Resilience and its relationship with disability in persons with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: A comparative study by Arnab Datta, Dhrubajyoti Chetia

“…Background: Resilience is the capacity to bounce back from adversity. Severe mental illnesses are associated with poor and heterogeneous functional outcomes. …”
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Depressive symptoms and overwork among physicians employed at a university hospital in Japan by Toru Maruyama

“…Discussion and Conclusions: A strong positive skewness of the histograms for items related to overwork might indicate fear of stigma of mental illness amongst young physicians. Physicians employed at Japanese national university hospitals should be protected by the institution, and the roles of occupational physician and health surveillance are crucial and should be effectively implemented.…”
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Examination of The Mental Health Componet of Quality of Life of Haemodialysis Patients and Its Relationship to Perceived Expressed Emotion, Coping Self Efficacy, Optimism, Self Est... by ÖZDEN Yalçýnkaya-Alkar, A. Nuray Karancý

“…Conclusion: Patients’ concerns about various aspects of demographic and illness related variables, perceived coping self-efficacy, self-esteem, and criticism-hostility were found to be predictive of their MHC. …”
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Evaluation of Serum Zonulin Level and Intestinal Permeability in Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria and the Relationship Between Serum Zonulin Level and Disease Severity by Simge Ünal, Selda Pelin Kartal, Ahmet Ozsoy, Fevzi Nuri Aydın

“…Additionally, the study sought to explore the correlation between the severity of the illness and zonulin levels. Methods: The study involved 61 patients with CSU and 59 healthy control individuals. …”
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Developing Targeted Health Service Interventions Using the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model: Two Australian Case Studies by Jane L. Phillips, John X. Rolley, Patricia M. Davidson

“…This paper provides an overview of the applicability of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model to the development of targeted nursing led chronic illness interventions. Background. Changing health care practice is a complex and dynamic process that requires consideration of social, political, economic, and organisational factors. …”
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A Cross-sectional Study to Understand the Reasons for Failure to Vaccinate Eligible Children with Measles-containing Vaccine among the Clinically Diagnosed Measles Cases during the... by Sudhir V Sane, Jayashree R Balip, Satish S Mali

“…The geographical penetration and knowledge of the vaccination program were good. Recurrent illness was the most common reason, followed by coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) and worry about side effects. …”
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Predictors of Major Bleeding and Mortality in Dengue Infection: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Tertiary Care Centre in South India by Kevin John John, Karthik Gunasekaran, John Davis Prasad, Divya Mathew, Sohini Das, N. Sultan, Asha Mary Abraham, Ramya Iyyadurai

“…In view of these observations, we recommend stratifying patients according to the WHO classification of dengue and avoiding the use of thrombocytopenia as a single marker of the severity of the illness.…”
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A Case Control Study on Risk Factors Associated with Low Birth Weight Babies in Eastern Nepal by Ravi Kumar Bhaskar, Krishna Kumar Deo, Uttam Neupane, Subhadra Chaudhary Bhaskar, Birendra Kumar Yadav, Hanoon P. Pokharel, Paras Kumar Pokharel

“…Finally, after multivariate logistic regression analysis, maternal height, time of first antenatal care (ANC) visit, number of ANC visits, iron supplementation, calcium supplementation, maternal education, any illness during pregnancy, and hypertension were found as the significant predictors of LBW. …”
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Vision of multidisciplinary team on the role of physiotherapy in a public home care program by Bibiana Melher Pereira, Cristiane Fernanda Gessinger

“…This assistance can be provided as part of health promotion, prevention and treatment of illness and rehabilitation. Within this model of care named Home Care Program of the Bedridden (PADA), which involves multidisciplinary health care. …”
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A health-education intervention to improve outcomes for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties: protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial by Rachel Schembri, Harriet Hiscock, Frank Oberklaid, William Garvey

“…Introduction One in seven (14%) children aged 4–17 years old meet criteria for a mental illness over a 12-month period. The majority of these children have difficulty accessing clinical assessment and treatment despite evidence demonstrating the importance of early intervention. …”
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Coronary Calcium Scoring and Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Belkis Mercedes Vicente Sánchez, Gisela Zerquera Trujillo, Felix R. Jorrín Román, Lázaro E. de la Cruz Avilez, Elodia M. Rivas Alpízar

“…Variables studied: age, sex, nutritional assessment, illness duration, history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and smoking. …”
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Depressive and Negative Symptoms in the Early and Established Stages of Schizophrenia: Integrating Structural Brain Alterations, Cognitive Performance, and Plasma Interleukin 6 Lev... by Fabiana Corsi-Zuelli, Gary Donohoe, Siân Lowri Griffiths, Cristina M. Del-Ben, Andrew J. Watson, Tom Burke, Paris A. Lalousis, Declan McKernan, Derek Morris, John Kelly, Colm McDonald, Saahithh R. Patlola, Carmine Pariante, Nicholas M. Barnes, Golam M. Khandaker, John Suckling, Bill Deakin, Rachel Upthegrove, Maria R. Dauvermann

“…Conclusions: Our results indicate that higher plasma IL-6 levels may be differently associated with the severity of depressive and negative symptoms dependent on the illness stage. Future work identifying elevated levels of inflammation in larger samples may allow stratification and personalized intervention by subgroups who are at risk of poor outcomes.…”
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Study protocol for Video Images about Decisions to Improve Ethical Outcomes with Palliative Care Educators (VIDEO-PCE): a pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of older... by Joshua R Lakin, Na Wang, Howard J Cabral, Michael K Paasche-Orlow, Charlotta Lindvall, Angelo Volandes, Aretha Delight Davis, Michael R Winter, Edward T Moseley, Lori Henault, Sophia N Zupanc, Sophiya Das, Kate Sciacca, Edith A Burns, Maria T Carney, Jennifer Itty, Santiago Lopez, Kaitlin Emmert, Narda J Martin, Sherene Lambert, Jennifer Polo, Shreya Sanghani, Julianne N Dugas, Michele Gomez, Shira Gabry-Kalikow, Alexandra Dobie, Meredith Amshoff, Traci Cucinotta, Milton Joel, Lisa B Caruso, Ana Maria Ramirez, Kathleen Salerno, Qausarat Ogunneye

“…Introduction Despite the known benefit to patients and families, discussions about goals, values and preferences for medical care in advancing serious illness often do not occur. Many system and clinician factors, such as patient and clinician reticence and shortage of specialty palliative care teams, contribute to this lack of communication. …”
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Evaluation of emotional expression, psychiatric symptoms, burnout, hopelessness and depression in relatives of substance dependent patients by Guliz Senormanci, Cetin Turan, Omer Senormanci, Rustem Askin

“…There was a negative correlation between BHS total score and the EES judgmental/hostile attitudes and additional scales.As a result, being relatives of patients with dependence was found to be associated with burnout, depression, hopelessness, and the risk of developing mental illness. [JCBPR 2019; 8(1.000): 33-42]…”
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Neurological damages in COVID‐19 patients: Mechanisms and preventive interventions by Sibani Sarkar, Subhajit Karmakar, Malini Basu, Pratyasha Ghosh, Mrinal K Ghosh

“…It is associated with systemic inflammation, myocardial infarction, neurological illness including ischemic strokes (e.g., cardiac and cerebral ischemia), and even death through multi‐organ failure. …”
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Categorizing and Determining of BI-RAD Breast Cancer Score by Using Deep Learning Techniques by Azhar Kassem Flayeh, Ali Douik

“…Artificial intelligence users employ these factors as fixed values to classify the illness using region of interest (RIO), Gray Level Co-Occurrence Matrix (GLCAM), clustering, or mass constraints like diameter and volume. …”
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Emerging Nanoparticle-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Cancer: Innovations and Challenges by Rachitha Puttasiddaiah, Nagaraj Basavegowda, Nityashree Kyathegowdanadoddi Lakshmanagowda, Vinay Basavegowda Raghavendra, Niju Sagar, Kandi Sridhar, Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Maharshi Bhaswant, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Minaxi Sharma

“…According to a World Health Organization (WHO) study, this illness causes approximately between 9 and 10 million instances of deaths annually. …”
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Contextual determinates of under-five malnutrition in mining communities: a critical review of nutrition interventions for optimal impact by Herbert Tato Nyirenda, David Mulenga, Hilda Nyambe-Silavwe

“…Multivariate logistic regression further reveals that key determinants of child underweight include age (aOR = 15.24, p < 0.001), caregiver disability or chronic illness status (aOR = 0.14, p < 0.001), inadequate food production (aOR = 1.94, p = 0.009), and expenditure priorities (aOR = 2.46, p = 0.007). …”
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Efficacy of the ECHOMANTRA online intervention to support recovery from anorexia nervosa in adult patients: study protocol of a randomized controlled multi-center trial by Yolanda Quiles, Álvaro Ruiz, Eva León-Zarceño, Javier Manchón, Marie-Carmen Neipp, Sofía Payá-López, Katina Kovacheva, Valentina Cardi

“…For carers, outcome variables will include psychological well-being, accommodation and enabling behaviors, expressed emotion, illness burden, quality of life and care skills. Discussion This study will provide evidence of the efficacy of this novel, online and protocolized intervention in facilitating the recovery of these patients. …”
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Psychiatric Symptoms in Acute Intermittent Porphyria - Case Report and Course of Treatment Using Placebo by Waldemar Kosiba, Dominika Prystacka-Szar, Jakub Siemko, Wojciech Kupczak

“…Failing to recognize acute porphyria also carries the risk of life-threatening complications and may lead to unnecessary pharmacotherapy and stigmatization as a mental illness.  This case demonstrates that placebo can be one of the components of a diagnostic and therapeutic plan of acute intermittent porphyria. …”
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