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  1. There are limited data on the prevalence and approaches to screening for depression among pregnant women living in resource poor settings with high HIV burden.

    Authors: Barnabas K Natamba, Jane Achan, Angela Arbach, Thomas O Oyok, Shibani Ghosh, Saurabh Mehta, Rebecca J Stoltzfus, Jeffrey K Griffiths and Sera L Young
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:303
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  2. Severe mentally ill (SMI) patients have a reduced life expectancy of 13-30 years compared to the general population, largely due to an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours...

    Authors: Anne Looijmans, Frederike Jörg, Robert A Schoevers, Richard Bruggeman, Ronald P Stolk and Eva Corpeleijn
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:293
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  3. Patients with bipolar disorder often show decreased adherence with mood stabilizers and frequently interventions on prodromal depressive and manic symptoms are delayed.

    Authors: Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, Maj Vinberg, Mads Frost, Ellen Margrethe Christensen, Jakob Bardram and Lars Vedel Kessing
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:309
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  4. The prevalence of negative symptoms in schizophrenic patients seems to be an important indicator for treatment response and prognosis. Although negative symptoms have often been attributed to frontal lobe anom...

    Authors: Tobias Hornig, Gabi Valerius, Bernd Feige, Emanuel Bubl, Hans M Olbrich and Ludger Tebartz van Elst
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:326
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  5. Dynamic risk factors need to be assessed repeatedly over time rather than at a single time point to examine the relationship with violence. This predictive validity study sought to examine the degree of dynami...

    Authors: Richard Whittington, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Andrew Brown, Rajan Nathan, Stephen Noblett and Beverley Quinn
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:323
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  6. Major depressive disorder is associated with very high recurrence rates, and specific vulnerability factors that increase the risk for repeated episodes should be identified. Impaired executive functions have ...

    Authors: Martin Aker, Catherine Harmer and Nils Inge Landrø
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:334
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  7. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adults is one of the predictive and treatable risk factors for delinquency, including intimate partner violence (IPV). Effective treatment of IPV needs to add...

    Authors: Nannet JL Buitelaar, Jocelyne A Posthumus, Agnes Scholing and Jan K Buitelaar
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:336
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  8. In 2006, the National Institute of Clinical and Health Excellence (NICE) guidelines for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) recommended anti-psychotics as a class for SSRI treatment resistant OCD. The article ...

    Authors: David Veale, Sarah Miles, Nicola Smallcombe, Haben Ghezai, Ben Goldacre and John Hodsoll
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:317
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  10. Depression is a major public health problem that affects both individuals and society. Previous studies report that university teachers are particularly susceptible to high levels of occupational stress and de...

    Authors: Xue Shen, Yi-Long Yang, Yang Wang, Li Liu, Shu Wang and Lie Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:329
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  11. Several second generation antipsychotics (SGAs) received FDA approval for bipolar disorder in the 2000s. Although efficacious, they have been costly and may cause significant side effects. Little is known abou...

    Authors: Christopher J Miller, Mingfei Li, Robert B Penfold, Austin F Lee, Eric G Smith, David N Osser, Laura Bajor and Mark S Bauer
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:339
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  12. Current guidelines for treatment-resistant depression in adolescents remain inadequate. This study aimed to systematically review the management of treatment-resistant depression in adolescent patients.

    Authors: Xinyu Zhou, Kurt D Michael, Yiyun Liu, Cinzia Del Giovane, Bin Qin, David Cohen, Salvatore Gentile and Peng Xie
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:340
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  13. The objective of this study was to characterize real-world treatment patterns in the prescription of antipsychotic polypharmacy (≥2 concurrent antipsychotics) compared with antipsychotic monotherapy for patien...

    Authors: Maxine D Fisher, Kathleen Reilly, Keith Isenberg and Kathleen F Villa
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:341
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  14. Dozens of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses have demonstrated the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for major depressive disorder (MDD) treatment, but there ha...

    Authors: Bangshan Liu, Yan Zhang, Li Zhang and Lingjiang Li
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:342
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  15. In schizophrenia, medication adherence is critical to achieve better patient outcomes and to avoid relapses, which are responsible for a significant proportion of total healthcare costs for this chronic illnes...

    Authors: Tatiana Dilla, Jörgen Möller, Paul O’Donohoe, María Álvarez, José A Sacristán, Michael Happich and Antje Tockhorn
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:298
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  16. Non-adherence with antipsychotic medication is a frequently occurring problem, particularly among patients with psychotic disorders. Prior research has generally shown encouraging results for interventions bas...

    Authors: Ernst L Noordraven, Charlotte H Audier, Anton BP Staring, Andre I Wierdsma, Peter Blanken, Bas EA van der Hoorn, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen and Cornelis L Mulder
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:343
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  17. Severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression, is responsible for a substantial proportion of disability in the population. This article describes the aims and de...

    Authors: Rudolf Uher, Jill Cumby, Lynn E MacKenzie, Jessica Morash-Conway, Jacqueline M Glover, Alice Aylott, Lukas Propper, Sabina Abidi, Alexa Bagnell, Barbara Pavlova, Tomas Hajek, David Lovas, Kathleen Pajer, William Gardner, Adrian Levy and Martin Alda
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:344
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  18. Depression is the most common co-morbidity for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS); irrespective of disease severity, depression has the greatest impact on quality of life. An emerging paradigm in the treatmen...

    Authors: Keryn L Taylor, Emily J Hadgkiss, George A Jelinek, Tracey J Weiland, Naresh G Pereira, Claudia H Marck and Dania M van der Meer
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:327
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  19. People with chronic psychosis often display theory of mind impairments that are not fully accounted for by other, more general neurocognitive deficits. In these patients, both theory of mind and neurocognitive...

    Authors: Robyn Langdon, Michael H Connors, Megan Still, Philip B Ward and Stanley Catts
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:316
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  20. Early intervention services for psychotic disorders optimally interlock strategies to deliver: (i) Early Detection (ED) to shorten the time between onset of psychotic symptoms and effective treatment (i.e. Dur...

    Authors: Vinod H Srihari, Cenk Tek, Jessica Pollard, Suzannah Zimmet, Jane Keat, John D Cahill, Suat Kucukgoncu, Barbara C Walsh, Fangyong Li, Ralitza Gueorguieva, Nina Levine, Raquelle I Mesholam-Gately, Michelle Friedman-Yakoobian, Larry J Seidman, Matcheri S Keshavan, Thomas H McGlashan…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:335
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  21. Statin medications, used to prevent heart disease by reducing cholesterol, also reduce inflammation and protect against oxidative damage. As inflammation and oxidative stress occur in depression, there is inte...

    Authors: Cassie Redlich, Michael Berk, Lana J Williams, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist and Xinjun Li
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:348
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  22. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), and influences the occurrence and prognosis of cardiovascular events. Although there is evidence that antidepress...

    Authors: Yiming Wang, Hongming Zhang, Fangxian Chai, Xingde Liu and Michael Berk
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:349
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  25. Children with maltreatment associated psychiatric problems are at increased risk of developing behavioural or mental health disorders. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) was proposed as treatment for chi...

    Authors: Nicole RS Boyer, Kathleen A Boyd, Fiona Turner-Halliday, Nicholas Watson and Helen Minnis
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:346
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  26. Chronic pain has a strong association with major depressive disorder (MDD), but there is a relative paucity of studies on the association between chronic multisite pain and bipolar disorder (BD). Such studies ...

    Authors: Barbara I Nicholl, Daniel Mackay, Breda Cullen, Daniel J Martin, Zia Ul-Haq, Frances S Mair, Jonathan Evans, Andrew M McIntosh, John Gallagher, Beverly Roberts, Ian J Deary, Jill P Pell and Daniel J Smith
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:350
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  27. Pomaglumetad methionil (LY2140023 monohydrate) is a potent and highly selective agonist for the metabotropic glutamate mGluR2 and mGluR3 receptors. We present results of a pivotal clinical study H8Y-MC-HBBM as...

    Authors: AnnCatherine M Downing, Bruce J Kinon, Brian A Millen, Lu Zhang, Lin Liu, Margarita A Morozova, Ronald Brenner, Tami Jo Rayle, Laura Nisenbaum, Fangyi Zhao and Juan Carlos Gomez
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:351
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  29. While the association between affective disorders and sleep and circadian disturbance is well established, little is known about the neurobiology underpinning these relationships. In this study, we sought to d...

    Authors: Sharon L Naismith, Jim Lagopoulos, Daniel F Hermens, Django White, Shantel L Duffy, Rebecca Robillard, Elizabeth M Scott and Ian B Hickie
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:345
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  30. Alterations in rhythmicity and vegetative functions have been reported as correlates of suicidality, particularly in patients with mood disorders. No investigation has addressed their impact on patients with p...

    Authors: Liliana Dell’Osso, Gabriele Massimetti, Ciro Conversano, Carlo Antonio Bertelloni, Mauro Giovanni Carta, Valdo Ricca and Claudia Carmassi
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:352
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  31. Despite the development of various self-management programmes that attempt to ameliorate symptoms of patients with chronic major depressive disorder (MDD), little is known about what these patients perceive as...

    Authors: Rosa A van Grieken, Anneloes CE Kirkenier, Maarten WJ Koeter and Aart H Schene
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:331
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  32. This mixed methods study explored the characteristics of and experiences with perceived discrimination in an ethnically diverse urban sample of adults experiencing homelessness and mental illness.

    Authors: Suzanne Zerger, Sarah Bacon, Simon Corneau, Anna Skosireva, Kwame McKenzie, Susan Gapka, Patricia O’Campo, Aseefa Sarang and Vicky Stergiopoulos
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:353
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  33. Blending online modules into face-to-face therapy offers perspectives to enhance patient self-management and to increase the (cost-)effectiveness of therapy, while still providing the support patients need. Th...

    Authors: Rosalie van der Vaart, Marjon Witting, Heleen Riper, Lisa Kooistra, Ernst T Bohlmeijer and Lisette JEWC van Gemert-Pijnen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:355
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  34. Previous studies have indicated that early life adversity, genetic factors and alcohol dependence are associated with reduced brain volume in adolescents. However, data on the interactive effects of early life...

    Authors: Shareefa Dalvie, Dan J Stein, Karestan Koenen, Valerie Cardenas, Natalie L Cuzen, Raj Ramesar, George Fein and Samantha J Brooks
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:328
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  36. Lithium has been reported in some, but not all, studies to be associated with reduced risks of suicide death or suicidal behavior. The objective of this nonrandomized cohort study was to examine whether lithiu...

    Authors: Eric G Smith, Karen L Austin, Hyungjin Myra Kim, Donald R Miller, Susan V Eisen, Cindy L Christiansen, Amy M Kilbourne, Brian C Sauer, John F McCarthy and Marcia Valenstein
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:357
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  37. Currently, the mental health issues of traumatized refugees are mainly documented in terms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. Importantly, there are no reports of the level of psychiatr...

    Authors: Sabina Palic, Michelle Lind Kappel, Monica Stougaard Nielsen, Jessica Carlsson and Per Bech
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:330
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  39. The concept of cenesthopathy was first introduced by Dupré and Camus in 1907 to describe clinically unexplainable bodily sensations mainly attributed to psychiatric pathology. If it occurs in oral regions, it ...

    Authors: Akihito Uezato, Akira Toyofuku, Yojiro Umezaki, Motoko Watanabe, Akira Toriihara, Makoto Tomita, Naoki Yamamoto, Akeo Kurumaji and Toru Nishikawa
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:1696
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  40. Refugees and asylum seekers have high rates of risk factors for mental disorders. In recent years, Australia has experienced a rapid increase in asylum seeker arrivals, creating new challenges for services in ...

    Authors: Frances Shawyer, Joanne C Enticott, Anne R Doherty, Andrew A Block, I-Hao Cheng, Sayed Wahidi and Graham N Meadows
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:356
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  41. Some high-risk (HR) mental states for psychosis may lack diagnostic specificity and predictive value. Furthermore, psychotic-like experiences found in young populations may act not only as markers for psychosi...

    Authors: Debra A Russo, Jan Stochl, Michelle Painter, Peter B Jones and Jesus Perez
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:361
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  43. Quality of life (QoL) is considered an important outcome in health research. It can be rated by the patient, or by an external assessor. We wished to identify the predictors of any discrepancies between these ...

    Authors: Karen P Hayhurst, Jennifer A Massie, Graham Dunn, Shôn W Lewis and Richard J Drake
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:365
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  44. In view of previous conflicting findings, this meta-analysis was performed to comprehensively determine the overall strength of associations between brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genetic polymorphis...

    Authors: Zuowei Wang, Zezhi Li, Keming Gao and Yiru Fang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:366
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  45. Subsyndromal depression (SSD) is considered as a predictor for future depressive disorders, however whether white matter abnormalities are involved in the high-susceptibility of women to depressive disorders d...

    Authors: Xianglan Wang, Jiong Tao, Lingjiang Li, Zhiyong Zhong, Sha Liu, Tianzi Jiang and Jinbei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:367
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  46. The Internet is of great importance in today’s health sector, as most Internet users utilize online functions for health related purposes. Concerning the mental health care sector, little data exist about the ...

    Authors: Sophie Kalckreuth, Friederike Trefflich and Christine Rummel-Kluge
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:368
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  47. Several systematic reviews and meta-analyses demonstrated the association between depression and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), but the previous reviews had some limitations. Moreover, a number of a...

    Authors: Yong Gan, Yanhong Gong, Xinyue Tong, Huilian Sun, Yingjie Cong, Xiaoxin Dong, Yunxia Wang, Xing Xu, Xiaoxu Yin, Jian Deng, Liqing Li, Shiyi Cao and Zuxun Lu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:371
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  49. Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) is an autism spectrum disorder that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior a...

    Authors: Andreas Riedel, Heejung Suh, Verena Haser, Ismene Hermann, Dieter Ebert, Dieter Riemann, Emanuel Bubl, Ludger Tebartz van Elst and Lars P Hölzel
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:374
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  50. Treatments of eating disorders result too often in partial psychological and physical remission, chronicization, dropout, relapse and death, with no fully known explanations for this failure. In order to clari...

    Authors: Francesca Brambilla, Federico Amianto, Riccardo Dalle Grave and Secondo Fassino
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:376
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