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The Effects of Low Dose Ketamine on Cardiovascular Function
Low dose ketamine is used for pain management and for the treatment of anxiety and depression. Prior studies on low dose ketamine have noted short-term (minutes to hours) increases or decreases in blood pressure. Blood pressure that is too high or too low can be problematic if untreated.
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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The Effect of Intravenous Ketamine on Non Suicidal Self Injuries.
Ketamine is a sedative drug, presently at the focus of psychopharmacologic research, which was found to improve depression, when taken orally, and lower suicidal ideation, when given intravenously. Our aim is to assess the efficiency of intravenous ketamine in decreasing NSSI symptomology in women with a history of childhood sexual …
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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What Works and Why? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing as a Potential Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
EMDR is one of the most effective interventions for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and has been applied to other disorders that are often comorbid with trauma, such as psychosis and depression, with promising results. Nevertheless, its application in SUD is still limited. Taken altogether, there is a need to clarify …
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- 08 Aug, 2022
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia
The pilot project aims to investigate the feasibility and the preliminary efficacy of a guided online acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) intervention for distressed family caregivers of people with dementia. A one-group pretest-posttest design (n=15) will be used to investigate the potential effects of the 10 weekly online ACT intervention …
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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Effect of HF rTMS on Serum BDNF in Cocaine Use Disorder
This study aims to explore the effect of 5-Hz rTMS over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on the BDNF, craving and cognitive function. This study will be longitudinal, with a short-term double-blind placebo-controlled phase consisting of 20 rTMS sessions and a long-term phase, consisting of 2 weekly sessions for 12 …
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- 01 Apr, 2024
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Understanding Factors That Influence Electronic Cigarette Nicotine Delivery Through PET Imaging of Beta-2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
The goal of this proposal is to test the overall hypothesis that e-cigarettes (ECs) provide efficient nicotine delivery to the brain and arterial blood in non-EC-nave smokers and e-cigarette users and that EC liquid characteristics modulate this effect. This study will test the hypothesis through complementary methods that include [ …
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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PATH 2 Purpose: Primary Care and Community-Based Prevention of Mental Disorders in Adolescents
The study is a two-arm comparative effectiveness research trial to that will evaluate the ability of the interventions, Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive-behavioral & Interpersonal Training (CATCH-IT) and Teens Achieving Mastery over Stress (TEAMS), to intervene early to prevent depressive illness and potentially other common mental health disorders. Using cluster …
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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Cognitive Outcomes After Dexmedetomidine Sedation in Cardiac Surgery Patients
Anesthesia is a drug induced, reversible, comatose state that facilitates surgery and it is widely assumed that cognition returns to baseline after anesthetics have been eliminated. However, many patients have persistent memory impairment for weeks to months after surgery. Cardiac surgery appears to carry the highest risk of postoperative cognitive …
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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Effectiveness of Walking Exercise in Improving Depression in Older Adults With Major Depressive Disorder A Pilot Study
This pilot randomized controlled trial aims at investigating the effects of different intensities of aerobic walking exercise to alleviate depression in older adults with major depressive disorder. Both baseline and post-intervention measurements will be conducted at the Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Division of Kinesiology, School of Public Health, The University of …
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- 05 Aug, 2020
tDCS Intervention on Motivational Anhedonia of Major Depressive Disorder
Study of tDCS intervention on motivational anhedonia of Major Depressive Disorder
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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