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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorder in childhood. Patients with ADHD present inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity causing severe impairments on academic achievement, social and professional life and daily functioning. Medications are effective in a majority of children with ADHD, but about 30% do not respond or tolerate stimulants, and some parents refuse pharmacological treatments.Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation is a safe and non-invasive technique of brain stimulation used in several neurological and psychiatric disorders, and recently in ADHD. In patients with ADHD, tDCS stimulations targeted frontal regions improve executive and attentional functioning and daily life symptoms. The objective of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of tDCS (vs sham) during cognitive-remediation exercises on ADHD symptoms (inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity as defined by DSM-5) in children with ADHD between 7 and 14 years of age.
This is a prospective case series study.There were 20 individuals with chronic neck pain accompanied by myogenous temporomandibular disorders(mTMD) from Linkou and Taoyuan Chang Gung hospitals, and Chang-Gung university. The purpose of this study was, first, to investigate the effects of muscle energy technique (MET) or strain-counterstrain (SCS) applied on the tender or trigger points of neck muscles on improving pain and pressure pain sensitivity in neck and masticatory muscles, the maximal mouth-opening range of motion, chewing endurance, and head-neck-shoulder posture in patients with chronic neck pain accompanied by mTMD. Second, whether the significant effects could be reached within the four-week intervention duration.
Check whether patients with higher comorbidity and risk of complication, estimated using the V (p) -POSSUM score, ACS NSQIP and the ASA classification, present higher baseline activated clotting time values.
Since the 1990s, neuroscience, with functional MRI, has made it possible to understand the beneficial neurophysiological effect of music on man and his brain. They have shown that music stimulates brain plasticity and contributes to the reorganization of the affected neural circuits. The concept of cerebral plasticity and cerebral symphony have thus been developed. In March 2008, the HAS (High Authority for Health) proposed in its recommendations good practices concerning the management of neurodegenerative diseases that "Music therapy, aromatherapy, multisensory stimulation ... could improve certain of behavior's aspects ". Music has shown that memory capacity can remain present in people with Alzheimer's disease even in the advanced stages. Music also improves the well-being of patients with Alzheimer's or mixed dementia living in institutions and reduces the suffering of caregivers. It improves communication with others, including those who have lost the usual codes of communication and improves the quality of sleep of elderly people living in institutions. However, although musical interventions have recently gained popularity as a non-pharmacological treatment for dementia, the scientific evidence warrants further research.
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of music on patients receiving a course of intravenous (IV) ketamine for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), both unipolar and bipolar. The primary outcome is changes in in systolic blood pressure throughout each 40-minute infusion. Secondary outcomes include repeated measures of mood, anxiety, suicidality, and psychological/physical pain. Aspects of the treatment experience, with and without music, will also be explored.
Intraoperative awareness which means the recall of experiences recorded in patients' memories during general anesthesia in the postoperative period is an important issue in anesthesia practice. The aims of this study are to investigate the incidence and causes of awareness during general anesthesia, incidence of dreaming during anesthesia, intra-operative experiences of patients who report awareness, the risk factors that may be associated with awareness, to analyze the frequency of posttraumatic stress disorder in cases with awareness and possible awareness, the risk factors that may be associated with PTSD in Turkish adults. Adult patients will be evaluated 4 time following emergence (a) One hour after emergence, (b) Twenty four hour after emergence (c) One week after emergence (d) One month after emergence. The first interview will be made face-to-face in the recovery unit, and other interviews will be made by phone. Each interview will be conducted using the same structured interview (Brice Interview). Descriptive statistics will be used to determine the incidence of awareness. χ2 test will be used for comparison between groups. Logistic regression will be used to determine the risk factors associated with awareness and PTSD. We believe that this study will contribute to the prevention of the problem by determining the real frequency and causes of intraoperative awareness under general anesthesia, determining the experiences and results of patients, and analyzing the associated risk factors.
In the Investigator's ongoing studies of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in older adults, it has been found that older adults with PTSD frequently meet the criteria for comorbid Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Moreover, relative to trauma-exposed healthy controls (TEHCs), elders with PTSD manifest executive function deficits, fatigability, and mobility and physical function deficits that are consistent with what the investigator has observed in depressed older adults. Yet, the investigator has found that very few older adults with combined PTSD/MDD have received appropriate antidepressant treatment for their condition. These findings give rise to the questions of (1) how effective is antidepressant treatment for depressive symptoms in the context of PTSD/MDD and (2) are cognitive and physical function deficits in PTSD/MDD patients reversible with effective antidepressant treatment?
This study aims to test the feasibility and efficacy of an individualized exposure intervention using 360-degree videos for social anxiety and agoraphobia. A multiple single case design is followed with a pre-post-follow up assessment and multiple baselines. In addition, an experience sampling method is used to explore the role of dysfunctional beliefs and self-efficacy in the efficacy intervention.