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A Multi-Perspective Study on the Psychological Health of Children and Adolescents

edited by

Elisa Cavicchiolo

and Giulia Raimondi

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: psychological well-being; mental health; protective and risk factors; psychometric assessment; developmental trajectories; students’ psychological well-being; mental health interventions; resilience; social support; disadvantaged and vulnerable children and adolescents

The Latest Advances in Visual Health

edited by

Maria Serramito-Blanco

submission deadline 17 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3032 | Submission Open

Keywords: eye; vision; ocular; visual health; optometry; ophthalmology; artificial intelligence; detection of eye anomalies; ocular treatment; refraction; ocular diseases; ocular rehabilitation; developments in visual health

Neuromodulation and Neuroplasticity in Chronic Pain: New Therapeutic Tools

edited by

Manuel Albornoz-Cabello

and

María De Los Ángeles Cardero-Durán

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3941 | Submission Open

Keywords: neuromodulation; physical therapy; chronic pain; neuromodulation; neuroplastic; transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS); evoked potentials; central nervous system sensitization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pain Management)

The Relationship of Social Media and Cyberbullying with Mental Health

edited by

Fernando Fajardo-Bullón

and

Joaquim Armando Gomes Alves Ferreira

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; well-being; social media; cyberbullying; risk factors; developmental and educational psychology; problematic internet use; internet addiction

Innovative and Multidisciplinary Approaches to Healthcare

edited by

Jeanette M. López-Walle

, María del Rocío Hernández Pozo and Angélica Mendieta Ramírez

submission deadline 22 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 374 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidisciplinary; engineering and technology; humanities; psychology; social and health sciences; physical activity science

Positive Psychology in Healthcare: Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Perspectives

edited by

Freda N. Gonot-Schoupinsky

and Claude-Hélène Mayer

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 983 | Submission Open

Keywords: quality of life; positive emotions; life satisfaction; virtues; meaning; spirituality; healthy behaviors; character strengths; healthy lifestyles; flourishing/thriving; existential positive psychology; positive autoethnography

Strategies and Interventions for Supporting the Holistic Well-Being of Clinicians and Nurses

edited by

Sara Lima

, Sonia Martins and

Ana Isabel Carvalho Teixeira

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: well-being; healthcare workers; occupational stress; mental health; quality of life; mindfulness-based and psychological interventions; workplace-based organizational interventions; mobbing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medics)

Applications of Assistive Technologies in Health Care Practices

edited by

María Reina-Bueno

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: assistive technologies; healthcare innovation; patient accessibility; rehabilitation devices; telemedicine solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section TeleHealth and Digital Healthcare)

Prevention and Management of Chronic Diseases

edited by Jolanta Magdalena Walusiak-Skorupa and Dominik Olejniczak

submission deadline 26 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 29521 | Submission Open

Keywords: chronic diseases; civilization diseases; health promotion; public health; prophylaxis; health management; quality of life

(This special issue belongs to the Section Preventive Medicine)

Advances in Generating Real-World Evidence from Real-World Data Using Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Joseph Finkelstein

submission deadline 28 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5035 | Submission Open

Keywords: real-world evidence; artificial intelligence; healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)

Evaluation and Potential of Effective Decision-Making in Healthcare

edited by Marion Sabine Rauner and

Doris A. Behrens

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6874 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthcare; system analysis; decision-making; policy modelling; decision-support systems; cost-effectiveness analysis; simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Policy)

End-of-Life Care for Cancer Patients

edited by

Namie Okino Sawada

, Vander Monteiro da Conceição and Fabiana Bolela

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2563 | Submission Open

Keywords: end-of-life care; oncology; palliative care; quality of life; dignity; control of symptoms; effective communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Mental Health in Older People

edited by

Francisco Sampaio

, Lia Sousa and

Odete Araújo

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1464 | Submission Open

Keywords: aged; mental health; health promotion; frailty; geriatric psychiatry; caregivers

Innovative Technologies in Pain Management

edited by

Hector Beltran-Alacreu

and

José A. Moral-Munoz

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: pain management; extended reality (XR) technologies; gamification for pain relief; psychosocial variables; interdisciplinary approaches

Patient Safety and Psychosocial Risk in the Workplace

edited by

Maria Malliarou

, Pavlos Sarafis and

Aristomenis Kotsakis

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: patient safety; psychosocial risks; burnout; nursing; quality of care; stress; well-being; errors; adverse events; near misses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety)

Improving Adolescent Girls’ and Women’s Health and Nutrition

edited by

Csilla Mišľanová

and

Martina Valachovičová

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: adolescent girls; women; health; nutrition; malnutrition; health policy; gender equality; reproductive health; public health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Public Health)

Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Distress in Healthcare

edited by

Florin Oprescu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 37432 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Policy)

Fall Prevention and Geriatric Nursing

edited by

Cristina Lavareda Baixinho

Andreia Costa

and

Maria Adriana Henriques

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17624 | Submission Open

Keywords: accidental falls; aged; nursing; risk; health literacy; healthy ageing; complex interventions; health interventions; fundamental care; patient safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Preventive Medicine)

Supporting Self-Management in People with Chronic Conditions: Results from the COMPAR-EU Project

edited by

Ioannis Ilias

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15786 | Submission Open

Keywords: self-management support; self-management interventions; chronic conditions; patient empowerment

Midwifery-Led Care and Practice: Promoting Maternal and Child Health

edited by Joachim Graf

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15597 | Submission Open

Keywords: midwifery; women’ s health; vulnerability in pregnancy; midwife-led care; fetal programming; pregnancy outcomes in the context of social inequality; improvement of child health; improvement of women’ s health; gender-sensitive care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Women's Health Care)

Pain Management in Healthcare Practice

edited by

Mimi M.Y. Tse

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10906 | Submission Open

Keywords: pain; acute pain; chronic pain; older adults; depression; non-pharmacological; exercise; healthcare; home care; dyadic pain management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pain Management)

Towards Holistic Healthcare: Advancing Nursing and Medical Education

edited by

Polyxeni Mangoulia

and

Pavlos M. Myrianthefs

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9991 | Submission Open

Keywords: holistic care; nurses; doctors; consultation liaison psychiatry; hospitals; chronic disease; biopsychosocial model; comorbidity; drug interactions; depression; anxiety; dementia; delirium

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nursing)

Improving the Health and Well-Being of Groups of Workers Experiencing Work Disparities

edited by Lynn Shaw

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9889 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational health outcomes; services and education; work rehabilitation outcomes; services and education; access to health services; social determinants of health; worker health and wellbeing; health system policies; decent work in healthcare; equitable access to health care work; health and wellbeing at work; workplace organizational health; occupational science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Community Care)

Research on Health Disparities in the Global Population

edited by

Wei-Chen Lee

and Tse-Chuan Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8790 | Submission Open

Keywords: disparity; equity; social determinants of health; segregation; social inclusion; non-discrimination policy; underserved; underrepresented; discrimination; implicit bias; health services; health outcomes; global health; international health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Policy)

Young Carers: Prevention, Intervention, Services and Outcomes—What Works?

edited by Saul Becker

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7875 | Submission Open

Keywords: young carers; young adult carers; young caregivers; vulnerable children; children and adolescents; child outcomes; caregiving responsibilities; family support; prevention strategies; psychosocial interventions; evaluation; prevention; intervention studies; theory of change; social policy; children’ s services; family support

Chemsex, LGBTIQ+ and Mental Disorders

edited by

Raúl Juárez Vela

Antonio Martinez-Sabater

and

Vicente Gea-Caballero

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7681 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemsex; drugs; mental health; substance use

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nursing)

Implications for Healthcare Policy and Management

edited by Maria Kapritsou and

Theodoros N. Sergentanis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7408 | Submission Open

Keywords: policy; management; healthcare; nursing; skills; healthcare workforce

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Policy)

Innovative Strategies in Rheumatology Care

edited by

Gabriel Gijón-Noguerón

and

Laura Ramos-Petersen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5316 | Submission Open

Keywords: rheumatology; pharmacological therapies; treatments; personalized medicine; pain management; rehabilitation; quality of life; conservative treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Machine Learning in Medicine and Health: Data, Methods and Applications

edited by Grażyna Suchacka,

Ioana Boeraş

and

Ionela Maniu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3378 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; laboratory (bio)markers; risk factors/risk scores; classification; prediction; (disease) profiling; diagnosis; prognosis; artificial intelligence; medicine; bioinformatics; bibliometric

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)

Chronic Disease Management and Prevention Through Healthy Habits in the Entire Population

edited by

Rossella Sacchetti

and

Alice Masini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3014 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrition; dietary habits; lifestyle medicine; public health; health promotion; physical activity and nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: A Key Player in Cardiovascular Disease Management

edited by Pietro Pugliatti

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2430 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardiopulmonary exercise test; functional capacity; peak oxygen uptake (VO2); cardiovascular diseases; heart failure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Gender, Sexuality and Mental Health

edited by

Henrique Pereira

and Felipe Alckmin-Carvalho

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2398 | Submission Open

Keywords: gender; sexualities; mental health; well-being; sexual stigma; health behavior; risk factors; protective factors; LGBTQIA+

New Insights into Understudied Phenomena in Healthcare: Second Edition

edited by

José Manuel Hernández Padilla

and

Cayetano Fernández-Sola

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2030 | Submission Open

Keywords: health promotion; aging; emerging diseases; new technologies; innovative healthcare approaches; innovative research methods; social determinants of health; patient rights; demographic challenges; understudied populations; vulnerable populations; gender issues

Physical Rehabilitation in Psychiatry

edited by

Tetsuya Tanioka

and Rick Kwan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2001 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical rehabilitation; psychiatry; chronic mental illness; dementia; schizophrenia; malnutrition; sarcopenia; dynapenia; frailty; interdisciplinary intervention; physical activity; exercise therapy; physical exercise

(This special issue belongs to the Section Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety)

The Role of Healthcare in Public Health Risk and Disaster Management: Strategies for Mitigation and Response

edited by

Vladimir Cvetković

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1634 | Submission Open

Keywords: disaster risk management; public health emergencies; healthcare resilience; emergency medical response; crisis preparedness; risk mitigation strategies; health security; natural and man-made hazards; disaster preparedness and response; health system sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Factors and Global Health)

Surgical Pediatric Otolaryngology for Congenital Disease: Sharing for Implementation

edited by

Athanasios Saratziotis

and Maria Baldovin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1571 | Submission Open

Keywords: pediatric otolaryngology; pediatric surgery; endoscopic approaches; congenital pediatric diseases; pediatric rhinology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Perioperative Care)

Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology: Integrating Social Awareness and Early Intervention in Autism Spectrum Using AI Methods

edited by

Evgenia Gkintoni

and

Constantinos Halkiopoulos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1217 | Submission Open

Keywords: clinical psychology; neuropsychology; autism; early intervention; screening tools; cognition; social awareness; machine learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)

Advances in Health Technology Assessment in the Era of AI and Data Science

edited by

Z. Kevin Lu

and

Jing Yuan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 870 | Submission Open

Keywords: health technology assessment (HTA); artificial intelligence; big data

Advances in Prediction, Prevention and Precision Medicine for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke

edited by

Raha Pazoki

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 839 | Submission Open

Keywords: myocardial infarction; stroke; machine learning; predictive models; prevention strategies; human population studies; clinical trial data; traditional epidemiology; risk assessment; data integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)

Physical Activity Intervention for Non-Communicable Diseases

edited by Karah Dring

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 702 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical activity; exercise; children; older adults; health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Chronic Diseases: Integrating Innovation, Equity and Care Continuity

edited by

Hailun Liang

and Leiyu Shi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 649 | Submission Open

Keywords: primary care; chronic disease; health risk management; health equity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chronic Care)

Health and Healthcare: Prevention of Health Issues, Health Problems and Suicide

edited by

Ken Inoue

and Yasuyuki Fujita

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 564 | Submission Open

Keywords: health; healthcare; medicine; nursing; suicide prevention; social health items; care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Assessments)

Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence on Access to and Use of Reproductive Healthcare and Services

edited by Carole Browner and Alison Hamilton

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 445 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproductive health; reproductive healthcare; intimate partner violence; gender politics; families; reproductive rights

(This special issue belongs to the Section Women's Health Care)

Osteopathic and Complementary Manual Therapy in Musculoskeletal Pain and Dysfunction

edited by

Rafał Gnat

and Anna Gogola

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: manual therapy; osteopathy; complementary therapy; musculoskeletal pain; musculoskeletal dysfunction; compensatory changes

Prisoner Health

edited by

Giulio Di Mizio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: prison health systems across the world; risk factors for health; prison environment; prison healthcare systems and governance; inmate and mental illness; rehabilitation in mental illness; rehabilitation of prisoners; inmates and infectious diseases; drugs and/in prison; disabled prisoners; prison workers and their protection; prison medicine; COVID-19 and prison; feeding in prison; medical responsibility in penitentiary medicine; clinical risk management in penitentiary medicine; compatibility of the prisoner's health conditions with imprisonment; suicidal risk assessment in prison; CSI in prison; inmate autopsy; innovative methods of expert investigation in prison and of prisoners; torture in prison: medico-legal investigation; medical liability in prison medicine; precision medicine in prison; clinical pathways in prison; artificial intelligence in prison healthcare; telemedicine in prison healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forensic Medicine)

AI-Driven Insights from Biomedical Data for Advanced Disease Diagnosis and Prognosis

edited by

Antonio Alarcon Paredes

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical diagnosis; medical prognosis; medical image analysis; large language model interpretation; explainable AI; clinical validity; translational medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)

Organizational Approaches That Support Nurses and Healthcare Workers to Thrive: Moving Beyond Burnout

edited by Stephen Phillip Jacobs, Willoughby Moloney and