One hundred and forty bipolar out-patients with persistent mild/subsyndromal depressive symptoms will be recruited from Mental Health Centers as well as Private Psychiatric Clinics and Bipolar Patient Associations via announcements or physician referral.
Persistent microchimeric cells have been found in patients with other inflammatory diseases, suggesting that these cells might be recruited nonspecifically to sites of inflammation [ 7– 13, 14] 14].
Adults aged ≥ 18 with a body mass index ≥ 25 and who report persistent pain (≥4 out of 0 10 for > 6 months) will be recruited for treatment at the Health Behavior Research Lab at the University of the Sciences.
Participants (n = 173) were recruited to three groups: 59 patients with persistent WAD, 57 patients with chronic non-traumatic neck pain and 57 asymptomatic volunteers.
Twenty atopic and six non-atopic adult subjects with persistent asthma were recruited from the Allergy, Asthma and Dermatology Research Center in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and Bensch Research Associates in Stockton, California.
Participants were recruited from three studies on persistent psychotic symptoms [ 9, 23- 25].
Consumers with persistent low back pain were recruited to the modified Self Training Educative Pain Sessions program which was conducted in three remote regions of Western Australia.
Workers reporting persistent non-specific low back pain attending a hospital pain management clinic were recruited by their consultant, along with their significant others (n = 10 dyads).
A sample of workers reporting persistent musculoskeletal pain were recruited via announcements in newspapers and websites of national patient associations of back pain, whiplash and fibromyalgia, along with their spouses/partners (n = 21 dyads).
Patients with partial response to PPI therapy, defined as persistent GERD symptoms ≥3 days/week despite optimized treatment with a PPI, were recruited for this 12-month observational study.
