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  1. The Jenkins Sleep Scale is a widely used self-report questionnaire that assesses sleep quality and disturbances. This study aimed to translate the scale into Arabic and evaluate its psychometric properties in ...

    Authors: Yasmin AlMashouk, Salma Yasser Abu-Saleh, Hadeel Ghazzawi, Khaled Trabelsi and Haitham Jahrami
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:236
  2. A strong increase in mental health emergency consultations and admissions in youths has been reported in recent years. Although empirical evidence is lacking, gender differences in risk of admission may have c...

    Authors: Linda Dil, Saskia Mérelle, Nick Lommerse, Jaap Peen, Pety So, Rien Van, Jeroen Zoeteman and Jack Dekker
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:235
  3. Although gaming problems are associated with poor mental health, few population-based studies have examined its association with self-harm and suicidality. This study investigates the association between gamin...

    Authors: Tony Leino, Turi Reiten Finserås, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Ståle Pallesen, Joakim Hellumbråten Kristensen, Rune Aune Mentzoni and Børge Sivertsen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:234
  4. Clinical insight (i.e., impaired insight into illness) is increasingly recognized by the scientific community as a significant contributor to an array of psychological and clinical outcomes in schizophrenia. T...

    Authors: Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Zeinab Bitar, Fadila Al Mouzakzak, Ghinwa Abilmona, Oussama Dahdouh and Souheil Hallit
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:233
  5. Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), such as Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and Tourette Syndrome (TS), have been extensively studied for their multifaceted im...

    Authors: Zefang Li, Xueqiang Wu, Hanzheng Li, Cong Bi, Can Zhang, Yiqing Sun and Zhaojun Yan
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:232
  6. Depression is one of the most common mental disorders that leads to anxiety, sleep disturbances, and suicidal thoughts. Due to the high cost of treatment and the reluctance of many patients to seek medical hel...

    Authors: Zeinab Soltani, Naser Parizad, Moloud Radfar, Vahid Alinejad, Mohammad Arzanlo and Mahmonir Haghighi
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:231
  7. Studies suggest that individualized music listening is an effective, non-pharmacological intervention for improving the quality of life of people with dementia in the institutional care setting. Noting that most ...

    Authors: Elisabeth Jakob, Juliane Meininger, Mareike Hillebrand, Lisette Weise and Gabriele Wilz
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:230
  8. Conceptualizing adolescent NSSI and emotional symptoms as a system of causal elements could provide valuable insights into the development of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescent. This study aimed to ...

    Authors: Muzhen Guan, Junchang Liu, Xinhong Li, Min Cai, Jing Bi, Ping Zhou, Zhongheng Wang, Songwen Wu, Li Guo and Huaning Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:229
  9. Exercise plays a crucial role in addressing the increased cardiometabolic morbidity and premature mortality in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. When delivered in community-based settings, exercise...

    Authors: Martin Færch Andersen, Kickan Roed, Victor Sørensen, Allan Riis, Bolette Skjødt Rafn, Bjørn Hylsebeck Ebdrup and Julie Midtgaard
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:228
  10. One of the most robust risk factors for developing a mood disorder is having a parent with a mood disorder. Unfortunately, mechanisms explaining the transmission of mood disorders from one generation to the ne...

    Authors: Annabel Vreeker, Melany Horsfall, Merijn Eikelenboom, Annemerle Beerthuizen, Veerle Bergink, Marco P. M. Boks, Catharina A. Hartman, Ricki de Koning, Max de Leeuw, Dominique F. Maciejewski, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx and Manon H. J. Hillegers
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:227
  11. Patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) exhibit difficulties deficits in recognizing facial expressions with unambiguous valence. However, only a limited number of studies have examined how these patients fare in in...

    Authors: Xiaoli Lyu, Yuyan Chi, Zhenyu Wang, Xinyan Shao, Guangya Zhang, Chuanwei Li, Chenglong Dong, Xuqin Wang, Xin Li, Chuanlin Zhu, Xiaofeng Xu and Xiangdong Du
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:226
  12. Preliminary evidence shows promising treatment outcomes at short-term follow-up for intensive posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment, but long-term follow-up studies are sparse. This study is a sequel ...

    Authors: Julie Rendum Klaeth, Andreas Gjerde Jensen, Trude Julie Brynhildsvoll Auren and Stian Solem
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:225
  13. Childhood trauma is a pivotal risk factor for adolescent depression. While the association between childhood trauma and depression is well-established, the mediating role of self-concept has not been acknowled...

    Authors: Yufei Hu, Ying Yang, Zhengna He, Duanwei Wang, Feiyu Xu, Xingxing Zhu and Kangcheng Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:224
  14. Somatisation is a highly prevalent psychiatric syndrome in both women and men, in which psychological distress is manifested in physical symptoms without a medical explanation. Many patients with somatisation ...

    Authors: Carina Iloson, Marcus Praetorius Björk, Anna Möller, Karin Sundfeldt and Susanne Bernhardsson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:223
  15. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major clinical problem in Uganda. Explanatory models (EMs) of illness are important as they have consequences for treatment. Clinicians´ knowledge about patients´ EMs can improv...

    Authors: Hanna Rudenstrand and Sofie Bäärnhielm
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:222
  16. The proliferation of social media platforms has provided a unique space for discourse on mental health, originally intended to destigmatize mental illness. However, recent discourses on these platforms have sh...

    Authors: Barikisu Issaka, Ebenezer Ato Kwamena Aidoo, Sandra Freda Wood and Fatima Mohammed
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:221
  17. Self-harm presents a significant public health challenge. Emergency departments (EDs) are crucial healthcare settings in managing self-harm, but clinician uncertainty in risk assessment may contribute to ineff...

    Authors: Philippe Mortier, Franco Amigo, Madhav Bhargav, Susana Conde, Montse Ferrer, Oskar Flygare, Busenur Kizilaslan, Laura Latorre Moreno, Angela Leis, Miguel Angel Mayer, Víctor Pérez-Sola, Ana Portillo-Van Diest, Juan Manuel Ramírez-Anguita, Ferran Sanz, Gemma Vilagut, Jordi Alonso…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:220
  18. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is heritable neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), but environmental risk factors have also been suggested to a play a role in its development. Prenatal, perinatal and parental fa...

    Authors: Jia-jia Yuan, Ya-nan Zhao, Xing-yu Lan, Yong Zhang and Rong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:219
  19. A suicide attempt (SA) is a clinically serious action. Researchers have argued that reducing long-term SA risk may be possible, provided that at-risk individuals are identified and receive adequate treatment. ...

    Authors: Marcel Miché, Marie-Pierre F. Strippoli, Martin Preisig and Roselind Lieb
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:217
  20. Approximately half of patients who seek care at Emergency Departments due to chest pain are diagnosed with Non-Cardiac Chest Pain (NCCP). Concerns for heart disease and misinterpretation of the symptoms increa...

    Authors: Magda Eriksson-Liebon, Mats Westas, Peter Johansson and Ghassan Mourad
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:216
  21. With 11,558 deaths and 200,000 suicide attempts in 2019, France is among the European countries most affected. The aim of this study was to determine the costs and burden of suicides and suicide attempts in Fr...

    Authors: Laeticia Blampain Segar, Charles Laidi, Ophélia Godin, Philippe Courtet, Guillaume Vaiva, Marion Leboyer and Isabelle Durand-Zaleski
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:215
  22. The Racing and Crowded Thoughts Questionnaire (RCTQ-13) is the most widely used specific scale for the measurement of racing thoughts, but there is currently no Spanish version that allow the evaluation in Spanis...

    Authors: Daniela Garcés Rodríguez, Juan Pablo Zapata-Ospina, María Mercedes Uribe, Diana Suarez, Luis Fernando Tabares, Luisa Fernanda Ahunca, Daniel Camilo Aguirre, Jorge Carlos Holguín and Jenny García Valencia
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:214
  23. The burdens of anxiety and depression symptoms have significantly increased in the general US population, especially during this COVID-19 epidemiological crisis. The first step in an effective treatment for an...

    Authors: David Adzrago, Timothy J. Walker and Faustine Williams
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:213
  24. Studies show that three-quarters of mental disorders appear during young adulthood, which makes students a risk group. Especially people with anxiety and depression experience lower Quality of Life (QoL) compa...

    Authors: Emily Wilzer, Annalena Zeisel, Veit Roessner and Melanie Ring
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:212
  25. Lived experience workforces are one of the fastest growing emerging disciplines in Australian mental health service settings. Individuals with lived and living experience of mental distress employed in mental ...

    Authors: Verity Reeves, Heather McIntyre, Mark Loughhead, Matthew Anthony Halpin and Nicholas Procter
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:211
  26. Current research has been focusing on non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviors among adolescents with depression. Although family intimacy and adaptability are considered protective factors for NSSI, evidence...

    Authors: Yuehong Gao, Yanchi Wang, Zhiping Wang, Mingzhen Ma, Hongjiao Li, Jinhong Wang, Jianan Liu, Huaying Qian, Ping Zhu and Xujuan Xu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:210
  27. Visual impairment (VI) with comorbid mental disorders (MDs) are expected to have a major impact on people’s daily functioning, for which tailored support is needed. However, this has been barely investigated. ...

    Authors: Marjolein LA Onnink, Lisanne BA Teunissen, Peter FJ Verstraten, Ruth MA van Nispen and Hilde PA van der Aa
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:209
  28. Using the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, maintenance) framework, we outline steps taken to implement an evidence-based cognitive training program, Club Connect, in older adults with ma...

    Authors: Claudia Woolf, L. Kaplan, L. M. Norrie, D. Burke, M. Cunich, L. Mowszowski and S. L. Naismith
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:208
  29. The long-term effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in medicated attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) adults with residual symptoms needs to be verified across multiple dimensions, es...

    Authors: Mei-Rong Pan, Min Dong, Shi-Yu Zhang, Lu Liu, Hai-Mei Li, Yu-Feng Wang and Qiu-Jin Qian
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:207
  30. There may be unexplored interactions between family health, personality, and smoking that could help provide new perspectives on tobacco control.

    Authors: Jiangyun Chen, Menglin Luo, Li Gan, Haomiao Li, Siyuan Liu, Na Ren, Yan Zhou, Jiao Yang, Haozheng Zhou, Xuanhao Yin, Jiahuan Wan, Xinlei Yang, Yibo Wu and Zenni Luo
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:206
  31. The access to and uptake of evidence-based behavioral parent training for children with behavioral difficulties (i.e., oppositional, defiant, aggressive, hyperactive, impulsive, and inattentive behavior) are c...

    Authors: Roos S. van Doornik, Saskia van der Oord, Joli Luijckx, Annabeth P. Groenman, Patty Leijten, Marjolein Luman, Pieter J. Hoekstra, Barbara J. van den Hoofdakker and Tycho J. Dekkers
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:203
  32. Mental health literacy (MHL) and help-seeking behaviors are pivotal in managing mental well-being, especially among Egyptian undergraduates. Despite the importance and prevalent psychological distress in this ...

    Authors: Mohamed Baklola, Mohamed Terra, Anhar Taha, Mohammed Elnemr, Mohammad Yaseen, Ahmed Maher, Ali Hussain Buzaid, Rahaf Alenazi, Safa Adil Osman Mohamed, Doaa Abdelhady and Abdel-Hady El-Gilany
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:202
  33. Menthol cigarette use remains a large public health problem and disproportionately affects Black adults in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration has proposed prohibiting menthol flavor in cigaret...

    Authors: Krysten W. Bold, Akshika Sharma, Angela Haeny, Ralitza Gueorguieva, Eugenia Buta, Stephen Baldassarri, Lauren Lempert, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin and Stephanie O’Malley
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:201
  34. Sleep disturbances, a public health concern that may lead to critical physiological conditions, are associated with personal characteristics such as gender. Limited evidence is available from the Middle East p...

    Authors: Mohammad R. Alosta, Islam Oweidat, Mohammad Alsadi, Mahmoud Mohammad Alsaraireh, Bayan Oleimat and Elham H. Othman
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:200
  35. Globally, individuals with mental illness get in contact with the law at a greater rate than the general population. The goal of this review was to identify and describe: (1) effectiveness of mental health int...

    Authors: Maji Hailemariam, Tatiana E. Bustos, Barrett Wallace Montgomery, Garrett Brown, Gashaye Tefera, Rosemary Adaji, Brandon Taylor, Hiywote Eshetu, Clara Barajas, Rolando Barajas, Vanessa Najjar, Donovan Dennis, Jasmiyne Hudson, Julia W. Felton and Jennifer E. Johnson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:199
  36. With the increasing global aging population, dementia care has rapidly become a major social problem. Current diagnosis of Behavior and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) relies on clinical interviews, ...

    Authors: Haihang Yuan, Tianyi Yang, Qiaolian Xie, Guilhem Lledos, Wen-Huei Chou and Wenwei Yu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:197
  37. Symptoms of depersonalization (DP) and derealization (DR) are a risk factor for more severe impairment, non-response to various treatments, and a chronic course. In this study, we investigated the effects of D...

    Authors: Matthias Michal, Jörg Wiltink, Ana N. Tibubos, Philipp S. Wild, Thomas Münzel, Karl Lackner, Norbert Pfeiffer, Jochem König, Alexander Gieswinkel, Manfred Beutel and Jasmin Ghaemi Kerahrodi
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:196
  38. Inflammatory factors are associated with depression. We seek to investigate the correlation between inflammatory cytokines and prognosis of depression or suicidal ideation and behavior at 3 months in depressio...

    Authors: Fei Liu, Yang Yang, Xiao-Wei Fan, Ning Zhang, Shuo Wang, Yi-Jun Shi, Wei-Jiang Hu and Chun-Xue Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:195
  39. This controlled pilot study investigates the effect of the combined use of cognitive restructuring (CR) and imagery rescripting (IR) compared to treatment as usual among inpatients with moderate and severe dep...

    Authors: Jabin Kanczok, Kamila Jauch-Chara and Franz-Josef Müller
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:194
  40. Our group developed an Integrated Care Pathway to facilitate the delivery of evidence-based care for adolescents experiencing depression called CARIBOU-2 (Care for Adolescents who Receive Information ‘Bout OUt...

    Authors: Darren B. Courtney, Melanie Barwick, Bahar Amani, Andrea T. Greenblatt, Madison Aitken, Karolin R. Krause, Brendan F. Andrade, Kathryn Bennett, Kristin Cleverley, Amanda A. Uliaszek, Claire de Oliveira, Lisa D. Hawke, Jo Henderson, Wei Wang, Priya Watson, Amy Gajaria…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:193
  41. In China, about 18.70% of the population aged 60 years and older are at risk of low personal mastery as well as anxiety and depression for a variety of reasons. The purpose of this study was to construct a sym...

    Authors: Zekun Bian, Renyan Xu, Bin Shang, Fei Lv, Weiyi Sun, Qian Li, Yijing Gong and Caifeng Luo
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:192
  42. Cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) effectively improves the clinical symptoms of social anxiety disorder. However, there are non-responders who cannot decrease their cost/probability bias significantly; hence,...

    Authors: Shota Noda, Kentaro Shirotsuki and Mutsuhiro Nakao
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:190
  43. Reports at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic suggested differences in COVID-19-associated mortality between individuals with serious mental disorders (SMD) and the population at large.

    Authors: Anna Gibbs, Martin Maripuu, Louise Öhlund, Micael Widerström, Niklas Nilsson and Ursula Werneke
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:189
  44. COVID-19 impacted all students, especially those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), putting them at risk for disruption to their medication regimen and school performance. Our study aimed to...

    Authors: Peter J. Cunniff, Amil Ahsan, Catherine McCrary, Tracy Dien, Tristan H. Kuhn, Turaj Vazifedan and John W. Harrington
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:188

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