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Social psychiatry, therapy and provision of mental health care

This is a broad section which covers general aspects of mental healthcare. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, internet in psychological research, behavior surveillance, epidemiology, psychiatric rehabilitation, health behavior, community mental health, work and mental health, occupational psychiatry and psychosocial risk factors. Epidemiology, assessment, and treatment/rehabilitation issues related to specific disorders covered by other sections are dealt with in the disorder specific sections.

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  1. Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), defined as the obsessive idea that some aspect of one’s own body or appearance is severely flawed/deformed, is relatively common in the general population and has been shown to ...

    Authors: Marie Drüge, Gabriela Rafique, Anne Jäger and Birgit Watzke

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:294

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  2. Mental health and substance use disorders (MSDs) increase the risk of poor human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care outcomes among people living with HIV (PLWH). Receipt of mental health care may improve these ...

    Authors: Lindsey M. Filiatreau, Peter Vanes Ebasone, Anastase Dzudie, Rogers Ajeh, Brian Pence, Milton Wainberg, Denis Nash, Marcel Yotebieng, Kathryn Anastos, Eric Pefura-Yone, Denis Nsame and Angela M. Parcesepe

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:293

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  3. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the leading cause of disability worldwide and one of the most heterogeneous mental health disorders. Although there are effective treatments for MDD, about 50% of patients do...

    Authors: Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Ben Shahar, Hadar Fisher, Tohar Dolev-Amit, Leslie S. Greenberg and Jacques P. Barber

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:287

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  4. Vocational peer support (VPS) services are recovery-oriented interventions in modern psychiatric care for persons with schizophrenia. However, few VPS services are found in Taiwan. Hence, a pilot program of pe...

    Authors: Kan-Yuan Cheng and Chia-Feng Yen

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:268

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  5. Treating chronic depression represents a significant burden for the NHS, yet there is a lack of evidence-based interventions and research specifically focused on this condition. DIALOG+, a technology-assisted ...

    Authors: Aleksandra Matanov, Philip McNamee, Syeda Akther, Nick Barber and Victoria Bird

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:263

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  6. Long-term community mental health treatment for non-psychotic disorder patients with severe mental illness (SMI) who are perceived as difficult by clinicians, is poorly developed and lacks a structured, goal-c...

    Authors: Mark van Veen, Bauke Koekkoek, Steven Teerenstra, Eddy Adang and Cornelis L. Mulder

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:261

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  7. Consultation-liaison psychiatry (CLP)—professional psychiatric care provided to coordinate with surgical or medical treatment of inpatients with psychiatric disorders—was included in universal health coverage ...

    Authors: Daisuke Shinjo, Hisateru Tachimori, Keiko Maruyama-Sakurai, Kenji Fujimori, Norihiko Inoue and Kiyohide Fushimi

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:235

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  8. The Counselling in Primary Care service (CIPC) is the first and only nationally available public counselling service in the Republic of Ireland. This study provides initial data for the effectiveness of short-...

    Authors: Charles Brand, Fiona Ward, Niamh MacDonagh, Sharon Cunningham and Ladislav Timulak

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:227

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:283

  9. Various rehabilitation services and return-to-work programs have been developed in order to reduce sickness absence and increase sustainable return-to-work. To ensure that people with a high risk of not return...

    Authors: Miriam Markus, Nina Gabriel, Markus Bassler and Matthias Bethge

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:225

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  10. Stigma associated with mental disorders is rooted among many pharmacists, and represents a major barrier to patient support in community-based psychiatry. We developed an assessment scale that is specifically ...

    Authors: Tomoo Fujii, Manako Hanya, Kenta Murotani and Hiroyuki Kamei

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:211

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  11. Perinatal common mental disorders are associated with significant adverse outcomes for women and their families, particularly in low- and middle-income settings. Early detection through screening with locally-...

    Authors: Gracia Fellmeth, Siân Harrison, Charles Opondo, Manisha Nair, Jennifer J. Kurinczuk and Fiona Alderdice

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:200

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  12. While a growing number of studies focus on men who have sex with men (MSM), they typically ignore the heterogeneity of gender minorities within the MSM population. The recognition of new sub-groups among gende...

    Authors: Zhizhou Duan, Liyin Wang, Menglan Guo, Changmian Ding, Danqin Huang, Hong Yan, Amanda Wilson and Shiyue Li

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:196

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  13. Randomised controlled trials suggest that family therapy has a positive effect on the course of depression, schizophrenia and anorexia nervosa. However, it is largely unknown whether a positive link also exist...

    Authors: Marie Louise Svendsen, Trine Ellegaard, Karoline Agerbo Jeppesen, Erik Riiskjær and Berit Kjærside Nielsen

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:190

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  14. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) recommend the monitoring of somatic parameters in patients treated with antipsychotic drugs in order to detect adverse effects. The objective of this study was to assess, in...

    Authors: Jurriaan M. J. L. Brouwer, Erien Olde Hengel, Arne J. Risselada, Eric N. van Roon and Hans Mulder

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:189

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  16. Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based, effective approach to help people with severe mental illness (SMI) achieve competitive employment. The aim of the present study is to explore experi...

    Authors: Miljana Vukadin, Frederieke G. Schaafsma, Harry W. C. Michon, Marianne de Maaker-Berkhof and Johannes R. Anema

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:181

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  17. Undocumented migrants live and work in precarious conditions. Few studies have explored the mental health consequences of such environment. The objective of this study is to describe the mental health of migra...

    Authors: Julien Fakhoury, Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Liala Consoli, Aline Duvoisin, Delphine Courvoisier and Yves Jackson

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:175

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  18. Over the last decades, many high-income countries have successfully implemented assertive outreach mental health services for acute care. Despite evidence that these services entail several benefits for servic...

    Authors: Johanna Baumgardt, Julian Schwarz, Andreas Bechdolf, Konstantinos Nikolaidis, Martin Heinze, Johannes Hamann, Martin Holzke, Gerhard Längle, Janina Richter, Peter Brieger, Reinhold Kilian, Jürgen Timm, Constance Hirschmeier, Sebastian Von Peter and Stefan Weinmann

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:173

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:199

  19. Shared decision-making (SDM), a collaborative approach that includes and respects patients’ preferences for involvement in decision-making about their treatment, is increasingly advocated. However, in the prac...

    Authors: Ingunn Mundal, Mariela Loreto Lara-Cabrera, Moisés Betancort and Carlos De las Cuevas

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:133

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  20. In this quality improvement project, we set out to study the effectiveness and feasibility of using music as an adjunct or replacement for pharmacologic agitation management on an inpatient psychiatric unit. W...

    Authors: Trevor Scudamore, Annette Liem, Mark Wiener, Nekpen Sharon Ekure, Christopher Botash, Derek Empey and Luba Leontieva

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:132

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  21. A concerning proportion of former Australian Defence Force (ADF) members meet criteria for a mental health condition. Mental health difficulties not only affect the individual veteran. They have been found to ...

    Authors: Justine Evans, Madeline Romaniuk and Rebecca Theal

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:128

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  22. Understanding complex associations between psychopathology and chronic illness is instrumental in facilitating both research and treatment progress. The current study is the first and only network-based study ...

    Authors: Adela-Maria Isvoranu, Edimansyah Abdin, Siow Ann Chong, Janhavi Vaingankar, Denny Borsboom and Mythily Subramaniam

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:119

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  23. There is growing evidence for the efficacy of group-based interventions for adults with ADHD. However, there is still a lack of research investigating how clients experience participating in such interventions...

    Authors: Emilie S. Nordby, Sigrid Gilje, Daniel A. Jensen, Lin Sørensen and Signe H. Stige

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:113

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  24. There is evidence suggesting that quarantine might have undesirable psychological impacts on the patients. Therefore, it is important to seek for ways to increase the resilience and alleviate the psychological...

    Authors: Maryam Shaygan, Zahra Yazdani and Adib Valibeygi

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:93

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  25. The process of immigration is associated with poor mental and physical health. While the workplace represents an important context of social integration, previous studies evaluating the effect of discriminatio...

    Authors: Anteo Di Napoli, Alessandra Rossi, Francesca Baralla, Martina Ventura, Rosaria Gatta, Monica Perez, Marco Sarchiapone, Concetta Mirisola and Alessio Petrelli

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:85

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  27. Studies in the literature have relied on a single instrument to assess stress levels and sources among nursing students in Jordan and in other Arab countries. Thus, there is a need to develop Arabic versions o...

    Authors: Dina Masha’al, Audai A. Hayajneh and Loai Issa Tawalbeh

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:77

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  28. Community behavioral health clinicians, supervisors, and administrators play an essential role in implementing new psychosocial evidence-based practices (EBP) for patients receiving psychiatric care; however, ...

    Authors: Nathaniel J. Williams, Molly Candon, Rebecca E. Stewart, Y. Vivian Byeon, Meenakshi Bewtra, Alison M. Buttenheim, Kelly Zentgraf, Carrie Comeau, Sonsunmolu Shoyinka and Rinad S. Beidas

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:74

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  29. Point of Care Testing (POCT) is being increasingly used to augment the delivery of physical health care in a variety of settings, but their use in mental health has been limited. Research into understanding th...

    Authors: Joseph Butler, Simone de Cassan, Phil Turner, Belinda Lennox, Gail Hayward and Margaret Glogowska

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:73

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  30. ADHD is neurodevelopmental disorder which persists into adulthood. Presently, therapeutic approaches are mainly pharmacological and psychological whilst the role, scope and approaches of occupational therapist...

    Authors: Marios Adamou, Philip Asherson, Muhammad Arif, Louise Buckenham, Sally Cubbin, Karina Dancza, Kirstie Gorman, Gísli Gudjonsson, Sharon Gutman, James Kustow, Kerry Mabbott, Teresa May-Benson, Ulrich Muller-Sedgwick, Emma Pell, Mark Pitts, Suzanne Rastrick…

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:72

    Content type: Review

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  31. Target-controlled infusion (TCI) of propofol is a well-established method of procedural sedation and has been used in Japan for anesthesia during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). However, the usefulness of the...

    Authors: Meng-Ling Hsieh, Yen-Ting Lu, Chih-Chung Lin and Chin-Pang Lee

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:71

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  32. Approximately one out of every three people in Germany who meets the diagnostic criteria for major depression has contact with mental health services. Therefore, according to treatment guidelines, two thirds o...

    Authors: Anna Katharina Reinhold, Julia Louise Magaard and Anna Levke Brütt

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:68

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  33. The diagnostic system is fundamental to any health discipline, including mental health, as it defines mental illness and helps inform possible treatment and prognosis. Thus, the procedure to estimate the relia...

    Authors: Chandril Chandan Ghosh, Duncan McVicar, Gavin Davidson and Ciaran Shannon

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:60

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  34. Despite the substantial burden of caring schizophrenic patients, primary caregivers can also experience posttraumatic growth (PTG) which may buffer their negative experience. Influencing factors of PTG and the...

    Authors: Chen Wu, Yaping Liu, Songcui Ma, Guojian Jing, Wei Zhou, Lei Qu, Zitong Wang, Mei Cheng and Yulong Wu

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:58

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  36. The traditional general practitioner-based model (community-based rehabilitation [CBR]) for Chinese schizophrenia patients lacks sufficient content, usefulness, and theoretical basis for rehabilitation. Based ...

    Authors: Qi Chen, Yueyun Sang, Lifang Ren, Jinping Wu, Yajun Chen, Menglei Zheng, Guolin Bian and Hanying Sun

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:38

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  37. A pandemic is a very stressful event, especially for highly vulnerable people (e.g., older adults). The purpose of the current study was to investigate the main and interactive relationships of social support ...

    Authors: Fugui Li, Sihui Luo, Weiqi Mu, Yanmei Li, Liyuan Ye, Xueying Zheng, Bing Xu, Yu Ding, Ping Ling, Mingjie Zhou and Xuefeng Chen

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:16

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  38. Housing is an important social determinant of health. Poor housing conditions are associated with a wide range of health conditions, including mental health. The study aimed to investigate the association betw...

    Authors: Selin Kim, Wonjeong Jeong, Bich Na Jang, Eun-Cheol Park and Sung-In Jang

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:12

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  39. This study investigated the prevalence and factors associated with counselling and psychotherapy service use among Chinese sexual minority populations.

    Authors: Yuanyuan Wang, Amanda Wilson, Zhishan Hu, Li Lu, Wengao Li, Ke Peng, Lijuan Wu, Ying Xin, Jack Drescher, Jianjun Ou and Runsen Chen

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:11

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  40. Although cultural factors play a crucial role in experience of stigma, there is scant review on the impact and importance of culture on stigma of mental illness across Pacific Rim Region. This study aims to in...

    Authors: Mao-Sheng Ran, Brian J. Hall, Tin Tin Su, Benny Prawira, Matilde Breth-Petersen, Xu-Hong Li and Tian-Ming Zhang

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:8

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  41. The challenges of living with and taking care of a patient with schizophrenia can lead to positive changes depending on the experiences and reactions of family caregivers. Such changes may directly affect the ...

    Authors: Fatemeh Darban, Roghayeh Mehdipour- Rabori, Jamileh Farokhzadian, Esmat Nouhi and Sakineh Sabzevari

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:7

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  42. Syria has experienced war since 2011, leaving over 80% under the poverty line and millions displaced. War and its retaliations have significantly impacted the mental health of Syrians. This study evaluates the...

    Authors: Ameer Kakaje, Ragheed Al Zohbi, Osama Hosam Aldeen, Leen Makki, Ayham Alyousbashi and Mhd Bahaa Aldin Alhaffar

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:2

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  43. To date, very few nationwide studies addressing the way in which mental health services are addressing the current pandemics have been published. The present paper reports data obtained from a survey relating ...

    Authors: Bernardo Carpiniello, Massimo Tusconi, Enrico Zanalda, Guido Di Sciascio and Massimo Di Giannantonio

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:593

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  44. Despite a high burden of mental health problems among refugees, there is limited knowledge about effective mental health care provision for this group. Although substantial efforts in understanding the complex...

    Authors: Baye Berihun Asfaw, Claudia Beiersmann, Verena Keck, Christoph Nikendei, Janine Benson-Martin, Inken Schütt and Julia Lohmann

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:588

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  46. The use of atypical antipsychotics which currently form the primary choice pharmacotherapy for several mental health conditions have been linked to cardiovascular and metabolic side effects. This systematic re...

    Authors: Ruba Azfr Ali, Zahraa Jalal and Vibhu Paudyal

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:581

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  48. Despite the increased attention given to improvement of mental health-related knowledge and attitudes, rates of help-seeking for mental illness remain low even in countries with well-developed mental health se...

    Authors: Elena A. Manescu, Emily J. Robinson and Claire Henderson

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:579

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  49. International immigration to Japan, where homogeneous ethnicity is a population characteristic, has been growing. Although immigration is recognised as a risk factor for multiple mental-health related issues, ...

    Authors: Youji Takubo, Takahiro Nemoto, Momoko Iwai, Minako Kashima, Eriko Yamaguchi, Akiko Maruyama, Sachio Miura, Hisaaki Saito, Naohisa Tsujino and Masafumi Mizuno

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:569

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  50. Psychiatric patients who live in psychiatric residential care homes may often feel a loss of autonomy, decision making, and participation in social activities. They usually have few or no visitors and also do ...

    Authors: Mohammad Sahebalzamani, Omid Rezaei and Ladan Fattah Moghadam

    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:575

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