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  1. Distinguishing untreated major depressive disorder without medication (MDD) from schizophrenia with depressed mood (SZDM) poses a clinical challenge. This study aims to investigate differences in fractional am...

    Authors: Wensheng Chen, Jiaquan Liang, Xiangna Qiu, Yaqiao Sun, Yong Xie, Wenbo Shangguan, Chunguo Zhang and Weibin Wu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:313
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. A performance measurement system is planned for South African substance abuse treatment services. Provider-level barriers to implementing these systems have been identified in the United States, but little is ...

    Authors: Bronwyn Myers, Zainonisa Petersen, Rehana Kader, J Randy Koch, Ron Manderscheid, Rajen Govender and Charles DH Parry
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:31
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. A high prevalence of lifetime psychiatric disorders among help-seeking substance abusers has been clearly established. However, the long-term course of psychiatric disorders and mental distress among help-seek...

    Authors: Kjell Bakken, Anne Signe Landheim and Per Vaglum
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2007 7:29
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Affected by various hurdles during COVID-19, preclinical medical students are at an elevated risk for mental health disturbances. However, the effects of modern mental health problems on preclinical medical st...

    Authors: Tjhin Wiguna, Valerie Josephine Dirjayanto, Zhahna Siti Maharani, Emir Gibraltar Faisal, Sylvie Dominic Teh and Erik Kinzie
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:85
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. As part of a situational analysis for a research programme on the integration of mental health care into primary care (Programme for Improving Mental Health Care-PRIME), we conducted a baseline study aimed at ...

    Authors: Abebaw Fekadu, Girmay Medhin, Medhin Selamu, Maji Hailemariam, Atalay Alem, Tedla W Giorgis, Erica Breuer, Crick Lund, Martin Prince and Charlotte Hanlon
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:194
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Longitudinal epidemiological studies involving child/adolescent mental health problems are scarce in developing countries, particularly in regions characterized by adverse living conditions. We examined the in...

    Authors: Daniel Fatori, Isabel A Bordin, Bartira M Curto and Cristiane S de Paula
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2013 13:31
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Mental distress is a major public health problem which includes anxiety, depression and somatic symptoms such as sleeping problems, fatigue and headache. University students are consistently reported to have h...

    Authors: Innocent B. Mboya, Beatrice John, Eneck S. Kibopile, Lisbeth Mhando, Johnston George and James S. Ngocho
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:28
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Befriending has become a widely used method for tackling social isolation in individuals with severe mental illness (SMI), and evidence exists to support its effectiveness. However, patient preferences for bef...

    Authors: Sarah Toner, Megan Cassidy, Agnes Chevalier, Aida Farreny, Monica Leverton, Mariana Pinto da Costa and Stefan Priebe
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:64
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Same sex attracted women (SSAW) are disproportionately affected by depression and anxiety, due to experiences of sexuality and gender based discrimination. They access mental health services at higher rates th...

    Authors: Ruth P. McNair and Rachel Bush
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:209
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Tricyclic antidepressants and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been reported to induce the symptoms of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) or to exacerbate REM sleep without aton...

    Authors: Lu Tan, Junying Zhou, Linghui Yang, Rong Ren, Ye Zhang, Taomei Li and Xiangdong Tang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:372
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  12. Depression is an important contributor to the global burden disease that affects people of communities all over the world. With high level of demands in academics and psychosocial pressure, medical students du...

    Authors: Stewart Ndutard Ngasa, Carlson-Babila Sama, Bonaventure Suiru Dzekem, Kilton Neba Nforchu, Maxime Tindong, Desmond Aroke and Christian Akem Dimala
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:216
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Adolescence and young adulthood is a vulnerable time during which young people experience many development milestones, as well as an increased incidence of mental illness. During this time, youth also transiti...

    Authors: Kathleen L. Broad, Vijay K. Sandhu, Nadiya Sunderji and Alice Charach
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:380
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Involving mental health service users in planning and reviewing their care can help personalised care focused on recovery, with the aim of developing goals specific to the individual and designed to maximise a...

    Authors: Michael Coffey, Ben Hannigan, Sally Barlow, Martin Cartwright, Rachel Cohen, Alison Faulkner, Aled Jones and Alan Simpson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:115
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness are increasingly important considerations in determining which mental health services are funded. Questions have been raised concerning the validity of generic health statu...

    Authors: Paul Mark Mitchell, Hareth Al-Janabi, Sarah Byford, Willem Kuyken, Jeff Richardson, Angelo Iezzi and Joanna Coast
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:46
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often co-occurs with other psychiatric disorders, particularly major depressive disorder (MDD). The current study examined longitudinal trajectories of PTSD and MDD symptom...

    Authors: Richard F. Armenta, Kristen H. Walter, Toni Rose Geronimo-Hara, Ben Porter, Valerie A. Stander and Cynthia A. LeardMann
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:396
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Clinical assessment of depression is an important part of pre-surgical assessment among individuals with morbid obesity. However, there is no agreed-upon instrument to identify mood psychopathology in this pop...

    Authors: Leorides Severo Duarte-Guerra, Clarice Gorenstein, Paula Francinelle Paiva-Medeiros, Marco Aurélio Santo, Francisco Lotufo Neto and Yuan-Pang Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:119
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Depression is common among persons with epilepsy (PwE), affecting roughly one in three individuals, and its presence is associated with personal suffering, impaired quality of life, and worse prognosis. Despit...

    Authors: Björn Meyer, Mario Weiss, Martin Holtkamp, Stephan Arnold, Katja Brückner, Johanna Schröder, Franziska Scheibe and Yvonne Nestoriuc
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:55
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  20. People with severe mental illness suffer more physical comorbidity than the general population, which can require a tailored approach to physical health care discussions within mental health care planning. Alt...

    Authors: Nicola Small, Helen Brooks, Andrew Grundy, Rebecca Pedley, Chris Gibbons, Karina Lovell and Penny Bee
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:138
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Despite decades of research, the rate of death from suicide is rising in the United States. Suicide is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon and, to date, no validated biomarkers that predict suicidal behavi...

    Authors: Allison C. Nugent, Elizabeth D. Ballard, Lawrence T. Park and Carlos A. Zarate Jr
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:332
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  22. GHB dependence is a growing health problem in several western countries, especially the Netherlands. Attempts to stop using GHB are often followed by relapse shortly after successful detoxification. Craving fo...

    Authors: Rama M Kamal, Arnt Schellekens, Cornelis AJ De Jong and Boukje AG Dijkstra
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:91
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  23. Since child mental health problem was a global health issue, many researchers in western countries has focused on the trajectory of it to provide evidence for prevention programs. We designed this study to det...

    Authors: Peng Bao, Jin Jing, Yu Jin, Xumin Hu, Buyun Liu and Min Hu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:178
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. The present study aimed to explore changes in depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among the general population during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and to investigate risk factors and adaptiv...

    Authors: Yuko Fukase, Kanako Ichikura and Hirokuni Tagaya
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:180
    Content type: Research Published on:

  27. Deficits in working memory are widely reported in schizophrenia and are considered a trait marker for the disorder. Event-related potentials (ERPs) and imaging data suggest that these differences in working me...

    Authors: Caroline Rawdon, Jennifer Murphy, Mathieu M Blanchard, Ian Kelleher, Mary C Clarke, Fergal Kavanagh, Mary Cannon and Richard AP Roche
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2013 13:125
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Work-related stress and anxiety are emerging global public health problems causing serious social and economic consequences. Working women bear a heavy burden due to high social disparity, gender inequality, a...

    Authors: Etenesh Kefelew, Adane Hailu, Mesfin Kote, Awgchew Teshome, Firehiwot Dawite and Mesfin Abebe
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:103
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. Mental health is interconnected with somatic health and can manifest itself in biological processes. Life dissatisfaction is an indicator of subjective well-being, but information on its biological correlates ...

    Authors: Teemu Rissanen, Soili M Lehto, Jukka Hintikka, Kirsi Honkalampi, Tarja Saharinen, Heimo Viinamäki and Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2013 13:202
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Patient suicides are significant events that tremendously affect psychiatrists— personally and professionally. Very few studies have focused on studying the impact of both serious suicidal attempts and complet...

    Authors: Maha Alshutwi, Moayad Alawad, Mohammed Alammari, Mohannad Almanea, Rayan Alhumaid, Azzam S. Alkhalifah and Fahad D. Alosaimi
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:607
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. Depression is a common mental disorder. Several studies suggest that lifestyle and health status are associated with depression. However, only a few large-scale longitudinal studies have been conducted on this...

    Authors: Hisashi Tanaka, Yosiaki Sasazawa, Shosuke Suzuki, Minato Nakazawa and Hiroshi Koyama
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:20
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Most help-seeking substance abusers have comorbid psychiatric disorders. The importance of such disorders for the long-term course of substance abuse is, however, still unclear. The aim of this paper is to des...

    Authors: Anne Signe Landheim, Kjell Bakken and Per Vaglum
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2006 6:44
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent disorders in children and adolescence. Impulsivity is one of three core symptoms and likely associated with inhibition difficulties....

    Authors: Johanna Goepel, Johanna Kissler, Brigitte Rockstroh and Isabella Paul-Jordanov
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:7
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. We recently reported that older patients with schizophrenia (SZ) show possible idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) more frequently than the general population. In this study, we estimated the preva...

    Authors: Yuta Yoshino, Taku Yoshida, Hideo Morino, Masayuki Nakamura, Masao Abe, Hokuto Omachi, Saori Inoue, Yukiyo Miyoshi, Yumina Tachibana, Noriko Yamauchi, Naoya Takeda, Mutsuhiko Mizobuchi, Yuki Ozaki, Shinichiro Ochi, Junichi Iga and Shu-ichi Ueno
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:273
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Suicidal patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital are considered to be at risk of suicidal behavior (SB) and suicide. The present study aimed to seek predictors of SB recurrence of the high-risk patients by...

    Authors: Naoki Hayashi, Miyabi Igarashi, Atsushi Imai, Yuka Yoshizawa, Kaori Utsumi, Yoichi Ishikawa, Taro Tokunaga, Kayo Ishimoto, Hirohiko Harima, Yoshitaka Tatebayashi, Naoki Kumagai, Makoto Nozu, Hidetoki Ishii and Yuji Okazaki
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2012 12:186
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. A number of studies have provided strong evidence for the use of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in the treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). However, all of the previous reports were from Europe and No...

    Authors: Junwen Chen, Yumi Nakano, Tetsuji Ietzugu, Sei Ogawa, Tadashi Funayama, Norio Watanabe, Yumiko Noda and Toshi A Furukawa
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2007 7:69
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Literature suggests that most mental disorders have their onset in childhood and adolescence, but go undiagnosed until adulthood. Shorter versions of the screening tools such as the Patient Health Questionnair...

    Authors: Jacqueline Materu, Evodius Kuringe, Daniel Nyato, Anthony Galishi, Amasha Mwanamsangu, Maligo Katebalila, Amani Shao, John Changalucha, Soori Nnko and Mwita Wambura
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:321
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. The role of plasma monoamines in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with depression is unclear. To investigate monoamines in 20 depressed patients with COPD, the plasma concentrations o...

    Authors: Tomomi Sekiduka-Kumano, Tomotaka Kawayama, Kosuke Ito, Yoshihisa Shoji, Kazuko Matsunaga, Masaki Okamoto, Nobutaka Edakuni, Haruki Imaoka, Naohisa Uchimura and Tomoaki Hoshino
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2013 13:159
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Young people have a higher prevalence of loneliness than other age groups, and they are also at risk of depression. Quantitative studies describe a bidirectional association between loneliness and depression, ...

    Authors: Louis Achterbergh, Alexandra Pitman, Mary Birken, Eiluned Pearce, Herman Sno and Sonia Johnson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:415
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Syria has experienced war since 2011, leaving over 80% under the poverty line and millions displaced. War and its retaliations have significantly impacted the mental health of Syrians. This study evaluates the...

    Authors: Ameer Kakaje, Ragheed Al Zohbi, Osama Hosam Aldeen, Leen Makki, Ayham Alyousbashi and Mhd Bahaa Aldin Alhaffar
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) is a progressive and fatal cardiovascular disease if left untreated. In patients with IPAH with psychiatric illness or other complications, careful attention i...

    Authors: Mizue Hobo, Akihito Uezato, Mitsunori Nishiyama, Mayumi Suzuki, Jiro Kurata, Koshi Makita, Naoki Yamamoto and Toru Nishikawa
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:130
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  42. This study examined whether two types of provider communication considered important to quality of care (i.e., shows respect and explains understandably) are associated with mental health outcomes related to p...

    Authors: Eunice C. Wong, Rebecca L. Collins, Joshua Breslau, M. Audrey Burnam, Matthew S. Cefalu and Elizabeth Roth
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:102
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a complex group of neurodevelopmental disorders with a genetic basis. The role of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) and the occurrence of autism has been the...

    Authors: Caihong Sun, Mingyang Zou, Xuelai Wang, Wei Xia, Yongjuan Ma, Shuang Liang, Yanqiu Hao, Lijie Wu and Songbin Fu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:283
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Parents of children with autism have higher rates of broad autism phenotype (BAP) features than parents of typically developing children (TDC) in Western countries. This study was designed to examine the rate ...

    Authors: Li-Juan Shi, Jian-Jun Ou, Jing-Bo Gong, Su-Hong Wang, Yuan-Yue Zhou, Fu-Rong Zhu, Xu-Dong Liu, Jing-Ping Zhao and Xue-Rong Luo
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:168
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. The transition phase from inpatient to outpatient care for patients suffering from Major Depressive Disorder represents a vulnerable period associated with a risk of depression worsening and suicide. Our group...

    Authors: Signe Dunker Svendsen, Anne Sofie Aggestrup, Lasse Benn Nørregaard, Philip Løventoft, Anne Præstegaard, Konstantin V. Danilenko, Mads Frost, Ulla Knorr, Ida Hageman, Lars Vedel Kessing and Klaus Martiny
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:124
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  46. Internet based social media websites represent a growing space for interpersonal interaction. Research has been conducted in relation to the potential role of social media in the support of individuals with ph...

    Authors: Andrew Shepherd, Caroline Sanders, Michael Doyle and Jenny Shaw
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:29
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Onset of alcohol use by 14 relative to 21 years of age strongly predicts elevated risk for severe alcohol use problems, with 27% versus 4% of individuals exhibiting alcohol dependence within 10 years of onset....

    Authors: Josiane Bourque, Travis E. Baker, Alain Dagher, Alan C. Evans, Hugh Garavan, Marco Leyton, Jean R. Séguin, Robert Pihl and Patricia J. Conrod
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:445
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  48. The aims of this study were to explore the relationship between early reduction in psychotic symptoms and the ultimate response in patients with schizophrenia treated by atypical antipsychotics, and to determi...

    Authors: Yi-Lung Chen, Kun-Po Chen, Chih-Chiang Chiu, Ming-Hong Tai and For-Wey Lung
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:376
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. The lack of universally accepted diagnostic criteria and the high rate of psychiatric comorbidity make it difficult to diagnose Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). In an effort to improve the diagnosis of ...

    Authors: Shannon Lange, Kevin Shield, Jürgen Rehm, Evdokia Anagnostou and Svetlana Popova
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:322
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Numerous medications have been tested on patients with pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) and Asperger’s disorder. Although many of these medications have been demonstrated to b...

    Authors: Tsuyoshi Miyaoka, Rei Wake, Motohide Furuya, Kristian Liaury, Masa Ieda, Kazunori Kawakami, Keiko Tsuchie, Takuji Inagaki and Jun Horiguchi
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2012 12:215
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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