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Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy
January 2025
Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Background: Alternative payment models (APMs) are methods through which insurers reimburse health care providers and are widely used to improve the quality and value of health care. While there is a growing movement to utilize APMs for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services, they have rarely included SUD prevention strategies. Challenges to using APMs for SUD prevention include underdeveloped program outcome measures, inadequate SUD prevention funding, and lack of clarity regarding what prevention strategies might fit within the scope of APMs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Autism Dev Disord
January 2025
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA.
There are few validated remote tools that can be used to assess for autism and to capture subtle changes in children's social communication over time. Recently, user-centered design principles were applied to develop a parent-mediated remote assessment, the Reciprocal Imitation and Social Engagement Child Play Protocol (RISE CPP) to enable researchers to capture micro-level behaviors in children, while promoting useability for researchers and families, reducing caregiver burden, and maintaining reliability. This paper describes a pilot study to validate the RISE CPP as a tool to support clinician diagnosis of autism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Ethnopharmacol
January 2025
School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China. Electronic address:
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Emplastrum has a long history of use in the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), valued for its convenient external application and pronounced therapeutic effects. Traditionally, the emplastrum was composed of numerous herbal medicines. The elucidation of their mechanisms of action are of great importance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Med (Lausanne)
January 2025
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Introduction: To identify key technologies within non-bioartificial liver (NBAL, an extracorporeal support system that temporarily replaces some of the liver's functions) nursing to offer guidance for clinical practice. In the context of NBAL nursing, key technologies are crucial for successful implementation of artificial liver treatment, ensuring patient safety, and enhancing nursing quality. A review of both domestic and foreign literature revealed that studies on NBAL nursing technology are lacking and that the key technologies for NBAL nursing have not been clearly identified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Auton Res
January 2025
Neuro-E-Motion Research Team, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Deusto, 48007, Bilbao, Spain.
Purpose: The aim of the study is to analyze and compare the cognitive profile between 59 patients with long-COVID [LC; 30 of them with and 29 without a positive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confirmatory test] and 31 patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and a matched group of 39 healthy control participants.
Methods: Participants were examined on a battery of neuropsychological tests, including verbal memory, visuospatial abilities, attention, processing speed, verbal fluency, working memory, and visual memory. Anxious-depressive symptomatology was also analyzed and then controlled for possible influence on cognitive performance.
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