Factors Influencing Drug Shortages and Their Resolution in South Korean Community Pharmacies.

Purpose: Drug shortages directly affect the final stage in the pharmaceutical supply chain, prescription fulfillment in community pharmacies (CPs). This study investigated the current state of drug shortages, their resolution, and influencing factors within CPs.

Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among pharmacists working at pharmacies in Seoul between 7 and 31 October 2022.

Effectiveness of group metacognitive training and cognitive-behavioural therapy in a transdiagnostic manner for young patients with psychotic and non-psychotic disorders.

Aim: To investigate group metacognitive training and cognitive-behavioural therapy (MCT/CBT) prospectively in a young population with various psychiatric disorders, including psychotic and mood disorders.

Methods: This was a prospective study to investigate the effectiveness of group MCT/CBT on quality of life, psychotic symptoms, depression, self-esteem, perceived stress, social function and social cognition. The objective measures included the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), clinical global impression (CGI), personal and social performance scale for social functioning, a computerized continuous performance test for sustained attention and a computerized emotional recognition test for social cognition.