Effectiveness Study of a Cultural Adaptation of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy-Based Application for Depressive Symptoms in College Students: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Introduction: Studies on mental health applications among college students lack empirical evidence regarding mobile application usage's intensity, duration and frequency.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT)-based mobile application in ameliorating depressive symptoms among college students.

Methods: A randomised controlled trial was conducted at three universities.

Direct Growth of Wafer-Scale Self-Separated GaN on Reusable 2D Material Substrates.

Free-standing gallium nitride has been prepared using various methods; however, the removal of the original substrate is still challenging with low success rates. In this work, 2-inch free-standing GaN films are obtained by direct growth on a fluoro phlogopite mica by hydride vapor-phase epitaxy. Depending on the van der Waals (vdW) interaction between GaN and mica, the effect of the significant lattice mismatch is effectively reduced; thus, enabling the production of a high-quality wafer-scale GaN film on mica.

Embedded Hybrid-Dimensional Heterointerface for Filament Modulation in 2D Material-Based Artificial Nociceptor.

Nociceptors are key sensory receptors that transmit warning signals to the central nervous system in response to painful stimuli. This fundamental process is emulated in an electronic device by developing a novel artificial nociceptor with an ultrathin, nonstoichiometric gallium oxide (GaO)-silicon oxide heterostructure. A large-area 2D-GaO film is printed on a substrate through liquid metal printing to facilitate the production of conductive filaments.

Prescription Patterns and Predisposing Factors of Benzodiazepine and Z-Hypnotic Use During Pregnancy: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

Purpose: The use of benzodiazepines and Z-hypnotics during pregnancy has raised significant concerns in recent years. However, there are limited data that capture the prescription patterns and predisposing factors in use of these drugs, particularly among women who have been long-term users of benzodiazepines and Z-hypnotics before pregnancy.

Methods: This population-based cohort study comprised 2 930 988 pregnancies between 2004 and 2018 in Taiwan.

Longitudinal Outcomes of Resilience, Quality of Life, and Community Integration in Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Two-Group Matched Controlled Trial.

Background: Current evidence of nonpharmacological intervention for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is lacking. AIMS: To examine whether an 8-week nurse-led cognitive-behavioral based group intervention would enhance resilient coping and life quality among community-based patients with TRD.

Method: The participants were randomly sampled from a cohort of TRD recruited from two general teaching hospitals.

A high thermal stability ohmic contact for GaN-based devices.

Co-integration of gallium nitride (GaN) power devices with Si logic ICs provides a way of applying high power and high efficiency circuits on a single chip. In order to co-integrate GaN devices with Si ICs, an ohmic contact for GaN devices has to be Si compatible and durable at the same or higher temperature of the back-end process in the conventional complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) industry. In this work, an Au-free ohmic junction with high thermal stability for AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) was presented.

[Self-Preparation and Professional Development of Nurses: Psychiatric Mental Health Care Issues].

Today's mental health care needs are diverse. After the COVID-19 pandemic, factors related to individuals, the environment, and their interactions represent complex and cumulative risks. Physical and mental health problems rely on early detection, trust building, care engagement, and disease identification to provide complete psychiatric assessment, management, and continuum of care for affected people.

Association between maternal benzodiazepine or Z-hypnotic use in early pregnancy and the risk of stillbirth, preterm birth, and small for gestational age: a nationwide, population-based cohort study in Taiwan.

Background: Benzodiazepines and Z-hypnotics are commonly prescribed for anxiety and insomnia during pregnancy, but the evidence regarding potential adverse neonatal outcomes is insufficient because of poor control for confounding factors in previous studies. We therefore aimed to evaluate the association between the use of benzodiazepines or Z-hypnotics during early pregnancy and adverse neonatal outcomes (stillbirth, preterm birth, and small for gestational age).

Methods: We did a nationwide, population-based cohort study in Taiwan using three data sources: Taiwan's National Birth Certificate Application database, the National Health Insurance database, and the Maternal and Child Health Database.

The Influence of Research Follow-Up during COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Distress and Resilience: A Multicenter Cohort Study of Treatment-Resistant Depression.

Background: During the COVID-19 outbreak, patients with mental disorders have faced more negative psychological consequences than the public. For people with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), it is unclear whether research engagement would protect them from the deterioration of their symptoms. The study aimed to examine if chronic depressive patients would have improved resilience and mental distress levels after follow-up interviews during an observation period under COVID-19.

Prevalence and Correlates of Prescription Drug Misuse in a Nationwide Population Survey in Taiwan.

Background: Prescription drug misuse (PDM) is a critical mental health issue relating to psychiatric morbidity. This study investigated the prevalence of PDM and its associated psychopathology and psychosocial factors in the general population in Taiwan.

Methods: The survey randomly selected a representative sample >15 year-olds using the stratified proportional randomization method.

Predictors for psychological distress of young burn survivors across three years: A cohort study of a burn disaster in Taiwan.

Purpose: The study aims to investigate long-term psychological distress and its risk factors in the burn survivors.

Design: A longitudinal study with follow-up interviews was conducted from November 2015-June 2018. A post-burn baseline interview was conducted 6 months after the event, followed by annual surveys for three years.

Effectiveness of a Sexual Health Care Training to Enhance Psychiatric Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude, and Self-Efficacy: A Quasi-Experimental Study in Southern Taiwan.

Background: Sexual health is a taboo issue in some societies. Limited assessments were conducted during nursing care in mental health services. It is unknown whether psychiatric nurses' competencies would be enhanced through short training courses.

Integrated approach for multimorbid patients in a hospitalist setting: Survival analysis of a two-year prospective study.

Background/purpose: Multimorbidity is a worldwide issue when aging is rapidly. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of demography, morbidity, disability and depression on short-term and long-term mortality for multimorbid inpatients.

Methods: The participants' information were assessed upon recruitment.

[The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Health and Coping Behaviors of Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression].

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disastrous impact globally. For the general public and for people with mental illnesses, this pandemic may cause mental/physical stress and major life impacts.

Purpose: This study was designed to explore the related changes in daily life and impacts on the well-being of a group of patients with chronic treatment-resistant depression (TRD) during the COVID-19 pandemic.