Publications by authors named "Chuni Liu"

Article Synopsis
  • A study was done to see if lowering the dose of antipsychotic medication for patients in remission could still work well, using blood tests to check drug levels.
  • Researchers watched 126 patients over 2 years, measuring their blood drug levels after they reduced their medication doses in a careful way.
  • They found that many patients could stay healthy on lower medication doses, suggesting that it's possible to reduce medication without more problems, even if different groups of people might react differently to the drug.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objectives: To provide an updated systematic review of randomized controlled studies for the efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in treating adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Design: Meta-analysis.

Methods: PROSPERO registration: CRD42021273633.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Schizophrenia is considered one of the major risk factors for mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Early antiviral treatment is important to decrease the risk of mortality. Currently, Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) has been widely used in SARS-CoV-2 patients with risk factors.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Introduction: Early clinical exposure (ECE), or authentic human contact in a social or clinical context during preclinical training, has been adopted by many medical schools. This study aims to investigate how medical students' sense of professionalism changed after ECE intervention, with the aim of informing curriculum design to enhance student awareness of the importance of medical professionalism.

Method: Focus groups of ECE students were held to collect data for the study.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The inner structure of a material is called its microstructure. It stores the genesis of a material and determines all the physical and chemical properties. However, the microstructure is highly complex and numerous image defects such as vague or missing boundaries formed during sample preparation, which makes it difficult to extract the grain boundaries precisely.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF