Interpersonal conflict strategies and their impact on positive symptom remission in persons aged 55 and older with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

Background: Although interpersonal interactions are thought to affect psychopathology in schizophrenia, there is a paucity of data about how older adults with schizophrenia manage interpersonal conflicts. This paper examines interpersonal conflict strategies and their impact on positive symptom remission in older adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

Methods: The schizophrenia group consisted of 198 persons aged 55 years and over living in the community who developed schizophrenia before age 45.

Primary psychiatric prevention in children and adolescents.

Background: Approximately 21% of US children age 9 to 17 have a diagnosable mental illness with some degree of impairment. As early-onset mental illness may persist throughout the life span, effective primary mental health prevention programs are of paramount importance.

Methods: We conducted a literature review of various preventive programs targeting childhood-onset psychopathology.

Morpholino oligonucleotide-triggered beta-catenin knockdown compromises normal liver regeneration.

Background/aims: Wnt/beta-catenin activation is seen during early liver regeneration (LR) observed as stabilization and translocation to the nucleus followed by an overall decrease. However, beta-catenin continues to be in hepatocyte nucleus and membrane, secondary to its increased gene expression at 6-72 h.

Methods: In the present study, we examined the effect of ablating beta-catenin transcription on LR.