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"Smartphone addiction" in children and young people

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Clinical and parenting outcomes of women admitted to a mother-baby unit

A study has examined the trajectories of clinical and parenting outcomes following admission to a mother-baby unit and highlights the need to support women in the longer term after discharge.

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Longitudinal trajectories of comorbid PTSD and depression symptoms among U.S. service members and veterans

Authors: Richard F. Armenta, Kristen H. Walter, Toni Rose Geronimo-Hara, Ben Porter, Valerie A. Stander and Cynthia A. LeardMann

Content type: Research article

13 December 2019
Postpartum psychosis in bipolar disorder: no evidence of association with personality traits, cognitive style or affective temperaments

Authors: A. Perry, K. Gordon-Smith, I. Webb, E. Fone, A. Di Florio, N. Craddock, I. Jones and L. Jones

Content type: Research article

12 December 2019
Difficult differentiation of a somatic symptom disorder from anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES): a case report

Authors: Narifumi Yokoyama, Ryousuke Shiraki, Takashi Watanabe, Makiko Shiinoki, Michihiro Nin, Taro Shimizu, Norio Yasui-Furukori and Kazutaka Shimoda

Content type: Case report

12 December 2019
Pharmacotherapy of borderline personality disorder: what has changed over two decades? A retrospective evaluation of clinical practice

Authors: Charles Timäus, Miriam Meiser, Borwin Bandelow, Kirsten R. Engel, Anne M. Paschke, Jens Wiltfang and Dirk Wedekind

Content type: Research article

12 December 2019
Possibilities for the future of global mental health: a scenario planning approach

Authors: Stefan Priebe, Álvaro Arenas Borrero, Victoria Bird, Alma Džubur Kulenoviĉ, Domenico Giacco, Carlos Gómez Restrepo, Fahmy Hanna, Sandrasagary Jayacodi, Seggane Musisi, Craig Morgan, Noeline Nakasujja, Alina Sabitova, Stephen Sandford, Nelson Sewankambo and José Miguel Uribe Restrepo

Content type: Research article

11 December 2019

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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

2 July 2014
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

30 December 2010
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
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

Content type: Research article

18 August 2008
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

28 May 2016

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Longitudinal trajectories of comorbid PTSD and depression symptoms among U.S. service members and veterans

Postpartum psychosis in bipolar disorder: no evidence of association with personality traits, cognitive style or affective temperaments

Difficult differentiation of a somatic symptom disorder from anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES): a case report

Pharmacotherapy of borderline personality disorder: what has changed over two decades? A retrospective evaluation of clinical practice

Possibilities for the future of global mental health: a scenario planning approach

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

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

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

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