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Therapeutic use of serious games in mental health: scoping review

BJPsych Open, 2022
Background There has been an increase in the development and application of serious games to support management of mental ill health, but their full impact is unclear. Aims Evaluation of the current evidence of acceptability and effectiveness of serious
Alice Dewhirst, Richard Laugharne, Rohit Shankar   +2 more
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Early 17β-estradiol treatment reduces seizures but not abnormal behaviour in mice with expanded polyalanine tracts in the Aristaless related homeobox gene (ARX)

Neurobiology of Disease, 2021
Children with severe intellectual disability have an increased prevalence of refractory seizures. Steroid treatment may improve seizure outcomes, but the mechanism remains unknown.
Karagh E. Loring, Tessa Mattiske, Kristie Lee, Aneta Zysk, Matilda R. Jackson, Jeffrey L. Noebels, Cheryl Shoubridge   +6 more
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How can psychiatrists make mental health services more accessible for people with autism?

BJPsych Open, 2021
Unrecognised psychiatric and medical conditions can lead poorer health outcomes, lower health-related quality of life and increased mortality in people with autism, compared with the general population.
Ashok Roy
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Appropriateness of psychotropic medication use in a cohort of adolescents with intellectual disability in Queensland, Australia

BJPsych Open, 2020
Background Psychotropic medications are sometimes used off-label and inappropriately. This may cause harm to adolescents with intellectual disability. However, few studies have analysed off-label or inappropriate prescribing to this group.
Menghuan Song, Robert S. Ware, Tan N. Doan, Lyn McPherson, Julian N. Trollor, David Harley   +5 more
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Should we add visual acuity ratios to referral criteria for potential cerebral visual impairment?

Journal of Optometry, 2017
Purpose: To determine whether the assessment of visual acuity ratios might improve the referral of children with (sub)normal visual acuity but at risk of cerebral visual impairment.
Ymie J. van der Zee, Peter Stiers, Heleen M. Evenhuis   +2 more
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‘Get Healthy!’ physical activity and healthy eating intervention for adults with intellectual disability: results from the feasibility pilot

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2023
Background People with intellectual disabilities (ID) experience high rates of lifestyle related morbidities, in part due to lack of access to tailored health promotion programmes.
Carmela Salomon, Jessica Bellamy, Elizabeth Evans, Renae Reid, Michelle Hsu, Scott Teasdale, Julian Trollor   +6 more
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Clinical Assessment of Visual Motion Perception in Children With Brain Damage: A Comparison With Base Rates and Control Sample

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021
Aim: In this study, we examined (1) the presence of abnormally low scores (below 10th percentile) in various visual motion perception aspects in children with brain damage, while controlling for their cognitive developmental delay; (2) whether the risk ...
Ymie J. van der Zee, Ymie J. van der Zee, Peter L. J. Stiers, Lieven Lagae, Heleen M. Evenhuis   +4 more
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Knowledge, perceptions and experiences of risk to sexual violence among adults with intellectual disabilities in Cape Town, South Africa

African Journal of Disability, 2022
Background: People with intellectual disabilities are at high risk to sexual violence, yet minimal research has been conducted in South Africa to understand this phenomenon, especially seeking perspectives of people with intellectual disabilities ...
Callista K. Kahonde, Rebecca Johns
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Editorial on Psychological distress in the Greek general population during the first COVID-19 lockdown

BJPsych Open, 2021
This editorial discusses a study by Karaivazoglou and colleagues, where the authors investigated anxiety, depressive, post-traumatic stress-related symptoms and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related beliefs in the Greek population during the first ...
Samuel Tromans
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Thrombolytic proteins profiling: High‐throughput activity, selectivity, and resistance assays

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We present optimized biochemical protocols for evaluating thrombolytic proteins, enabling rapid and robust screening of enzymatic activity, inhibition resistance, and fibrin affinity, stimulation, and selectivity. The outcome translates to key clinical indicators such as biological half‐life and bleeding risk. These assays streamline the development of
Martin Toul, Alan Strunga, Jiri Damborsky, Zbynek Prokop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source