-Ruán, Teresa Shamah-Levy, Danae Gabriela Valenzuela-Bravo, Rebeca Uribe-Carvajal, Corin Hernández-Palafox, María Concepción Medina-Zacarías, Ignacio Méndez Gómez-Humarán

“…A 9-month educational intervention was designed to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and the development of socio-emotional skills among primary school children. Information on the usual intake of foods and beverages was collected from 400 schoolchildren at the beginning and end of the intervention using a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. …”
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IUPHAR Review: Alpha6-containing GABAA receptors – Novel targets for the treatment of schizophrenia by Lih-Chu Chiou, Werner Sieghart

“…The cerebellum not only is involved in regulation of motor activity, but also in regulation of thought, cognition, emotion, language, and social behavior. Activation of α6GABAARs enhances the precision of sensory inputs, enables rapid and coordinated movement and adequate responses to the environment, and protects the brain from information overflow. …”
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Virtual reality in pediatric emergency department and burn unit: a scoping review of current applications by Ignazio Cammisa, Gemma Eftimiadi, David Korn, Serena Ferretti, Lavinia Capossela, Antonio Gatto, Antonio Chiaretti

“…VR has the ability to modulate both the sensory and emotional components of pain by immersing children in a virtual world, effectively diverting their attention from the painful experience. …”
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Applying Normalisation Process Theory to a peer-delivered complex health intervention for people experiencing homelessness and problem substance use by Rebecca Foster, Hannah Carver, Catriona Matheson, Bernie Pauly, Jason Wallace, Graeme MacLennan, John Budd, Tessa Parkes

“…Each worked with participants to provide practical and emotional support, with the aim of reducing harms, and improving well-being, social functioning and quality of life. …”
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Physical activity, exercise, and mental health of healthy adolescents: A review of the last 5 ​years by Eva Ruiz-Ranz, Iván Asín-Izquierdo

“…However, some PA interventions seem to improve subjective well-being, self-esteem, physical and mental well-being, anxiety, lifestyle, emotional intelligence, depressive mood, and perceived benefit and confidence in healthy adolescents. …”
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Cardiometabolic risk factors of post-bariatric patients two years after COVID-19 pandemic onset: a longitudinal study by Raysa Manuelle Santos Rocha, Márcia Ferreira Cândido de Souza, Danielle Villela Costa, Larissa Monteiro Costa Pereira, Jamille Oliveira Costa, Rosely de Jesus Nascimento, Andreia Ferreira de Aragão Rabelo, Alex Menezes dos Santos-Junior, Mario Francisco Dantas de Santana-Filho, André Luiz de Jesus Morais, Leonardo Baumworcel, José Rodrigo Santos Silva, Marcos Antonio Almeida-Santos, Antônio Carlos Sobral Sousa

“…Uncontrolled eating, emotional eating, and physical inactivity were identified as risk factors for weight gain during the pandemic. …”
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A review of deep learning in blink detection by Jianbin Xiong, Weikun Dai, Qi Wang, Xiangjun Dong, Baoyu Ye, Jianxiang Yang

“…Blink detection is a highly concerned research direction in the field of computer vision, which plays a key role in various application scenes such as human-computer interaction, fatigue detection and emotion perception. In recent years, with the rapid development of deep learning, the application of deep learning techniques for precise blink detection has emerged as a significant area of interest among researchers. …”
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Impact of leukemia subtype and demographics on patient quality of life in 76 countries: a cross-sectional study by Sam Salek, Samantha Nier, Zack Pemberton-Whiteley, Tatyana Ionova, Giuseppe Ianni, Giovanni Tripepi, Nick York, Nicole Schroeter, Kathryn Huntley, Michael Rynne, Denis Costello, Lidija Pecova, Esther Natalie Oliva

“…Patients need access to support services, such as the availability of a clinical psychologist as part of the hematology team, to provide support with the emotional aspects of a leukemia diagnosis, especially for patients with acute leukemia subtypes reporting the lowest mean QoL scores.…”
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Prevalence of Eating Disorders in Adults with Celiac Disease by V. Passananti, M. Siniscalchi, F. Zingone, C. Bucci, R. Tortora, P. Iovino, C. Ciacci

“…Symptoms of celiac disease negatively impact social activities and emotional state. Aim was to investigate the prevalence of altered eating behaviour in celiac patients. …”
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Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents in Crisis Situations: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Armed Conflicts - Types of Disorders, Effects, and Intervention Strategie... by Katarzyna Gadżała, Sabina Przygodzka, Maciej Rutkiewicz, Karolina Garbino, Katarzyna Brudniak, Antoni Szuścik, Magdalena Czyczerska

“…Loneliness, fear, anxiety and lack of emotional support and access to appropriate medical and psychological care are the basis of these problems. …”
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I’ve really struggled but it does not seem to work: adolescents’ experiences of living with ADHD – a thematic analysis by Vendela Zetterqvist, Caisa Öster, Anna Oremark, Lotta Myllys, Jenny Meyer, Mia Ramklint, Johan Isaksson

“…Conclusion Adolescents with ADHD experience problems with self-regulation with regards to cognitive, emotional and behavioural processes. They describe being either on or off. …”
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A phenomenological qualitative study based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to identify factors and ways to design interventions for quitting gambling amon... by Laurencia BONSU, Sidath KAPUKOTUWA, Anita CHATTERJEE, Asma AWAN, Manoj SHARMA

“…The multi- theory approach also gives a comprehensive view of the dynamic interaction of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components in gambling habit modification. …”
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Hufu Tongbian Guasha in the treatment of bloating and constipation in a patient with cholestatic jaundice (虎符铜砭刮痧改善1例胆汁淤积性黄疸患者腹胀和便秘的护理)... by WANG Rui (王蕊), HU Jinrui (胡金瑞)

“…Based on the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome differentiation, the Hufu Tongbian Guasha therapy was carried out in combination with nursing interventions on daily living, dietary and emotion of the patient. After 12 days of treatment of nursing by syndrome differentiation, the clinical symptoms such as pain, bloating and constipation (dry stool) was relieved. …”
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Identifying Top-Performing Students via VKontakte Social Media Communities Using Advanced NLP Techniques by Sergei S. Gorshkov, Dmitry I. Ignatov, Anastasia Yu. Chernysheva, Vyacheslav L. Goiko, Vitaliy V. Kashpur

“…The research methodology involves generating vector representations for each community based on embeddings, topic modeling, sentiment and emotion analysis, as well as text complexity metrics. …”
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The Bidimensional Model of Mental Health: an empirical approach in a general population sample by Manuel González, Mario González, Lastenia Hernández, Laureano Lorenzo

“…The categorical results indicate that the problem and symptomatic groups obtained higher mean scores in trait worry, experiential and behavioral avoidance, and in turn, the symptomatic group scored higher in resistance to distress and in the more adaptive cognitive emotional regulation strategies; on the contrary, the vulnerable group obtained lower means in the latter. …”
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Evaluation and Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life for Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus by Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) System by Frank Mo, Howard Morrison, Bernard C.K. Choi, Lianne Vardy

“…We evaluated overall HUI3 scores and eight attributes (vision, hearing, speech, ambulation, dexterity, emotion, cognition, and pain) between respondents with and without diabetes in relation to demographic characteristics (age, sex, lifestyle, and socioeconomic status using ANCOVA[analysis of covariance]). …”
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