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Artifact on EEG is any signal that doesn't come from the brain itself; this includes electrical, movement, physiologic and many other kinds of artifact.

Objective: Amphetamine prescribing has increased in the United States in recent years. Previous research identified an increased risk of incident psychosis with prescription amphetamines. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of dose levels of prescription amphetamines on the risk of this rare but serious adverse outcome. Methods: A case-control study using electronic health records was conducted to compare the odds of incident psychosis or mania with past-month exposure to prescription amphetamines. Case subjects were patients ages 16–35 hospitalized at McLean Hospital for incident psychosis or mania between 2005 and 2019. Control subjects were patients with an initial psychiatric hospitalization for other reasons, most commonly depression and/or anxiety. Amphetamine doses were converted to dextroamphetamine equivalents and divided into terciles. Secondary analyses evaluated the odds of psychosis or mania with methylphenidate use. Results: Among 1,374 case subjects and 2,748 control subjects, the…

اگرچه دربارهٔ جنسیت (gender) شاهد گشودگی نسبت به تنوع هستیم و عموماً آن را محدود به دوگانهٔ زن/مرد نمی‌دانیم، اما هنگامی که از جنس (sex) صحبت می‌شود، همچنان با دوگانهٔ مرد یا زن مواجه هستیم. اما آیا جنس (sex) بنا بر تمام واقعیت‌های مادی‌اش ما را وادار می‌کند که آن را به صورت «دوتاییِ مرد یا زن» بفهمیم؟ آیا جنس پذیرای هیچ فهم و تفسیر دیگری نیست؟ یا می‌توانیم جنس را همچون یک طیف یا دست‌کم مقوله‌ای سه، چهار یا پنج‌تایی بفهمیم؟