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Comorbid PTSD and depression among military personnel and veterans

A longitudinal study of over 1,700 military personnel and veterans with both PTSD and major depressive disorder has found that these comorbid symptoms move in relation to each other over time.

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Prevalence and risk factors of post-traumatic stress disorder among elderly survivors six months after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China

Authors: Lan Li, Jan D. Reinhardt, Craig Van Dyke, Heng Wang, Maoqiong Liu, Aiko Yamamoto, Qian Chen and Xiuying Hu

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22 February 2020
The use of long-acting Aripiprazole in a multi-center, prospective, uncontrolled, open-label, cohort study in Germany: a report on global assessment of functioning and the WHO wellbeing index

Authors: Daniel Schöttle, Wolfgang Janetzky, Daniel Luedecke, Elmar Beck, Christoph U. Correll and Klaus Wiedemann

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22 February 2020
Efficacy of web-assisted self-help for parents of children with ADHD (WASH) – a three-arm randomized trial under field/routine care conditions in Germany

Authors: Manfred Döpfner, Laura Wähnke, Marie-Theres Klemp, Judith Mühlenmeister, Stephanie Schürmann, Martin Hellmich and Julia Plück

Content type: Study protocol

21 February 2020
Exploring factors of diagnostic delay for patients with bipolar disorder: a population-based cohort study

Authors: Ágnes Lublóy, Judit Lilla Keresztúri, Attila Németh and Péter Mihalicza

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19 February 2020
Treatment utilization and treatment barriers in individuals with body dysmorphic disorder

Authors: Johanna Schulte, Claudia Schulz, Sabine Wilhelm and Ulrike Buhlmann

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18 February 2020

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

Authors: Martin A Katzman, Pierre Bleau, Pierre Blier, Pratap Chokka, Kevin Kjernisted and Michael Van Ameringen

Content type: Review

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

Authors: Amelia Gulliver, Kathleen M Griffiths and Helen Christensen

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A systematic review of mental disorder, suicide, and deliberate self harm in lesbian, gay and bisexual people

Authors: Michael King, Joanna Semlyen, Sharon See Tai, Helen Killaspy, David Osborn, Dmitri Popelyuk and Irwin Nazareth

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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

Authors: Helen Brooks, Kelly Rushton, Sandra Walker, Karina Lovell and Anne Rogers

Content type: Research article

9 December 2016
Crime and victimisation in people with intellectual disability: a case linkage study

Authors: Billy C. Fogden, Stuart D. M. Thomas, Michael Daffern and James R. P. Ogloff

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28 May 2016

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Prevalence and risk factors of post-traumatic stress disorder among elderly survivors six months after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China

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Efficacy of web-assisted self-help for parents of children with ADHD (WASH) – a three-arm randomized trial under field/routine care conditions in Germany

Exploring factors of diagnostic delay for patients with bipolar disorder: a population-based cohort study

Treatment utilization and treatment barriers in individuals with body dysmorphic disorder

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

A systematic review of mental disorder, suicide, and deliberate self harm in lesbian, gay and bisexual people

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