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Featured article: Association between DNA methylation of oxytocin receptors and sociality and emotion

Oxytocin and its receptors play critical roles in regulating social behavior, social cognition, and emotions. The present meta-analysis found that increased oxytocin receptor gene methylation showed patterns of decreased sociality and emotional functioning while decreased methylation showed a pattern of impaired mood.

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| 18 September 2018

Long-term psychiatric inpatients’ perspectives on weight gain, body satisfaction, diet and physical activity: a mixed methods study

Authors: Susanna Every-Palmer, Mark A. Huthwaite, Jane L. Elmslie, Eve Grant and Sarah E. Romans
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| 18 September 2018

Factors influencing early withdrawal from a drug and alcohol treatment program and client perceptions of successful recovery and employment: a qualitative study

Authors: Tarran Prangley, Sabrina Winona Pit, Trent Rees and Jessica Nealon
Content type: Research article
| 15 September 2018

An integrated approach to mental health and disaster preparedness: a cluster comparison with earthquake affected communities in Nepal

Authors: Courtney Welton-Mitchell, Leah Emily James, Shree Niwas Khanal and Alexander Scott James
Content type: Research article
| 14 September 2018

Personality functioning in anxiety disorders

Authors: Stephan Doering, Victor Blüml, Karoline Parth, Karin Feichtinger, Maria Gruber, Martin Aigner, Hemma Rössler-Schülein, Marion Freidl and Antonia Wininger
Content type: Research article
| 12 September 2018

Patient preferences concerning the efficacy and side-effect profile of schizophrenia medications: a survey of patients living with schizophrenia

Authors: Eric Achtyes, Adam Simmons, Anna Skabeev, Nikki Levy, Ying Jiang, Patricia Marcy and Peter J. Weiden

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| 2 July 2014

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: Research article
| 30 December 2010

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

Authors: Amelia Gulliver, Kathleen M Griffiths and Helen Christensen
Content type: Research article
| 9 December 2016

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
| 28 May 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
Content type: Research article
| 18 August 2008

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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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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Benjamin Ragen, BioMed Central

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Cathy Barr, The Toronto Western Hospital
Ruth Benca, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Linda Davies, University of Manchester
Secondo Fassino, Turin University
Seena Fazel, University of Oxford
Morten Hesse, University of Aarhus
Sharon Lawn, Flinders University
Ute Lewitzka, Technische Universität Dresden
Joanne Ryan, Monash University
Florian Seemüller, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Wei Wang, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Joanne Ryan, Section Editor

Dr. Joanne Ryan is a genetic epidemiologist who leads the Dementia Research Program in the School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University. She joined the editorial board of BMC Psychiatry as an Associate Editor in 2014 and became a Section Editor in 2016

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Long-term psychiatric inpatients’ perspectives on weight gain, body satisfaction, diet and physical activity: a mixed methods study

Factors influencing early withdrawal from a drug and alcohol treatment program and client perceptions of successful recovery and employment: a qualitative study

An integrated approach to mental health and disaster preparedness: a cluster comparison with earthquake affected communities in Nepal

Personality functioning in anxiety disorders

Patient preferences concerning the efficacy and side-effect profile of schizophrenia medications: a survey of patients living with schizophrenia

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

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

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

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

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Alcohol as part of ‘care practices’ in White British women’s everyday personal relationships

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