EFFECTIVENESS OF EMPOWER-GRIEF FOR RELATIVES OF PALLIATIVE CARE PATIENTS: PROTOCOL FOR AN EXPLORATORY RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Effectiveness of Empower-Grief for Relatives of Palliative Care Patients: Protocol for an Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial

[Background] Grief reactions of relatives of palliative care patients are seldom addressed.Most interventions focus on Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) and not on its prevention.This is particularly relevant in palliative care, in which death is the result of a difficult period of a terminal illness, making caregivers particularly vulnerable to psych

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Effect of Clozapine on Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis With Psychiatric Symptoms: A Series of Three Cases

The main clinical manifestations of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis are acute or subacute seizures, cognition impairment, and psychiatric symptoms.Nowadays, the scheme of antipsychotic therapy for this disease has not been established.This study reports three cases of anti-NMDAR encephalitis with psychiatric symptoms.Th

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Survival strategies of sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus in desiccating pans in the northern Kruger National Park

Observations in drying out pans showed that small (26-37 cm) sharptooth catfish (Clarias MENS gariepinus) can hide at the bottom of small pools filled with sticky mud whereas larger fish stay afloat at the surface in larger pools with sloppy mud, where they easily become prey or succumb to heat stress.The inability of larger fish to keep down in th

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