Maintaining "mianzi" and "lizi": Understanding the reasons for formality marriages between gay men and lesbians in China.

As a result of societal expectations and to avoid societal homophobia, many lesbians and gay men in China marry heterosexual partners and do not disclose their own sexual orientation. This study used qualitative methods to explore why gay men enter into such marriages of convenience. A total of 17 in-depth interviews were conducted with lesbians and gay men who had entered "formality marriages.

[Effects of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Social Anxiety Disorders].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of group cognitive behavioral therapy (GCBT) on social anxiety disorders (SAD).

Methods: A total of 50 patients with SAD were recruited in this study. A survey containing the Liebowitz social anxiety scale (LSAS),the automatic thoughts questionnaire (ATQ),the fear of negative evaluation questionnaire (FNE),the social support rating scale (SSRS),the tridimensional personality questionnaire (TPQ),and the egna minnen barndoms uppfostran (EMBU) was administered before and (one week) after the GCBT,including in the 50 healthy controls.

[Regional Homogeneity Changes in Patients with Social Anxiety Disorders after Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.].

Objectives: To examine the altered spontaneous brain activity in patients with social anxiety disorders (SAD) before and after cognitive behavior therapy (CBT),and determine the neuromechanism of formation,treatment and recovery of SAD.

Methods: Fifteen SAD patients were treated with an eight-week group CBT.The patients underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at resting state before and after the treatments.

Experiences in disaster-related mental health relief work: An exploratory model for the interprofessional training of psychological relief workers.

The purpose of this study was to begin to generate an exploratory model of the disaster-related mental health education process associated with the training experiences of psychological relief workers active during the Sichuan earthquake in China. The data consisted of semi-structured interviews with 20 psychological relief workers from four different professions (social workers, psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists, and counsellors) regarding their experiences in training and ideas for improvement. The model explains the need to use a people-centred community interprofessional education approach, which focuses on role-modelling of the trainer, caring for relief workers, paying attention to the needs of the trainee, and building systematic interprofessional education strategies.

Comparative effectiveness and safety of oral phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Context: Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5-Is) are currently the first-line therapy for erectile dysfunction (ED), but available studies investigating the comparative effects of different PDE5-Is are limited.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of different classes of oral PDE5-Is for ED.

Evidence Acquisition: A systematic search was performed in PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase to identify randomized controlled trials that compared different PDE5-Is or PDE5-Is with a placebo for ED.

[Application of the Children's Impact of Event Scale (Chinese Version) on a rapid assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder among children from the Wenchuan earthquake area].

Objective: To explore the reliability and validity of the Children's Impact of Event Scale (Chinese version, CRIES-13) and to determine the value and the optimal cutoff point of the score of CRIES-13 in screening posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), so as to provide evidence for PTSD prevention and identify children at risk in Wenchuan earthquake areas.

Methods: A total of 253 children experienced the Wenchuan earthquake were tested through Stratified random cluster sampling. The authors examined CRIES-13's internal consistency, discriminative validity and predictive value of the cut-off.