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Subjective cognitive decline and cognitive leisure activity engagement in older adults: a mixed-methods study.

Akbayrak E, Powell PA, Barnes SInnovation in aging

Background and objectivesSubjective cognitive decline (SCD), self-perceived worsening in cognitive abilities without objective impairment, is an early marker of dementia linked to poorer mental health and reduced quality of life. Cognitive leisure activities (CLA) are low-cost, accessible behaviors that support cognitive functioning and…

Trajectories of postoperative fatigue and their association with physical and mental health among patients with peritoneal metastases from colorectal and appendiceal cancer after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: a 1-year longitudinal study.

Xu X, Yang Y, Hua J et al.American journal of cancer research

Social Determinants of Health and Neurocognitive Aging in Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Older Adults in Rural Andean Ecuador: A Population-Based Study in Cotacachi.

Tituaña-Vega K, Palacios-León I, Paredes-Manrique C et al.Brain sciences

Introduction: Social determinants of health shape dementia risk in Latin America, particularly in rural and Indigenous populations. Methods: This cross-sectional study examined cognitive impairment and associated social factors in 75 adults aged 60 years or older in Cotacachi, Ecuador, identifying as Indigenous, Mestizo,…

Clinical Presentation of, Treatment Approaches for, and the Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Pediatric Catatonia: A Structured Qualitative Synthesis and Targeted Literature Review.

Gonzalez R, Sekhon SS, Tedesco SCureus

Catatonia is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome with diverse presentations, including stuporous, excited, malignant, and periodic forms. While well documented in adults, pediatric catatonia remains underrecognized, with limited literature addressing its presentation, treatment, and the influence of social determinants of health (SDOH). This structured…

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Interventions for Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Review.

Mohanty P, Rahul K, Qureshi M et al.Cureus

Mental health disorders (MHD) contribute substantially to long-term disability and social exclusion, requiring interventions that extend beyond symptom reduction to recovery and functional outcomes. This systematic review evaluated psychosocial rehabilitation (PR) interventions for improving functioning, recovery, quality of life (QoL), and service-related outcomes…

Caring for the Caregivers: A Narrative Review of Physician Health Protection Across High-Income Countries and Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Razaq HB, Saeed O, Reshtin M et al.Cureus

The Process of Maternal Recognition of and Response to Suspected Gaming Disorder Among Japanese Adolescents Receiving Psychiatric Outpatient Care: A Qualitative Study.

Takahara D, Takahara M, Nonaka DCureus

Psychotropic Polypharmacy in a 5-Year-Old Boy with a SHANK3 Variant and Complex Mental Health Problems.

Briegel W, Kunstmann EChildren (Basel, Switzerland)

BackgroundDysfunction of the SHANK3 gene has been linked to several neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, and epilepsy. SHANK3 haploinsufficiency is the known etiology of Phelan-McDermid syndrome.Case presentationThis report presents a five-year-old boy in whom the…

Parental Revenge Bedtime Procrastination and Parent-Child Feeding Interactions in Early Childhood: A Theory-Driven Perspective on an Unstudied Pathway.

Cimino S, Cerniglia LClocks & sleep

Bedtime procrastination is defined as delaying sleep despite having no external obstacles. It is a well-established marker of impaired self-regulation and contributes to sleep loss, daytime fatigue, and emotional dysregulation. A parental variant of this behavior is termed parental revenge bedtime procrastination (RBP).…

Temporal brain dynamics and fluid reasoning after extreme prematurity.

Padilla N, Escrichs A, Del Agua E et al.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)

Extremely preterm (EPT) birth (

From Person to Patient: Power, Control and the Construction of Vulnerability in the Operating Room.

Prosen MNursing inquiry

The operating room is a highly organised clinical environment in which patients experience a shift from autonomous individuals to dependent recipients of care. This transformation is often regarded as a clinical necessity, but it is also actively shaped by everyday practices, organisational structures…

Sex-Specific Differences in Symptomatology and Quality of Life Impact of Allergic Rhinitis: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Al-Balas HI, Khamees A, Al Saoud SK et al.Immunity, inflammation and disease

BackgroundAllergic Rhinitis (AR) is a widespread condition that significantly affects the quality of life (QOL) of those affected globally. It contributes to sleep disturbances, fatigue, poor concentration, irritability, and can worsen symptoms in individuals with coexisting asthma. This study examines the impact of…

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Li HJ, Lu Y, Zhang YSZhonghua yi xue za zhi

Whisper automatic speech recognition and humans are similarly sensitive to accents but use sentence context differently.

Chen J, Kwong J, Paull S et al.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Determining the cognitive function differences between different types of physically active students: Cross-sectional analysis.

Al Mutairi A, Al-Ramadan M, Abo Qarin MI et al.Medicine

The association between social capital and mental health among older people living with HIV: a systematic review.

Xia H, Cao X, He Y et al.Frontiers in public health

BackgroundOlder people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) constitute a vulnerable group in society and are at high risk of developing mental health problems. Although strengthening social capital is a common recommendation to reduce such mental health risks, no systematic review has examined…

Childhood adversity contributes more strongly than cognition to transdiagnostic mental health symptoms in young adults

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Development of a family functioning measure for Hispanic lesbian, gay, and bisexual adolescents.

Lozano A, Torres Arsuaga A, Dillon FR et al.Frontiers in public health

IntroductionHispanic lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents experience elevated risks for HIV-related risk behaviors, drug use, and mental-health problems. These problems may be impacted by various family functioning behaviors (e.g., communication, parental involvement). However, existing family functioning measures may not adequately capture the…

"I feel like I'm in a dream": a qualitative investigation of the lived experience of Visual Snow Syndrome.

Thompson AC, Caruana GF, Paul JM et al.Frontiers in neurology

BackgroundVisual Snow Syndrome (VSS) is neurological condition typified by persistent visual snow, or static, throughout the visual field, alongside additional phenomena that impact night vision, visual perception, and visual processing. Only formally characterized in the 2010s, little consideration has been given to the…

John Edward Fogarty: Where are you now that we need you-and from where will your successor come?

Munir KMFrontiers in public health

John Edward Fogarty (1913-1967), known across Washington as "Mr. Public Health," was the bricklayer-congressman who, with Senator Lister Hill, helped build the modern National Institutes of Health (NIH); he died on the morning of his fourteenth swearing-in. The Fogarty International Center (FIC), established…