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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38437692/quality-indicators-for-major-depressive-disorder-in-adults-a-review-of-performance-measures-by-the-american-college-of-physicians
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Amir Qaseem, Rebecca A Andrews, Karen Campos, Caroline L Goldzweig, Scott MacDonald, Robert M McLean, Rhea E Powell, Nick Fitterman
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severe mood disorder that affects at least 8.4% of the adult population in the United States. Characteristics of MDD include persistent sadness, diminished interest in daily activities, and a state of hopelessness. The illness may progress quickly and have devastating consequences if left untreated. Eight performance measures are available to evaluate screening, diagnosis, and successful management of MDD. However, many performance measures do not meet the criteria for validity, reliability, evidence, and meaningfulness...
March 5, 2024: Annals of Internal Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38435518/from-functional-fatty-acids-to-potent-and-selective-natural-product-inspired-mimetics-via-conformational-profiling
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lauren E Markham, Thomas Koelblen, Harry R Chobanian, Ariele Viacava Follis, Thomas P Burris, Glenn C Micalizio
Fatty acids play important signaling roles in biology, albeit typically lacking potency or selectivity, due to their substantial conformational flexibility. While being recognized as having properties of potentially great value as therapeutics, it is often the case that the functionally relevant conformation of the natural fatty acid is not known, thereby complicating efforts to develop natural-product-inspired ligands that have similar functional properties along with enhanced potency and selectivity profiles...
February 28, 2024: ACS Central Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38434357/identifying-the-mental-health-burden-in-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-cfs-patients-in-switzerland-a-pilot-study
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Rahel Susanne König, Daniel Henry Paris, Marc Sollberger, Rea Tschopp
BACKGROUND: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating chronic disease of significant public health and clinical importance. It affects multiple systems in the body and has neuro-immunological characteristics. The disease is characterized by a prominent symptom called post-exertional malaise (PEM), as well as abnormalities in the immune-inflammatory pathways, mitochondrial dysfunctions and disturbances in neuroendocrine pathways. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of ME/CFS on the mental health and secondary psychosocial manifestations of patients, as well as their coping mechanisms...
March 15, 2024: Heliyon
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38433771/the-process-of-reacquiring-new-vocalization-in-total-laryngectomy-patients-with-head-and-neck-cancer-a-qualitative-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Miyoko Iwai, Shoko Ando, Kazuki Sato
OBJECTIVE: Speech rehabilitation significantly contributes to the enhanced quality of life for patients who have undergone laryngectomy due to head and neck cancer. The initiation of tracheoesophageal speech early in the rehabilitation process has been associated with improved speech quality. Despite this, voice changes can carry a stigma due to communication challenges, even after successful voice restoration, potentially limiting the overall improvement in quality of life. Thus, our aim was to gain a profound understanding of the transition process from the selection to the adaptation of tracheoesophageal speech in patients with head and neck cancer...
March 2024: Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38429659/effectiveness-of-mindful-self-compassion-therapy-on-psychopathology-symptoms-psychological-distress-and-life-expectancy-in-infertile-women-treated-with-in-vitro-fertilization-a-two-arm-double-blind-parallel-randomized-controlled-trial
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Kimia Sahraian, Hamed Abdollahpour Ranjbar, Bahia Namavar Jahromi, Ho Nam Cheung, Joseph Ciarrochi, Mojtaba Habibi Asgarabad
OBJECTIVES: Infertility is a prominent problem affecting millions of couples worldwide. Recently, there has been a hightened emphasis on elucidating the subtle linkages between infertility treatment leveraging assisted reproductive technology and the complex realm of psychological challenges, as well as efforts in implementation of psychological interventions.The Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program seeks to improve self-compassion, compassion for others, mindfulness, and life satisfaction while reducing depression, anxiety, and stress...
March 1, 2024: BMC Psychiatry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38425681/metaphoric-perceptions-of-individuals-with-diabetes-in-turkey-a-content-analysis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Aslı Tok Özen, Özlem Bulantekin Düzalan, Betül Yalçın
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus adversely impacts the quality of life due to treatment, changes in daily life, functional disability, and emerging complications. Using metaphors to convey perceptions of diseases and life experiences is crucial for understanding healthcare behaviors. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the metaphorical perceptions of "diabetes" and "being a person with diabetes" within a sample group of individuals with diabetes in Turkey...
2024: Belitung nursing journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38421896/hope-and-dementia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Amy Pepper
Dementia is a terminal and progressive condition which often brings with it a loss of hope, and feelings of hopelessness in those living with the condition and their family carers. Community nurses are in a unique position of being able to interact with people with dementia and their family carers in their own homes, or the care settings in which they reside, and in some case, will be the only professionals with regular contact with the family. Therefore, they have the opportunity to increase feelings of hope in those they work with...
March 2, 2024: British Journal of Community Nursing
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38420102/understanding-phantom-shocks-in-implantable-cardioverter-defibrillator-recipients
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Jason Galo, Rafey Feroze, Talal Almas, Julianna Morera, Jayakumar Sahadevan
Phantom shocks in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) recipients create a complex nexus between cardiac treatment and psychological distress. These sensations, mimicking therapeutic shocks without device activation, deeply affect patients' functionality and well-being. Heightened anxiety, depression, and hopelessness predispose individuals to these occurrences, posing significant challenges. This article delves into the intricate nature of phantom shocks, highlighting subtle clinical cues to differentiate them from genuine therapy shocks...
January 2024: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38416406/social-support-and-social-stress-among-suicidal-inpatients-at-military-treatment-facilities-a-multidimensional-investigation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Charles A Darmour, Jeremy W Luk, Jessica M LaCroix, Kanchana U Perera, David B Goldston, Alyssa A Soumoff, Jennifer J Weaver, Marjan Ghahramanlou-Holloway
The associations between social support and stress with internalizing symptoms (depressive symptoms and hopelessness) and hazardous drinking were tested in an inpatient sample of suicidal military personnel. Baseline data from a randomized clinical trial were analyzed. Different sources of support and stressors in the social context of military personnel were differentially linked to internalizing symptoms and hazardous drinking. In the full sample (n = 192), family and nonfamily support were both inversely associated with internalizing symptoms but not hazardous drinking...
February 5, 2024: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38411749/psychosocial-symptoms-associated-with-spiritual-well-being-in-latino-patients-and-caregivers-coping-with-advanced-cancer
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Normarie Torres-Blasco, Cristina Peña-Vargas, Rosario Costas-Muñiz, Lianel Rosario-Ramos, Megan J Shen, Eida Castro
PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship among hopelessness, anxiety, and depression, with spiritual well-being in patients and family caregivers. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was administered to patients (n = 57) and caregivers (n = 57) that incorporated assessments that measured spiritual well-being, depression, anxiety, hopelessness, quality of life, family relationship, burden, fatalism, religiosity, and distress...
February 27, 2024: Supportive Care in Cancer
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38411368/unusual-approach-to-treat-malocclusion-with-traumatically-missing-and-hopeless-maxillary-unilateral-incisors-a-case-report
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Kun Li, Hanglin Qin, Junjie Wang, Xiujin Xing
Orthodontic cases requiring tooth extraction sometimes involve post-traumatic incisors. For adolescent cases in which trauma causes the maxillary unilateral incisors to be missing or have poor prognoses, it is worth considering these teeth as candidates for extraction, and this unusual approach is seldom reported in the literature. An adolescent patient with a missing maxillary left lateral incisor and an ankylosed maxillary left central incisor sought treatment for dental protrusion and crowding. An unusual orthodontic approach was used, which involved the extraction of the maxillary left central incisor and mandibular first premolars...
February 27, 2024: Australian Endodontic Journal: the Journal of the Australian Society of Endodontology Inc
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38411306/clinical-utility-of-depression-measures-and-symptoms-implications-for-suicide-risk-assessment-in-high-risk-resource-limited-youth-populations
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Collette Chapman-Hilliard, Tanisha Pelham, Victoria Mollo, Paulette Henry, Benjamin Miller, Joe Yankura, Ellen-Ge Denton
OBJECTIVE: Suicide risk for youth in resource- limited settings has been largely underrepresented in the literature and requires targeted examination of practical ways to address this growing public health concern. The present study focuses on the clinical utility of depression risk assessment tools addressing how and for whom suicide prevention intervention is most beneficial within a low-middle-income-country, high suicide risk youth sample. METHODS: Youth who reported a previous suicide attempt versus those who did not were criterion to test the validity of depression and hopelessness symptom assessment tools...
February 27, 2024: Suicide & Life-threatening Behavior
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38411036/examining-the-integrated-model-of-the-interpersonal-psychological-theory-of-suicide-and-intersectionality-theory-among-black-male-adolescents
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Robyn D Douglas, Jasmine O Alli, Noni Gaylord-Harden, Ijeoma Opara, Tamika Gilreath
INTRODUCTION: Guided by Opara et al.'s (2022), Integrated Model of the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide and Intersectionality Theory, the current study examined contextual stressors experienced disparately by Black youth (racial discrimination, poverty, and community violence) as moderators of the association between individual motivating factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors (perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, and hopelessness) and active suicidal ideation...
February 27, 2024: Suicide & Life-threatening Behavior
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38408596/-good-hopeless-and-alright-people-with-aphasia-expressing-their-opinions-on-their-rehabilitation-experiences
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sue Sherratt
Treatment for people with aphasia mainly concentrates on facilitating the communication of needs or providing facts. This focus is in danger of downplaying the significance of the expression of attitudes and emotion. Evaluative expression is critical for recreating identity and social interaction. However, the linguistic expression of emotions following aphasia has been insufficiently explored. This study aimed to determine which semantic-lexical devices people with aphasia used to express their opinions and views about their clinicians and rehabilitation...
February 26, 2024: Seminars in Speech and Language
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38405174/adolescent-mental-distress-in-the-wake-of-climate-disasters
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Amy H Auchincloss, Dominic A Ruggiero, Meghan T Donnelly, Esther D Chernak, Josiah L Kephart
OBJECTIVE: Retrospective exposure to a higher number and prolonged duration of climate-related disasters could be positively associated with adolescent mental distress. METHODS: Person-level data came from 38,616 high-school students residing in 22 urban public-school districts in 14 states (U.S. Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2019). Each district's federally declared climate-related catastrophes (severe storms, floods, wildfire, etc.) came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
March 2024: Preventive Medicine Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38394926/identifying-unique-subgroups-in-suicide-risks-among-psychiatric-outpatients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Eun Namgung, Eunji Ha, Sujung Yoon, Yumi Song, Hyangwon Lee, Hee-Ju Kang, Jung-Soo Han, Jae-Min Kim, Wonhye Lee, In Kyoon Lyoo, Seog Ju Kim
BACKGROUND: The presence of psychiatric disorders is widely recognized as one of the primary risk factors for suicide. A significant proportion of individuals receiving outpatient psychiatric treatment exhibit varying degrees of suicidal behaviors, which may range from mild suicidal ideations to overt suicide attempts. This study aims to elucidate the transdiagnostic symptom dimensions and associated suicidal features among psychiatric outpatients. METHODS: The study enrolled patients who attended the psychiatry outpatient clinic at a tertiary hospital in South Korea (n = 1, 849, age range = 18-81; 61% women)...
February 17, 2024: Comprehensive Psychiatry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38393492/the-short-version-of-the-italian-maastricht-vital-exhaustion-questionnaire-mveq-psychometric-properties-and-relationships-with-anxiety-depression-and-stress-in-a-community-sample-of-older-adults
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Marta Spinoni, Andrea Zagaria, Cristiano Violani, Caterina Grano
Vital Exhaustion (VE) refers to a physical and mental state of excessive fatigue, feelings of demoralization, hopelessness, and increased irritability. The short form of the Maastricht Vital Exhaustion Questionnaire (MVEQ) is a widely used measure to assess VE. Despite its utility is broadly recognized, the validity and reliability of the scale have yet to be examined in the Italian context. The present study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the shortened MVEQ in a community sample of Italian older adults...
February 23, 2024: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38389743/a-paradigm-shift-from-calcium-hydroxide-to-bioceramics-in-direct-pulp-capping-a-narrative-review
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Khaled Wagih Al-Saudi
For many years, calcium hydroxide (CH) was the preferred material for direct pulp capping (DPC), occupying an elevated position. The collapse of this paradigm is due to the emergence of bioceramics with less pulpal inflammation and superior mineralization abilities than CH. The goal of the current article was directed to: (1) review the history of DPC "the idea of an exposed pulp as a hopeless organ has given way to one of healing and optimism," (2) classify the bioceramics in dentistry, and (3) explain and compare the mechanism by which dentin barriers for CH and bioceramics are formed...
January 2024: J Conserv Dent Endod
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38383353/challenges-of-living-with-veterans-with-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-from-the-perspective-of-spouses-a-qualitative-content-analysis-study
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Zahra Maddah, Reza Negarandeh, Soheil Rahimi, Shahzad Pashaeypoor
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The needs and characteristics of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) create significant challenges in family life, particularly for spouses. Identifying the nature of these challenges from the perspective of spouses leads to a more comprehensive and profound understanding of their existing problems and can be used for targeted interventions. Therefore, this research was conducted to explore the challenges of living with veterans suffering from PTSD from the perspective of their spouses...
February 21, 2024: BMC Psychiatry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38376767/no-true-right-to-die-barriers-in-access-to-physician-assisted-death-in-case-of-psychiatric-disease-advanced-dementia-or-multiple-geriatric-syndromes-in-the-netherlands
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Caroline van den Ende, Eva Constance Alida Asscher
Even in the Netherlands, where the practice of physician-assisted death (PAD) has been legalized for over 20 years, there is no such thing as a 'right to die'. Especially patients with extraordinary requests, such as a wish for PAD based on psychiatric suffering, advanced dementia, or (a limited number of) multiple geriatric syndromes, encounter barriers in access to PAD. In this paper, we discuss whether these barriers can be justified in the context of the Dutch situation where PAD is legally permitted for those who suffer unbearably and hopelessly as a result of medical conditions...
February 20, 2024: Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy
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