Mary Stroka

Researchers conducted a literature review of the research published through July 2020 on the estrogen receptor’s potential as a therapeutic target for treatment of schizophrenia.

Study results provide new insight into how neuron subtypes outside the substantia nigra pars compacta may be compensating at a molecular level for differences in the motor production neural circuit during the progression of Parkinson’s disease.

Researchers studied the mechanisms that establish circadian rhythms on a molecular level.

Researchers conducted 10 years of follow-ups with adults with personality disorders who participated in the Collaborative Longitudinal Study of Personality Disorders to examine which factors were associated with reported suicide attempts.

Reduced slow-wave activity during non-rapid eye movement sleep and low sleep efficiency, both of which sleep assessments can measure, may be part of biomarkers that forecast the rate of cortical β-amyloid deposition in the brain.

Researchers compared the rate at which patients diagnosed with both depression and a substance use disorder received acute and continuous pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy with the rate at which patients solely diagnosed with depression received the same treatments.

Researchers conducted an anonymous survey of patients at a geriatrics clinic in California to discover trends in cannabis use among older adults.

Researchers conducted 3 studies involving a series of questionnaires to determine whether there was a connection between psychological entitlement and following or not following COVID-19 guidelines.

Researchers found in an observational cohort study that pre-existing Alzheimer disease and dementia are top risk factors for severe COVID-19 based on their association with positive tests for the coronavirus in England’s hospitals in spring 2020.

Researchers conducted 1-month follow-ups with patients who had either been treated at the hospital or at home for COVID-19 and found that longer hospital stays were associated with lower scores on psychopathology dimension tests.

Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 181 publications that contrasted the neural activity of subjects with anxiety with subjects in control groups or healthy subjects in a safe condition with healthy subjects in an unpredictable-threat condition.

Researchers conducted a component network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials to determine the effectiveness of psychotherapy protocols.

This study tested the hypothesis that exposure without conscious awareness would reduce fear in participants with specific phobia by harnessing the neural circuitry supporting the automatic extinction of fear.

There is an urgent need for mental health interventions in order to assist refugees which are designed for large-scale implementation in low-resource settings.