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Atypical Electrophysiological Indices of Eyes-Open and Eyes-Closed Resting-State in Children and Adolescents with ADHD and Autism (2020)
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Bellato, A., Arora, I., Kochhar, P., Hollis, C., & Groom, M. J. (2020). Atypical Electrophysiological Indices of Eyes-Open and Eyes-Closed Resting-State in Children and Adolescents with ADHD and Autism. Brain Sciences, 10(5), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10050272

Investigating electrophysiological measures during resting-state might be useful to investigate brain functioning and responsivity in individuals under diagnostic assessment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism. EEG was reco... Read More about Atypical Electrophysiological Indices of Eyes-Open and Eyes-Closed Resting-State in Children and Adolescents with ADHD and Autism.

Secondary care specialist visits made by children and young people prescribed antidepressants in primary care: A descriptive study using the QResearch database (2020)
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Jack, R. H., Joseph, R. M., Coupland, C., Butler, D., Hollis, C., Morriss, R., …Hippisley-Cox, J. (2020). Secondary care specialist visits made by children and young people prescribed antidepressants in primary care: A descriptive study using the QResearch database. BMC Medicine, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01560-7

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Antidepressants may be used to manage a number of conditions in children and young people including depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. UK guidelines for the treatment of depression in children an... Read More about Secondary care specialist visits made by children and young people prescribed antidepressants in primary care: A descriptive study using the QResearch database.

Undiagnosed dementia in primary care: a record linkage study (2020)
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Aldus, C. F., Arthur, A., Dennington-Price, A., Millac, P., Richmond, P., Dening, T., …Savva, G. M. (2020). Undiagnosed dementia in primary care: a record linkage study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(20), 1-108. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr08200

Background The number of people living with dementia is greater than the number with a diagnosis of dementia recorded in primary care. This suggests that a significant number are living with dementia that is undiagnosed. Little is known about this... Read More about Undiagnosed dementia in primary care: a record linkage study.

Association of extent of cannabis use and psychotic like intoxication experiences in a multi-national sample of first episode psychosis patients and controls (2020)
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Sami, M., Quattrone, D., Ferraro, L., Tripoli, G., Cascia, E. L., Gayer-Anderson, C., …Forti, M. D. (2021). Association of extent of cannabis use and psychotic like intoxication experiences in a multi-national sample of first episode psychosis patients and controls. Psychological Medicine, 51(12), 2074-2082. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291720000847

Background First episode psychosis (FEP) patients who use cannabis experience more frequent psychotic and euphoric intoxication experiences compared to controls. It is not clear whether this is consequent to patients being more vulnerable to the eff... Read More about Association of extent of cannabis use and psychotic like intoxication experiences in a multi-national sample of first episode psychosis patients and controls.

Social support does not moderate the relationship between personality and risk-taking/antisocial behaviour (2020)
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Egan, V., & Bull, S. (2020). Social support does not moderate the relationship between personality and risk-taking/antisocial behaviour. Personality and Individual Differences, 163, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110053

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Perceived social support from family, friends, and significant others is as a key influence on positive behaviour, so potentially reduces risk-taking and offending. Research on these constructs was examined in relation to the infl... Read More about Social support does not moderate the relationship between personality and risk-taking/antisocial behaviour.

The Barts Explanatory Model Inventory for Dementia: An item reduction approach based on responses from South Asian communities (2020)
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Kampanellou, E., Wilberforce, M., Worden, A., Giebel, C., Challis, D., & Bhui, K. (2020). The Barts Explanatory Model Inventory for Dementia: An item reduction approach based on responses from South Asian communities. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 35(8), 916-925. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5313

© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Background: Cultural differences in how the symptoms, causes, consequences, and treatments of dementia are understood and interpreted by South Asian people are a commonly expressed reason for late- or nonuse of mental h... Read More about The Barts Explanatory Model Inventory for Dementia: An item reduction approach based on responses from South Asian communities.

An update on blood-based biomarkers for non-Alzheimer neurodegenerative disorders (2020)
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Ashton, N. J., Hye, A., Rajkumar, A. P., Leuzy, A., Snowden, S., Suárez-Calvet, M., …Aarsland, D. (2020). An update on blood-based biomarkers for non-Alzheimer neurodegenerative disorders. Nature Reviews Neurology, 16, 265-284. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-020-0348-0

Cerebrospinal fluid analyses and neuroimaging can identify the underlying pathophysiology at the earliest stage of some neurodegenerative disorders, but do not have the scalability needed for population screening. Therefore, a blood-based marker for... Read More about An update on blood-based biomarkers for non-Alzheimer neurodegenerative disorders.

Association of cannabis with glutamatergic levels in patients with early psychosis: Evidence for altered volume striatal glutamate relationships in patients with a history of cannabis use in early psychosis (2020)
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Sami, M., Worker, A., Colizzi, M., Annibale, L., Das, D., Kelbrick, M., …Tekfi, F. (2020). Association of cannabis with glutamatergic levels in patients with early psychosis: Evidence for altered volume striatal glutamate relationships in patients with a history of cannabis use in early psychosis. Translational Psychiatry, 10, Article 111. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-0790-1

he associative striatum, an established substrate in psychosis, receives widespread glutamatergic projections. We sought to see if glutamatergic indices are altered between early psychosis patients with and without a history of cannabis use and chara... Read More about Association of cannabis with glutamatergic levels in patients with early psychosis: Evidence for altered volume striatal glutamate relationships in patients with a history of cannabis use in early psychosis.

Designing the Structured Search Experience: Rethinking the Query-Builder Paradigm (2020)
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Russell-Rose, T., & Shokraneh, F. (2020). Designing the Structured Search Experience: Rethinking the Query-Builder Paradigm. Weave, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.3998/weave.12535642.0003.102

Knowledge workers such as healthcare information professionals, legal researchers, and librarians need to create and execute search strategies that are comprehensive, transparent, and reproducible. The traditional solution is to use command-line quer... Read More about Designing the Structured Search Experience: Rethinking the Query-Builder Paradigm.

Psychosocial Working Conditions and Well-Being of Migrant Workers in Spain (2020)
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Leka, S., Bretones, F. D., Jain, A., & García-López, P. A. (2020). Psychosocial Working Conditions and Well-Being of Migrant Workers in Spain. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), Article 2547. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072547

This study examines the relationship beween employment and psychosocial working conditions and well-being of native and migrant workers in the working population of Spain. Data from the 7th Spanish Survey of Working Conditions was used to conduct a c... Read More about Psychosocial Working Conditions and Well-Being of Migrant Workers in Spain.

The role of negative urgency in risky alcohol drinking and binge-eating in United Kingdom male and female students (2020)
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Ralph-Nearman, C., Stewart, J. L., & Jones, K. A. (2020). The role of negative urgency in risky alcohol drinking and binge-eating in United Kingdom male and female students. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100274

Identifying students at risk of developing binge-eating and alcohol use disorders is a priority in the United Kingdom (UK). Although relationships between negative urgency (impulsive behavior during times of negative emotion), risky drinking, and bin... Read More about The role of negative urgency in risky alcohol drinking and binge-eating in United Kingdom male and female students.

Sexual behaviour as a natural laboratory for understanding individual differences (2020)
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Egan, V. (2021). Sexual behaviour as a natural laboratory for understanding individual differences. Personality and Individual Differences, 169, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110036

As bonding primates, human sexuality is fundamental to existence and well-being as a species and for most individuals. Sexual behaviour can be diverse or prosaic, as are the antecedent and consequent pathways, indicating individual differences are an... Read More about Sexual behaviour as a natural laboratory for understanding individual differences.

Post-stroke fatigue: a scoping review (2020)
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Aali, G., Drummond, A., das Nair, R., & Shokraneh, F. (2020). Post-stroke fatigue: a scoping review. F1000Research, 9, Article 242. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.22880.1

Background: Post-stroke fatigue (PSF) is one of the most common and frustrating outcomes of stroke. It has a high prevalence and it can persist for many years after stroke. PSF itself contributes to a wider range of undesirable outcomes that affect a... Read More about Post-stroke fatigue: a scoping review.

Assessing the quality of meta-analyses in systematic reviews in pharmaceutical research in Iran by 2016: A systematic review (2020)
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Amanollahi, A., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Shokraneh, F., Bashiri, Y., & Mahmudi, L. (2020). Assessing the quality of meta-analyses in systematic reviews in pharmaceutical research in Iran by 2016: A systematic review. Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 34(1), https://doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.34.30

© Iran University of Medical Sciences. Background: Meta-analyses, like all other studies, may be poorly designed and implemented. This study was designed to determine the quality of meta-analyses in systematic reviews in the field of pharmaceutical r... Read More about Assessing the quality of meta-analyses in systematic reviews in pharmaceutical research in Iran by 2016: A systematic review.

Computerised speech and language therapy or attention control added to usual care for people with long-term post-stroke aphasia: the Big CACTUS three-arm RCT (2020)
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Palmer, R., Dimairo, M., Latimer, N., Cross, E., Brady, M., Enderby, P., …Cooper, C. (2020). Computerised speech and language therapy or attention control added to usual care for people with long-term post-stroke aphasia: the Big CACTUS three-arm RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 24(19), 1-176. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24190

BACKGROUND: People with aphasia may improve their communication with speech and language therapy many months/years after stroke. However, NHS speech and language therapy reduces in availability over time post stroke. OBJECTIVE: This trial evaluated t... Read More about Computerised speech and language therapy or attention control added to usual care for people with long-term post-stroke aphasia: the Big CACTUS three-arm RCT.

Prediction of dementia risk in low-income and middle-income countries (the 10/66 Study): an independent external validation of existing models (2020)
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Stephan, B. C., Pakpahan, E., Siervo, M., Licher, S., Muniz-Terrera, G., Mohan, D., …Prina, M. (2020). Prediction of dementia risk in low-income and middle-income countries (the 10/66 Study): an independent external validation of existing models. Lancet Global Health, 8(4), Article e524 - e535. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x%2820%2930062-0

Background To date, dementia prediction models have been exclusively developed and tested in high-income countries (HICs). However, most people with dementia live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where dementia risk prediction rese... Read More about Prediction of dementia risk in low-income and middle-income countries (the 10/66 Study): an independent external validation of existing models.

Tic frequency and behavioural measures of cognitive control are improved in individuals with Tourette syndrome by aerobic exercise training (2020)
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Jackson, G. M., Nixon, E., & Jackson, S. R. (2020). Tic frequency and behavioural measures of cognitive control are improved in individuals with Tourette syndrome by aerobic exercise training. Cortex, 129, 188-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.01.029

Previous observations of improvements in cognition in typically developing children following moderate to vigorous exercise (e.g., Budde, Voelcker-Rehage, Pietrabyk-Kendziorra, Ribeiro, & Tidow, 2008; Hillman et al., 2009) have led to increased inter... Read More about Tic frequency and behavioural measures of cognitive control are improved in individuals with Tourette syndrome by aerobic exercise training.

Technology Matters: The human touch in a digital age – a blended approach in mental healthcare delivery with children and young people (2020)
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Sanderson, C., Kouzoupi, N., & Hall, C. L. (2020). Technology Matters: The human touch in a digital age – a blended approach in mental healthcare delivery with children and young people. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 25(2), 120-122. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12385

Online psychological interventions have the potential to address many current issues facing service provision in child and adolescent mental health, not least improving access to evidence‐based therapies and providing greater patient choice. Recognis... Read More about Technology Matters: The human touch in a digital age – a blended approach in mental healthcare delivery with children and young people.

The notion of “invisibility” in people’s experiences of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis: a systematic meta-synthesis (2020)
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Parker, L. S., Topcu, G., De Boos, D., & das Nair, R. (2021). The notion of “invisibility” in people’s experiences of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis: a systematic meta-synthesis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(23), 3276-3290. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.1741698

© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Purpose: Invisible symptoms have a negative impact on people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), related to the very notion that they are “unseen.” It is important to understand the not... Read More about The notion of “invisibility” in people’s experiences of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis: a systematic meta-synthesis.