Heather Johnson

Authors of this study collected data between June 2020 and June 2021 using a 3-part electronic questionnaire oral health quality of life in those with Parkinson disease.

Based on the theory that relaxing the facial muscles used to express negative emotions reduces the intensity of those emotions, the researchers explored the connection between BoNT injections and anxiety.

A study from the 1990s showed adverse childhood experiences contributed to illicit drug and alcohol use. A more recent study showed adults between age 18 and 25 had the highest rate of opioid misuse compared with teens and adults aged 26 and older. The researchers in the current study wanted to explore the connection between “early life risk exposures” and opioid use among university students.

Using a quantitative application of Rothman’s theoretical framework of causation, the researchers sought to investigate if manic and anxiety symptoms contribute to suicidal ideation in individuals with bipolar disorder during a depressive state.

While the ability to quickly “turn on” creativity is still unknown, researchers looked at how brain activity in a semi lucid phase of light sleep can light up creativity.

Investigators examined the incidence and severity of newly diagnosed anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa in Canada before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Researchers are exploring affective lability as a therapeutic target for bipolar disorder, but limited evidence exists on its prevalence and impact among people with schizophrenia and other psychosis spectrum disorders.

Authors analyzed the documentation of primary care professionals from electronic health records (EHRs) to find out the rate of PTBM recommendation for 4-5 year old patients with an ADHD diagnosis, ADHD symptoms or who were prescribed ADHD medication.

Biomarker research has revealed a connection between systemic inflammation and depression.

In a recent survey, more than half the college students with ADHD had at least 1 psychiatric disorder. The recent WHO World Mental Health Survey of college students assessed comorbidities in more than 15,000 college freshmen across 9 countries.

Previous studies have looked at the benefits of coffee and tea separately in dementia and stroke prevention. However, the researchers for this current study wanted to look at coffee and tea in combination.

Researchers examined hospitalization rates among pediatric patients with bipolar disorder who received treatment with atypical antipsychotic drugs.

Investigators conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the impact of financial incentives on outcomes among patients having undergone treatment for opioid use disorder.

A team of investigators examined repetitive behavior exhibited among children later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

A team of investigators conducted a cross-sectional study to explore the association between an increased pain threshold and risk of self-harm in youth.

Investigators assessed the impact of physician clinical knowledge on opioid prescribing habits following the shift in guideline recommendations away from opioid prescribing.

Investigators installed GPS data loggers with custom software in participants’ vehicles to see if driving performance could predict preclinical Alzheimer disease.

Researchers investigated the associations of ADHD pharmacotherapy with externalizing symptoms and childhood suicidality.

Researchers examined the efficacy of cervical noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation as an adjunct to standard treatment for patients with Parkinson disease and freezing of gait.

The researchers compared the risks and benefits of reduced vs standard doses of antipsychotics for patients with schizophrenia.

Researchers studied how the length of the female reproductive period, which is an indicator of endogenous estrogen, is related to levels of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer disease.

Determining if a patient with subtle cognitive symptoms suffers from prodromal or preclinical Alzheimer disease (AD) and whether that patient will progress to AD dementia is a challenge. However, this determination is critically important in order to ascertain a correct and early diagnosis of AD. Researchers may have found one method that can help.

The goal of the researchers was to describe the short- and long-term effects of brexpiprazole on Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) “Marder factors.”

The researchers’ objective was to examine whether PTSD could be compared and assessed based on DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria, using PTSD Checklists.

Using transcriptional profiling of mouse meningeal lymphatic endothelial cells, microglia and brain blood endothelial cells, the researchers showed that meningeal lymphatic function is coupled to microglia and brain vascular activation in Alzheimer disease.

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder often have issue with facial emotion recognition (FER). The researchers sought to determine whether these deficits arise because facial emotion information is not encoded in their neural signal, or because it is encoded, but fails to translate to FER behavior.

The researchers looked at the effectiveness of cognitive remediation on cognition and functioning in people diagnosed with schizophrenia.

While sleep dysregulation is a feature of dementia, it remains unclear whether the duration of sleep prior to old age is associated with dementia. The researchers examined the association between sleep duration and incidence of dementia using a 25-year follow-up.

The researchers tested whether antisocial personalities are associated with similar structural and neural alterations as those observed in criminal psychopathy.

With cannabis in the United States becoming more widely available for medical and recreational use, some with Parkinson disease (PD) are trying cannabis to control symptoms. However, not that much is currently known about the attitudes and experiences regarding cannabis use among those with PD.