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Health Literacy and Health Service Use in Germany

Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2018
Background: Health literacy (HL) is defined as the ability to process health-related information to make decisions to maintain health and improve quality of life.
Eva-Maria Berens, Dominique Vogt, Kristin Ganahl, Heide Weishaar, Jürgen Pelikan, Doris Schaeffer   +5 more
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Case-Based Evidence for Screening Pornography in Marital Therapy

Journal of Psychosexual Health, 2021
Pornography has become a modality to experience sexual expression. It is used in a recreational manner to enhance sexual life. However, in some cases, excessive usage can lead to distress in the other partner.
Manoj Kumar Sharma, Nitin Anand, Shweta Sunil, Ashwini Tadpatrikar, Akash Vishwakarma, Pranjali Chakraborty Thakur, Priya Singh, Ajith S.J., Nisha John, Maya Sahu, Ishita Mondal, Suma N., Ankita Biswas, Archana R., Keshava D. Murthy   +14 more
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Facilitating rapid access to addiction treatment: a randomized controlled trial

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2021
Background Obtaining timely access to addiction medicine treatment for patients with substance use disorders is challenging and patients often have to navigate complex referral pathways.
Anita Srivastava, Sarah Clarke, Kate Hardy, Meldon Kahan   +3 more
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Prevention and management of physical health conditions in adults with severe mental disorders: WHO recommendations

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2021
Background People with severe mental disorders (SMD) experience premature mortality mostly from preventable physical causes. The World Health Organization (WHO) have recently produced guidelines on the prevention and management of physical health ...
Petra C. Gronholm, Neerja Chowdhary, Corrado Barbui, Jayati Das-Munshi, Kavitha Kolappa, Graham Thornicroft, Maya Semrau, Tarun Dua   +7 more
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What impact did the COVID-19 pandemic have on the variability of fentanyl concentrations in the Vancouver, Canada illicit drug supply? An interrupted time-series analysis

BMJ Public Health, 2023
Background Increases in fatal overdoses were observed coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic across the USA and Canada. Hypothesised explanations include pandemic-attributable healthcare service disruption, social isolation and illicit drug market ...
Lianping Ti, Richard Laing, Samuel Tobias, Cameron J Grant, Mark Lysyshyn, Kenneth W Tupper   +5 more
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Use of health services. [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 1982
This analysis of health services use is divided into 3 categories: ambulatory (outpatient and home) medical care services; inpatient (hospital) services; and preventive services. To achieve optimal levels of use all 3 require the initiative of the population and of health services personnel.
R L, Parker, A R, Hinman
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A Case report of a continuous ambulatory drug delivery (CADD) pump to deliver opioid agonist treatment in an acute care setting

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background People with substance use disorder are at risk of complications of drug use and frequent hospitalization and may continue to use substances during admission to acute care.
Casey Wigg, Amy Nolen, Lisa Jauhal, Malika Sharma   +3 more
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The relationship between region of residence, socio-demographic factors, and healthcare utilization among Saudi citizens: insights from the 2013 Saudi Health Interview Survey

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
BackgroundThere is a dearth of research on the nature and extent of variation in patterns of health service use in Saudi Arabia. This is an important gap in knowledge, given ongoing efforts to improve service provision and delivery.
Motab Aljohani, Motab Aljohani, Michael Donnelly, Ibrahim Al Sumaih, Ciaran O'Neill   +4 more
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Pathways to Cybersex: Case-Report-Based Exploration

Journal of Psychosexual Health, 2020
The internet has become the preferred platform for use of webcam. The interactive online aspect of webcamming allows participants to have stimulating enjoyable experience for each act.
Manoj Kumar Sharma, Nitin Anand, Ajith S. J., Pranjali Chakraborty Thakur, Suma N., Maya Sahu, Nisha John, Ashwini Tapatrikar, Ankita Biswas, Akash Vishwakarma, Archana R., Priya Singh, Keshava D. Murthy   +12 more
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Health services use in eating disorders [PDF]

Psychological Medicine, 2007
BackgroundThis study examined healthcare services used by adults diagnosed with an eating disorder (ED) in a large health maintenance organization in the Pacific Northwest.MethodElectronic medical records were used to collect information on all out-patient and in-patient visits and medication dispenses, from 2002 to 2004, for adults aged 18–55 years ...
R H, Striegel-Moore, L, DeBar, G T, Wilson, J, Dickerson, F, Rosselli, N, Perrin, F, Lynch, H C, Kraemer   +7 more
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