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Journal of Clinical Medicine, Volume 5, Issue 11

November 2016 - 14 articles

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Articles (14)

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,957 Views
11 Pages

Case Formulation in Young People with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and First-Episode Psychosis

  • Emma Halpin,
  • Vanessa Kugathasan,
  • Carol Hulbert,
  • Mario Alvarez-Jimenez and
  • Sarah Bendall

23 November 2016

Background: Evidence based treatment interventions for young people with first-episode psychosis (FEP) and trauma histories is lacking. Although case formulation (CF) has been widely regarded in cognitive behavioural therapy manuals as beneficial, th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
133 Citations
39,640 Views
13 Pages

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Overview of Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment

  • Cynthia L. Lancaster,
  • Jenni B. Teeters,
  • Daniel F. Gros and
  • Sudie E. Back

22 November 2016

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic psychological disorder that can develop after exposure to a traumatic event. This review summarizes the literature on the epidemiology, assessment, and treatment of PTSD. We provide a review of the ch...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,422 Views
15 Pages

The Benefit of Conserving and Gaining Resources after Trauma: A Systematic Review

  • Michael Hollifield,
  • Andrea Gory,
  • Jennifer Siedjak,
  • Linda Nguyen,
  • Lucie Holmgreen and
  • Stevan Hobfoll

18 November 2016

Background: Traumatic events involve loss of resources, which has consistently been found to be associated with developing stress-related illness such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Objective: The purpose of this systematic literature revie...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,494 Views
7 Pages

A Shared Decision-Making Approach to Telemedicine: Engaging Rural Patients in Glycemic Management

  • Michelle L. Griffith,
  • Linda Siminerio,
  • Tammie Payne and
  • Jodi Krall

17 November 2016

Telemedicine can connect specialist health care providers with patients in remote and underserved areas. It is especially relevant in diabetes care, where a proliferation of treatment options has added further complexity to the care of an already com...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
13,009 Views
11 Pages

Modulating the Gut Micro-Environment in the Treatment of Intestinal Parasites

  • Luis Vitetta,
  • Emma Tali Saltzman,
  • Tessa Nikov,
  • Isabelle Ibrahim and
  • Sean Hall

16 November 2016

The interactions of micro-organisms cohabitating with Homo sapiens spans millennia, with microbial communities living in a symbiotic relationship with the host. Interacting to regulate and maintain physiological functions and immunological tolerance,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,038 Views
15 Pages

Integrated Exposure-Based Therapy for Co-Occurring Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Substance Dependence: Predictors of Change in PTSD Symptom Severity

  • Katherine L. Mills,
  • Emma L. Barrett,
  • Sabine Merz,
  • Julia Rosenfeld,
  • Philippa L. Ewer,
  • Claudia Sannibale,
  • Amanda L. Baker,
  • Sally Hopwood,
  • Sudie E. Back and
  • Kathleen T. Brady
  • + 1 author

15 November 2016

This paper examines factors associated with change in PTSD symptom severity among individuals randomised to receive an integrated exposure-based psychotherapy for PTSD and substance dependence–Concurrent Treatment of PTSD and Substance Use Disorders...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,194 Views
9 Pages

The Future Prospects of Immune Therapy in Gastric and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

  • Walid L. Shaib,
  • Jean Paul A. Nammour,
  • Harpaul Gill,
  • Mayur Mody and
  • Nabil F. Saba

14 November 2016

The prognosis of esophageal cancers is poor and novel approaches are urgently needed. Despite improvements in outcomes with transtuzumab and ramucirumab, these improvements added an average of only 2 to 3 months with a median overall survival reporte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,097 Views

10 November 2016

Background: According to some authors, a single isolated measurement of serum B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) executed on hospital admission would not be a sufficiently accurate method to predict the outcome of patients with acute decompensated hear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,025 Views
20 Pages

B Cell Receptor Affinity for Insulin Dictates Autoantigen Acquisition and B Cell Functionality in Autoimmune Diabetes

  • Thomas A. Packard,
  • Mia J. Smith,
  • Francis J. Conrad,
  • Sara A. Johnson,
  • Andrew Getahun,
  • Robin S. Lindsay,
  • Rochelle M. Hinman,
  • Rachel S. Friedman,
  • James W. Thomas and
  • John C. Cambier

8 November 2016

B cells have been strongly implicated in the development of human type 1 diabetes and are required for disease in the NOD mouse model. These functions are dependent on B cell antigen receptor (BCR) specificity and expression of MHC, implicating linke...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,310 Views
5 Pages

An Age-Related Morphometric Profile of Skeletal Muscle in Healthy Untrained Women

  • Anastasia Bougea,
  • George Papadimas,
  • Constantinos Papadopoulos,
  • George P. Paraskevas,
  • Nikolaos Kalfakis,
  • Panagiota Manta and
  • Evangelia Kararizou

7 November 2016

There is a paucity of data on muscle biopsies in females of mixed ages in terms of age-related changes. Cross sections of autopsy material including the quadriceps femoris and biceps brachii muscles were obtained from 23 healthy women, aged 24–82 yea...

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