Common risk alleles for schizophrenia within the major histocompatibility complex predict white matter microstructure
Translational Psychiatry, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41398-024-02910-2Common risk alleles for schizophrenia within the major histocompatibility complex predict white matter microstructure (Source: Translational Psychiatry)
Source: Translational Psychiatry - April 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Xavier Caseras Emily Simmonds Antonio F. Pardi ñas Richard Anney Sophie E. Legge James T. R. Walters Neil A. Harrison Michael C. O ’Donovan Valentina Escott-Price Source Type: research

Combined expansion and STED microscopy reveals altered fingerprints of postsynaptic nanostructure across brain regions in ASD-related SHANK3-deficiency
Molecular Psychiatry, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41380-024-02559-9Combined expansion and STED microscopy reveals altered fingerprints of postsynaptic nanostructure across brain regions in ASD-related SHANK3-deficiency (Source: Molecular Psychiatry)
Source: Molecular Psychiatry - April 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jan Philipp Delling Helen Friedericke Bauer Susanne Gerlach-Arbeiter Michael Sch ön Christian Jacob Jan Wagner Maria Teresa Pedro Bernd Kn öll Tobias M. Boeckers Source Type: research

Characterization of transcriptional profiles associated with stress-induced neuronal activation in Arc-GFP mice
Molecular Psychiatry, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41380-024-02555-zCharacterization of transcriptional profiles associated with stress-induced neuronal activation in Arc-GFP mice (Source: Molecular Psychiatry)
Source: Molecular Psychiatry - April 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tamer Butto Monika Chanu Chongtham Kanak Mungikar Dewi Hartwich Matthias Linke Nicolas Ruffini Konstantin Radyushkin Susann Schweiger Jennifer Winter Susanne Gerber Source Type: research

Substance use Attitudes, Beliefs, Experience, and Knowledge Among Nursing and Nursing Assistant Students
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Source: Journal of Psychoactive Drugs - April 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: J. Konadu FokuoPaul J. HutmanValerie A. GruberCarmen L. MassonPaula J. LumDylan M. BushJessica A. NaugleJames L. Sorensena Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USAb Veterans Source Type: research

An Anthroposophic Medical Treatment in the Land of Salt and Gold
AbstractIn this narrative, a general practitioner and psychotherapist trained in anthroposophic medicine presents the narrative and treatment of a 60-year-old woman who experienced the horrors of the “Dark Sabbath” attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023. The patient’s story is narrated by the physician, who shares his multi-disciplinary and multi-modal anthroposophic medicine approach to address the patient’s acute stress disorder–related symptoms and concerns. (Source: Current Psychiatry Reports)
Source: Current Psychiatry Reports - April 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Gender, race, and space: A qualitative exploration of young Black women's perceptions of urban neighborhoods
Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Apr 21. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12752. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHow people think and feel about their neighborhood impacts the way they think of themselves and their futures. These linkages are especially important to understand in the case of urban-residing young Black women. Researchers know very little about what contributes to young Black adults' urban neighborhood perceptions and often rely on "expert" definitions of markers of neighborhood quality. These definitions and subsequent explorations of residents' neighborhood assessment have not adequately considered intersecting oppressive syst...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - April 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kayla J Fike Jacqueline S Mattis Source Type: research

Prevalence and validity of ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD: A population-based survey of Hong Kong adults
Asian J Psychiatr. 2024 Apr 10;96:104045. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104045. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe present study aimed to report the prevalence of ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) in the general adult Hong Kong population, and examine the validity of the Chinese International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ). This descriptive cross-sectional population-based telephone survey included a representative sample of 1070 non-institutionalized permanent Hong Kong residents ages 18-64 years. Participants provided responses to the Chinese version of the ITQ, and measures of adverse childhood e...
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - April 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Grace W K Ho Ko Ling Chan Thanos Karatzias Philip Hyland Hong Wang Fung Mark Shevlin Source Type: research

Exploring psychiatric patient restraints: Balancing safety, ethics, and patient rights in mental healthcare
Asian J Psychiatr. 2024 Apr 15;96:104051. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104051. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRestraint, often linked with limiting an individual's freedom of movement, has become a focal point of extensive discussion and evaluation within the realm of mental healthcare. Striking a delicate balance between ensuring individual safety and minimizing reliance on restraint methods poses a significant challenge. In mental health inpatient settings, the prevalent forms of restraint encompass physical, chemical, environmental, and psychological methods. Paradoxically, the consequences of employing restraint can be sever...
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - April 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fayaz Ahmad Paul Aasim Ur Rehman Ganie Danishwar Rasool Dar Priyanka Saikia Indrajeet Banerjee Source Type: research

Critical Alzheimer's disease legislation advances in Congress
Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Apr;20(4):3141-3142. doi: 10.1002/alz.13831.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38643387 | PMC:PMC11032533 | DOI:10.1002/alz.13831 (Source: The Journal of Alzheimers Association)
Source: The Journal of Alzheimers Association - April 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Gender, race, and space: A qualitative exploration of young Black women's perceptions of urban neighborhoods
Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Apr 21. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12752. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHow people think and feel about their neighborhood impacts the way they think of themselves and their futures. These linkages are especially important to understand in the case of urban-residing young Black women. Researchers know very little about what contributes to young Black adults' urban neighborhood perceptions and often rely on "expert" definitions of markers of neighborhood quality. These definitions and subsequent explorations of residents' neighborhood assessment have not adequately considered intersecting oppressive syst...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - April 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kayla J Fike Jacqueline S Mattis Source Type: research

Exploring psychiatric patient restraints: Balancing safety, ethics, and patient rights in mental healthcare
Asian J Psychiatr. 2024 Apr 15;96:104051. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104051. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRestraint, often linked with limiting an individual's freedom of movement, has become a focal point of extensive discussion and evaluation within the realm of mental healthcare. Striking a delicate balance between ensuring individual safety and minimizing reliance on restraint methods poses a significant challenge. In mental health inpatient settings, the prevalent forms of restraint encompass physical, chemical, environmental, and psychological methods. Paradoxically, the consequences of employing restraint can be sever...
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - April 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fayaz Ahmad Paul Aasim Ur Rehman Ganie Danishwar Rasool Dar Priyanka Saikia Indrajeet Banerjee Source Type: research

Prevalence and validity of ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD: A population-based survey of Hong Kong adults
Asian J Psychiatr. 2024 Apr 10;96:104045. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104045. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe present study aimed to report the prevalence of ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) in the general adult Hong Kong population, and examine the validity of the Chinese International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ). This descriptive cross-sectional population-based telephone survey included a representative sample of 1070 non-institutionalized permanent Hong Kong residents ages 18-64 years. Participants provided responses to the Chinese version of the ITQ, and measures of adverse childhood e...
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - April 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Grace W K Ho Ko Ling Chan Thanos Karatzias Philip Hyland Hong Wang Fung Mark Shevlin Source Type: research

Transcranial brain parenchyma sonography in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
ConclusionStructural changes of certain subcortical structures, primarily SN and RN, detected in JME patients indicate additional non-lesional abnormalities of the basal ganglia and midbrain structures in these patients. (Source: Acta Neurologica Belgica)
Source: Acta Neurologica Belgica - April 21, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

The reliability of jointly versus individually conducted competency to stand trial evaluations
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Source: Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology - April 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rebecca A. WeissJacqueline Berensona John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, NY, USAb Graduate Center, City University of New York, NY, USAc Psychiatry, Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center, New Hampton, NY, USA Source Type: research

A case of insulinoma misidentified as schizophrenia due to its manifestation in neuropsychiatric symptoms
AbstractInsulinomas can present with neuroglycopenic symptoms suggesting neuropsychiatric disorders, delaying diagnosis and treatment. We recently treated a 65-year-old woman with insulinoma who was misdiagnosed at her nearby psychiatric clinic as having schizophrenia because of personality changes and memory impairment; she was treated with brexpiprazole, which was discontinued due to persistence of the symptoms. Despite her relatively low casual plasma glucose (70  mg/dL), the physician at the psychiatric clinic did not investigate the possibility of hypoglycemia, partly because her HbA1c level (5.2%) was within normal ...
Source: Diabetology International - April 21, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research