PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG USE RATE AMONG DETENTION HOUSE RESIDENTS AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE CATEGORY OF THE CRIMES IN JAPAN

Psychotropic drug use rate among detention house residents and association with the category of the crimes in Japan

Abstract Aim The White Paper on Crime 2019 from the Japanese Ministry of Justice reported that the percentage of crimes committed by people with mental disabilities was only 1.0%.In contrast, the findings of a statistical survey of correctional facilities reported that 15.1% of the prisoners were diagnosed with a mental illness.This study aimed at

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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) can occur as a result of increase in the left ventricular (LV) wall thickness or increase in the LV cavity size, thus leading to increase in the LV mass.Strength training and aerobic exercise lead to physiological LVH, whereas conditions such as hypertension and aortic stenosis (AS) cause pathological LVH.It is on

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Recent advances in nano-photonic techniques for pharmaceutical drug monitoring with emphasis on Raman spectroscopy

Innovations in Raman spectroscopic techniques provide a potential solution to current problems in pharmaceutical drug monitoring.This review aims to summarize the recent advances in the field.The developments of novel plasmonic nanoparticles continuously push the limits of Raman spectroscopic detection.In surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS),

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