Publications by authors named "C O Bellamy"
Ethanol is one of the most widely used drugs in the world. Ethanol induces profound physiological and behavioural responses in invertebrate model organisms, such as Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster. Lumbriculus variegatus (Annelida, Oligochaete) is an aquatic worm which shows behavioural responses to common drugs and thus is potentially useful in pharmacological research.
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- Globally, while people are living longer, many experience a decline in health due to age-related diseases, highlighting the need for better classification systems to address these issues.
- A consensus meeting with 150 experts established criteria for identifying ageing-related pathologies, requiring a 70% agreement for approval among participants.
- The agreed criteria focus on conditions that progress with age, contribute to functional decline, and are backed by human studies, setting a foundation for future classification and staging efforts.
Background: The objective of this study was to pilot test newly developed personalized imagery procedures to investigate the impact of racial stress on alcohol craving and emotional and physiological response in Black adults with alcohol use disorder (AUD).
Methods: Twenty Black adults (45% women, mean=37.05, SD=13.
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- Innovative peer support approaches are crucial for addressing the complex needs of individuals with serious mental illnesses, but their effectiveness is mixed due to diverse study components that previous reviews didn't adequately analyze.
- * This review highlights significant variation in both the intervention components and outcomes across 26 studies, identifying key areas such as "being there," self-management assistance, and peer support values.
- * The findings suggest that peer support services should be researched more specifically rather than treated as a single, unified intervention, to better understand what aspects are most effective.