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Objective Method Results Conclusion The traditional research on evaluating psychological interventions has primarily relied on behavioural measurements (e.g. self‐report questionnaires). This study aimed to investigate the effects of child‐centred play therapy (CCPT) on autistic children at both behavioural and neural levels, as well as the association between the changes in neural and behavioural measurements induced by CCPT. It is hypothesised that alpha power would increase after CCPT, along with improvements in social responsiveness, adaptive social behaviour and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) social symptom measures and that these changes would be correlated across participants.A total of 65 autistic children were randomly assigned to a CCPT experimental group (n = 34; M age = 7.50) or a waitlist control group (n = 31; M age = 7.47). Electroencephalography (EEG) alpha power and behavioural data were recorded during pre‐ and post‐intervention assessment sessions. The behavioural measurements included the Social Responsiveness Scale‐2, Autism Spectrum Quotient—Child (social skill subscale) and Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System‐II (social domain). t‐Tests and correlational analyses were conducted to examine the CCPT effects and brain–behaviour associations.The results confirmed the effects of CCPT at both neural and behavioural levels and the association between these two levels across participants. Specifically, individuals with larger increases in alpha power after CCPT also showed greater behavioural improvement.This study marks an initial endeavour, providing the first cross‐validation of CCPT effects on autistic children by demonstrating the brain–behaviour association. This approach advances the understanding of the therapeutic intervention effects of CCPT by presenting its multilevel impacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective To comprehensively evaluate the current situation of traditional Chinese medicine resource allocation in grassroots community health service centers in Guangzhou in 2022. Methods Based on the index system of traditional Chinese medicine resource allocation (community health service center) in Guangzhou, MATLAB R2021a and SPSS 27 software were used to comprehensively evaluate the current situation of traditional Chinese medicine resource allocation in 116 community health service centers in Guangzhou by TOPSIS method and RSR method. Results The allocation of TCM resources in 5 communities, including Xiaoguwei Street Community Health Service Center in Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Dadong Street Community Health Service Center in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Fengyuan Street Community Health Service Center in Leiwan District, Guangzhou City, was evaluated as "excellent", and the allocation of TCM resources in 4 communities was rated as "poor". In addition, 27, 53 and 27 community health service centers were rated as "upper middle", "medium" and "lower middle" respectively. Analysis of variance showed that the difference was statistically significant (F = 231.268, P < 0.001). Conclusion TOPSIS method combined with RSR method can better evaluate the allocation of TCM resources in grass-roots communities: The allocation of TCM resources in grass-roots communities in Guangzhou is generally good, but there are still significant differences among different communities. In the future, health administrative departments at all levels in Guangzhou can rationally allocate resources according to the differences of different communities and better improve the capacity building of traditional Chinese medicine service in grassroots communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]