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Gender differences in the use of atypical antipsychotics in early-onset schizophrenia: a nationwide population-based study in Brazil

The use of atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia and other mental disorders in populations under 18 years of age is increasing worldwide. Little is known about treatment patterns and the i...

Authors: Izabela Fulone, Marcus Tolentino Silva and Luciane Cruz Lopes

Discontinuity of psychiatric care for patients with schizophrenia, relation to previous psychiatric care and practice variation between providers: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study

Patients with schizophrenia need continuous integrated healthcare, but many discontinue their treatment, often experiencing adverse outcomes. The first objective of this study is to assess whether patient char...

Authors: Arnold P. M. van der Lee, Adriaan Hoogendoorn, Lieuwe de Haan and Aartjan T. F. Beekman

Telemedical care and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: results of a randomized controlled trial

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are serious psychiatric disorders with a high disease burden, a high number of years of life lived with disability and a high risk for relapses and re-hospitalizations. Besid...

Authors: Ulrike Stentzel, Neeltje van den Berg, Kilson Moon, Lara N. Schulze, Josephine Schulte, Jens M. Langosch, Wolfgang Hoffmann and Hans J. Grabe

Seasonal sensitivity and psychiatric morbidity: study about seasonal affective disorder

Seasonal Affective Disorder is a recurrent depressive disorder which usually begins in the fall/winter and enters into remission in the spring/summer, although in some cases may occur in the summer with remiss...

Authors: Aníbal Fonte and Bruno Coutinho

ADHD symptomatology of children with congenital heart disease 10 years after cardiac surgery: the role of age at operation

The aim of the present study was to investigate the differences in ADHD symptomatology between healthy controls and children who underwent cardiac surgery at different ages.

Authors: Nikoletta R. Czobor, Zsófia Ocsovszky, György Roth, Szabolcs Takács, Márta Csabai, Edgár Székely, János Gál, Andrea Székely and Barna Konkolÿ Thege

A systematic review and meta-analysis of group peer support interventions for people experiencing mental health conditions

Peer support is being integrated within mental health services to further the development of a recovery approach. However, the most effective models and formats of intervention delivery are unknown. We conduct...

Authors: Natasha Lyons, Chris Cooper and Brynmor Lloyd-Evans

A national survey on depressive and anxiety disorders in Afghanistan: A highly traumatized population

This survey attempts to measure at a national level, exposures to major traumas and the prevalence of common mental health disorders in a low-income dangerous country, highly affected by conflicts: Afghanistan.

Authors: V. Kovess-Masfety, Katherine Keyes, Elie Karam, Ajmal Sabawoon and Bashir Ahmad Sarwari

Transdiagnostic efficacy of a group exercise intervention for outpatients with heterogenous psychiatric disorders: a randomized controlled trial

Exercise efficaciously reduces disorder-specific symptoms of psychiatric disorders. The current study aimed to examine the efficacy of a group exercise intervention on global symptom severity and disorder-spec...

Authors: Johanna-Marie Zeibig, Britta Seiffer, Gorden Sudeck, Inka Rösel, Martin Hautzinger and Sebastian Wolf

Self-reported burden of caregiver of adults with depression: a cross-sectional study in five Western European countries

Caregiving in depression imposes a complex health and economic burden. Moreover, there is a paucity of studies examining the impact of caregiving for adult relatives with unipolar depression (CG-UD). This stud...

Authors: B. L. Balkaran, D. H. Jaffe, D. Umuhire, B. Rive and R. U. Milz

A qualitative study of stakeholder views on the use of a digital app for supported self-management in early intervention services for psychosis

Digital tools such as Smartphones have the potential to increase access to mental health support including self-management interventions for individuals with psychosis, and ultimately to improve outcomes. Self...

Authors: Thomas Steare, Maria Giorgalli, Katherine Free, Jasmine Harju-Seppänen, Syeda Akther, Michelle Eskinazi, Puffin O’Hanlon, Helen Rostill, Sarah Amani, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, David Osborn and Sonia Johnson

Body dysmorphic disorder and self-esteem: a meta-analysis

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is associated with low self-esteem. The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine the strength of the cross-sectional relationship between BDD symptom severity and global self-est...

Authors: Nora Kuck, Lara Cafitz, Paul-Christian Bürkner, Laura Hoppen, Sabine Wilhelm and Ulrike Buhlmann

The psychotropic effect of vitamin D supplementation on schizophrenia symptoms

Schizophrenia is a multifactorial disease involving interactions between genetic and environmental factors. Vitamin D has recently been linked to many metabolic diseases and schizophrenia. Vitamin D plays esse...

Authors: Aras Neriman, Yilmaz Hakan and Ucuncu Ozge

Emotional responses and perceived stressors of frontline medical staffs in case of COVID-19 treatment centers and obstetrics emergency in Ethiopia

the rapid spread of COVID-19, its lethality in severe cases and the absence of specific medicine poses a huge threat to human life and health, as well as huge impact on the mental health. Facing this critical ...

Authors: Mebratu Abraha Kebede, Dereje Bayissa Demissie, Dessalegn Kenay Guddu, Michael Temane Haile, Zebenay Workneh Bitew and Mahteme Bekele Muleta

“Sex isn’t everything”: views of people with experience of psychosis on intimate relationships and implications for mental health services

The experience of psychosis and associated discrimination can be a barrier to forming and maintaining romantic relationships. Sexual health interventions within mental health services often focus on contracept...

Authors: Rebecca White, Gillian Haddock, Filippo Varese and Maria Haarmans

COVID-19 uncertainty and sleep: the roles of perceived stress and intolerance of uncertainty during the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak

The COVID-19 pandemic brings unprecedented uncertainty and stress. This study aimed to characterize general sleep status among Chinese residents during the early stage of the outbreak and to explore the networ...

Authors: Dan Wu, Tingzhong Yang, Daniel L. Hall, Guihua Jiao, Lixin Huang and Can Jiao

Resilience as a predictor of quality of life in participants with borderline personality disorder before and after treatment

Studies have suggested that psychotherapy improves the Quality of Life (QoL) of participants with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, there are no studies on the differential efficacy of treatments...

Authors: Verónica Guillén, Mireia Esplugues Tormo, Sara Fonseca-Baeza, Cristina Botella, Rosa Baños, Azucena García-Palacios and José Heliodoro Marco

High-level psychotropic polypharmacy: a retrospective comparison of children in foster care to their peers on Medicaid

The use of antipsychotic medication and psychotropic polypharmacy has increased in the United States over the last two decades especially for children from low-income families and those in foster care. Althoug...

Authors: Deborah Winders Davis, W. David Lohr, Yana Feygin, Liza Creel, Kahir Jawad, V. Faye Jones, P. Gail Williams, Jennifer Le, Marie Trace and Natalie Pasquenza

Smartphone addiction and associated factors among postgraduate students in an Arabic sample: a cross-sectional study

Smartphone addiction, as with other behavioral addictions, is associated with social, physical, and mental health issues. In this article, we investigated the prevalence of smartphone addiction among postgradu...

Authors: Asem A. Alageel, Rayyan A. Alyahya, Yasser A. Bahatheq, Norah A. Alzunaydi, Raed A. Alghamdi, Nader M Alrahili, Roger S. McIntyre and Michelle Iacobucci

Factors related to retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in bipolar disorder patients and major depression patients

We analyzed the correlation of the clinical data with retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and macular thickness in bipolar disorder patients and major depression patients. The aim of this study is to ex...

Authors: Yanhong Liu, Yongsheng Tong, Lvzhen Huang, Jingxu Chen, Shaoxiao Yan and Fude Yang

The Patient, Investigator, Nurse, Carer Questionnaire (PINC-Q): a cross-sectional, retrospective, non-interventional study exploring the impact of less frequent medication administration with paliperidone palmitate 3-monthly as maintenance treatment for schizophrenia

To understand the implications of switching from paliperidone palmitate 1-monthly (PP1M) to paliperidone palmitate 3-monthly (PP3M) treatment of schizophrenia from the perspective of four key stakeholders: pat...

Authors: Katalin Pungor, Pedro Sanchez, Sofia Pappa, Jerome Attal, Karolina Leopold, Geertje Steegen, Antonio Vita, Carol Marsella, Caroline Verrijcken, Marjolein Lahaye and Annette Wooller

Author Correction to: Gray-matter structure in long-term abstinent methamphetamine users

Authors: Lili Nie, Zeyong Zhao, Xiantao Wen, Wei Luo, Tao Ju, Anlian Ren, Binbin Wu and Jing Li

Associations between the working experiences at frontline of COVID-19 pandemic and mental health of Korean public health doctors

Demographic, work environmental, and psychosocial features are associated with mental health of healthcare professionals at pandemic frontline. The current study aimed to find predictors of mental health for p...

Authors: Sangyoon Han, Sejin Choi, Seung Hyun Cho, Joonhyuk Lee and Je-Yeon Yun

Community norms of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among cisgender sexual minority men and women

Representing the pathological extreme pursuit of muscularity, muscle dysmorphia (MD) is characterized by a pervasive belief or fear around insufficient muscularity and an elevated drive for muscularity. Despit...

Authors: Jason M. Nagata, Emilio J. Compte, Chloe J. Cattle, Jason M. Lavender, Tiffany A. Brown, Stuart B. Murray, Annesa Flentje, Matthew R. Capriotti, Micah E. Lubensky, Juno Obedin-Maliver and Mitchell R. Lunn

How do care providers evaluate collaboration? - qualitative process evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial of collaborative and stepped care for patients with mental disorders

Collaborative and stepped care (CSC) models are recommended for mental disorders. Their successful implementation depends on effective collaboration between involved care providers from primary and specialist ...

Authors: Kerstin Maehder, Silke Werner, Angelika Weigel, Bernd Löwe, Daniela Heddaeus, Martin Härter and Olaf von dem Knesebeck

Prevalence and influencing factors of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack (TIA) and stroke – an exploratory, descriptive study

Cardio- and cerebrovascular events such as myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) are leading causes of death and disability and have also been associated with poor mental outco...

Authors: Aurora Dollenberg, Sebastian Moeller, Caroline Lücke, Ruihao Wang, Alexandra P. Lam, Alexandra Philipsen, Jürgen M. Gschossmann, Falk Hoffmann and Helge H. O. Müller

Prevalence of symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and associated features in Swiss military recruits: a self-report survey

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

Correlates of self-reported history of mental health help-seeking: a cross-sectional study among individuals with symptoms of a mental or substance use disorder initiating care for HIV in Cameroon

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

Daily variation in sleep characteristics in individuals with and without post traumatic stress disorder

Sleep disturbances are common in individuals with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, little is known about how daily variation in sleep characteristics is related to PTSD. This study examined the ...

Authors: Quinn M. Biggs, Robert J. Ursano, Jing Wang, Gary H. Wynn, Rohul Amin and Carol S. Fullerton

A distress-continuum, disorder-threshold model of depression: a mixed-methods, latent class analysis study of slum-dwelling young men in Bangladesh

Binary categorical approaches to diagnosing depression have been widely criticized due to clinical limitations and potential negative consequences. In place of such categorical models of depression, a ‘staged ...

Authors: Syed Shabab Wahid, John Sandberg, Malabika Sarker, A. S. M. Easir Arafat, Arifur Rahman Apu, Atonu Rabbani, Uriyoán Colón-Ramos and Brandon A. Kohrt

Posttraumatic stress disorder correlates among internally displaced Yazidi population following Islamic state of Iraq and Syria attacks in Iraq

In 2014, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) took over one-third of Iraq. This study measured the rate of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Iraqi Yazidi internally displaced persons (...

Authors: Perjan Hashim Taha, Nezar Ismet Taib and Hushyar Musa Sulaiman

Differences in cause and 12-month follow-up outcome of parkinsonian symptoms in depressed older adults treated with antipsychotics: a case series

Parkinsonian symptoms are common adverse effects of antipsychotics. Older adults are particularly vulnerable to drug-induced parkinsonism. Nonetheless, parkinsonian symptoms in seniors treated with antipsychot...

Authors: Anastasios Politis, Nikolaos Kokras, Michael Souvatzoglou, Kostas Siarkos, Panagiotis Toulas, Constantin Potagas, Theodoros Hatzipanagiotou, Georgios Limouris and Panagiotis Alexopoulos

Experiences of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for depression and anxiety among Arabic-speaking individuals in Sweden: a qualitative study

Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) is a promising treatment for refugee and immigrant populations suffering from common mental disorders. The aim of the present study was to investigate ex...

Authors: Tomas Lindegaard, Fatima Kashoush, Sara Holm, Asala Halaj, Matilda Berg and Gerhard Andersson

Investigating patient-specific mechanisms of change in SET vs. EFT for depression: study protocol for a mechanistic randomized controlled trial

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

Effect of Hope-oriented group counseling on mental health of infertile women with failed IVF cycles: a randomized controlled trial

Considering the prevalence of infertility in the community and the consequences of failure of infertility treatments on women’s mental health, interventions that can control stress, anxiety and depression in i...

Authors: Roya Rahimi, Shirin Hasanpour, Mojgan. Mirghafourvand and Khalil Esmaeilpour

Family involvement practices for persons with psychotic disorders in community mental health centres – a cross-sectional fidelity-based study

Family involvement for persons with psychotic disorders is supported by scientific evidence, as well as legal and ethical considerations, and recommended in clinical practice guidelines. This article reports a...

Authors: Lars Hestmark, Kristin Sverdvik Heiervang, Reidar Pedersen, Kristiane Myckland Hansson, Torleif Ruud and Maria Romøren

Organisation and timeline of measures in French psychiatric establishments during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic: EvOlu’Psy study

The onset of COVID-19 required rapid organisational changes in the mental health domain. Most mental health-care departments appear to have set up infection control measures and also organised planning, coordi...

Authors: Guillaume Legrand, Catherine Boisgard, Bernard Canac, Zuzana Cardinaud, Michela Giugiario Gorla, Elisabeth Gregoire, Caroline Jamon, Tarik Oussal and Pascal Vaury

Correction to: A national evaluation of the Irish public health counselling in primary care service– examination of initial effectiveness data

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

Adult ADHD and emerging models of maladaptive personality: a meta-analytic review

ADHD is a highly consequential disorder that is estimated to affect 2.5% of the adult population. Emerging models of psychopathology posit that disorders like ADHD can be usefully situated within general model...

Authors: Peter Jacobsson, Christopher J. Hopwood, Bo Söderpalm and Thomas Nilsson

Quality assessment of a consultation-liaison psychiatry service

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (CLP) provides services for patients with medical-psychiatric comorbidity at the general hospital. Referral satisfaction is considered as one of the most important outcome measu...

Authors: Zoltan Kovacs, Marton Asztalos, Simon Grøntved and René Ernst Nielsen

Altered spontaneous neural activity in the precuneus, middle and superior frontal gyri, and hippocampus in college students with subclinical depression

Subclinical depression (ScD) is a prevalent condition associated with relatively mild depressive states, and it poses a high risk of developing into major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the neural patholo...

Authors: Bo Zhang, Shouliang Qi, Shuang Liu, Xiaoya Liu, Xinhua Wei and Dong Ming

Network structure of depression and anxiety symptoms in Chinese female nursing students

Comorbidity between depressive and anxiety disorders is common. From network perspective, mental disorders arise from direct interactions between symptoms and comorbidity is due to direct interactions between ...

Authors: Lei Ren, Yifei Wang, Lin Wu, Zihan Wei, Long-Biao Cui, Xinyi Wei, Xinyu Hu, Jiaxi Peng, Yinchuan Jin, Fengzhan Li, Qun Yang and Xufeng Liu

Effect of cognitive behavioral therapy-based counseling on perceived stress in pregnant women with history of primary infertility: a controlled randomized clinical trial

Given the prevalence of infertility and consequences of stress, anxiety, and depression during pregnancy and after childbirth, this study aimed to determine the effect of group cognitive behavioral therapy (CB...

Authors: Farideh Golshani, Shirin Hasanpour, Mojgan Mirghafourvand and Khalil Esmaeilpour

Discrepancy between experience and importance of recovery components in the symptomatic and recovery perceptions of people with severe mental disorders

Personal recovery has become an increasingly important approach in the care of people with severe mental disorders and consequently in the orientation of mental health services. The objective of this study was...

Authors: Patricia Penas, Jose-Juan Uriarte, Susana Gorbeña, Mike Slade, María-Concepción Moreno-Calvete and Ioseba Iraurgi

Comparison of prevalence and risk factors of somatization between Chinese health care workers and non-health care workers during COVID-19 outbreak

This study aimed to compare prevalence and risk factors of somatization (SOM) between health care workers and non-health care workers during COVID-19 outbreak in China.

Authors: Xiuli Song, Yongjie Zhou, Wenwang Rao and Xiangyang Zhang

Clinical characteristic of prodromal symptoms between bipolar I and II disorder among Chinese patients: a retrospective study

This study aimed to identify the clinical characteristic of prodromal symptoms in Chinese patients with bipolar disorder (BD), prior to the first affective episode. It further aimed to characterize the prodrom...

Authors: Qian Zhao, Tong Guo, Yang Li, Lei Zhang, Nan Lyu, Amanda Wilson, Xuequan Zhu and Xiaohong Li

Sociodemographic correlates of public stigma about mental illness: a population study on Hong Kong’s Chinese population

Individuals with psychiatric disorders are often unwilling to seek help or often follow treatment regimens, fearing public stigma. This study identified the sociodemographic correlates of public stigma while a...

Authors: Lincoln Lik Hang Lo, Yi Nam Suen, Sherry Kit Wa Chan, Min Yi Sum, Cheung Charlton, Christy Lai Ming Hui, Edwin Ho Ming Lee, Wing Chung Chang and Eric Yu Hai Chen

Depressive symptoms associated with COVID-19 preventive practice measures, daily activities in home quarantine and suicidal behaviors: Findings from a large-scale online survey in Bangladesh

The world is facing a public health emergency situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological wellbeing among individuals worldwide has been negatively affected by the pandemic especially in low- and ...

Authors: Md. Saiful Islam, Rafia Tasnim, Md. Safaet Hossain Sujan, Most. Zannatul Ferdous, Md. Tajuddin Sikder, Jakir Hossain Bhuiyan Masud, Sourav Kundu, Promi Tahsin, Abu Syed Md. Mosaddek and Mark D. Griffiths

Elevated levels of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin among OCD patients: an exploratory study

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating psychiatric disease that is characterized by its clinical heterogeneity and complex pathophysiology. This complexity comes from the diversity of pathophysi...

Authors: Catarina Raposo-Lima, Inês Miguel Pereira, Fernanda Marques and Pedro Morgado

Who is the main caregiver of the mother during the doing-the-month: is there an association with postpartum depression?

To examine the relationship between the main caregiver during the “doing-the-month” (a traditional Chinese practice which a mother is confined at home for 1 month after giving birth) and the risk of postpartum...

Authors: Ke Peng, Lin Zhou, Xiaoying Liu, Menglu Ouyang, Jessica Gong, Yuanyuan Wang, Yu Shi, Jiani Chen, Yichong Li, Mingfan Sun, Yueyun Wang, Wei Lin, Shixin Yuan, Bo Wu and Lei Si

The association between triglyceride glucose index and depression: data from NHANES 2005–2018

The association between triglyceride glucose (TyG) index and depression is unclear. We conducted this analysis to explore whether higher TyG index is associated with a higher odd of depression.

Authors: Yi-Yi Shi, Rui Zheng, Jie-Jie Cai and Song-Zan Qian