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Violent and non-violent methods of attempted and completed suicide in Swedish young men: the role of early risk factors

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Content type: Research article 14 August 2015
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Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders

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Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review

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BMC Psychiatry is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that encompasses a wide range of topics, including psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and psychosocial approaches to psychiatric disorders, as well as genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology research. The journal welcomes both basic and applied science articles, and research exploring innovative treatments, service delivery methods, and social psychiatry. It promotes the participation of service users, patient representatives, and advisors to ensure that their perspectives are represented.

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Latest collections open to submissions

Patient involvement in psychiatric research

ICD-11 and mental disorders: Important changes, controversies, and future directions

Smartphone and internet addiction

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Dementia death rates prediction

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Prevalence and risk factors of disabilities among Egyptian preschool children: a community-based population study

Alterations of brainstem volume in patients with first-episode and recurrent major depressive disorder

Agomelatine augmentation of sertraline in the treatment of moderate to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder: a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial

Violent and non-violent methods of attempted and completed suicide in Swedish young men: the role of early risk factors

The spatiotemporal movement of patients in and out of a psychiatric hospital: an observational GPS study

Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review

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