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The COVID-19 pandemic struck the shipping industry in early March 2020. In Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), some extraordinary restrictions, including the quarantine of ships at ports and 14-day self-isolation on international ships, were imposed by shipping companies or port authorities in order to stop the rapid spread of the disease [1]. Such limitation and specific working...
Baygi Fereshteh et al.
BMC Psychiatry 2021; 21(1): 222
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Baygi Fereshteh et al.
BMC Psychiatry 2021; 21(1): 222
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A growing number of studies are finding associations between particular prescription medicines and symptoms of depression and raise concern about increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors.1,2 One drug of potential interest is finasteride, used to promote hair growth in men and women with alopecia and to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia in men. Finasteride received regulatory approval for...
Pompili, Maurizio Md, Phd et al.
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2021; 41(3): 304-9
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Pompili, Maurizio Md, Phd et al.
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2021; 41(3): 304-9
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Previously we hypothesized lamotrigine may be more effective for melancholic depression.1 The rationale was that lamotrigine inhibits presynaptic glutamate release,2 which appears to blunt the cortisol stress response 3 and mitigate the deleterious neuropsychological effects of chronic corticosteroid exposure,4 whereas melancholic features are associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis...
Peters, Evyn M.MD et al.
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2021; 41(3): 315-9
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Peters, Evyn M.MD et al.
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2021; 41(3): 315-9
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Patients with schizophrenia have deficiencies in a variety of cognitive functions, including verbal memory, working memory, motor speed, attention, executive functions, and verbal fluency, which affect up to 75% of patients [1]. Social cognition is also impaired in people with schizophrenia. They also have difficulties to perceive social input, which can lead to misunderstandings of others’ social...
Haddad Chadia et al.
BMC Psychiatry 2021; 21(1): 223
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Haddad Chadia et al.
BMC Psychiatry 2021; 21(1): 223
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Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a procedure that is currently performed over 600,000 times annually in the United States [1]. Common indications for TKA include pain, disability, impact on daily function, and arthritic deformity of the knee such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other forms of arthritic deformity [2]. Patients with osteoarthritis account for approximately 95% of TKA cases...
Nwankwo Vesta C. et al.
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021; 19(1): 136
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Nwankwo Vesta C. et al.
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021; 19(1): 136
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