Self-compassion-based online group psychotherapy for bereavement-related grief: The COMPACT feasibility trial.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of online group psychotherapy focused on self-compassion for individuals experiencing bereavement-related grief.

Method: This single-arm feasibility trial involved participants aged 18 years or older who had experienced bereavement at least 6 months prior the five-week intervention. Outcomes were measured at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and 4 and 12 weeks later.

Co-Occurrence of Tetrodotoxin and Saxitoxins and Their Intra-Body Distribution in the Pufferfish .

Pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae possess tetrodotoxin (TTX) and/or saxitoxins (STXs), but the toxin ratio differs, depending on the genus or species. In the present study, to clarify the distribution profile of TTX and STXs in Tetraodontidae, we investigated the composition and intra-body distribution of the toxins in . specimens (four male and six female) were collected from Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, and the toxins were extracted from the muscle, liver, intestine, gallbladder, gonads, and skin.

Evaluation of the tetrodotoxin uptake ability of pufferfish Takifugu rubripes tissues according to age using an in vitro tissue slice incubation method.

The tetrodotoxin (TTX) uptake ability of pufferfish Takifugu rubripes tissues and its growth-associated changes were investigated using an in vitro tissue slice incubation method. Tissue slices prepared from the liver, skin, and intestine of a non-toxic cultured adult T. rubripes (20 months old) and incubated with incubation buffer containing 25 μg/mL TTX for 1-48 h showed a time-dependent increase in the TTX content in all tissues.

Contrasting Toxin Selectivity between the Marine Pufferfish and the Freshwater Pufferfish .

To clarify the differences in toxin selectivity between marine and freshwater pufferfish, we conducted experiments in artificially reared nontoxic specimens of (marine) and (freshwater) using tetrodotoxin (TTX) and paralytic shellfish poison (PSP; decarbamoylsaxitoxin (dcSTX) or saxitoxin (STX)). specimens were administered feed homogenate containing TTX or dcSTX (dose of toxin, 55.2 nmol/fish) and specimens were administered feed homogenate containing TTX + STX (dose of each toxin, 19.

[Efficacy of the Serigaya Methamphetamine Relapse Prevention Program (SMARPP): for patients with drug use disorder: A study on factors influencing 1-year follow-up outcomes].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the Serigaya Methamphetamine Relapse Prevention Program (SMARPP), which is the workbook-based group therapy for individuals with drug dependence, through investigating 1-year follow-up outcomes.

Method And Subjects: The sample was drawn from 231 outpatients diagnosed as DSM-IV substance use disorder, who had firstly consulted the drug dependence clinic of the Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry between September 2009 and June 2013. Of the 231 potential subjects, 79 had participated in SMARPP at least once, and finally 37 who had continued contact this clinic for more than 1 year after due-day of finishing the first SMARPP course were determined as the subjects.

[Long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults (LOVA) needing ventriculo-peritoneal shunt with double programmable pressure valves].

A 44-year-old man presented with symptomatic hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy was performed but proved ineffective, so ventriculo-peritoneal shunt using a programmable pressure valve (PPV) was carried out. Subdural hematoma appeared 5 weeks postoperatively and subsequently increased though the pressure setting was maximum.