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Incidental findings in UK healthy volunteers screened for a COVID-19 vaccine trial
(2022-09)
The safety of novel therapeutics and vaccines are typically assessed in early phase clinical trials involving "healthy volunteers." Abnormalities in such individuals can be difficult to interpret and may indicate previously ...
Determination of energy intake and dietary habits and their relationship with physical activity levels and healthy lifestyle behaviours of primary education and pre-service teachers
(2022-03)
Participation in physical activity (PA) from a young age helps to build the foundation for a healthy life in
the future. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between energy intake, dietary
habits, ...
Association between serum lithium level and incidence of COVID-19 infection
(2022-03)
An antiviral effect of lithium has been proposed, but never investigated for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Using electronic health records of 26 554 patients with documented serum lithium levels during the pandemic, ...
Paul Harrison—investigating the psychiatric sequelae of COVID-19
(2022-04)
Paul Harrison describes his academic career as being low profile until several large studies on the psychiatric effects of COVID-19, including those linked to so called long-COVID, thrust him and his team into the limelight. ...
Minimising Young Children’s Anxiety through Schools (MY-CATS): Protocol for a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of an Online Parent-led Intervention Compared With Usual School Practice for Young Children Identified as atrisk for Anxiety Disorders
(2022-01)
Identifying and supporting young children who are at-risk of developing anxiety disorders would benefit
children, families, and wider society. Elevated anxiety symptoms, inhibited temperament, and high
parental anxiety ...
The use of general anaesthesia in special care dentistry: A clinical guideline from the British Society for Disability and Oral Health
(2022-01)
Background: General anaesthesia (GA) may be required to support the care of those seen in Special Care Dentistry (SCD) services for various reasons, such as enabling extensive dental care for people with severe learning ...
Reliability and validity of the FORUM-P and FORUM-C: two novel instruments for outcome measurement in forensic mental health
(2022-05)
We conducted a series of tests on the FORensic oUtcome Measure
(FORUM), a novel tool for measuring outcomes in forensic mental
health services, which consists of complementary patientreported (FORUM-P) and clinician-reported ...
Integrating static and modifiable risk factors in violence risk assessment for forensic psychiatric patients: a feasibility study of FoVOx
(2022-06)
Introduction: Risk assessment is integral to forensic psychiatry. Previous work has highlighted the
benefits of using scalable and evidence-based actuarial risk tools developed within forensic populations, such as the ...
Exposure to phenytoin associates with a lower risk of post-COVID cognitive deficits: a cohort study
(2022-08)
Post-COVID cognitive deficits (often referred to as ‘brain fog’) are common and have large impacts on patients’ level of functioning.
No specific intervention exists to mitigate this burden.
This study tested the hypothesis, ...
The Prevalence of Problem Gambling and Gambling Disorder Among Homeless People: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
(2022-07)
Gambling problems are often associated with homelessness and linked to elevated psychiatric morbidity and homelessness chronicity. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on prevalence rates of problem gambling ...