Introduction Polypharmacy in older adults is a growing concern, particularly in general practice (GP), where general practitioners (GPs) are the main prescribers managing complex multimorbidity. While ...

Introduction A substantial number of patients with major depressive disorder experience non-remission despite treatment with psychotherapy and several antidepressant drugs. This has increased the ...

Introduction The number of people living with dementia is increasing worldwide. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. It typically manifests itself initially with cognitive ...

Introduction Therapeutic exercise has been used to improve cancer-related dysfunction. Recent studies suggest that exercise ...

Introduction This project aims to comprehensively examine the incidence of suicidality, individual and population characteristics, and health pathways, for a cohort of Australian veterans using linked ...

Objectives To investigate the occurrence of depression and mental health disorders other than depression among Brazilian people with intellectual disabilities, analysing data from a national household ...

Introduction Intrapartum-related complications are a leading cause of adverse perinatal outcomes, including stillbirths, ...

Introduction Previous trauma and adverse life experiences have been hypothesised to be aetiological factors for functional neurological disorder (FND) leading to the hypothesis of a ‘trauma-subtype’ ...

Objective Certain leading medical organisations are considering alternatives to the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a predictor of the risk for non-communicable chronic disease (NCD) or death. Our objective ...

Introduction The suicide risk among discharged psychiatric patients is substantially higher than that among patients with physical diseases and the general population. In China, few cohort studies ...

Objectives The financial impact on trauma patients can be devastating. Although Taiwan has universal health insurance coverage, medical bill reimbursement cannot compensate for the damage to a ...

Introduction Stroke is the second leading cause of death and disability creating a huge economic burden annually. Robot-assisted training (RT) is a promising therapy in stroke rehabilitation, but for ...