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Medicina Clínica y Social

ISSN 2521-2281

2 papers in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2022-2024

Papers

Traducción y validez del Nightmare Experience Scale (NExS) en adolescentes peruanos

Medicina Clínica y Social September 19, 2024 Jonatan Baños-Chaparro, Paul Ynquillay-Lima, Tomás Caycho‐Rodríguez 1 citation

Nightmares are among the most common sleep disorders in adolescents, leading to various consequences for mental health and school functioning. Prevention is a key strategy at this developmental stage, requiring reliable assessment instruments. This study translated and validated the Spanish version of the Nightmare Experiences Scale (NExS) in a general population of 3,098 Peruvian adolescents. The NExS showed a unidimensional structure, acceptable reliability, factorial invariance by sex, and associations with suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms. Item 2 had the highest discrimination, and the scale is most precise at high levels of nightmare frequency. The NExS provides adequate validity evidence for measuring nightmares and is recommended for professional practice and research with adolescents due to its brevity.

DOI: 10.52379/mcs.v8i3.435 (opens in new tab) Nightmare Humanities Psychology Scale ratio +4

Consumo de cannabis y desarrollo de psicosis o esquizofrenia, análisis de la legislación actual y mapeo regional: una revisión sistemática

Medicina Clínica y Social May 5, 2022 Pablo Andres Alves da Silva Zunini, Guilherme Passamani Borges, João Henrique Almeida Tonon et al.

A systematic review of 19 studies across 18 countries confirms that cannabis use is linked to the onset of psychotic symptoms. However, no data supported an increased risk, earlier onset, or greater intensity of psychosis among cannabis users in countries with higher levels of cannabis legalization or decriminalization up to May 2018. The authors note that none of the reviewed studies specifically evaluated the effects of legalization or decriminalization policies on these outcomes, so the absence of evidence does not rule out such effects. They call for prospective studies focused on policy impacts in countries like Canada, Spain, the United States, the Netherlands, and Uruguay.

DOI: 10.52379/mcs.v6i2.249 (opens in new tab) Cannabis Humanities Philosophy Psychology +1