This study concludes that psychoeducation can increase patients' knowledge about sAUD, but it does not increase the likelihood of abstinence or controlled low consumption after discharge. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This item concludes that a higher exposure to glucocorticoids during the initial therapy of lupus nephritis was associated with better renal outcomes, at the cost of increased infections and mortality. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aims to investigate the effects of neurocognitive training (NT), a personalized and specialized exercise programme on symptoms, attention and dynamic balance in treatment-naïve children diagnosed with ADHD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study concludes that febuxostat combined with a low-purine diet can reduce inflammatory factors and alleviate the degree of pain in gout patients, significantly improving their clinical symptoms. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study reports a low occurrence of new-onset SAIDs following COVID-19 vaccination, primarily IIMs, PMR, and inflammatory arthritis. Identified risk factors included pre-existing AID multimorbidity, mental health diseases, and mixed race. Open access article - no login required.
The aim of this narrative review was to identify and describe human rights-based approaches in homecare, in order to promote awareness and understanding of a human rights-based approach. Open access article - no login required.
Findings from this study support the importance and value of engaging with older people to assist with the development of community-based programs that are authentically designed to align with the expectations of older people, through a process of quality improvement. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This rapid review synthesizes evidence about the experiences of users and providers of community-based accommodation services for people living with serious mental illness internationally to understand priorities for policy and practice. Open access article - no login required.
The purpose of this review was to identify barriers to exercise prescription in the treatment of people diagnosed with mental illness as perceived by HCPs. Open access article - no login required.
This scoping review aims to compile, analyse, and identify gaps in the existing research concerning the attitudes of residents and staff towards sexuality within the context of residential aged care. Open access article - no login required.
The aim of this study, which was nested in a larger evaluation project, was to explore the experiences and perspectives of healthcare professionals to understand the implementation of a step-down IC service in Buckinghamshire, UK. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
When seeking medical information on social media, users tend to rely on subjective judgment rather than objective judgment, although both are influential. Furthermore, in the current era, in which marketing methods involving big data algorithms and artificial intelligence prevail, negative signals, such as information overload, have a more pronounced impact than positive signals.
With the enormous growth in interest and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems seen since the launch of ChatGPT in autumn 2022 have come questions both about the legal status of AI outputs, and of using protected works as training inputs. It is inevitable that UK higher education institution (HEI) library copyright advice services will see an increase in questions around use of works with AI as a result. Staff working in such library services are not lawyers or able to offer legal advice to their academic researchers. Nonetheless, they must look at the issues raised, consider how to advise in analogous situations of using copyright material, and offer opinion to researchers accordingly. While the legal questions remain to be answered definitively, copyright librarians can still offer advice on both open licences and use of copyright material under permitted exceptions. We look here at how library services can address questions on copyright and open licences for generative AI for researchers in UK HEIs.
The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate if occupational therapy and/or physiotherapy interventions improve activity and participation for children and adolescents with functional neurological disorder. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The purpose of this international consensus document is to outline the best practices and recommendations for effective debridement. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this systematic review was to identify and qualify the current available evidence of the wound exudate handling capabilities and the cost-effectiveness of hydration response technology. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study sought to determine the impact of hydroxychloroquine dose on the risk of hospitalizations for systemic lupus erythematosus. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this review study was to identify, categorize, and synthesize the interventions suggested to improve access and utilization of health services by the ageing population. Open access article - no login required.
The study aim was to explore experiences of alcohol use and harm within the following four Gypsy/Traveller communities: Irish Travellers, Boaters, Gypsies, and Slovakian Roma. Open access article - no login required
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and acceptability of the novel electrical therapy on sleep disturbance in autoimmune rheumatism diseases patients and its effect on immunologic factors. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This paper aims to provide insights about why Deaf people are twice as likely as hearing people to experience mental health problems. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This pilot study explores the effectiveness and feasibility of a group treatment program for youth offenders with cognitive deficits and mental health concerns in youth detention. Open access article - no login required
This study aimed to qualitatively explore the experience of childhood adverse events and coping strategies employed by individuals that promote resilience and better mental health outcomes. Open access article - no login required.
We define criteria for methamphetamine-induced psychotic disorder (MIPD) to aid in accurate and reliable diagnosis. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study explored working alliance (WA) in a clinic serving individuals with APS to see how WA changed across the course of treatment and its relation to APS. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study elucidated the factors contributing to the development and severity of MetS in first-treatment drug-naïve (FTDN) patients with SCZ. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aims of this study were to measure the prevalence of polypharmacy and describe the prescribing of selected medications known for overuse in older people with polypharmacy in primary care. Open access article - no login required.
In this article, we propose a strategy of patient-controlled, home-based, self-TDM of the immunosuppressant tacrolimus after transplantation. Open access article - no login required.
We aimed to characterize the cardiovascular AEs of BTKIs reported in the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System, and to compare the cardiovascular risks of BTKIs. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aims of this study are: (i) to validate the predictive performance of existing IFX PopPK models using a cohort of children with IBD; and (ii) to perform a Bayesian estimation of the most suitable model to predict the next IFX concentrations. Open access article - no login required
The current study reports findings from a randomized controlled feasibility trial (N = 33; Mage = 11.79 years, SD = 3.08; 63.6% White; 66.7% female) that measured youths’ resting RSA, RSA reactivity, and RSA recovery in response to a pretreatment laboratory challenge. Open access article - no login required.
The present study examined how PTSS and risky drinking may function through the associations between maladaptive individual and interpersonal coping strategies and relationship distress among trauma-exposed individuals. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Individuals with posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) report difficulties engaging with positive autobiographical memories. Extending this line of research, we examined daily-level concurrent and lagged associations between PTSS severity and positive memory characteristics (vividness, coherence, accessibility, time perspective, sensory details, visual perspective, emotional intensity, sharing, distancing, and valence). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This article summarizes the growing literature on resilience in the face of aversive and potentially traumatic events (PTEs) in three basic axioms: (a) resilience is a common outcome, 2) there are no “key” traits to resilience (resilience is not a type), and (c) resilient outcomes occur through flexible self-regulation. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This review provides an overview of glial modulators as a novel treatment approach for comorbid pain and OUD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This review aimed to uncover PIM prevalence in individuals aged 65 years or older using health databases and emphasized the risk of underestimating PIM prevalence due to underutilization of detection tools. Open access article - no login required.
This review aims to identify and discuss current knowledge gaps and considerations regarding the inclusion of transgender and nonbinary participants in phase 1 clinical drug trials. Open access article - no login required.
This study compares the effects of two intranasal vitamin B12 dosage regimens in elderly vitamin B12-deficient patients. Open access article - no login required.
...focussing on the lived experiences of regional Australian youth with recent experience of climate-related disasters alongside clinical insights from those involved in their care. Open access article - no login required.
This study aimed to establish a comprehensive set of recovery-oriented rehabilitation programs for individuals with schizophrenia, comparing the efficacy of video-based rehabilitation to traditional face-to-face interventions. The primary objective was to assess whether video-based rehabilitation could serve as a viable alternative for individuals with schizophrenia residing in remote areas. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aimed to determine whether the integration of a clozapine clinic within an early intervention for psychosis service resulted in a change in the rate and time to initiation of clozapine, the number of trials of different antipsychotic medications prior to clozapine, community initiation and discontinuation rates. Open access article - no login required.
Defining Discontinuation for Buprenorphine Treatment: Implications for Quality Measurement. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In this study, the most common trajectories of illness course are described for a cohort of individuals followed for 25 years since first admission for psychosis. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The objective of this study was to perform a well-powered genetic study of TRD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The authors revisit the neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia with genomic insights from the most recent schizophrenia clinical genetic association studies, transcriptomic and epigenomic analyses from human postmortem brain studies, and analyses from cellular models that recapitulate neurodevelopment. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Illness: Evidence for Treatment Persistence. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The authors sought to estimate the genetic and environmental contributions to PTSD, and to formally test for sex differences, in the largest sample to date of both sexes, among twins and siblings. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The co-occurrence of unhealthy alcohol use and opioid misuse is high and associated with increased rates of overdose, emergency health care utilization, and death. The current study examined whether receipt of an alcohol-related brief intervention is associated with reduced risk of negative downstream opioid-related outcomes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
...The conditions co-occur frequently, they share some cognitive features, and they have a marked overlap in underlying genetic and environmental influences (1). Perhaps surprisingly, we know much less about the overlap in brain function, particularly when the brain is actively engaged in psychological processes. This knowledge gap is partly addressed by a meticulously conducted and conceptually elegant meta-analysis of brain function in ADHD and ASD... To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We are a large and diverse group of national and international clinicians, lived experience and social community advocates, all working together to innovate the current approaches available for women with menopausal mental ill health. Open access article - no login required.
We show how acoustic prosodic features, such as pitch and gaps, can be used computationally for detecting symptoms of schizophrenia from a single spoken response. Open access article - no login required.
The present study included 644 schizophrenia patients from two centers. Demographic and clinical characteristics were collected at baseline and 4 weeks after admission to investigate the correlation between metabolites, episodes, usage of AAPDs, and occurrence of dyslipidemia. Open access article - no login required.
The current study employed network analytic techniques to examine how subjective views surrounding the cause of depressive symptoms altered actual symptom presentation networks. Additionally, the interaction between depressive symptoms and various etiological beliefs was examined. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The goal of the current research was to clarify the mixed findings regarding the relation between pleasure deficits and internalizing psychopathology. Open access article - no login required.
The present paper reviews key barriers to accessing and engaging in EBPs for PTSD, discusses current applications of AI in PTSD treatment and provides recommendations for future AI integrations aimed at reducing barriers to access and engagement. Open access article - no login required.
This is the first study to interview autistic adults about their personal experiences of differentiating between obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms and repetitive behaviours related to autism. Open access article - no login required.
This study aims to investigate the prevalence of problem behaviours, characterise the behavioural phenotype and use well-validated measures to explore variables that maintain the behaviours. Open access article - no login required.
This international study examines the implementation characteristics of the BIs and compares them to standardised measures for assessing the severity of intellectual impairment and adaptive behaviours in disorders of intellectual development and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The clinical utility of the ICD-11 and the fidelity of its application in international clinical settings were also assessed. Open access article - no login required
This study explores the experiences and identities of nonbinary autistic people, an under-researched population. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
There is an increasing focus on research exploring autistic communication and community. In this review, we systematically collate and analyse how autistic adults describe their experiences of other autistic people and the relationship this has with their Quality of Life (QoL). Open access article - no login required.
Autistic children often have comorbid somatic problems. However, in adulthood, this has been much less studied. We investigated the associations between autistic symptoms and irritable bowel syndrome, food allergy, pain, and fatigue in adulthood and examined sex and life-course differences herein. Open access article - no login required.
The overarching aim of this exploratory study was to learn about autonomy from the perspective of autistic adults with intellectual disability, including what autonomy meant and how participants wanted to be supported to be autonomous. Open access article - no login required.
This article describes and reflects on the first six meetings of a newly established Autistic community council, founded to steer a participatory, longitudinal qualitative study investigating the reproductive health of Autistic people with wombs. Open access article - no login required.
Our study used video clips of autistic and non-autistic people recounting emotional events to test if participants from the general population could: track the intensity of the narrators’ emotions; name and feel the same emotion; match where the narrator felt the emotion and indicate how intensely they felt the emotion using a body map. Open access article - no login required.
We introduce Get Free Copy (https://getfreecopy.com), a web-based platform designed to streamline the search for biomedical literature across major repositories like arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv, and PubMed Central (PMC). Addressing challenges posed by paywalls and fragmented databases, it offers a unified interface for efficient retrieval of free, legitimate copies of biomedical literature. The platform's implementation involves a Node.js backend and dynamic front-end display, enhancing accessibility and research efficiency. As an open-source project, Get Free Copy represents a significant contribution to the open-access movement, inviting global researcher collaboration for further development.
How to optimize the systematic review process using AI tools
Nicholas Fabiano, Arnav Gupta, Nishaant Bhambra, Brandon Luu, Stanley Wong, Muhammad Maaz, Jess G. Fiedorowicz … See all authors
First published: 23 April 2024
https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12234
Nicholas Fabiano, Arnav Gupta and Nishaant Bhambra contributed equally to this paper.
While ChatGPT has gained popularity in various domains, it may not be the ideal focus for medical professionals due to its reliance on language pattern prediction rather than direct fact retrieval, potentially leading to inaccurate outputs. We emphasize the limitations of ChatGPT's training data, which mainly come from non-specialized sources and may result in misleading answers in highly specialized medical domains. We advocate for a shift towards specialized medical large language models (LLMs) that are trained using authoritative medical databases, supplemented by human validation, to ensure accuracy and completeness of data.
This study aimed to establish quality criteria to assist patients, caregivers, and the public in evaluating the reliability of online health information.
As cannabis policies become more permissive, there is a reasonable concern that this may increase rates of CUD and contribute further to the incidence of other mental health disorders. However, several strategies can be implemented to offset these harms.
'The findings from Ekezie et al. (2023) paint a troubling picture that emphasises how cultural discrimination and lack of understanding can lead to disengagement and underrepresentation of ethnic minority voices within health and social care services and research. It also provides insight into how additional factors such as poor service provision, language barriers, and lack of cultural sensitivity can exacerbate illnesses, and further contribute to feelings of apprehension and distrust.'
'The review uncovers challenges in incorporating forensic social work into generic social work education due to factors such as socioeconomic structure, historical and political influences, and attitudes towards forensic social work.'
'provision of community perinatal mental health teams is associated with increased mental health service access and reduced post-partum relapse, as well as reductions in pre-term birth. However, higher rates of stillbirth and neonatal death in regions where such teams are provided show that investment in mental healthcare alone cannot be assumed to influence the pregnancy risks known to be higher in women with mental health conditions.'
Eye-tracking technology could be used as a tool to allow RTT children and adults to communicate and learn in an easier way as well as for the detection of their feelings. Using eye-tracking technology as a method to complement cognitive assessment of children has a lot of potential not just for children with RTT but also for other individuals with limited communication skills.
'As the NHS moves towards providing Enhanced Primary Care Services, which include mental health services for people with more complex presentations, such an intervention may offer practitioners an easily implementable tool which could help reduce escalation to secondary care and improve mental health literacy'
Appropriate nutrition represents a potential strategy to mitigate dementia risk and could be recommended by clinicians as part of mid-life health checks and other health initiatives to reduce dementia prevalence. The purpose of this review is to provide a clinician-focused update on the current state of the knowledge on nutrition and dementia prevention.
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Implications for practice and research:
-There is scope for public health to consider non-alcoholic beverages as a potential strategy to reduce alcohol consumption in adults who drink excessively.
-Future research should explore whether non-alcoholic beverages can reduce alcohol consumption in a wider range of countries and in different population groups, such as individuals with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence.
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Overall, ICT fall interventions improved fall efficacy but not cognitive function. For quality of life (QOL), mixed results were found depending on the assessment tools.
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This series of articles will explore the neurodivergent condition of autism from a range of different perspectives. This fifth article will explore the co-occurrence of autism and mental health conditions throughout a person's life.
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Journals have a key role in nursing and health care. They are widely used for evidence-based practice and for professional development. In this article, we will look at some of the key features of journals and how you can use libraries to access them.
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The current study aimed to systematically search, review and synthesize the literature on CBT and MI training to assess its effect on practitioner behavioural outcomes. Open access article - no login required.
This study, from Australia, examines associations between becoming a caregiver and depressive symptoms among men. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study, from Sweden, finds adult children of parents with AUD have a raised risk of mood and anxiety disorders even after adjustment for sociodemographic factors and parental mood or anxiety disorder. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This review aims to illustrate how the study of memory suppression may enhance our understanding of substance use disorders by unveiling the underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms involved, which could have important implications for addiction treatment. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This qualitative study explored the lived experience of people with severe obesity using community health and social care services in Scotland. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Given the vast quantity of literature available, a key challenge of conducting rapid evidence syntheses is the time and effort required to manually screen large search results sets to identify and include all studies relevant to the research question within an accelerated timeline. To overcome this challenge, the NCCMT investigated the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into the title and abstract screening stage of the rapid review process to expedite the identification of studies relevant to the research question.
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his study aimed to examine health information seeking attitudes and behaviors in an academic-based employee wellness program before and after health literacy workshops were developed and facilitated by an academic health sciences librarian.
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What the paper adds to existing knowledge:
-Nurses and nurse managers consider violence risk assessment and management their responsibility. Still, nurses and nurse managers have mixed attitudes towards the use of validated risk assessment tools.
-The attitudes towards service users' positive risk-taking in nurses and nurse managers vary, with some nurses and nurse managers supporting its importance.
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What does the paper add to existing knowledge?
- Mental health nurses have positive attitudes towards consumers with dual diagnosis.
- A positive attitude at work is influenced by various factors, including feeling that one's role is appropriate and legitimate. This also includes receiving support in that role, being motivated to work, having confidence in completing tasks and feeling satisfied with one's job.
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What this paper adds to existing knowledge?
-The Interactive Approach model can be used to improve communication between nursing staff and patients in numerous critical situations.
-Using a structured risk scale to evaluate a conflict can be an effective way to guide action and sort out the different aspects of communication between nursing staff and psychotic patients.
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Open discussion would help challenge denial of race-based discrimination and dispel the myth that it is unusual, but staff and managers remain reluctant to raise it
There is a culture of denial about the existence of racism in the NHS workplace and a lack of appetite for much-needed ‘race talk’ among employers, research reveals.
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To demonstrate and reflect upon the methodological lessons by which healthcare organizations can address questions of environmental sustainability related to single-use healthcare materials.
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The purpose of this paper is to report on a review of people’s experiences of residential and secure in-patient services in Norfolk for those with learning disabilities and autistic people. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Implications for practice and research:
-Many maternal suicides occur after 42 days post partum, suggesting a need for targeted suicide prevention for late maternal suicides.
-Improved data linkage between suicide and maternal deaths could inform service design and commissioning but requires integration with suicide prevention theory to design and deliver effective suicide prevention interventions.
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In this article, Iwan Dowie discusses the role of the community nurse in relation to safeguarding. The key principles of safeguarding are discussed, and how the community nurse can approach various incidences where they feel their patients may be at risk.
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Editorial. Digital platforms and artificial intelligence's (AI) influence on our daily lives often go unnoticed. From the algorithms that support our smartphones and driverless vehicles to the medical diagnostic systems used by health professionals, AI is increasingly taking over decision-making tasks traditionally performed by humans. While enhancing human efficiency, this shift also introduces a myriad of ethical and legal uncertainties that demand our attention.
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Venous leg ulcers affect 1.5% of the UK adult population. Leg ulcers are painful, can be malodourous and are associated with poor quality of life. Leg ulcers are predominantly cared for by nurses in the community. Frequently, patients receive suboptimal treatment through unwanted variations in care and simple ulcers deteriorate to become hard-to-heal wounds. It is important to understand the current UK system of care and how nurses and patients navigate through it.
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