We investigated the associations between sociodemographic factors, religiosity traits, and the perception of discrimination among Muslim Americans in both everyday life and medical settings. A self-administered web-based questionnaire, comprising validated measures of discrimination and religiosity, was completed by a convenience sample of English-speaking adult Muslim Americans, recruited through both in-person and online channels. Among the 1281 respondents, less than half were born in the USA (46%), and a significant portion displayed visible religious markers, such as wearing a hijab or having a beard (61%).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrednisone, the prodrug of prednisolone, has been implicated as the cause of neuropsychiatric symptoms such as depression, mania, agitation, delirium, dementia, psychosis, and many other affective, behavioral, and cognitive changes. Although the literature suggests that patients on 40 mg or more of prednisone a day are at a greater risk for steroid-induced psychosis, patients on <40 mg are still at risk, and therefore, steroid-induced psychosis should not be excluded from the differential. Prednisone is the prodrug of prednisolone, and the two are comparable on a milligram (mg)-to-mg basis.
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