The detrimental effects of adolescents’ chronic loneliness on motivation and emotion regulation in social situations
Effect of early and systematic integration of palliative care in patients with advanced cancer : a randomised controlled...
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Background: The benefit of early integration of palliative care into oncological care is suggested to be due to increased psychosocial support. In Belgium, psychosocial care is part of standard oncological care. The aim of this randomised controlled trial is to examine whether early and systematic integration of palliative care alongside standard p...
The Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Fluoxetine Directly Inhibits Osteoblast Differentiation and Mineralization Du...
...Published in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Chronic use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for the treatment of depression has been linked to osteoporosis. In this study, we investigated the effect of chronic SSRI use on fracture healing in two murine models of bone regeneration. First, we performed a comprehensive analysis of endochondral bone healing in a femur fracture mod...
Awareness, knowledge, and practices regarding occupational hazards among medical students : a longitudinal study before ...
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices of students regarding occupational hazards before and after entering clinical training. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to follow up a cohort of Belgian medical students in 2014 and 2015. Inquiries about students' characteri...
Older adults' attentional deployment : differential gaze patterns for different negative mood states
Background and objectives: Older adults are characterized by an attentional preference for positive over negative information. Since this positivity effect is considered to be an emotion regulation strategy, it should be more pronounced when emotion regulation is needed. In contrast to previous studies that focused on the effects of sad mood on att...
Barriers to Anti-Retroviral Therapy among Men who have sex with men in West Bengal, India
OBJECTIVESTo explore the challenges and barriers to the continuum of HIV care and services of Men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV through qualitative inquiries and to measure adherence to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART), and barriers that hinder ART access.METHODOLOGYThe study was conducted in Kolkata, India. During the qualitative phase,...
Modulatory effects of positive mood on cognition : lessons from attention and error monitoring.
Impaired processing of serial order determines working memory impairments in Alzheimer’s disease
Background: Working memory (WM) problems are commonly observed in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the affected mechanisms leading to impaired WM are still insufficiently understood. The ability to efficiently process serial order in WM has been demonstrated to be fundamental to fluent daily life functioning. The decreased capability to mentally proce...
Internal shifting impairments in response to emotional information in dysphoric adolescents
Background and Objectives: Previous studies have suggested that internal cognitive control impairments may play an important role in the development of depression. Despite a growing body of research in adults, the ability to shift internal attention between mental representations in working memory has received little attention in younger population...
Leisure activities are linked to mental health benefits by providing time structure: comparing employed, unemployed and ...
Published in Journal of epidemiology and community health
These findings support the idea that especially for the unemployed, leisure activities impose their mental health benefits through increasing individuals' perception of spending their time effectively. Social leisure activities that provide a sense of daily structure may thereby be a particularly promising low-cost intervention to improve mental he...
