Cardiovascular risk factors are associated with cognitive trajectory in the first year after stroke.

Introduction: Stroke often leads to cognitive impairment, but its progression and influencing factors over time remain poorly understood. This study evaluates immediate post-stroke cognitive impacts and investigates the influence of concurrent factors on cognitive evolution over the first year.

Patients And Methods: In the STRATEGIC study, 179 patients with first symptomatic ischemic stroke underwent neuropsychological assessments within three months post-stroke, and 141 were re-evaluated at 12 months.

Attitudes toward psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapy among potential mental health service users and the general population in Australia.

Objective: Despite rapid advances in psychedelic sciences and the increasing number of countries legalizing psychedelics for the treatment of mental illnesses, the attitudes, knowledge and readiness of both mental health consumers and the general population remain largely unknown.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among Australians, targeting individuals with mental illness as potential mental health service users. A sub-sample of individuals free of mental illness was also surveyed to assess attitudes in the general population.