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JMIR Res Protoc
January 2025
Graduate Program of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition emerging in early childhood, characterized by core features such as sociocommunicative deficits and repetitive, rigid behaviors, interests, and activities. In addition to these, disruptive behaviors (DB), including aggression, self-injury, and severe tantrums, are frequently observed in pediatric patients with ASD. The atypical antipsychotics risperidone and aripiprazole, currently the only Food and Drug Administration-approved treatments for severe DB in patients with ASD, often encounter therapeutic failure or intolerance.
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January 2025
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Ringgold standard institution - Department of Mental Health, Nnewi Campus, Nnewi, Anambra, Nigeria.
Introduction: While antipsychotics are key requirement in acute and long-term management of schizophrenia, medication adherence remains a major unmet need in its care. This paper assessed the prevalence of oral antipsychotic non-adherence among outpatients with schizophrenia and its associated clinico-demographic factors.
Method: Three hundred and ten adult outpatients (18-64 years of age) were cross-sectionally interviewed after being diagnosed of schizophrenia using ICD-10 criteria, and the diagnosis confirmed with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI).
BMC Pharmacol Toxicol
January 2025
Department of Physiology, Ankara University Medicine Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
Background: Epoetin alfa is a derivative of the erythropoietin hormone. This study aims to investigate the epoetin alfa effect on anxiety-like behaviors.
Methods: Adult female Wistar Albino rats were divided into Control (n = 8), 1000 U Epoetien alfa, and 2000 U Epoetien alpha.
Objective: Aim: To investigate the etiology, pathogenesis, and effectiveness of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapeutic modalities of delusions in Schizophrenia spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders.
Patients And Methods: Materials and Methods: In our study, we included English-language studies from online databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library conducted until January 2024 using the following keywords "delusions", "Schizophrenia spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders", "pharmacotherapy", "psychotherapy", and "antipsychotics". Scientific novelty: There is already published evidence that has studied Schizophrenia spectrum disorders from definition to treatment.
BMJ Open
January 2025
The Third People's Hospital of Zhuhai, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
Objectives: To explore the factors influencing medication adherence and the medication needs of patients with schizophrenia when living in a community in China.
Design: A qualitative study.
Setting: Community and psychiatric ward in Zhuhai city, Guangdong province.
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