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Filter by:The main purpose of the study is to assess the impact of environmental conditions on live-birth rates after intraconjugal IVF. The second purposes are - to assess the impact on pregnancies (prematurity, preeclampsia); - to assess the impact on newborn's health (stunted growth); - to evaluate the consistency of results observed between assisted pregnancies and spontaneous pregnancies.
The study will examine behavioral patterns and underlying neural correlates which distinguish patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) from healthy subjects as they participate in a two-person trust game and will determine whether administration of intranasal oxytocin (OT) will normalize trust game performance and concomitant neural processing in the BPD group.
The purpose of this registry is to record information and evaluate the impact of advanced imaging techniques on the management of pancreatico-biliary disorders. The registry will evaluate diagnostic performance and overall clinical management impacted by advanced imaging techniques.
Anxiety disorders affect 40 to 50% of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), contributing to substantial distress and impairment. The goal of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a personalized type of psychotherapy against standard-care psychotherapy for addressing anxiety in youth with ASD.
The China SCORE study is a prevalence study of Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) in 14 regions in mainland China. It will include the following steps: 1. Large population-based screening This study will be conducted in urban areas but not rural areas across mainland China. One city of each region will participate, and in total there will be 14 cities for screening. Within each city, a number of 40 to 60 ordinary primary schools will be randomly selected from the defined region. All the students who are in 1st to 4th grade will asked to participate in order to form a sample of approximately 20,000 students. Screening questionnaires The screening pack includes the Chinese CAST, the AQ-Child, the AQ-Adult short version (10 items), and risk factors questionnaire. An information sheet and consent form will be included in the pack as well. 2. Further assessments We expect approximately 5% on the CAST will score positive in ordinary school population. Thus, for a 20,000 sample, we would expect 900 positives (90% response rate). All the screen-positives and a random selected 5% from borderline group will be invited for clinical assessment. The diagnosis of clinical assessment will be divided into three categories: definite ASC, suspected ASC, and non-ASC. Then all the children with clinical assessment results as definite ASC and suspected ASC and a randomly selected 10-20 non-ASC will be invited for research diagnostic assessment using the ADOS and ADI-R, as well as RPM as IQ test. After that, the consensus diagnosis between ADOS/ADI-R assessment and the clinical diagnosis will be the final diagnosis. 3. Case identification in special schools All the children in special schools or training institutes in study region will be asked to fill in the screening pack. The children who do not attend any ordinary or special schools will be identified according to their residential ID in the studied regions. All screen-positives in special education will be assessed using the ADOS and ADI-R. Then those who met the criteria of ASC on ADOS or/and ADI-R will be assessed by psychiatrists and the clinical diagnosis will be the final diagnosis. If we combine the prevalence of ordinary schools and special schools together, we will get an estimate of the prevalence of ASC in school-population in China. If we combine all the cases identified from schools and from residential records, we will generate an estimate of the prevalence of ASC in the general population in mainland China.
Racing thoughts relate to subjective acceleration of thinking which has been essentially associated with manic episodes in bipolar disorder. Qualitatively, the phenomenology of racing thoughts in major depression seems to differ from rumination and pure manic racing thoughts: thoughts of all kinds accumulate in the patient's head. Recent qualitative evidence is consistent with the existence of these two kinds of "thought overactivity" related to mood disorders. In order to evaluate this and better understand the psychopathological and cognitive mechanisms that underlie thought overactivity in mood disorders, we have created a 34-item self-questionnaire - the Racing and Crowded Thoughts Questionnaire (RCTQ) and a number of neuropsychological tasks (time perception, cognitive flexibility). Also, given the relationship between mood disorders and creativity, it is likely that thought overactivity is related to increased creativity. We aim at evaluating this relationship through the French version of the Cognitive Processes Associated with Creativity scale (CPAC).
This study is being done to see if icariin will help with depression in patients with bipolar disorder and alcohol or cocaine use disorders. The pills used in this study contain 20% icariin.
The present study aims to examine the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation on the severity of auditory hallucinations.
The main aim of this study is to test a new, non-medication computer-based potential treatment for bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. In the study, children and adolescents with bipolar disorder will come to our lab at Bradley Hospital 2-times per week for 8-weeks to "play" a custom computer "game" designed to retrain the brain--to build a skill that my work has shown is impaired in children/adolescents with bipolar disorder. Before and after this 8-week trial, children will have a special magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. This is a test of feasibility--meaning we want to see if the 8-week trial results in brain changes. If it does, we will conduct a second study to see if it improves how bipolar children function--i.e., if it helps their illness.
Characterization of the influence of pregnenolone vs. placebo on subjective distress and autonomic functioning during cognitive-behavioral exposure therapy in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.