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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community perinatal mental health services on access, experience, recovery/relapse and obstetric and neonate outcomes: the ESMI-II mixed-methods study

Heather O’Mahen, Louise Howard, Helen Sharp, Antoinette Davey et al. • Health and Social Care Delivery Research (2025)

Background Perinatal mental health disorders affect one in five mothers during pregnancy or within 2 years post childbirth. These disorders can lead to poor pregnancy and childbirth outcomes and maternal deaths. Additionally, they negativel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3310/RRAP0011

White matter structural changes in the visual pathway of thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy patients: a free water and multi-shell diffusion imaging study

Jiaqi Yao, Jiaqi Yao, Xinjian Lu, Jingxu Ma et al. • Frontiers in Neurology (2025)

BackgroundCompared to single-shell diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), free water (FW) and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) offer a more comprehensive evaluation of microstructural alterations in cerebral white matter ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1598510

Factors Associated with Quality of Life Among Older Adults with Chronic Disease in Taiwan

Hsiao-Mei Chen, Ching-Min Chen • International Journal of Gerontology (2017)

Background: There have been many studies reviewing quality of life (QoL) of older population and found an inverse association between QoL and chronic diseases. However, previous studies have focused only on that of people with specific dise...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2016.07.002

Fluidity in filial piety: twenty-year associations of living arrangements on depression and life satisfaction and across chronic diseases among older adults in rural China

Jin Guo, Andrew Wister, Barbara Mitchell, Merril Silverstein et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2026)

Abstract Objectives Based on defamilization, individualization, and contingent intergenerational solidarity theories, this study developed a cultural defamilization framework. Longitudinal data were used to explore changes in the associatio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-026-07449-z

Study on Association Between Lipid Profile Values and Psychiatric Disorders

SHINY JOHN, KAVITARATI DHARWADKAR, MANJUNATH V MOTAGI • Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (2014)

Background: Cholesterol is especially abundant in nervous system, where it plays important role in different aspects of cellular structure (e.g. fluidity of cell membranes) and function (e.g. membrane). Several studies showed that there ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/10383.5301

New femoral evidence from the Afar reveal the early evolution of habitual squatting behaviors in the genus Theropithecus

Laurent Pallas, Laurent Pallas, Laurent Pallas, Masato Nakatsukasa et al. • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2025)

IntroductionThe femoral anatomy of fossil Theropithecus is poorly known, although it provides critical data for inferring squatting behaviors, a characteristic trait of extant Theropithecus gelada.MethodsHere, we describe and provide functi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2025.1593646

Edge-centric connectome-genetic markers of bridging factor to comorbidity between depression and anxiety

Zhiyi Chen, Yancheng Tang, Xuerong Liu, Wei Li et al. • Nature Communications (2024)

Abstract Depression-anxiety comorbidity is commonly attributed to the occurrence of specific symptoms bridging the two disorders. However, the significant heterogeneity of most bridging symptoms presents challenges for psychopathological in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55008-0

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Vaibhav Vijay Ingale, Gabrielle Tepp, Robert P. Dziak, Ross E. Parnell-Turner • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (2018)

Giant seafloor depressions are formed by an interaction of bottom currents and pre-existing seafloor topograph Initial seafloor depressions are initiated by slope failure processes...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/(issn)1525-2027

Effectiveness of social-emotional learning program on psychological distress and dysregulation in students with specific learning disorders

Shahrooz Nemati, Rahim Badri Gargari, Mahsa Rasi, Elaheh Mahmoudi • BMC Psychology (2025)

Abstract This study investigates the effectiveness of a social-emotional skills training program on emotional dysregulation and psychological distress among students with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD). The quasi-experimental design invo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40359-025-03662-4

The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis

Samantha So, Teng Qing Wang, Brian Edward Yu, Monali S. Malvankar-Mehta • European Journal of Mental Health (2023)

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a chronically stressful work environment for healthcare workers, increasing the negative psychological effects experienced. Aims: The authors of this systematic review and meta-analysis aime...

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Sleep Quality and Psychological Distress Among Undergraduate Students at a Private Medical and Dental College of Islamabad: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abdullah Ahmad Zubair, Fatima Ahmad Zubair, Syed Muhammad Abdal Hussain Shah Gillani • Life and Science (2025)

Objective: To find the relationship between sleep quality and psychological distress among undergraduate medical college students; to investigate the influence of demographic variables such as age, gender, year of study, residence, BMI, scr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.37185/LnS.1.1.1023

Early life climate and adulthood mental health: how birth seasonality influences depressive symptoms in adults

Hao Zhou, Danni Peng-Li, Juan Chen, Dong Sun et al. • BMC Public Health (2023)

Abstract Background Early life in-utero can have long-term influence on the mental health status of individuals in adulthood, such as depression. Age, gender, socio-economic status, education, and geography are demographic factors shown to ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15145-5

Optimal exercise type and dose to improve sleep quality in older adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Zhiyu Xiong, Yuan Yuan, Bopeng Qiu, Yong Yang et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2025)

Abstract Background Sleep quality decreased can result in a major health issue in older people with age. While not all sleep changes are pathological in older people’s life, severe disturbances may lead to depression, cognitive impairments,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-06607-z

Sex-Related Differences in Regional Homogeneity and Intolerance of Uncertainty in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Resting-State fMRI Study

Wang A, Zhao S, Guo Q, Wu J et al. • Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment (2026)

Anzhen Wang,1,2 Shuai Zhao,1 Qihui Guo,3,4 Jinling Wu,1 Wenmei Fang,1 Shuang Zheng,1 Chunyan Zhu,2,5,6 Xiangyang Zhang1,3,41Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People’s Republic of...

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Psychological Components of Disease Stigma Across Illnesses: Associations with Cultural and Personal Factors

Shiming Yao, Jiajia Zhu, Yan Mu • Behavioral Sciences (2026)

Understanding public stigma against patients (also known as disease stigma)—negative attitudes or discriminatory responses toward individuals with a disease—is essential for improving health outcomes and fostering inclusive communities. In ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/bs16020295

GROSS ANATOMICAL STUDIES ON THE CRANIUM OF BARRED JUNGLE OWLET (Glaucidium radiatum malabaricum)

K. B. Sumena, N. S. Sunilkumar, K. M. Lucy, S. Maya et al. • Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (2019)

Present study was conducted with the aim to understand the morphological features of skull of barred jungle owlet.The head of the owletwascollected from the specimen brought for post-mortem, processed and morphological studies were conduct...

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Long-Term Prognosis and Systemic Impact of Acromegaly: Analyses Utilizing Korean National Health Insurance Data

Sangmo Hong, Kyungdo Han, Cheol-Young Park • Endocrinology and Metabolism (2025)

Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disorder caused by excessive growth hormone secretion. Its low prevalence poses challenges in studying its long-term prognosis and systemic effects. To address this research gap, we conducted five studies usin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3803/EnM.2024.2285

Increased prevalence of loneliness and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Susan A. Kirkland, Lauren E. Griffith, Urun Erbas Oz, Mary Thompson et al. • BMC Public Health (2023)

Abstract Background Older adults have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and related preventative measures undertaken during the pandemic. Given clear evidence of the relationship between loneliness and health outcomes, it is impe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15807-4

Identification of Geodiversity and Geosite Assessment around Geohazard Area of Suoh Aspiring Geopark in West Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia

Dicky Muslim, Zufialdi Zakaria, Heryadi Rachmat, Prahara Iqbal et al. • Resources (2022)

Indonesia has been actively promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed upon at the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. Pursuing economic expansion through extraction of natural resources is an obsolete paradigm that is b...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/resources11110104