Sentences with phrase «maintenance treatment study»

Maintenance treatment study designs in bipolar disorder: do they demonstrate that atypical neuroleptics (antipsychotics) are mood stabilizers?

Relapse prevention or maintenance treatment studies and...

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People with chronic opioid use disorders are more likely to relapse and do so sooner if they are treated in a compulsory drug detention centre rather than a voluntary drug treatment centre using methadone maintenance therapy, according to the first study comparing the outcome of both approaches published in The Lancet Global Health.

«The goals of maintenance therapy, as are the goals of all treatment in patients with advanced NSCLC, and perhaps all advanced cancers, is to prolong survival, and to improve or maintain quality of life,» said Gregory Kalemkerian, of the University of Michigan; he was not involved with the study.

The therapeutic dotential of dietary precursor modulation by a fish - oil - supplemented diet (n - 3 fatty acids), such as eicosapentaenoic acid (C20: 5,n - 3) and docosahexaenoic acid (C22: 6,n - 3) in the therapy of ulcerative colitis has been shown to result in a 35 % to 50 % decrease in neutrophil production of LTB4.28 Significant improvement in symptoms and histologic appearance of the rectal mucosa has been observed in several small series of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis given fish oil at 3 to 4 g daily for 2 to 6 months in uncontrolled studies.29 However, a larger, randomized, double - blind trial comprising 96 patients with ulcerative colitis failed to reveal any benefit in remission maintenance or treatment of relapse on 4.5 g of eicosapentaenoic acid daily, despite a significant reduction in LTB4 synthesis by blood peripheral polymorphonuclear cells.30 It should be emphasized, however, that the anti-inflammatory actions of the fish oils, in addition to inhibition of LTB4, include suppression of IL - 1 and platelet activating factor synthesis and scavenging of free oxygen radicals.30 The impact of increased lipid peroxidation after fish oil supplementation should be considered when altering the n - 6: n - 3 fatty acid ratio.31 Antioxidant supplementation may be able to counteract the potentially adverse effects of n - 3 fatty acids.

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Tobacco and alcohol use among drug users receiving methadone maintenance treatment: a cross-sectional study in a rural prefecture of Yunnan Province, Southwest China

In the first ever study on a large scale, that compared the results of maintenance therapy with mindfulness therapy, the researchers concluded that Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) could be an effective «drug - free» treatment for people with severe depression at a high risk of relapse.

Lamotrigine versus lithium as maintenance treatment in bipolar I disorder: an open, randomized effectiveness study mimicking clinical practice.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of parent enhancement training in facilitating treatment and maintenance of the Hanf Parent Training Program [now called Helping the Noncompliant Child (HNC)-RSB-.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study examined the effectiveness of collaborative - care, cognitive - behavioral therapy (CBT) program adjunctive to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment in health maintenance organization (HMO) pediatric primary care.

Health Psychology is the scientific field that applies psychological theory and methods to the study of the promotion and maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of illness.

The study of basic emotional processes in the development and maintenance of psychopathology is not just of theoretical interest, but may also inform preventive intervention and treatment efforts.