Phytochemical Analysis and Antimalarial Activities of Ethyl Acetate Fraction of on Mice Subjected to .

Malaria airs a life-threatening risk in Tropical African countries, stemming from infection by species. This region is richly endowed by nature with a wealth of diverse and largely unexplored plants that hold the potential for managing this protozoan parasite. The currently accessible over-the-counter drugs for disease management often present affordability challenges for the average person, exacerbated by the parasite's increasing resistance to them.

Effect of the Application of sp.-Immobilised Biochar on the Remediation of Diesel-Contaminated Soil.

The immobilisation of bacteria on biochar has shown potential for enhanced remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the effect of bacterial immobilisation on biosolids-derived biochar for the remediation of diesel-contaminated soil. This current study aimed to assess the impact of the immobilisation of an autochthonous hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria, sp.

Integrating mental health into primary care in Nigeria: Implementation outcomes and clinical impact of the intervention.

Background: The Health Action for Psychiatric Problems In Nigeria including Epilepsy and SubstanceS () intervention is a multicomponent, community-based, mobile technology-supported intervention that integrates mental health into primary health care centers in Nigeria using the World Health Organization's Mental Health Gap Action Programme-Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG). This study evaluates its implementation and patient-level clinical impact using a quasi-experimental design (single cohort with pre- and post-measures).

Findings: The HAPPINESS intervention implementation demonstrated high feasibility with 84% adoption rate (% of participating primary health centers that completed its roll out) and 81% fidelity (% of clinicians who completed required intervention components according to the protocol).

U.S. Department of Justice Investigation of a State Psychiatric Hospital.

The Department of Justice investigation of state psychiatric hospitals is nothing like investigation by more familiar regulatory agencies such as The Joint Commission or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). For one, it comes with the threat of serious legal consequences for both the state psychiatric hospital under investigation and the state in general. Although little has been written about this topic, much of what has been written describes a negative, painful, and expansive experience affecting every aspect of the hospital system.

Point-of-Care Lateral Flow Detection of Viable O157:H7 Using an Improved Propidium Monoazide-Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Method.

The detection of both viable and viable but non-culturable (VBNC) O157:H7 is a crucial part of food safety. Traditional culture-dependent methods are lengthy, expensive, laborious, and unable to detect VBNC. Hence, there is a need to develop a rapid, simple, and cost-effective detection method to differentiate between viable/dead O157:H7 and detect VBNC cells.

Considerations for the Writing of Certification Letters Endorsing Use of Emotional Support Animals.

Emotional support animals (ESAs) are different from service animals, therapy animals, and other disability-related assistance animals. Although pet ownership may confer psychological benefits, limited research has supported the use of ESAs to realize such benefits. If clinicians are asked to write a letter of support for use of an ESA, they need to be familiar with relevant federal, state, and local laws that regulate ESAs and with the essential components of an ESA evaluation.

Ethical and Practical Considerations for the Use of Psychedelics in Psychiatry.

In recent years, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies have reentered the realm of rigorous scientific inquiry, garnering much attention from both the psychiatric community and the broader public. Headlines on major media platforms frequently tout the psychedelic future of psychiatry, and patients increasingly ask about the prospect of using psychedelics during their sessions. Despite this enthusiasm, psychedelics remain in an investigational stage, and more research and regulatory work are required before psychedelics can be deemed appropriate for general clinical use.

When Trauma Survivors with Psychosis Accuse Staff of Sexual Assault in Inpatient Psychiatric Care.

Inpatient psychiatric settings are now known settings in which sexual assault can occur. When a trauma survivor with psychosis makes an accusation of sexual assault within an inpatient setting, staff and the institution are frequently not well equipped in how to respond. While there is scant literature on how to proceed in such dilemmas there is even more of a dearth on how to effectively provide mental health services, trauma- and culturally informed care, and how to best engage with the individual so that safety can be maintained, and treatment continue.

The co-application of biochar with bioremediation for the removal of petroleum hydrocarbons from contaminated soil.

Soil pollution from petroleum hydrocarbon is a global environmental problem that could contribute to the non-actualisation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Several techniques have been used to remediate petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils; however, there are technical and economical limitations to existing methods. As such, the development of new approaches and the improvement of existing techniques are imperative.

Addressing Health Equity and Racism Through a Hispanic Psychiatry Fellowship.

The scarcity of bilingual psychiatrists, as well as appropriate mental health services for populations with limited English proficiency, has led to inequitable health outcomes. A fellowship program was developed, which draws from a clinical model staffed by bilingual (Spanish-English) professionals from racial-ethnic minority groups, to address access to care and the structural determinants of health. This new Hispanic Psychiatry Fellowship focuses on health inequality and racism in policy and leadership, clinical care for Spanish-speaking patients, cultural psychiatry, recovery, forensics, substance use, and education.

Religion, Spirituality, and Ethics in Psychiatric Practice.

The interface of religion, spirituality, and psychiatric practice has long been of interest to the ethical psychiatrist. Some prominent early psychotherapists had a strained relationship with religion and spirituality. They posited that religion and spirituality were forms of mental illness, which discouraged the discussion of these values during treatment despite the fact that many patients subscribed to a religious or spiritual viewpoint.

Integrating mental health into primary care: evaluation of the Health Action for Psychiatric Problems In Nigeria including Epilepsy and SubstanceS (HAPPINESS) pilot project.

Background: The Health Action for Psychiatric Problems In Nigeria including Epilepsy and SubstanceS (HAPPINESS) project trains non-specialist and primary health care workers in Imo State, Nigeria. This project adapted the World Health Organization's Mental Health Gap Action Programme-Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG), emphasizing stigma reduction among trainees. This convergent mixed-methods proof-of-concept study evaluates the HAPPINESS pilot project mhGAP-IG training's impact on mental illness stigma among trainees and barriers, facilitators, and opportunities to consider for project improvement.

An Analysis of Risk-Assessment Driven Security Restraint Use during the Transport of Forensic Patients.

Transporting forensic psychiatric patients outside of forensic hospitals has significant risks that pose competing safety and patients' rights interests. Psychiatrists and hospital administrators have a duty to keep their staff and the community safe, but this must be carefully balanced with their obligation to uphold the civil rights and liberty interests of their patients. A critical decision in this balancing is whether to utilize security restraints during patient transportation.

Immigration, Criminal Involvement, and Violence in the U.S.: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III.

Topics of immigration and crime often receive national attention, despite evidence of the "immigrant paradox," in which immigrants have than expected crime and violence given their extreme social disadvantage. Research examining the immigrant paradox using an expanded set of crime outcomes and the latest available population data is needed. Using the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions Wave III data (2012-2013; = 36,309), we analyzed the association between first-generation immigrant status alongside violence (i.

Can biochar be an effective and reliable biostimulating agent for the remediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils?

Petroleum hydrocarbons represent one of the most common soil contaminants, whose presence poses a significant risk to soil biota and human health; for example, in Europe, hydrocarbon contamination accounts for more than 30% of contaminated sites. The use of biochar as a proposed alternative to the conventional remediation of soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons has gained credence in recent times because of its cost-effectiveness and environmentally friendly nature. Biochar is a carbonaceous material produced by heating biomass in an oxygen-limited environment at high temperature.

A Call for Behavioral Emergency Response Teams in Inpatient Hospital Settings.

Medical rapid response teams, now ubiquitous throughout hospitals, were designed to identify and proactively treat early warning signs of acute medical decompensation. Behavioral emergencies-including clinical psychiatric emergencies, coping/stress reactions, and iatrogenic injuries-are not responded to with the same vigor. At worst, behavioral crises are treated as unarmed security threats.

Implementing a program to reduce restraint and seclusion utilization in a public-sector hospital: Clinical innovations, preliminary findings, and lessons learned.

The Alternative to Restraint and Seclusion State Incentive Grant was a national initiative to reduce restraint and seclusion use in psychiatric hospitals and community based mental health settings sponsored by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. This initiative was implemented in a large public sector psychiatric hospital. It involved the use of a restraint and seclusion prevention project team and a Patient-Staff Steering Committee collaborating on violence prevention.

Brief Training on Medication-Assisted Treatment Improves Community Mental Health Clinicians' Confidence and Readiness to Address Substance Use Disorders.

Despite the availability and effectiveness of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for substance use disorders (SUDs), utilization of these medications remains suboptimal, especially in public sector settings. A key limitation is clinicians' reluctance to include MAT in their routine practice due, in part, to low confidence about managing SUDs and limited awareness of the disease model of addiction. This study evaluates the impact of a 1-day MAT training for community mental health clinicians using a 30-item pre- and post-training questionnaire.

Ethical Considerations Regarding Internet Searches for Patient Information.

In 2010, the American Medical Association developed policies regarding professionalism in the use of social media, but it did not present specific ethical guidelines on targeted Internet searches for information about a patient or the patient's family members. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) provided some guidance in 2016 through the Opinions of the Ethics Committee, but published opinions are limited. On behalf of the APA Ethics Committee, the authors developed a resource document describing ethical considerations regarding Internet and social media searches for patient information, from which this article has been adapted.