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A cross-sectional study addressing the importance of work and other everyday activities for well-being among people with mental illness: does additional vulnerability matter?

Work and other everyday activities are beneficial for well-being among people with mental illness, but poor circumstances can create detrimental effects, possibly aggravated by additional vulnerabilities linke...

Authors: Lisa Eklund, A. Birgitta Gunnarsson, Jan-Åke Jansson, Parvin Pooremamali and Mona Eklund

Mental health and its association with coping strategies and intolerance of uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic among the general population in Saudi Arabia: cross-sectional study

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on people’s lives globally. The outbreak in Saudi Arabia worsened when the number of cases and deaths rose in March and April of 2020, leading to a national lockdow...

Authors: Ahmad N. AlHadi, Mohammed A. Alarabi and Khulood M. AlMansoor

Symptoms of anxiety/depression during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown in the community: longitudinal data from the TEMPO cohort in France

To cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing restrictions where implemented in France, which could have led to social isolation. This is expected to have affected the mental health situation, includin...

Authors: Astrid Juhl Andersen, Murielle Mary-Krause, Joel José Herranz Bustamante, Mégane Héron, Tarik El Aarbaoui and Maria Melchior

COVID-19 pandemic related long-term chronic stress on the prevalence of depression and anxiety in the general population

The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted for more than 1 year, causing far-reaching and unprecedented changes in almost all aspects of society. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 p...

Authors: Tian Qi, Ting Hu, Qi-Qi Ge, Xiao-Na Zhou, Jia-Mei Li, Chun-Lei Jiang and Wei Wang

Perceptions, emotional reactions and needs of adolescent psychiatric inpatients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews

The new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has been accompanied by severe psychological pressure on the entire population. However, little is known about how this pandemic could affect the more vulnerable populat...

Authors: George Giannakopoulos, Savvina Mylona, Anastasia Zisimopoulou, Maria Belivanaki, Stella Charitaki and Gerasimos Kolaitis

Factor structure and sex invariance of the temporal experience of pleasure scale (TEPS) in Chinese university students and clinical population

A motivation dimension of the core psychiatric symptom anhedonia additional has been suggested. The Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS) has been reported to assess anticipatory and consummatory pleasu...

Authors: Shulin Fang, Xiaodan Huang, Panwen Zhang, Jiayue He, Xingwei Luo, Jianghua Zhang, Yan Xiong, Fusheng Luo, Xiaosheng Wang, Shuqiao Yao and Xiang Wang

The effects of bright light treatment on affective symptoms in people with dementia: a 24-week cluster randomized controlled trial

The majority of people with dementia have behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), including depression, anxiety and agitation. These may be elicited or aggravated by disrupted circadian rhyth...

Authors: Eirin Kolberg, Gunnhild Johnsen Hjetland, Eirunn Thun, Ståle Pallesen, Inger Hilde Nordhus, Bettina S. Husebo and Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom

Longitudinal influence of COVID-19-related stress on sexual compulsivity symptoms in Chinese undergraduates

The coping theory shows that stressful life events are associated with individuals’ psychology/behaviors; meanwhile, the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is known to have impacted individuals’ p...

Authors: Jianjun Deng, Tsingan Li, Jiali Wang and Limei Teng

Off-label use of antipsychotic medications in psychiatric inpatients in China: a national real-world survey

The off-label use of antipsychotic medications is common in many countries, and the extent of such use in psychiatric inpatients in China has not been sufficiently studied. The purpose of this study was to sur...

Authors: Juan Wang, Feng Jiang, Yating Yang, Yulong Zhang, Zhiwei Liu, Xiaorong Qin, Xueqin Tao, Tingfang Liu, Yuanli Liu, Yi-lang Tang, Huanzhong Liu and Robert O. Cotes

A pilot study of the impact of an integrated individual- and family therapy model for self-harming adolescents on overall healthcare consumption

Self-harming behaviors in adolescents cause great suffering and can lead to considerable costs to the healthcare system. The aim of the current study was to investigate the cost of an integrated individual and...

Authors: Moa Bråthén Wijana, Inna Feldman, Richard Ssegonja, Pia Enebrink and Ata Ghaderi

Understanding factors relevant to poor sleep and coping methods in people with schizophrenia

Sleep disruption is pervasive in people with schizophrenia, but few studies have explored their sleep experiences. This study aims to identify factors relevant to sleep problems and explore coping methods used...

Authors: Yen-Ching Chang, Megan C. Chang, Yun-Jou Chang and Ming-De Chen

Factors associated with suicidal ideation in drug addicts based on the theory of planned behavior

Several studies have attempted to understand the link among drug addicts and suicidal ideation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors associated with suicidal ideation in drug addicts based ...

Authors: Ali Khani Jeihooni, Mehdi Amirkhani, Tayebeh Rakhshani, Pooyan Afzali Hasirini and Hanieh Jormand

Patients’ perspectives on the experience of absconding from a psychiatric hospital: a qualitative study

Absconding (i.e., escaping) is common among patients with mental illness admitted to psychiatric hospitals. Patients use various strategies to make absconding successful due to the experiences faced during adm...

Authors: Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Anita Acai, Godfrey Zari Rukundo, Sheila Harms and Scholastic Ashaba

G-estimation of causal pathways in vocational rehabilitation for adults with psychotic disorders – a secondary analysis of a randomized trial

Vocational rehabilitation (VR) has increasingly become an important intervention targeting poor occupational functioning in schizophrenia. The Norwegian Job Management Program (JUMP), sought to enhance occupat...

Authors: Ole Klungsøyr, June Ullevoldsæter Lystad, Helen Bull, Stig Evensen, Torill Ueland and Erik Falkum

Taking the LEAP: study protocol for a randomized, multicentre, naturalistic, efficacy trial of the compuLsive Exercise Activity theraPy (LEAP) - a cognitive behavioral program specifically targeting compulsive exercise in patients with eating disorders

About half of Swedish eating disorder patients report exercising compulsively and compulsive exercise (CE) is prevalent in all diagnoses and both genders. Yet there are no systematic treatments targeting CE in...

Authors: Elin Monell, Caroline Meyer, Agnieszka Szwajda and Emma Forsén Mantilla

ENgage YOung people earlY (ENYOY): a mixed-method study design for a digital transdiagnostic clinical – and peer- moderated treatment platform for youth with beginning mental health complaints in the Netherlands

The onset of mental disorders typically occurs between the ages of 12 and 25, and the burden of mental health problems is the most consequential for this group. Indicated prevention interventions to target ind...

Authors: M. van Doorn, A. Popma, T. van Amelsvoort, C. McEnery, J. F. Gleeson, F. G. Ory, Jaspers M. W. M., M. Alvarez-Jimenez and D. H. Nieman

Association between sleep quality and depression among institutionalized and community older people - Brazilian Western Amazonia

The transition in the population pyramid is a reality in several locations around the world and projections of an increase in the older population in Brazil demonstrate the relevance of studies on factors that...

Authors: Cleide Maria de Paula Rebouças, Maura Regina Ribeiro, Juliana Zangilorami-Raimundo, Polyana Caroline de Lima Bezerra, Angelo Márcio das Chagas de Souza Júnior, Nair da Silva Souza, Janaina Ribeiro Pereira, José Maria Soares Júnior, Larissa Maria de Paula Rebouças da Costa, Luiz Carlos de Abreu and Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo

The role of mental health symptomology and quality of life in predicting referrals to special child and adolescent mental health services

Children and adolescents’ mental health problems have been largely assessed with conventional symptom scales, for example, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) given that it is one of the mostly wide...

Authors: Yeosun Yoon, Jessica Deighton, Alice Wickersham, Julian Edbrooke-Childs, David Osborn, Essi Viding and Johnny Downs

Atypical Charles Bonnet syndrome secondary to frontal meningioma: a case report

Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) is a rare clinical entity that is classically composed of visual hallucinations in the context of an altered optic pathway with preservation of reality judgment. This case aims to...

Authors: Lomelín-López Diana, Jaime Carmona-Huerta, J. Guillermo Patiño, Aldana-López Alejandro and Durand-Arias Sol

Effectiveness of arts interventions to reduce mental-health-related stigma among youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Educational interventions engage youth using visual, literary and performing arts to combat stigma associated with mental health problems. However, it remains unknown whether arts interventions are effective i...

Authors: Shivani Mathur Gaiha, Tatiana Taylor Salisbury, Shamaila Usmani, Mirja Koschorke, Usha Raman and Mark Petticrew

Suicide attempt risks among hotline callers with and without the coronavirus disease 2019 related psychological distress: a case-control study

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic profoundly impacts on mental health, yet it is still unclear whether COVID-19 distress makes people more vulnerable to suicidal behavior. The present study aims...

Authors: Yongsheng Tong, Kenneth R. Conner, Yi Yin, Liting Zhao, Yuehua Wang, Mengjie Wu and Cuiling Wang

Now and then: a ten-year comparison of young people in residential substance use disorder treatment receiving group dialectical behaviour therapy

Reducing substance use in youth is a global health priority. We compared two cohorts from the same 12-week residential substance use disorder (SUD) facility over a 10 year period: Cohort A (2008–2009) and Coho...

Authors: Ely M. Marceau, Gabriella Holmes, Jane Cutts, Lauren Mullaney, Denise Meuldijk, Michelle L. Townsend and Brin F. S. Grenyer

Cortical thickness distinguishes between major depression and schizophrenia in adolescents

Early diagnosis of adolescent psychiatric disorder is crucial for early intervention. However, there is extensive comorbidity between affective and psychotic disorders, which increases the difficulty of precis...

Authors: Zheyi Zhou, Kangcheng Wang, Jinxiang Tang, Dongtao Wei, Li Song, Yadong Peng, Yixiao Fu and Jiang Qiu

Erotomania and phenotypic continuum in a family frameshift variant of AUTS2: a case report and review

Pathogenic variants of the AUTS2 (Autism Susceptibility candidate 2) gene predispose to intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, facial dysmorphism and short st...

Authors: Christophe GAULD, Alice POISSON, Julie REVERSAT, Elodie PEYROUX, Françoise HOUDAYER-ROBERT, Massimiliano ROSSI, Gaetan LESCA, Damien SANLAVILLE and Caroline DEMILY

Does the millennial generation of women experience more mental illness than their mothers?

There is concern that rates of mental disorders may be increasing although findings disagree. Using an innovative design with a daughter-mother data set we assess whether there has been a generational increase...

Authors: Jake M. Najman, William Bor, Gail M. Williams, Christel M. Middeldorp, Abdullah A. Mamun, Alexandra M. Clavarino and James G. Scott

Development and psychometric validity of the perioperative anxiety scale-7 (PAS-7)

Preoperative anxiety is a common psychological reaction in perioperative patients. The absence of a valid measurement tool hinders the evaluation of interventions to treat preoperative anxiety in China. This s...

Authors: Chengjiao Zhang, Xitong Liu, Tianran Hu, Fei Zhang, Lingyi Pan, Yan Luo and Zhen Wang

Simple Mobile technology health management tool for people with severe mental illness: a randomised controlled feasibility trial

Severe mental illness (SMI) is associated with care delivery problems because of the high levels of clinical resources needed to address patient’s psychosocial impairment and to support inclusion in society. C...

Authors: Frank Röhricht, Raguraman Padmanabhan, Paul Binfield, Deepa Mavji and Sally Barlow

Fear and depression during the COVID-19 outbreak in Cameroon: a nation-wide observational study

The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with significant psychological and social distress worldwide. We investigated fear and depression among adults in Cameroon during different phases of the COVID-19 outb...

Authors: Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Leonard Ngarka, Wepnyu Y. Njamnshi, Leonard N. Nfor, Michel K. Mengnjo, Edwige Laure Mendo, Samuel A. Angwafor, Jonas Guy Atchou Basseguin, Cyrille Nkouonlack, Edith N. Njit, Nene Ahidjo, Eric S. Chokote, Fidèle Dema, Julius Y. Fonsah, Godwin Y. Tatah, Nancy Palmer…

Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and overlapping demyelinating disorder in a 20-year old female with borderline personality disorder: proposal of a diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm for autoimmune encephalitis in psychiatric patients “case report”

Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (NMDAR-E) is an autoimmune encephalitis (AE) mainly affecting young females. It typically presents with isolated psychiatric symptoms (e.g. depressed mood) at first and neurolog...

Authors: David Weiss, Lisa Kertzscher, Magdalena Degering, David Wozniak and Michael Kluge

Contributions of childhood peer victimization and/or maltreatment to young adult anxiety, depression, and suicidality: a cross-sectional study

Childhood maltreatment and peer victimization are major risk factors for depression and suicidal behavior. Furthermore, childhood maltreatment increases the risk of peer victimization. Our objective was to dis...

Authors: Melissa Macalli, Massimiliano Orri, Christophe Tzourio and Sylvana M. Côté

Evaluating effort-reward imbalance among nurses in emergency departments: a cross-sectional study in China

Effort-reward imbalance is an adverse psychological response to working conditions that has several negative effects on nurses. However, there is little research on effort-reward imbalance and its influencing ...

Authors: Mengge Tian, Heping Yang, Xiaoxv Yin, Yafei Wu, Guopeng Zhang, Chuanzhu Lv, Ketao Mu and Yanhong Gong

Development of a structure-validated hypersexuality scale in Chinese university students

Hypersexuality is associated with many psychiatric disorders and creates enormous burden for the affected individual, family and society. There are numerous inventories measuring behavioral, emotional or stres...

Authors: Yanli Jia, Xu Shao, Chanchan Shen and Wei Wang

Self-reported psychological problems and coping strategies: a web-based study in Peruvian population during COVID-19 pandemic

The Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted health systems across the world and led to major shifts in individual behavior by forcing people into isolation in home settings. Its rapid spread has overwhelmed populat...

Authors: Rita J. Ames-Guerrero, Victoria A. Barreda-Parra, Julio C. Huamani-Cahua and Jane Banaszak-Holl

Depression and HIV associated neurocognitive disorders among HIV infected adults in rural southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional quantitative study

HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND remains a pronounced consequence of HIV/AIDS despite improved life expectancies. This is often associated with several dysfunctions such as decrease of attention, m...

Authors: Jane Kasozi Namagga, Godfrey Zari Rukundo, Vallence Niyonzima and Joachim Voss

A qualitative study to investigate Swiss hospital personnel’s perceived importance of and experiences with patient’s mental–somatic multimorbidities

Mental–somatic multimorbidity in general hospital settings is associated with long hospital stays, frequent rehospitalization, and a deterioration of disease course, thus, highlighting the need for treating ho...

Authors: Nicola Julia Aebi, Seraina Caviezel, Rainer Schaefert, Gunther Meinlschmidt, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Günther Fink, Lara Riedo, Thomas Leyhe and Kaspar Wyss

Associations between symptom severity and well-being among Thai patients with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional analytical study

Severity of symptoms in patients with schizophrenia is a determinant of patient’s well-being, but evidence in low- and middle-income countries is limited. We aimed to measure the symptom severity using objecti...

Authors: Teerapat Teetharatkul, Arnont Vitayanont, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul and Warut Aunjitsakul

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis presenting as atypical psychosis in multiple sclerosis: a case report

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis is an autoimmune disorder which often presents with neuropsychiatric symptoms. A large proportion of cases are associated with an identifiable tumor...

Authors: Khushminder Chahal, Tara Endeman, Sarah Scapinello and Michal Sapieha

Factors influencing utilization and perception of health care: a qualitative study among traumatized Yazidi refugees in Germany

Ensuring adequate utilization of healthcare services for displaced populations is critical, yet there are well-documented treatment gaps. Yazidi women captured by the Islamic State (IS) were subjected to extre...

Authors: Virginia M. Tran, Laila Fozouni, Jana K. Denkinger, Caroline Rometsch, Florian Junne, Patrick Vinck and Phuong Pham

Feeling matters: perceived social support moderates the relationship between personal relative deprivation and depressive symptoms

Little research describes the mechanisms underlying depressive symptoms and personal relative deprivation in Chinese populations.

Authors: Sibo Zhao and Li Peng

Temporal relationships between happiness and psychiatric disorders and their symptom severity in a large cohort study: the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)

Notwithstanding the firmly established cross-sectional association of happiness with psychiatric disorders and their symptom severity, little is known about their temporal relationships. The goal of the presen...

Authors: Philip Spinhoven, Bernet M. Elzinga, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx and Erik J. Giltay

Publisher Correction to: Psychosomatic symptoms questionnaire (PSQ-39): a psychometric study among general population of Iranian adults

Authors: Zahra Heidari, Awat Feizi, Sara Rezaei, Hamidreza Roohafza and Peyman Adibi

PTSD, depression and anxiety in Ebola virus disease survivors in Beni town, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a deadly and feared infectious disease, which can be responsible of debilitating physical and psychological sequelae in survivors including depression and anxiety disorders. Unfort...

Authors: Célestin Kaputu-Kalala-Malu, Eric Mafuta Musalu, Tim Walker, Olga Ntumba-Tshitenge and Steve Ahuka-Mundeke

Orthorexia Nervosa: differences between clinical and non-clinical samples

Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) is a construct characterized by behaviors, emotions, and beliefs on eating healthy food and excessive attention to diet; moreover, dieting has been considered a risk factor in ON sympto...

Authors: C. Novara, E. Maggio, S. Piasentin, S. Pardini and S. Mattioli

Longitudinal changes in personal recovery in individuals with psychotic disorders through hospitalisation in a psychiatric ward: preliminary findings

This study aimed to investigate whether personal recovery indices in individuals with psychotic disorders would change through hospitalisation in a psychiatric ward and to identify factors associated with thes...

Authors: Norika Mitsunaga-Ohmuro and Noriyuki Ohmuro

Duration of basic and attenuated-psychotic symptoms in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: pattern of symptom onset and effects of duration on functioning and cognition

Duration of risk symptoms (DUR) in people at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P) has been related to poorer clinical outcomes, such as reduced functioning, but it is currently unclear how different sympto...

Authors: Lorna Staines, Ruchika Gajwani, Joachim Gross, Andrew I. Gumley, Stephen M. Lawrie, Matthias Schwannauer, Frauke Schultze-Lutter and Peter J. Uhlhaas

The experiences and strategies of parents’ of adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa: a qualitative study

Caring for an individual with an eating disorder involves guilt, distress and many extra burdens and unmet needs. This qualitative study explored the experiences of parents with adult daughters suffering from ...

Authors: Jannike Karlstad, Cathrine Fredriksen Moe, Mari Wattum and Berit Støre Brinchmann

Investigating defensive functioning and alexithymia in substance use disorder patients

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) causes a great deal of personal suffering for patients. Recent evidence highlights how defenses and emotion regulation may play a crucial part in the onset and development of this ...

Authors: Alessandro Taurino, Linda A. Antonucci, Paolo Taurisano and Domenico Laera

Prevalence of depression and associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in eastern Sudan

Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents a global health threat and burden. It is associated with medical and psychological complications, especially depression. Depression among patients with DM may affect the gener...

Authors: Saeed M. Omar, Imad R. Musa, Maysoon B. Idrees and Ishag Adam

Military and demographic predictors of mental ill-health and socioeconomic hardship among UK veterans

Around 8% of the UK Armed Forces leave in any given year, and must navigate unfamiliar civilian systems to acquire employment, healthcare, and other necessities. This paper determines longer-term prevalences o...

Authors: H. Burdett, N. T. Fear, S. Wessely and R. J. Rona

Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the weight-related experiential avoidance (AAQW): overweight and obese treatment seeker at the clinical setting

The present study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the weight-related experiential avoidance (AAQW) in overweight and obese treatment seeker in the clinical setting.

Authors: Mohammad Reza Pirmoradi, Ali Asgharzadeh, Behrooz Birashk, Banafshe Gharaee, Razieh Salehian, Ali Reza Ostadrahimi and Abolfazl Akbarzadeh