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Impact of COVID-19 on obsessive compulsive disorder
Children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder are experiencing a worsening of their OCD, anxiety and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the research here
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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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Mental health planning at a very early stage of the COVID-19 crisis: a systematic review of online international strategies and recommendations
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Sleep disturbances in obsessive-compulsive disorder: influence of depression symptoms and trait anxiety
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One year follow-up and mediation in cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy for adult depression
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Test–retest reliability and convergent validity of the test of nonverbal intelligence-fourth edition in patients with schizophrenia
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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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Violent and non-violent methods of attempted and completed suicide in Swedish young men: the role of early risk factors
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