Assessing the impact of long-acting injectable compared to oral antipsychotic medications on readmission to a state psychiatric hospital.

What Is Known On The Subject: People living with schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) have a higher death rate which is caused, in part, by poorer adherence to treatment as compared to those with other mental illnesses. Using long-acting injectable antipsychotic (LAI) medications can improve medication adherence and reduce hospitalizations for people living with SSD but are often underutilized.

What The Paper Adds To Existing Knowledge: As compared to oral antipsychotic medications provided to patients with SSD at discharge from a psychiatric hospitalization, being provided with an LAI antipsychotic medication may reduce subsequent rehospitalization.

The DNP project: Two decades of impact.

Twenty years ago, pioneer Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program students completed the first DNP projects. Today, DNP projects remain a requirement for graduation. This article illustrates how the DNP project can be integrated throughout the DNP curriculum to maximize effectiveness and promote the introduction, reinforcement, and evaluation of competencies in the new American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials.

Hydrodynamic Assembly of Astrocyte Cells in Conductive Hollow Microfibers.

The manufacturing of 3D cell scaffoldings provides advantages for modeling diseases and injuries as it enables the creation of physiologically relevant platforms. A triple-flow microfluidic device is developed to rapidly fabricate alginate/graphene hollow microfibers based on the gelation of alginate induced with CaCl . This five-channel microdevice actualizes continuous mild fabrication of hollow fibers under an optimized flow rate ratio of 300:200:100 µL min .

EXPERIMENTAL CHOLECALCIFEROL SUPPLEMENTATION IN A HERD OF MANAGED ASIAN ELEPHANTS ().

Vitamin D supplementation may pose a significant health risk in species where levels of deficiency, sufficiency, and toxicity have not been clearly established, and species-specific research on vitamin D supplementation should be performed. This study documented the effect of vitamin D supplementation on serum vitamin D metabolites and other analytes of Ca homeostasis in Asian elephants (). Six adult Asian elephants received PO supplementation with cholecalciferol at 300 IU/kg of body weight (BW) once a week for 24 wk.

Social inequalities in aggravating factors of somatic symptom persistence (SOMA.SOC): study protocol for a mixed-method observational study focusing on irritable bowel syndrome and fatigue.

Introduction: Some studies indicate that persistent somatic symptoms (PSS) are more prevalent among individuals with a low socioeconomic status (SES) and a migration background. However, factors explaining social inequalities in PSS are largely unknown. It is expected that aggravating factors of PSS like illness perception, illness beliefs (health literacy, stigma), illness behaviour and health anxiety may play an important role for this explanation.