Systematic review (meta-aggregation) of qualitative studies on the experiences of family members caring for individuals with early psychosis.

Despite the importance of the role of caregivers of people with psychosis being widely recognized, comprehensive understanding of their experience is limited. A thorough understanding of the experience of caregivers over the journey of the illness, particularly during its early stages, is crucial. Qualitative studies published between 1 January 1949 and 31 January 2018 were obtained from seven databases based on PICo search strategy.

Online social work engagement and empowerment for young internet users: A quasi-experiment.

Background: The increasing penetration of Internet use among young people poses challenges for youth service engagement through bricks-and-mortar youth centers owing to the decline in the number of walk-ins. This study was to identify the psychosocial and behavioral outcome changes effected through online engagement and empowerment interventions offered to at-risk youths by three local social work youth service providers.

Methods: A quasi-experimental design was adopted to compare the effects of online engagement and empowerment on 182 young service users with 191 age- and gender-matched controlled participants over nine months.

The role of symptoms and insight in mediating cognition and functioning in first episode psychosis.

Introduction: Achieving functional recovery in patients with psychosis is a challenge in clinical practice. Investigating the complex interplay between cognition, symptoms, insight and functional outcome in first episode psychosis will be crucial to understanding the factors leading to better functioning.

Methods: In this 12-month prospective follow-up study, we investigated how cognition, clinical symptoms, and insight into illness affected overall functioning in 160 patients with first episode psychosis recruited from the Early Assessment Service for Young People with Psychosis (EASY) in Hong Kong from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2016.

Intimate partner violence victims' acceptance and refusal of on-site counseling in emergency departments: Predictors of help-seeking behavior explored through a 5-year medical chart review.

Healthcare services constitute the first formal support that many intimate partner violence (IPV) victims receive and a link to formal welfare and psychological support. The help-seeking behavior for psychosocial support, e.g.

Time-resolved resonance Raman investigation of the 2-fluorenylnitrenium ion reactions with C8 guanosine derivatives.

A nanosecond time-resolved resonance Raman (ns-TR3) spectroscopic study of the reactions of the 2-fluorenylnitrenium ion with several C8-substituted guanosine derivatives is reported. The TR3 spectra show that the 2-fluorenylnitrenium ion reacts with the C8-substituted guanosine derivatives (C8-methylguanosine and C8-bromoguanosine) to produce C8 intermediates with the methyl and bromine moieties still attached to the intermediate species at the C8 position. The C8-bromoguanosine species was observed to be less reactive toward the 2-fluorenylnitrenium ion compared to the guanosine and C8-methylguanosine species.

Time-resolved resonance Raman study of the reaction of the 2-fluorenylnitrenium ion with 2-fluorenylazide.

A time-resolved resonance Raman investigation of the reaction of the 2-fluorenylnitrenium ion with 2-fluorenylazide in a mixed aqueous solvent is presented. The reaction of the 2-fluorenylnitrenium ion with 2-fluorenylazide in the mixed aqueous solution generates two new species on the microsecond time scale. One of these species is identified as 2,2'-azobisfluorene, and the other species is tentatively assigned to a 1,4-bis-(2,2'-fluorenyl)-tetrazadiene cation intermediate.

Direct observation of the 4-methoxyphenylnitrene intersystem crossing from S1 to T1 using picosecond Kerr-gated time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy.

A picosecond Kerr-gated time-resolved resonance Raman (ps-KTR(3)) study of the singlet 4-methoxyphenylnitrene intersystem crossing to produce the triplet 4-methoxyphenylnitrene species is reported. The experimental resonance Raman vibrational band frequencies observed for the singlet and triplet 4-methoxylphenylnitrene species in the time-resolved Raman experiments are compared to each other and to predictions from previously published density functional theory calculations. The structure, properties, and chemical reactivity of the singlet and triplet states of the 4-methoxyphenylnitrenes are briefly discussed.

Time-resolved resonance Raman observation of the 2-fluorenylnitrenium ion reaction with guanosine to form a C8 intermediate.

Time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy was used to directly observe the reaction of the 2-fluorenylnitrenium ion with guanosine to produce a C8 intermediate species. Comparison of the Raman spectra with results of density functional theory calculations indicates the C8 intermediate forms two C=N conjugated bonds in ring 1 of the guanosine moiety.

Transient resonance Raman and density functional theory investigation of the 4-acetamidophenylnitrenium ion.

This paper reports a transient resonance Raman and density functional theory study of the 4-acetamidophenylnitrenium ion in a mostly aqueous solvent. The transient Raman bands combined with results from density functional theory calculations indicate that the spectrum should be assigned to the singlet state of the 4-acetamidophenylnitrenium ion. The 4-acetamidophenylnitrenium ion was found to have a substantial iminocyclohexadienyl character comparable to previously studied para-phenyl-substituted phenylnitrenium ions and noticeable charge on both the acetamido and nitrenium moieties.