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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

Study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial of pramipexole in addition to mood stabilisers for patients with treatment resistant bipolar depression (the PAX-BD study)

Treatment Resistant Bipolar Depression (TRBD) is a major contributor to the burden of disease associated with Bipolar Disorder (BD). Treatment options for people experiencing bipolar depression are limited to ...

Authors: Lumbini Azim, Paul Hindmarch, Georgiana Browne, Thomas Chadwick, Emily Clare, Paul Courtney, Lyndsey Dixon, Nichola Duffelen, Tony Fouweather, John R. Geddes, Nicola Goudie, Sandy Harvey, Timea Helter, Eva-Maria Holstein, Garry Martin, Phil Mawson…

Adolescent psychopathology and psychological wellbeing: a network analysis approach

The extent to which psychological wellbeing may play a preventive and therapeutic role in the development and maintenance of adolescent emotional disorders depends, in part, on the nature of the overlap betwee...

Authors: Stephanie Campbell and Tom L. Osborn

COMmunity PARticipation through Education (COMPARE): effectiveness of supported education for students with mental health problems, a mixed methods study – study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

The onset of mental health problems generally occurs between the ages of 16 and 23 – the years in which young people follow post-secondary education, which is a major channel in our society to prepare for a ca...

Authors: Jacomijn Hofstra, Jorien van der Velde, Petra Jannette Havinga and Lies Korevaar

Schizophrenia syndrome due to C9ORF72 mutation case report: a cautionary tale and role of hybrid brain imaging!

Frontal variant frontotemporal dementia is a common cause of presenile dementia. A hexanucleotide expansion on chromosome 9 has recently been recognized as the most common genetic mutation cause of this illnes...

Authors: A. M. Burhan, U. C. Anazodo, N. M. Marlatt, L. Palaniyappan, M. Blair and E. Finger

Increased symptoms of post-traumatic stress in school students soon after the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in China

The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19) caused psychological stress in Chinese adults population. But we are unaware of whether the pandemic causes psychological stress on children.

Authors: Hanmei Xu, Hang Zhang, Lijuan Huang, Xiaolan Wang, Xiaowei Tang, Yanping Wang, Qingqing Xiao, Ping Xiong, Rongqiu Jiang, Jie Zhan, Fang Deng, Mingya Yu, Dong Liu, Xuejun Liu, Chunli Zhang, Wenjun Wang…

Metacognition, social cognition, and mentalizing in psychosis: are these distinct constructs when it comes to subjective experience or are we just splitting hairs?

Research using the integrated model of metacognition has suggested that the construct of metacognition could quantify the spectrum of activities that, if impaired, might cause many of the subjective disturbanc...

Authors: P. H. Lysaker, S. Cheli, G. Dimaggio, B. Buck, K. A. Bonfils, K. Huling, C. Wiesepape and J. T. Lysaker

Evaluating the validity and reliability of the Chinese entrapment scale and the relationship to depression among men who have sex with men in Shanghai, China

Perception of entrapment can emerge when someone feels trapped in an aversive situation and incapable of escape. Depression is closely related to the construct of entrapment. In China, men who have sex with me...

Authors: Chen Xu, Xiaoyue Yu, Lhakpa Tsamlag, Shuxian Zhang, Ruijie Chang, Huwen Wang, Shangbin Liu, Ying Wang and Yong Cai

Risk assessment of paternal depression in relation to partner delivery during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China

The COVID-19 pandemic and relevant prevention and control measures may affect the mental health and induce depressive symptoms in fathers with concurrent partner delivery exposure. This study aims to investiga...

Authors: Guo-qiang Sun, Qi Wang, Shan-shan Wang and Yao Cheng

Childhood abuse and borderline personality disorder features in Chinese undergraduates: the role of self-esteem and resilience

Although childhood abuse is considered to be related to borderline personality disorder (BPD), few studies have elaborated on the mediating role of self-esteem and resilience in it. Thus, the present study aim...

Authors: Guo-Die Xie, Jun-Jie Chang, Meng-Yuan Yuan, Geng-Fu Wang, Yang He, Shan-Shan Chen and Pu-Yu Su

A multi-country analysis of the prevalence and factors associated with bullying victimisation among in-school adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the global school-based health survey

Over the past few years, there has been growing public and research interest in adolescents’ experiences with various forms of bullying victimisation because of their psychological, emotional, and/ or physical...

Authors: Richard Gyan Aboagye, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, John Elvis Hagan Jr, James Boadu Frimpong, Eugene Budu, Collins Adu, Raymond K. Ayilu and Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

High-level of anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with general medical conditions and community residents: a comparative study

The global burden of anxiety and depressive symptoms become increasing, specifically accounts for high burden of morbidity among patients with medical conditions in low-income countries. The aim was to compare...

Authors: Eyaya Misgan and Habte Belete

A Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) study of medication and CBT sequencing in the treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders

Treatment of a child who has an anxiety disorder usually begins with the question of which treatment to start first, medication or psychotherapy. Both have strong empirical support, but few studies have compar...

Authors: Bradley S. Peterson, Amy E. West, John R. Weisz, Wendy J. Mack, Michele D. Kipke, Robert L. Findling, Brian S. Mittman, Ravi Bansal, Steven Piantadosi, Glenn Takata, Corinna Koebnick, Ceth Ashen, Christopher Snowdy, Marie Poulsen, Bhavana Kumar Arora, Courtney M. Allem…

Low intensity technology-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a meta-analysis

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a well-established treatment for people suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and technology-based CBT applications are an emerging treatment option for peopl...

Authors: Laura Marie Hoppen, Nora Kuck, Paul-Christian Bürkner, Eyal Karin, Bethany M. Wootton and Ulrike Buhlmann

Functioning assessment short test (FAST): validity and reliability in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

The assessment of functional impairment is crucial both for the diagnosis and the therapeutic approach to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate whether the FAST is a ...

Authors: Laura Gisbert-Gustemps, Jorge Lugo-Marín, Imanol Setien Ramos, Gemma Español Martín, Eduard Vieta, C. Mar Bonnín and Josep Antoni Ramos Quiroga