Mental health in primary care: experience of matrix strategy in the rural area by Lucas Cardoso dos Santos, Thiago da Silva Domingos, Eliana Mara Braga, Wilza Carla Spiri

“…Results: the following health needs were identified: psychoactive drugs consumption, lack of activities for collective care and difficulty with access to service. …”
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Benzodiazepines: Drugs with Chemical Skeletons Suitable for the Preparation of Metallacycles with Potential Pharmacological Activity by Artur V. da Silva, Simoni M. P. Meneghetti, Mario R. Meneghetti

“…These organometallic compounds merit further attention regarding their potential biological effects, not only in terms of psychoactive drugs but also in the search for drug replacements, for example, for cancer treatments.…”
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Nursing students: medication use, psychoactive substances and health conditions by Bárbara de Oliveira Prado Sousa, André Luiz Thomaz de Souza, Jacqueline de Souza, Sivani Andreia dos Santos, Manoel Antônio dos Santos, Sandra Cristina Pillon

“…Results: more than half of the students (79.2%) used psychoactive drugs without prescription, with a predominance of monthly consumption. …”
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Psychoactive natural products: overview of recent developments by István Ujváry

“…During the twentieth century, the chemical composition of the most important psychoactive drugs, that is opium, cannabis, coca and "magic mushrooms", has been fully elucidated. …”
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Análise Longitudinal dos Fatores Associados a Epidemia/Endemia de Homicídios nas Capitais Brasileiras by Silas Nogueira de Melo, Janderson Rocha, Yata Anderson Gonzaga Masullo

“…As a result, the availability factors of psychoactive drugs and percentage of young males were statistically significant and positively associated with homicide rates, while school performance factors and health professionals (only fixed effects model) were negatively associated with homicide rates. …”
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Properties of the Internal Clock: First- and Second-Order Principles of Subjective Time by Allman, M, Teki, S, Griffiths, T, Meck, W

“…Within these principles there are both typical individual differences—influences of emotionality, thought speed, and psychoactive drugs—and atypical differences in individuals affected with certain clinical disorders (e.g., autism, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia). …”

Restarting antidepressant and antipsychotic medication after intentional overdoses: need for evidence-based guidance by Emma Tay, Andreas Sotiriou, Garry G. Graham, Kay Wilhelm, Leone Snowden, Richard O. Day

“…Most antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs are metabolized by cytochrome P450 enzymes and, where cytochrome P450 inhibitors are co-ingested, serial plasma concentrations should optimally be obtained in order to assess a suitable time for reintroduction of the psychoactive drugs. We hope the proposals presented will stimulate research and discussion that lead to better guidance for clinicians concerning reintroduction of psychoactive medication after intentional overdose.…”
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Benzodiazepines and benzotriazepines as protein interaction inhibitors targeting bromodomains of the BET family. by Filippakopoulos, P, Picaud, S, Fedorov, O, Keller, M, Wrobel, M, Morgenstern, O, Bracher, F, Knapp, S

“…Benzodiazepines are psychoactive drugs with anxiolytic, sedative, skeletal muscle relaxant and amnestic properties. …”

Substance use and other addictive disorders in international classification of Diseases-11, and their relationship with diagnostic and statistical Manual-5 and international classi... by Debasish Basu, Abhishek Ghosh

“…Alterations have also been made in diagnostic criteria and classes of psychoactive drugs. In this perspective paper, we discuss and analyze the proposed changes and their relationship with the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5th edition as well as the current version of ICD. …”
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Psychiatric complications in Graves’ disease by Mats Holmberg, Helge Malmgren, Peter F Berglund, Birgitta Johansson, Helena Filipsson Nyström

“…There was no higher prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses and prescriptions of psychoactive drugs between (i) included GD patients compared to those who declined participation and (ii) women with a hyperthyroidism diagnosis in 5 years prior to their diagnosis, compared to matched controls. …”
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Benzodiazepines and benzotriazepines as protein interaction inhibitors targeting bromodomains of the BET family by Filippakopoulos, P, Picaud, S, Fedorov, O, Keller, M, Wrobel, M, Morgenstern, O, Bracher, F, Knapp, S

“…Benzodiazepines are psychoactive drugs with anxiolytic, sedative, skeletal muscle relaxant and amnestic properties. …”

Factors associated with low quality of life in schizophrenia by Cardoso Clareci Silva, Caiaffa Waleska Teixeira, Bandeira Marina, Siqueira Arminda Lucia, Abreu Mery Natali Silva, Fonseca José Otávio Penido

“…The results showed that low quality of life is associated with one or more of the following: male gender, single marital status, low income plus low schooling, use of three or more prescribed psychoactive drugs, psychomotor agitation during the interview, and current follow-up care. …”
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Nicotinic Antagonist UFR2709 Inhibits Nicotine Reward and Decreases Anxiety in Zebrafish by Franco Viscarra, Juan González-Gutierrez, Erica Esparza, Carla Figueroa, Pablo Paillali, Martin Hödar-Salazar, Camilo Cespedes, Gabriel Quiroz, Ramón Sotomayor-Zárate, Miguel Reyes-Parada, Isabel Bermúdez, Patricio Iturriaga-Vásquez

“…This animal displays a series of complex behaviours that makes it useful for assessing the effects of psychoactive drugs. Here, adult zebrafish were used for assessment of the anxiolytic and anti-addictive properties of UFR2709, a nicotinic receptor (nAChR) antagonist, using two behavioural paradigms to test for addiction, the novel tank diving test to assess anxiety and the conditioned place preference (CPP). …”
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Sexual practices, sexual behavior and HIV risk profile of key populations in Nigeria by Bartholomew Ochonye, Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Adesegun O. Fatusi, Bamidele M. Bello, Babatunde Ajidagba, Godwin Emmanuel, Paul Umoh, Ayo Yusuf, T. Jaiyebo

“…The proportion of MSM (23.5%) and FSW (23.4%) who had ever used psychoactive drugs was high. Of those who had ever used psychoactive drugs, 25.0% of FSW and 29.4% of MSM had injected drugs in the last 30 days of the survey. …”
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Cognitive behavioral skill-based training program for enhancing anger control among youth by Ameer Hamza, Manoj Kumar Sharma, P Marimuthu, Sowmya Murli

“…Materials and Methods: The present module has been validated on 100 individuals with inclusion criteria of age from 18 to 25 years and the individuals with dependence on psychoactive drugs and refusal to participate were excluded from the study. …”
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Voice disorders occurred as a result of the use of psychoactive substances by Ilić-Savić Ivana S., Babac Snežana S.

“…Frequent use of psychoactive drugs, alcohol and tobacco can lead to pathological changes in the vocal cords. …”
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TWELVE YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON ТHE FORENSIC ASPECTS AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN VITAL ORGANS AND SYSTEMS IN CASES OF LONG TERM DRUG ABUSE by T. Kiryakova, Al. Alexandrov

“…Even though the identified changes are mainly non-specific, considered together, they could be classified as characteristic in cases of people abusing with psychoactive drugs. Knowing the morphological characteristics of the changes in different tissues and organs could enable forensic and pathology specialists to properly diagnose the various cases and thus direct and assist the investigating authorities.…”
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Condução sob influência de benzodiazepinas e antidepressivos: prescrição médica e abuso. by Daniel Coutinho, Duarte Nuno Vieira, Helena M Teixeira

“…The relationship between the use of psychoactive drugs and road traffic safety is, however, an extremely complex subject and has a primordial importance in the clarification of the role of benzodiazepine and antidepressant effects on driving skills. …”
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Identifying incident dementia by applying machine learning to a very large administrative claims dataset. by Vijay S Nori, Christopher A Hane, David C Martin, Alexander D Kravetz, Darshak M Sanghavi

“…Top diagnosis codes in the model were memory loss (780.93), Parkinson's disease (332.0), mild cognitive impairment (331.83) and bipolar disorder (296.80), and top pharmacy codes were psychoactive drugs. Machine learning algorithms can rapidly develop predictive models for ADRD with massive datasets, without requiring hypothesis-driven feature engineering.…”
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Low Dose Effects in Psychopharmacology: Ontogenetic Considerations by Linda Patia Spear, Elena I. Varlinskaya

“…Low doses of psychoactive drugs often elicit a behavioral profile opposite to that observed following administration of more substantial doses. …”
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