Efficacy of compulsory community treatment and use in minority ethnic populations: A statewide cohort study.

Background: There is conflicting and equivocal evidence for the efficacy of compulsory community treatment within Australia and overseas, but no study from Queensland. In addition, although people from Indigenous or culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are over-represented in compulsory admissions to hospital, little is known about whether this also applies to compulsory community treatment.

Aims: We initially investigated whether people from Indigenous or culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in terms of country of birth, or preferred language, were more likely to be on compulsory community treatment using statewide databases from Queensland.

Child maltreatment and attentional problems: A longitudinal birth cohort study.

Objective: To examine whether child maltreatment is associated with attentional problems in adolescence (14 years) and young adulthood (21 years), and whether outcomes depend on the type of maltreatment (sexual vs non-sexual).

Methods: Data from a population based cohort study involving 3778 mother-child pairs were linked with data from the state child protection agency to examine associations between child abuse and neglect and attention problems, measured using the Achenbach Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) and the Achenbach Young Adult Self Report (YASR).

Results: 245 (6.

Characteristics and Drivers of the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist's Sustained Involvement in Clinical Research Activities: A Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Research contributions by registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) are important for enhancing the use of nutrition-related evidence-based guidelines in dietetics practice. Involvement of RDNs in research activities has been studied previously, but little is known about the drivers (motivators) of sustaining research involvement by RDNs who work in clinical practice.

Objective: To identify key characteristics of established RDN clinician researchers and drivers that contributed to their sustained research involvement.

The clinical utility of structural neuroimaging in first-episode psychosis: A systematic review.

Background: Australian and US guidelines recommend routine brain imaging, either computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging, to exclude structural lesions in presentations for first-episode psychosis. The aim of this review was to examine the evidence for the appropriateness and clinical utility of this recommendation by assessing the frequency of abnormal radiological findings in computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans among patients with first-episode psychosis.

Methods: PubMed and Embase database were searched from inception to April 2018 using appropriate MeSH or Emtree terms.

Delivery of cosmetic covers to persons with transtibial and transfemoral amputations in an outpatient prosthetic practice.

Background: Limb loss negatively impacts body image to the extent that functional activity and societal participation are affected. Scientific literature is lacking on the subject of cosmetic covering for prostheses and the rate of cosmetic cover utilization by cover type, gender, amputation level, and type of healthcare reimbursement.

Objectives: To describe the delivery of cosmetic covers in lower limb prostheses in a sample of people with lower extremity amputation.

Comparison of API 50 CH strips to whole-chromosomal DNA probes for identification of Lactobacillus species.

The API 50 CH identification system was evaluated for the identification of 97 strains of commensal lactobacilli. This system agreed with the species-level identifications for none of the 7 reference strains and only 4 of 90 vaginal isolates identified using whole-chromosomal DNA probes.