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  1. Psychostimulants and non stimulants are effective in the treatment of ADHD. Efficacy of both methylphenidate and atomoxetine has been established in placebo controlled trials. Direct comparison of efficacy is ...

    Authors: Raveen Hanwella, Madhri Senanayake and Varuni de Silva
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:176
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  3. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood disorder that frequently persists into adulthood. However, in the UK, there is a paucity of adult services available for the increasing num...

    Authors: Susan Young, Clodagh M Murphy and David Coghill
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:174
    Content type: Review Published on:

  4. This observational study explored the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adult in- and outpatients with untreated or treated schizophrenia at baseline, and month-3 after initiation or switch of antipsy...

    Authors: Susanne Kraemer, Anette Minarzyk, Thomas Forst, Daniel Kopf and Hans-Peter Hundemer
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:173
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  5. Managing early warning signs is an effective approach to preventing relapse in bipolar disorder. Involving relatives in relapse prevention has been shown to maximize the effectiveness of this approach. However...

    Authors: Sarah Peters, Eleanor Pontin, Fiona Lobban and Richard Morriss
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:172
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  6. The objective of this exploratory analysis was to characterize efficacy and onset of action of a 3-month treatment period with risperidone long-acting injection (RLAI), adjunctive to an individual's treatment ...

    Authors: Wayne Macfadden, Caleb M Adler, Ibrahim Turkoz, John T Haskins, Norris Turner and Larry Alphs
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:171
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  7. The Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS) was designed for the assessment of the cognitive processes involved in self-reflection and the ability to modify erroneous beliefs and misinterpretations. Studies invest...

    Authors: Yu-Chen Kao, Tzong-Shi Wang, Chien-Wen Lu and Yia-Ping Liu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:170
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  8. This study aimed to document the outcome dimensions that physicians see as important in defining cure from depression. The study also aimed to analyse physicians' attitudes about depression and to find out whe...

    Authors: Koen Demyttenaere, Marc Ansseau, Eric Constant, Adelin Albert, Geert Van Gassen and Kees van Heeringen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:169
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  9. Schizophrenia is a chronic mental health disorder associated with increased hospital admissions and excessive utilization of outpatient services and long-term care. This analysis examined health care resource ...

    Authors: Concetta Crivera, Cherilyn DeSouza, Chris M Kozma, Riad D Dirani, Lian Mao and Wayne Macfadden
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:168
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. To evaluate effectiveness outcomes in a real-world setting in patients with schizophrenia initiating risperidone long-acting therapy (RLAT).

    Authors: Wayne Macfadden, Cherilyn DeSouza, Concetta Crivera, Chris M Kozma, Riad D Dirani, Lian Mao and Stephen C Rodriguez
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:167
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  11. Ethnic minorities with depression are more likely to seek mental health care through primary care providers (PCPs) than mental health specialists. However, both provider and patient-specific challenges exist. ...

    Authors: Nhi-Ha T Trinh, C A Bedoya, Trina E Chang, Katherine Flaherty, Maurizio Fava and Albert Yeung
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:166
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  12. Schizophrenia is associated with a two to three fold excess mortality. Both natural and unnatural causes were reported. However, there is dearth of evidence from low and middle income (LAMIC) countries, partic...

    Authors: Solomon Teferra, Teshome Shibre, Abebaw Fekadu, Girmay Medhin, Asfaw Wakwoya, Atalay Alem, Gunnar Kullgren and Lars Jacobsson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:165
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. To determine the use of antidepressants (ADs) in people with sub-threshold depression (SD); the lifetime prevalence of mania and hypomania in SD and the link between ADs use, bipolarity and anxiety disorders i...

    Authors: Mauro G Carta, Leonardo Tondo, Matteo Balestrieri, Filippo Caraci, Liliana dell'Osso, Guido Di Sciascio, Carlo Faravelli, Maria Carolina Hardoy, Maria E Lecca, Maria Francesca Moro, Krishna M Bhat, Massimo Casacchia and Filippo Drago
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:164
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  14. Emerging evidence indicates an association between mental illness and poor quality of physical health care. To test this, we compared mental health clients (MHCs) with non-MHCs on potentially preventable hospi...

    Authors: Qun Mai, C D'Arcy J Holman, Frank M Sanfilippo and Jonathan D Emery
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:163
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. This paper aimed to investigate cognitive rigidity and decision making impairments in patients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa Restrictive type (AN-R), assessing also verbal components.

    Authors: Giovanni Abbate-Daga, Sara Buzzichelli, Federico Amianto, Giuseppe Rocca, Enrica Marzola, Shawn M McClintock and Secondo Fassino
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:162
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  16. Insight is impaired in a majority of people with schizophrenia. Impaired insight is associated with poorer outcomes of the disorder. Based on existing literature, we developed a model that explains which proce...

    Authors: GHM Pijnenborg, Mark Van der Gaag, Claudi LH Bockting, Lisette Van der Meer and André Aleman
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:161
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  17. Treatment of schizophrenia frequently includes prolonged benzodiazepine administration despite a lack of evidence of its use. It is often difficult to discontinue benzodiazepines because of the development of ...

    Authors: Lone Baandrup, Birgitte Fagerlund, Poul Jennum, Henrik Lublin, Jane L Hansen, Per Winkel, Christian Gluud, Bob Oranje and Birte Y Glenthoj
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:160
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  18. While people with severe mental illness have been found to be more overweight and obese in Western nations, it is unknown to what extent this occurs in Middle Eastern nations and which eating behaviours contri...

    Authors: David Jakabek, Frances Quirk, Martin Driessen, Yousef Aljeesh and Bernhard T Baune
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:159
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  19. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of a comorbid Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and its impact on the clinical presentatio...

    Authors: Mario Speranza, Anne Revah-Levy, Samuele Cortese, Bruno Falissard, Alexandra Pham-Scottez and Maurice Corcos
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:158
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  20. Long duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is associated with poor outcomes and low quality of life at first contact with mental health services. However, long DUP is common. In order to inform initiatives to ...

    Authors: Sanna Tanskanen, Nicola Morant, Mark Hinton, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Michelle Crosby, Helen Killaspy, Rosalind Raine, Stephen Pilling and Sonia Johnson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:157
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. The majority of South Africans with a DSM-IV diagnosis receive no treatment for their mental health problems. There is a move to simplify treatment for common mental disorders (CMDs) in order to ease access. B...

    Authors: Edith van't Hof, Dan J Stein, Isaac Marks, Mark Tomlinson and Pim Cuijpers
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:156
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Command hallucinations are among the most distressing, high risk and treatment resistant symptoms for people with psychosis; however, currently, there are no evidence-based treatment options available for this...

    Authors: Max Birchwood, Emmanuelle Peters, Nicholas Tarrier, Graham Dunn, Shon Lewis, Til Wykes, Linda Davies, Helen Lester and Maria Michail
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:155
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  23. Chinese American patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) tend to underutilize mental health services and are more likely to seek help in primary care settings than from mental health specialists. Our tea...

    Authors: Albert Yeung, Kate Hails, Trina Chang, Nhi-Ha Trinh and Maurizio Fava
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:154
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  24. Cocaine use has increased in most European countries, including Switzerland, and many states worldwide. The international literature has described treatment models that target the general population. In additi...

    Authors: Michael Schaub, Robin Sullivan and Lars Stark
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:153
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  25. In patients with schizophrenia, early non-response to oral antipsychotic therapy robustly predicts subsequent non-response to continued treatment with the same medication. This study assessed whether early res...

    Authors: Haya Ascher-Svanum, Fangyi Zhao, Holland C Detke, Allen W Nyhuis, Anthony H Lawson, Virginia L Stauffer, William Montgomery, Michael M Witte and David P McDonnell
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:152
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. The polymorphism COMTval158met has been associated with suicidal behavior in case-control and meta-analysis studies, but results and conclusions remain controversial. The objective of this study was to examine...

    Authors: Carlos Tovilla-Zárate, Isela Juárez-Rojop, Teresa Ramón-Frias, Mario Villar-Soto, Sherezada Pool-García, Beatriz Camarena Medellín, Alma D Genis Mendoza, Lilia López Narvaez and Nicolini Humberto
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:151
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  27. To investigate the association of the change of painful physical symptoms (PPS) after 4 weeks, with the 6-month treatment outcomes of depressive symptoms in patients treated with duloxetine in clinical practice.

    Authors: Edith Schneider, Michael Linden, Harald Weigmann, Thomas Wagner, Deborah Quail, Hans-Peter Hundemer and Ulrich Hegerl
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:150
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  28. At any time, about 1% of people with severe and enduring mental illness such as schizophrenia require in-patient psychiatric rehabilitation. In-patient rehabilitation enables individuals with the most challeng...

    Authors: Joanna Bredski, Andrew Watson, Debbie A Mountain, Fiona Clunie and Stephen M Lawrie
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:149
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  29. This study aims to evaluate relationship between three different clinical conditions: Major Depressive Disorders (MDD), Hashimoto Thyroiditis (HT) and reduction in regional Cerebral Blood Flow (rCBF) in order ...

    Authors: Maria Carolina Hardoy, Mariangela Cadeddu, Alessandra Serra, Maria Francesca Moro, Gioia Mura, Gisa Mellino, Krishna M Bhat, Gianmarco Altoé, Paolo Usai, Mario Piga and Mauro G Carta
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:148
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  32. Efficacy studies indicate anti-depressive effects of at least some second generation antipsychotics (SGAs). The Bergen Psychosis Project (BPP) is a 24-month, pragmatic, industry-independent, randomized, head-t...

    Authors: Eirik Kjelby, Hugo A Jørgensen, Rune A Kroken, Else-Marie Løberg and Erik Johnsen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:145
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  33. Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) are a very popular and enjoyable leisure activity, and there is a lack of international validated instruments to assess excessive gaming. With the grow...

    Authors: Sophia Achab, Magali Nicolier, Frédéric Mauny, Julie Monnin, Benoit Trojak, Pierre Vandel, Daniel Sechter, Philip Gorwood and Emmanuel Haffen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:144
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  34. This study of chronically ill patients with schizophrenia aimed to identify patients who achieve sustained favorable long-term outcome - when the outcome incorporates severity of symptoms, level of functioning...

    Authors: Gebra B Cuyún Carter, Denái R Milton, Haya Ascher-Svanum and Douglas E Faries
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:143
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  35. Studies suggests a possible link between vaginal discharge and common mental distress, as well as highlight the implications of the subjective burden of disease and its link with mental health.

    Authors: Loulou Kobeissi, Ricardo Araya, Fayssal El Kak, Zeina Ghantous, Marwan Khawaja, Brigitte Khoury, Ziyad Mahfoud, Rima Nakkash, Tim J Peters, Sami Ramia and Huda Zurayk
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:142
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  36. Depression is a common complication in type 2 diabetes (DM2), affecting 10-30% of patients. Since depression is underrecognized and undertreated, it is important that reliable and validated depression screenin...

    Authors: Evi SA de Cock, Wilco HM Emons, Giesje Nefs, Victor JM Pop and François Pouwer
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:141
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  37. Poor mental health, especially due to depression, is one of the main public health problems. Early indicators of poor mental health in general population are needed. This study examined the relationship betwee...

    Authors: Teemu Rissanen, Heimo Viinamäki, Kirsi Honkalampi, Soili M Lehto, Jukka Hintikka, Tarja Saharinen and Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:140
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. The major diagnostic classifications consider mania as a uni-dimensional illness. Factor analytic studies of acute mania are fewer compared to schizophrenia and depression. Evidence from factor analysis sugges...

    Authors: Raveen Hanwella and Varuni A de Silva
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:137
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  41. Low levels of self-esteem have been implicated as both a cause and a consequence of severe mental disorders. The main aims of the study were to examine whether premorbid adjustment has an impact on the subject...

    Authors: Kristin Lie Romm, Jan Ivar Rossberg, Charlotte Fredslund Hansen, Elisabeth Haug, Ole A Andreassen and Ingrid Melle
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:136
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  42. Cocaine, particularly in its base form ('crack'), has become one of the drugs of most concern in the Netherlands, being associated with a wide range of medical, psychiatric and social problems for the individu...

    Authors: Mascha Nuijten, Peter Blanken, Wim van den Brink and Vincent Hendriks
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:135
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  43. Effective treatment strategies for chronic depression are urgently needed since it is not only a common and particularly disabling disorder, but is also considered treatment resistant by most clinicians. There...

    Authors: Elisabeth Schramm, Martin Hautzinger, Ingo Zobel, Levente Kriston, Mathias Berger and Martin Härter
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:134
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  44. Bipolar disorder is a severe mental illness with serious consequences for daily living of patients and their caregivers. Care as usual primarily consists of pharmacotherapy and supportive treatment. However, a...

    Authors: Trijntje YG van der Voort, Berno van Meijel, Peter JJ Goossens, Janwillem Renes, Aartjan TF Beekman and Ralph W Kupka
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:133
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  45. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, the most powerful ever recorded in Japan, and a massive tsunami struck off the coast of the Sanriku region. A Disaster Medical Assistance Team, a mobile medical t...

    Authors: Yutaka Matsuoka, Daisuke Nishi, Naoki Nakaya, Toshimasa Sone, Kei Hamazaki, Tomohito Hamazaki and Yuichi Koido
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:132
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  47. Obesity is associated with an increased risk of mental illness; however, evidence linking body mass index (BMI)-a measure of overall obesity, to mental illness is inconsistent. The objective of this study was ...

    Authors: Guixiang Zhao, Earl S Ford, Chaoyang Li, James Tsai, Satvinder Dhingra and Lina S Balluz
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:130
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R) was designed to evaluate the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in both clinical and non-clinical samples. The aim of the study was to evaluate the psy...

    Authors: Zi-wen Peng, Wen-han Yang, Guo-dong Miao, Jin Jing and Raymond CK Chan
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:129
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  49. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is increasingly recognized as a common disorder not only in children, but also in the adult population. Similarly, asthma also has a substantial prevalence among...

    Authors: Ole Bernt Fasmer, Anne Halmøy, Tomas Mikal Eagan, Ketil Joachim Oedegaard and Jan Haavik
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:128
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. The lack of culturally adapted and validated instruments for child mental health and psychosocial support in low and middle-income countries is a barrier to assessing prevalence of mental health problems, eval...

    Authors: Brandon A Kohrt, Mark JD Jordans, Wietse A Tol, Nagendra P Luitel, Sujen M Maharjan and Nawaraj Upadhaya
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:127
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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