Publications by authors named "T Borda"
Latin American Trans-ancestry INitiative for OCD genomics (LATINO): Study protocol.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet
June 2024
Article Synopsis
- OCD is a mental health disorder that affects around 2% of the world but not much is known about its causes.
- Most genetic studies on OCD so far have mainly focused on people of European ancestry, which could lead to unfair treatment options for those from other backgrounds.
- The LATINO project is collecting DNA and health information from 5,000 people with OCD from Latin America to improve understanding of the disorder and develop better treatments for everyone.
Article Synopsis
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects about 2% of people around the world, but we don’t know exactly what causes it.
- Most research so far has focused mainly on people of European descent, which can leave out important information for people from other backgrounds.
- The LATINO initiative aims to include 5,000 people with OCD from Latin America and other countries, helping to gather more diverse data to improve our understanding and treatment of OCD globally.
Objective: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread globally, including across Europe, resulting in different morbidity and mortality outcomes. The aim of this study was to explore the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic over 18 mo in relation to the effect of COVID-19 vaccination at a population level across 35 nations in Europe, while evaluating the data for cross-border epidemiological trends to identify any pertinent lessons that can be implemented in the future.
Methods: Epidemiological data were obtained from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and Our World in Data databases while Ministry of Health websites of each respective country and local newspapers were used for COVID-19-related vaccination strategies.
Human studies about the impact of cannabis use on both healthy kidneys as well as kidney function in patients with kidney disease are lacking. To shed more light on this understudied topic, we reevaluated a previous clinical study. The sample of this study was exclusively suited for investigating effects of recreational long-term cannabis use on humans under real-life conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo assess the rates of co-occurring putative 'behavioural addictions' in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Twenty-three international centres specialising in the treatment of OCD were invited to participate in a survey of the rates of behavioural addictions and other relevant comorbidity within their samples. Sixteen of 23 (69.
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