Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2022 01 20;24(1). Epub 2022 Jan 20.
Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2022 May 24. Epub 2022 May 24.
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK.
Phantom limb pain (PLP) impacts the majority of individuals who undergo limb amputation. The PLP experience is highly heterogenous in its quality, intensity, frequency and severity. This heterogeneity, combined with the low prevalence of amputation in the general population, has made it difficult to accumulate reliable data on PLP. Read More
J Affect Disord 2022 May 21. Epub 2022 May 21.
Research and Development Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERSAM, 08830 Barcelona, Spain; ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain.
Background: We aimed to investigate associations of unclean cooking fuels with depression and anxiety symptoms in a large sample of adults aged ≥65 years from six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Methods: Cross-sectional, community-based, nationally representative data from the WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) were analyzed. Unclean cooking fuel referred to kerosene/paraffin, coal/charcoal, wood, agriculture/crop, animal dung, and shrubs/grass. Read More
Teaching Unit of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, CIBERSAM, Valencia, Spain.
Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of substance consumption and mental health problems among Spanish medical students, and their association with sociodemographic factors.Methods: A multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted. Self-reported data on sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were collected, including BDI-II, PHQ-9, brief STAI, and single-item academic burnout (IUBA). Read More
Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, via di San Salvi 12, 50135 Florence, Italy; Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, Maastricht, the Netherlands. Electronic address:
Background: The assessment of psychological well-being and euthymia represents an emerging issue in clinical psychology and psychiatry. Rating scales and indices such as the 5-item version of the World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5) and the Euthymia Scale (ES) were developed but insufficient attention has been devoted to the evaluation of their cross-cultural validity. This is the first study using Clinimetric Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (CLIPROM) criteria to assess cross-cultural validity and sensitivity of five different versions of the WHO-5 and ES. Read More
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2022 May 21. Epub 2022 May 21.
Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of California San Diego; Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego. Electronic address:
Atopic dermatitis is a very common skin disease with significant burden on patient health and quality of life. Knowledge regarding the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis has expanded within recent years, leading to novel and efficacious therapeutic agents. Similarly, our knowledge of the impact of atopic dermatitis on patient's mental and physical health has also expanded. Read More