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  1. Local humanitarian workers in low and middle-income countries must often contend with potentially morally injurious situations, often with limited resources. This creates barriers to providing sustainable ment...

    Authors: Ruth Wells, Ceren Acarturk, Muhammad Kamruzzaman Mozumder, Gülşah Kurt, Louis Klein, Salah Addin Lekkeh, Ammar Beetar, Sabiha Jahan, Fatema Almeamari, Md. Omar Faruk, Michael McGrath, Syeda Fatema Alam, Mustafa Alokoud, Ranak Dewan, Ahmed El Vecih, Hafsa El-Dardery…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:884
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  2. Smartphone addiction is a global problem affecting university students. Previous studies have explored smartphone addiction and related factors using latent variables. In contrast, this study examines the role...

    Authors: Cunjia Liu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:883
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  3. In 2011, Korean Neuropsychiatric Association renamed schizophrenia from ‘mind split disorder’ (‘Jungshinbunyeolbyung’ in Korean) to ‘attunement disorder’ (‘Johyeonbyung’ in Korean), in a strategic way to reduc...

    Authors: Il Bin Kim, Joonho Choi, Seon-Cheol Park, Shinsuke Koike, Jun Soo Kwon, Eunkyung Kim, Hyo Sun Choi, Ju Yeon Lee and Yu Sang Lee
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:882
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  6. Anhedonia is a core symptom in patients with unipolar and bipolar depression. However, sex-specific markers reflecting biological heterogeneity are lacking. Emerging evidence suggests that sex differences in i...

    Authors: Shengjuan Lin, Rongxun Liu, Zhongguo Zhang, Fengyi Liu, Shisen Qin, Yange Wei and Fei Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:879
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  7. Based on clinical experience, a (hypothetical) four-type model of suicidality that differentiates between subtypes with a unique pathway to entrapment ((h)4ME)was developed. The subtypes are: 1) perceptual dis...

    Authors: Remco F. P. de Winter, Connie M. Meijer, Anne T. van den Bos, Nienke Kool-Goudzwaard, John H. Enterman, Manuela A.M.L Gemen, Chani Nuij, Mirjam C. Hazewinkel, Danielle Steentjes, Gabrielle E. van Son, Derek P. de Beurs and Marieke H. de Groot
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:878
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  8. Firearm violence is a growing public health problem causing death globally. With easy accessibility to firearms, suicides, homicides, and homicide-suicides have increased among security officers, especially in...

    Authors: Moses Muwanguzi, Moses Kule, Simpson Nuwamanya and Mark Mohan Kaggwa
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:877
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  9. Escitalopram is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and one of the most commonly prescribed newer antidepressants (ADs) worldwide. We aimed to explore the efficacy, acceptability and tolerability o...

    Authors: Juntao Yin, Xiaoyong Song, Chaoyang Wang, Xuhong Lin and Mingsan Miao
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:876
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  11. Authors: Pia Jensen, Bo Engdahl, Kristin Gustavson, Ingunn Olea Lund, Johanne Hagen Pettersen, Christian Madsen, Lars Johan Hauge, Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen, Anne Reneflot, Ragnhild Eek Brandlistuen, Helga Ask and Ragnar Nesvåg
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:874
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:668

  12. Suicidal thoughts, acts, plans and deaths are considerably more prevalent in people with non-affective psychosis, including schizophrenia, compared to the general population. Social isolation and interpersonal...

    Authors: Patricia Gooding, Gillian Haddock, Kamelia Harris, Menita Asriah, Yvonne Awenat, Leanne Cook, Richard J. Drake, Richard Emsley, Charlotte Huggett, Steven Jones, Fiona Lobban, Paul Marshall, Daniel Pratt and Sarah Peters
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:873
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  13. Nearly five billion individuals worldwide are using social media platforms. While the benefits of using social media, such as fostering social connections, are clear, ongoing discussions are focused on whether...

    Authors: Christian Montag and Sebastian Markett
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:872
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  14. Job stress has significant influence on the mental health of health care providers. The mental health and job stress of operating room nurses remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the mental health and ...

    Authors: Ling Wei, Zhenshan Guo, Xue Zhang, Yanbin Niu, Xiumei Wang, Lifang Ma, Min Luo and Bin Lu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:871
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  15. Knowledge of risk factors for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may facilitate early diagnosis; however, studies examining a broad range of potential risk factors for ADHD in adults are limited. ...

    Authors: Jeff Schein, Martin Cloutier, Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle, Rebecca Bungay, Emmanuelle Arpin, Annie Guerin and Ann Childress
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:870
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  16. Regularizing bedtime and out-of-bed times is a core component of behavioral treatments for sleep disturbances common among patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although improvements in subjectiv...

    Authors: Jiyoung Song, Aaron J. Fisher and Steven H. Woodward
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:869
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  17. The 8-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D 8) has been widely used to measure depressive symptoms in many large-scale surveys. Due to its brevity, it can lower costs, relieve responden...

    Authors: Shuxia Liu, Yuan Fang, Zhongyan Su, Jimin Cai and Zhiyan Chen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:868
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  18. Increasing evidence shows that bone turnover markers (BTMs) and vitamin D can affect human cognitive function. However, there are few studies that have investigated the association between BTMs and cognitive f...

    Authors: Chen Ling, Liling Sun, Bei Luo, Haiyun Yu, Wei Li, Yating Yang and Huanzhong Liu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:867
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  19. Mitochondrial dysfunction leading to disturbances in energy metabolism has emerged as one of the risk factors in the pathogenesis of depression. Numerous studies have identified alterations in the content of m...

    Authors: Wenhui Li, Lingqun Zhu, Yi Chen, Yudi Zhuo, Shurun Wan and Rongjuan Guo
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:866
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  20. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among young people aged 15–29 years. A large number of studies have found that mental disorder in adulthood is closely related to childhood trauma, and the relation...

    Authors: Kaimin Yao, Peiyi Chen, Hui Zhou, Jiajia Ruan, Dan Chen, Xueling Yang and You Zhou
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:865
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  21. Authors: Olivia Ojala, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Johan Bjureberg, Anna Ohlis, Martin Cederlöf, Eva Norén Selinus, Paul Lichtenstein, Henrik Larsson, Sebastian Lundström and Clara Hellner
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:864
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Psychiatry 2022 22:679

  22. The Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder – Genes and Environment (ARFID-GEN) study is a study of genetic and environmental factors that contribute to risk for developing ARFID in children and adults.

    Authors: Cynthia M. Bulik, Nadia Micali, Casey M. MacDermod, Baiyu Qi, Melissa A. Munn-Chernoff, Laura M. Thornton, Jennifer White, Lisa Dinkler, Emily M. Pisetsky, Jessica Johnson, Katelin R. Devine, Shelby N. Ortiz, Ava E. Silverman, Natasha Berthold, Alexis Dumain, Jerry Guintivano…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:863
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  23. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms, are among the serious mental health challenges that Health Care Workers (HCWs) faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. As these symptoms reduce the mental well-being a...

    Authors: Neda SoleimanvandiAzar, Ali Amirkafi, Mohammadreza Shalbafan, Seyyed Amir Yasin Ahmadi, Shadi Asadzandi, Shiva Shakeri, Mahdieh Saeidi, Reza Panahi and Marzieh Nojomi
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:862
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  24. Medical university students are confronted with unprecedented uncertainty and stress compared with their peers. Research has explored the effect of intolerance of uncertainty on perceived stress, but little at...

    Authors: Xiaoxiao Xu, Xiaofan Yan, Qianhui Zhang, Chen Xu and Min Li
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:861
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  25. Quantitative electroencephalography (EEG) analysis offers the opportunity to study high-level cognitive processes across psychiatric disorders. In particular, EEG microstates translate the temporal dynamics of...

    Authors: Valeria Lucarini, Anaëlle Alouit, Delphine Yeh, Jeanne Le Coq, Romane Savatte, Mylène Charre, Cécile Louveau, Meryem Benlaifa Houamri, Sylvain Penaud, Alexandre Gaston-Bellegarde, Stéphane Rio, Laurent Drouet, Maxime Elbaz, Jean Becchio, Sylvain Pourchet, Estelle Pruvost-Robieux…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:860
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  26. Investigate the sleep characteristics of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) comorbidity with panic disorder (PD), exploring its potential association with serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels.

    Authors: Shuai Yang, Xiaoyi Kong, Xueyan Li and Yi-Jun Ge
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:859
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  27. Autistic people have communication, sensorial, and social difficulties, which on many occasions, make their adaptation on the sexual and affective levels difficult. For this reason, it is important to know the...

    Authors: Jordi Torralbas-Ortega, Judith Roca, Ruben Coelho-Martinho, Zaloa Orozko, Montserrat Sanromà-Ortiz and Victoria Valls-Ibáñez
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:858
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  28. The nature of the relationship between Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and psychosis is unclear so far. There is evidence that greater time spent in playing video games may expose players to both insomnia and a...

    Authors: Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Eya Lamloum, Alexandre Andrade Loch, Wissal Cherif, Majda Cheour and Souheil Hallit
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:857
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  29. The brain-gut axis has gained increasing attention due to its contribution to the etiology of various central nervous system disorders. This study aims to elucidate the hypothesis that schizophrenia is associa...

    Authors: Li Shi, Peijun Ju, Xiaojing Meng, Zhongxian Wang, Lihui Yao, Mingming Zheng, Xialong Cheng, Jingwei Li, Tao Yu, Qingrong Xia, Junwei Yan, Cuizhen Zhu and Xulai Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:856
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  30. The aim of this study was to assess the longitudinal association between loneliness, mental and physical ill-health indicators, lifestyle factors and mortality among middle-aged and older adults in Thailand.

    Authors: Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer and Dararatt Anantanasuwong
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:855
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  31. Effective interventions are needed to address suicide risk following discharge from the hospital emergency department or inpatient setting. Studies that examine follow-up contact methods show promise, but litt...

    Authors: Patricia D. Soderlund, Erick H. Cheung, Madonna P. Cadiz, Hafifa Siddiq, Maria Yerstein, Sae Lee, Kenneth Wells and MarySue V. Heilemann
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:854
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  32. There were a few studies that examined the longitudinal association between living alone and depressive symptoms, and the vast majority of them were conducted in patients with certain diseases, such as heart f...

    Authors: Guangjun Zheng, Biying Zhou, Zhenger Fang, Chunxia Jing, Sui Zhu, Mingliang Liu, Xia Chen, Lei Zuo, Haiyan Chen and Guang Hao
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:853
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  33. Methamphetamine (MA) abuse is recognized as a brain disorder, and physical activity has clear benefits for MA use disorders. The specific mechanisms by which physical activity alleviates MA use disorders are c...

    Authors: Jisheng Xu, Zhicheng Zhu, Yu Jin, Changling Wei, Yi Wang and Xue Li
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:852
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  34. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are childhood-onset disorders associated with functional and psychosocial impairments that may persist into adulthood, leading...

    Authors: Andrea Lebeña, Åshild Faresjö, Tomas Faresjö and Johnny Ludvigsson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:851
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  35. Depression is a common psychiatric disorder and a leading cause of disability worldwide. Conventional monoaminergic antidepressants have limited efficacy and take weeks to exert a therapeutic effect. Single in...

    Authors: Ana Jelovac, Cathal McCaffrey, Masashi Terao, Enda Shanahan, Enas Mohamed, Emma Whooley, Kelly McDonagh, Sarah McDonogh, Anna Igoe, Orlaith Loughran, Ellie Shackleton, Ciaran O’Neill and Declan M. McLoughlin
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:850
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  36. To investigate the method of resting EEG assessment of depressive symptoms in college students and to clarify the relationship between physical activity level and depressive symptoms in college students.

    Authors: Lili Li, Peng Wang, Shufan Li, Qun Zhao, Zhaosong Yin, Wei Guan, Sicheng Chen, Xing Wang and Jinlin Liao
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:849
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  37. Although, several novel strategies related to coping with stress dominate the possible vicissitudes that may occur, academic stress and its mental and physical outcomes remain a serious public concern among co...

    Authors: Elham Charoghchian Khorasani, Mohammad Ardameh, Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany, Hadi Tehrani, Vahid Ghavami and Mahdi Gholian-aval
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:848
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  38. Anxious depression, which is a common subtype of major depressive disorder, has distinct clinical features from nonanxious depression. However, little is known about the neurobiological characteristics of anxi...

    Authors: Peng Zhao, Xinyi Wang, Qiang Wang, Rui Yan, Mohammad Ridwan Chattun, Zhijian Yao and Qing Lu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:847
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  39. Authors: Kristin M. Davis, Katherine Knauft, Lena Lewis, Michael Petriello, Lauren Petrick, Francesca Luca, Nataria T. Joseph, Heather Fritz, Malcolm Cutchin, Lance Rappaport, Phillip Levy, Christopher G. Engeland and Samuele Zilioli
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:846
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:766

  40. As the most abundant fatty acid in plasma, oleic acid has been found to be associated with multiple neurological diseases; however, results from studies of the relationship between oleic acid and depression ar...

    Authors: Jiahui Yin, Siyuan Li, Jinling Li, Rongpeng Gong, Zhixia Jia, Junjun Liu, Zhi Jin, Jiguo Yang and Yuanxiang Liu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:845
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  41. Whether and how psychotherapies change brain structure and function is unknown. Its study is of great importance for contemporary psychotherapy, as it may lead to discovery of neurobiological mechanisms that p...

    Authors: Gilles Ambresin, Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Tamara Fischmann, Nikolai Axmacher, Elke Hattingen, Ravi Bansal and Bradley S. Peterson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:844
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  43. A substantial proportion of people with bipolar disorder (BD) experience persistent cognitive difficulties associated with impairments in psychosocial functioning and a poorer disorder course. Emerging evidenc...

    Authors: Dimosthenis Tsapekos, Rebecca Strawbridge, Matteo Cella, Kimberley Goldsmith, Michail Kalfas, Rosie H. Taylor, Samuel Swidzinski, Steven Marwaha, Libby Grey, Elizabeth Newton, Julie Shackleton, Paul J. Harrison, Michael Browning, Catherine Harmer, Hannah Hartland, David Cousins…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:842
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  44. All eating disorders (EDs) lead to a significant decrease of health status, psychosocial functioning and quality of life (QoL). Individuals with untreated binge eating disorder (BED) tend to gain weight over t...

    Authors: Signe Graungaard, Tobias Lund Christensen, Lise Noerregaard Soendergaard and Gry Kjaersdam Telléus
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:841
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  45. Self-harm in young people is a public health concern connected with severe mental health problems, such as personality pathology. Currently, there are no specific evidence-based interventions available for you...

    Authors: Anouk Aleva, Tessa van den Berg, Odilia M. Laceulle, Marcel A. G. van Aken, Andrew M. Chanen, Jennifer K. Betts and Christel J. Hessels
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:840
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  46. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) belongs to the most burdensome clinical disorders worldwide. Current treatment approaches yield unsatisfactory long-term effects with relapse rates up to 85%. Craving for alcohol is ...

    Authors: A. Lütt, N. Tsamitros, T. Wolbers, A. Rosenthal, A. L. Bröcker, R. Schöneck, F. Bermpohl, A. Heinz, A. Beck and S. Gutwinski
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:839
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  47. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is recognized as a leading evidence-based treatment, effective in reducing symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD), as well as co-occurring clinical syndromes. How...

    Authors: Sophie I. Liljedahl, Anni Mossberg, Hanna Grenner and Margda Waern
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:838
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  48. Studies on sleep problems among caregivers of psychiatric patients, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, are limited. This study examined the prevalence and correlates of insomnia symptoms (insomnia hereaf...

    Authors: Pan Chen, Yan-Jie Zhao, Feng-Rong An, Xiao-Hong Li, Mei Ieng Lam, Ka-In Lok, Yue-Ying Wang, Jia-Xin Li, Zhaohui Su, Teris Cheung, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Qinge Zhang and Yu-Tao Xiang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:837
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  49. Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and Veterans are more likely to experience mental health (MH) conditions, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), than the general Canadian population. Previous resear...

    Authors: Kate St. Cyr, Anthony Nazarov, Tri Le, Maede Nouri, Priyonto Saha, Callista A Forchuk, Vanessa Soares, Sonya G. Wanklyn, Brian M. Bird, Brent D. Davis, Lisa King, Felicia Ketcheson and J. Don Richardson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:836
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  50. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and social (pragmatic) communication disorder (SCD) were described as a new category of psyc...

    Authors: Kiyohiro Yoshinaga, Jun Egawa, Yuichiro Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kasahara, Atsunori Sugimoto and Toshiyuki Someya
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:831
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