Sleep Problems and Gambling Disorder: Cross-Sectional Relationships in a Young Cohort.

Aims: To investigate the potential association between gambling disorder and symptoms of sleep problems (including insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness). It was hypothesised that, compared to controls, individuals with gambling disorder would have significantly greater disturbance of sleep, as indicated by increased scores in: (1) sleep items on the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D); (2) total score on the HAM-A and HAM-D; and (3) the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS).

Methods: Secondary analysis of previously published data from 152 young adults, aged 18-29 years.

Improving Duration of Antibiotics for Skin and Soft-tissue Infections in Pediatric Urgent Cares.

Background And Objectives: National guidelines recommend a 5- to 7-day course of antibiotics for most skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs). Our aim was to increase the percentage of pediatric patients receiving 5 to 7 days of oral antibiotics for SSTIs in our pediatric urgent care clinics (UCCs) from 60% to 75% by December 31, 2021.

Methods: We performed cause-and-effect analysis and surveyed UCC providers to uncover reasons for hesitation with short antibiotic courses for SSTIs.

Preferential consolidation of emotional reactivity during sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Many studies have investigated whether sleep affects cognitively unmodulated reactivity to emotional stimuli. These studies operationalize emotion regulation by using subjective and/or objective measures to compare pre- and post-sleep reactivity to the same emotional stimuli. Findings have been inconsistent: some show that sleep attenuates emotional reactivity, whereas others report enhanced or maintained reactivity.