Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Susceptibility to Tobacco Use Among School Going Adolescents in a South-Indian District—(Project TEACH) by Priyanka Bantwal, Veena G Kamath, John Britton, Ilze Bogdanovica, Manjula A Kunder, Samir K Praharaj, Muralidhar M Kulkarni

“…Method: Project TEACH (Tobacco Education and Awareness for Creating Healthier Adolescents) is an educational intervention that will comprise an animated video on the effects of tobacco on physical and mental health, along with dispelling myths about tobacco, which will be delivered along with a standard education program. …”
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Low-Level Social Demand Is Associated with Anxiety-Related Gamma Wave Responses in Autistic Male Youth by Vicki Bitsika, Christopher F. Sharpley, Ian D. Evans, Christopher B. Watson, Rebecca J. Williams, Kirstan A. Vessey

“…These associations have implications for the mental health of autistic youth, but they are usually based on correlational statistics between measures of anxiety and social interaction demands that are collected in formal psychological testing settings. …”
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Rehabilitation Technical Standard of "WU YIN TIAO SHEN （Five-Element Music Regulates Emotions）" by LI Li, ZHOU Xia, WANG Qin, MA Yuxia, SONG Jingjie, QIN Zhaomei

“…This standard includes the technical scope, normative reference documents, terms and definitions [targeted population, practitioner, flat pricking method, oblique pricking method, five-element music, scalp acupuncture, Kai Tianmen technique, WU YIN TIAO SHEN method, emotional music therapy, mutual generation among the five elements, mutual controlling of the five elements, fainting during acupuncture, the disorder of seven emotions], indications and contraindications, efficacy evaluation (mental health evaluation, quality of life assessment), five-element music tone selection, implementation steps and requirements [preparation (environmental requirements, instruments preparation, position and posture preparation, practitioner preparation), implementation process (the five elements music playing, Kai Tianmen technique, TIAO SHEN needling method), treatment time and frequency, precautions], and other aspects. …”
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Depression Recognition Using Daily Wearable-Derived Physiological Data by Xinyu Shui, Hao Xu, Shuping Tan, Dan Zhang

“…Future work will explore the potential of these methods for personalized interventions and real-time monitoring, offering a promising avenue for enhancing mental health care through the integration of wearable technology.…”
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Emotional Intervention and Education System Construction for Rural Children Based on Semantic Analysis by Xiaobo Zhang

“…Through the emotional counseling and improvement of the rural left-behind children in the research site in the article, the service objects can have better emotions, promote mental health, make them happy and grow up healthily, and also provide a certain theory for the establishment of the local left-behind children care system.…”
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Data Driven Classification of Opioid Patients Using Machine Learning–An Investigation by Lisan Al Amin, Md. Saddam Hossain Mukta, Md. Sezan Mahmud Saikat, Md. Ismail Hossain, Md. Adnanul Islam, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Sami Azam

“…Majority of the previous studies do not focus on the users’ mental health association for opioid intake classification. …”
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Screening of Anti-Hair Loss Plant Raw Materials Based on Reverse Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation by Jiajia Xu, Congfen He, Rui Tian

“…Hair loss is one of the skin conditions that can affect people’s mental health. Plant raw material extracts are of great interest due to their safety. …”
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The effects of a 12-week moderate-intensity continuous training intervention on depression, anxiety, and stress in sedentary female college students: a focus on negative emotion re... by Quanwen Zeng, Yong Zhang, Huimin Li, Jin Yuan, Dan Feng, Gendi Zhu

“…Future studies should employ more rigorous control designs to better assess the role of MICT in improving both the physical and mental health of sedentary female college students.…”
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Determinants of Dropping Out of Remote Patient-Reported Outcome–Based Follow-Up Among Patients With Epilepsy: Prospective Cohort Study by Sofie Bech Vestergaard, Mette Roost, David Høyrup Christiansen, Liv Marit Valen Schougaard

“…MethodsThis prospective cohort study (n=2282) explored the association between dropout in remote PRO-based follow-up for patients with epilepsy and 9 potential determinants covering 3 domains: health-related self-management, general and mental health status, and patient satisfaction. The associations were examined using multiple logistic regression analyses with adjustment for sex, age, education, and cohabitation. …”
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Low-Level Laser Therapy for Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis by Gang-Zhu Xu, Jie Jia, Lin Jin, Jia-Heng Li, Zhan-Yue Wang, Dong-Yuan Cao

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Digital therapeutics in Korea: current status, challenges, and future directions – a narrative review by Hee Jun Shin, Ik Tae Cho, Wan Suk Choi, Hong Rae Kim, Min Bong Kang, Won Jong Yang

“…In Korea, DTx have gained significant attention as potential solutions to the increasing burden of chronic diseases and mental health conditions. However, the Korean DTx market faces several challenges that hinder its widespread adoption and integration into the national healthcare system. …”
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Community-based participatory process evaluation based on the Reach, Quality Control, Fidelity, Satisfaction, and Management (RQFSM) model in Nevada: A study protocol by Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma

“…Furthermore, it is anticipated that the necessity to integrate services like mental health, drug addiction treatment, pharmacies, disability assistance, and health care for older individuals would be acknowledged. …”
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Effect of physical activity and interstimulus interval on an RSVP task: A replication of Raymond et al. (1992) by Bradley-Garcia, Meenakshie, Zhang, Anqi, Erbayav, Arda, Arranz, Artemis, Leclair, Danica, Kotch, Gabe, Mallet, Matthieu, Boivin, Thomas, Bensmaia, Sophia, Brisebois, Rosalie, Carraro, Francesca, Coulombe Grinham, Maya, Ekoly-Wambi, Rhema, Estephan, Rebecca, Josiah, Kathy, Lacroix, Émilie, Mayotte, Edwige, Meyerovich, Erika, Montminy-Bergeron, Charlotte, Muco, Annick, Pala, Deniz, Piquette, Amélie, Poirier, Isabelle, St-Aubin, Camille, T-Beauchamp, Cassandra

“…Future studies should explore the potential effect of demographic variables, such as age and gender, as well as mental health (e.g., ADHD and dyslexia) to provide understanding as to the impact of different cognitive abilities on the attentional blink.…”
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Depression Increases Stroke Hospitalization Cost: An Analysis of 17,010 Stroke Patients in 2008 by Race and Gender by Baqar Husaini, Robert Levine, Linda Sharp, Van Cain, Meggan Novotny, Pamela Hull, Gail Orum, Zahid Samad, Uchechukwu Sampson, Majaz Moonis

“…Three groups of patients were compared: (1) stroke only (SO, n=7,850), (2) stroke + depression (S+D, n=3,965), and (3) stroke + other mental health diagnoses (S+M, n=5,195). Results. Of all adult patients, 4.3% were diagnosed with stroke. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Case Story of Anna. I. Long-Term Effect of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Incest with a Treatment Approach by Søren Ventegodt, Birgitte Clausen, Joav Merrick

“…In the beginning of the therapy, the issues were her physical and mental health; in the middle of the therapy, the central issue was her purpose of life and her love life; and at the conclusion of the therapy, the issue was gender and sexuality. …”
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Bibliometric and visual analysis of suicide in aged people over the past 20 years by Shao-Kui Kan, Ying-Li Zhang, Xue-Xia Bai, Bo Peng

“…Frequent keywords in this field encompass depression, suicidal ideation, suicide, older-adults, risk, risk factors, prevalence, older adults, ideation, behavior, health, mental health, life, age, people, prevention, symptoms, scale, population, and elderly. …”
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Designing a Parent Training Model to Prevent Cyber Space Risks in Students by Seyed Majid Karimi, Seyed Mohammadbagher Jafari, Gholamreza Sharifi Rad, Ali Akbar Khoshgoftar Moghadam

“…Given that the family unit serves as the cornerstone of all other social institutions and that individuals' mental health is largely cultivated within this context, the implementation of parental training programs is pivotal in regulating children's engagement with this digital environment. …”
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Evaluating the synergy: anxiety prevalence and alcohol consumption patterns in high-income countries using Granger causality analysis by Binguni Senarathne, Dinithi Palliyaguru, Anne Oshini, Janudi Gamage, Ruwan Jayathilaka, Lochana Rajamanthri, Colinie Wickramarachchi

“…This study set out to explore the long-term effects of alcohol consumption on anxiety, revealing insights into how alcohol consumption uniquely impact anxiety, aiming to inform mental health and public health approaches. This research paper explores the complex relationship between the prevalence of anxiety and the consumption patterns of wine, beer, and spirits across fifty-two high-income countries with a continental analysis. …”
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What is the evidence for efficacy of advance care planning in improving patient outcomes? A systematic review of randomised controlled trials by Chetna Malhotra, Mahham Shafiq, Ada Portia Macarubbo Batcagan-Abueg

“…There was mixed evidence that ACP interventions improved distal patient outcomes including end-of-life care consistent with preferences (25%; 3/12 with improvement), quality of life (0/14 studies), mental health (21%; 4/19) and home deaths (25%; 1/4), or that it reduced healthcare use/costs (18%; 4/22 studies). …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Adolescent Obesity among Rural School Adolescents in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study by Deekshanta Sitaula, Aarati Dhakal, Nimesh Lageju, Amisha Silwal, Samjhana Kshetri Basnet, Niki Shrestha, B. C. Anup Bikram, Niraj Phoju

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