Phytocanabinoids and synthetic cannabinoids: from recreational consumption to potential therapeutic use – a review by Helena M. Teixeira, Helena M. Teixeira

“…On the other hand, recent investigations have proposed a promising therapeutic potential of cannabinoid-based drugs for a wide range of medical situations, including neurological and psychiatric disorders, among other indications. The growing popularity in the use of cannabinoid-based compounds, both for recreational and therapeutic purposes, has been accompanied by an equally continuous and growing evolution of knowledge regarding their potential harmful and beneficial effects. …”
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Neurophysiological Endophenotypes, CNS Disinhibition, and Risk for Alcohol Dependence and Related Disorders by Bernice Porjesz, Madhavi Rangaswamy

“…Biological endophenotypes are more proximal to gene function than psychiatric diagnosis, providing a powerful strategy in searching for genes in psychiatric disorders. These intermediate phenotypes identify both affected and unaffected members of an affected family, including offspring at risk, providing a more direct connection with underlying biological vulnerability. …”
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Trichotemnomania in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report of an Asian Child and Literature Review by V. Thadchanamoorthy, Markandu Thirukumar, Kavinda Dayasiri, N. Thamilvannan, Judy Jeyakumar

“…The condition needs careful and detailed assessment by a team of specialists to identify coexisting psychiatric disorders and offer treatment.…”
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The impact of Sudan armed conflict and coping strategies on the mental health of the older adult internally displaced persons in Darfur camps by Saif A. Musa, Abdalla A. R. M. Hamid

“…Results The results revealed a high prevalence (75.2%) of non-psychotic psychiatric disorders amongst the older adult IDP participants. …”
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Comorbidities among Patients with Epilepsy Attending Imam Al-Sadiq General Hospital in Babylon Governorate, Iraq by Bilal Hadi Jawad, Khadija Shaban Hassan, Wahab Razzaq Ebdan

“…It found an increased risk for full spectrum of medical, psychiatric disorders. The most common medical comorbidities were migraines and musculoskeletal system disorders. more than half of participants were suffering from anxiety and depression, half of them with sleep disorders. …”
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Prevalence of negative mental health status during COVID-19 pandemic among general population of seven Arab countries: A cross-sectional study of 28843 participants by Nada K. Abdelsattar, Aya Ghiath Alrawi, Mohamed Ibrahim Abdelraoof, Mohamed S. Zaazouee, Sarah Makram Elsayed, Abdullah M. Farhat, Mahmoud Abd El-Shafea, Ahmed K. Abdeltawab, Menna S. Ali, Alyaa K. Madeeh, Ahmed Assar, Manar H. Mohammed, Eman A. Abdullah, Khaled M. Ragab, Mohamed Abd-ElGawad, Mohamed Elsherif, Inas Abd El Rahim, Mahmoud A. Ebada

“…Higher levels were associated with other factors, such as lower age, female gender, chronic disease, unemployed, fear of getting infected, and a history of psychiatric disorders. Conclusion: Our study findings show an increased incidence of mental disorders during the pandemic. …”
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Psychological Intervention in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients by Lizzette Gómez-de-Regil, Damaris F. Estrella-Castillo, Julio Vega-Cauich

“…Outcome measures included psychiatric disorders (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety) (37.1%), postconcussive symptoms (16.1%), cognitive and functional deficits (48.1%), and social and psychological dimensions (62.9%). …”
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Psychiatric Referrals in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India: A Retrospective Study by Akansha Bhardwaj, Dimple Gupta, Rashmi Prakash, Nimmi A. Jose

“…Conclusion: The findings of this study give us insight that consultation liaison psychiatry should focus on early recognition and wholesome management of psychiatric disorders in patients with physical illness through consultation psychiatry services in general hospital settings.…”
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Validity of a smartphone application for self-monitoring psychiatric symptoms in patients with schizophrenia by Sung-Wan Kim, Jae-Kyeong Kim, Min Jhon, Ju-Wan Kim, Seunghyong Ryu, Ju-Yeon Lee, Jae-Min Kim

“…Objective Despite increasing research on digital technologies for psychiatric disorders, studies specifically examining self-monitoring of symptoms with smartphone applications by patients with schizophrenia remain limited. …”
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Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Patients With Agitation in Alzheimer Dementia by Christie Teigland, Zulkarnain Pulungan, David Bruhn, Steve Hwang

“…Patients with severe psychiatric disorders were excluded. Two cohorts of patients (with and without agitation) were then defined, and patient characteristics, healthcare resource utilization, and costs were compared in a descriptive exploratory analysis. …”
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Associations between parental bonding and health-related quality of life in a clinical sample of youths aged 14–35 years in Singapore by Yoke Boon Tan, Eng Hong Tay, Shazana Shahwan, Yunjue Zhang, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Mythily Subramaniam

“…Introduction: Individuals with psychiatric disorders tend to report having poorer bonds with their parents during their early years. …”
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Augmenting Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder With Transcranial Infrared Laser Stimulation by Douglas W. Barrett, Christopher G. Beevers, F. Gonzalez-Lima

“…Additional research that pairs neuroenhancement methods such as TILS with cognitive interventions may reveal the potential to improve treatment outcomes in depression and other psychiatric disorders.…”
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Acute Genetic Damage Induced by Ethanol and Corticosterone Seems to Modulate Hippocampal Astrocyte Signaling by Ana Laura Reyes-Ábalos, Magdalena Álvarez-Zabaleta, Silvia Olivera-Bravo, María Vittoria Di Tomaso

“…Astrocytes maintain CNS homeostasis but also critically contribute to neurological and psychiatric disorders. Such functional diversity implies an extensive signaling repertoire including extracellular vesicles (EVs) and nanotubes (NTs) that could be involved in protection or damage, as widely shown in various experimental paradigms. …”
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Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders in the context of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic by R. Kaladytė Lokominienė

“… Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is able to invade the human nervous system and can cause headache, nausea, vomiting, febrile seizures, encephalopathy, encephalitis, ataxia or psychiatric disorders, as well as quantitative disturbances of smell and taste which are observed both during the course of Parkinson’s disease and other alpha-synucleinopathies, only in slowly progressive and irreversible manner. …”
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Cognitive reappraisal improves the social decision-making performance of suicide attempters by Tong Wang, Xiaoya Liu, Moxin Duan, Bo Zhang, Li An, Shuang Liu, Dong Ming

“…Scale scores under natural responses and after using the CR strategy, as well as behavioral and electroencephalographic (EEG) data from subjects were recorded during the classical DM task - ultimatum game (UG) paradigm. 52 patients with psychiatric disorders (including 26 SA and 26 non-suicide attempters) and 22 healthy controls (HC) performed in UG. …”
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Comprehensive dialectical behavior therapy for adolescents in a juvenile correctional treatment center: a pilot evaluation by Johanna B. Folk, Phillip Yang, Anne Thomas, Jayme Lyon, Jaisal Patel, Clara Yoon, Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy

“…BackgroundIncarcerated youth commonly present with emotion dysregulation, aggression, and comorbid psychiatric disorders, yet often do not receive necessary mental health treatment while confined. …”
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Smartphone video games for cognitive functions and negative symptoms in male with chronic schizophrenia: A randomized controlled trial by Wenhui Wang, Mengting Ye, Yongjie Zhong, Miaomiao Zhang, Yue Wang, Chuanchuan Chen, Yitan Yao, Ziqiao Feng, Xiaoping Yuan, Shenya Shi, Xiaoqin Zhou, Kai Zhang

“…Background: Video games have been extensively examined as a promising and innovative approach for addressing various psychiatric disorders. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of smartphone video games on cognitive functions, psychiatric symptoms and overall functioning in male with chronic schizophrenia. …”
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Cluster analysis of post-COVID-19 physical and mental health outcomes 3–6 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection: results of the French Prospective ALCOVID Cohort Study by Philippe Halfon, Laurent Chiche, Hervé Pegliasco, Stanislas Rebaudet, Thomas Escoda, Hervé Faralli, Frédéric Cohen

“…A multinomial regression model was used to evaluate the association between the initial comorbidities and disease severity with PCC phenotype.Results A total of 210 patients agreed to participate, of which 157 (75%) reported at least one symptom at the 3–6 months visit; mostly asthenia, dyspnoea, psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and cognitive disorders. …”
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Endogenous Estrogen Influences Predator Odor-Induced Impairment of Cognitive and Social Behaviors in Aromatase Gene Deficiency Mice by Yaner Gao, Lei Ma, Feng Gao, Zuoli Sun, Zhengrong Zhang, Yuhong Li, Rena Li

“…Epidemiological studies have suggested that traumatic stress increases vulnerability to various mental disorders, such as dementia and psychiatric disorders. While women are more vulnerable than men to depression and anxiety, it is unclear whether endogenous estrogens are responsible for the underlying sex-specific mechanisms. …”
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Data mining and safety analysis of voriconazole in patients with a hematological malignant tumor based on the FAERS database: differences between children and adults by Hao Li, Hao Li, Manxue Jiang, Manxue Jiang, Xiaona Pan, Lingti Kong, Lingti Kong, Lingti Kong

“…The only positive SOC signal that satisfied all four algorithms simultaneously in children was “psychiatric disorders”, whereas in adults they were “endocrine disorders” and “hepatobiliary disorders”. …”
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