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Unblinding of treatment groups in antidepressant trials?
Did the side-effects of older antidepressants result in unblinding of treatment groups in clinical trials? A recent study looks at this potential bias here
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Social disadvantage and increased risk of dementia
Social disadvantage predicts general psychological distress in older women and could increase the risk of dementia. Read here
Trending BMC Psychiatry Articles
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The Chinese version of obsessive compulsive drug use scale: validation in outpatient methadone maintenance treatment program
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Idiographic analyses of motivation and related processes in participants with schizophrenia following a therapeutic intervention for negative symptoms
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Decoding and reasoning mental states in major depression and social anxiety disorder
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Major depressive disorder and its association with adherence to antiretroviral therapy and quality of life: cross-sectional survey of people living with HIV/AIDS in Northwest Ethiopia
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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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A systematic review of mental disorder, suicide, and deliberate self harm in lesbian, gay and bisexual people
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European consensus statement on diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD: The European Network Adult ADHD
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Ontological security and connectivity provided by pets: a study in the self-management of the everyday lives of people diagnosed with a long-term mental health condition
Aims and scope
BMC Psychiatry is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
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Sections
- Causes, treatment and prevention of suicide
- Child, adolescent and developmental psychiatry
- Eating disorders
- Forensic psychiatry
- Geriatric psychiatry and cognitive disorders
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders and disorders of adult behavior
- Psychiatric molecular genetics
- Psychotic disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Social psychiatry, therapy and provision of mental health care
- Stress and anxiety
- Substance-related disorders, addiction and impulse control
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- Darren Byrne, BMC
Manuscript Editors
- Ana Donnelly, BMC
- Kelda Manser-Smith, BMC
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- Maire Clayton, BMC
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3.386 - 5-year Impact Factor
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