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Featured article: Association between DNA methylation of oxytocin receptors and sociality and emotion

Oxytocin and its receptors play critical roles in regulating social behavior, social cognition, and emotions. The present meta-analysis found that increased oxytocin receptor gene methylation showed patterns of decreased sociality and emotional functioning while decreased methylation showed a pattern of impaired mood.

Content type: Research article
| 15 January 2019

Are left-behind families of migrant workers at increased risk of attempted suicide? – a cohort study of 178,000+ individuals in Sri Lanka

Authors: Duleeka Knipe, Helen Lambert, Melissa Pearson, Michael Eddleston, Shaluka Jayamanne, Kolitha Wickramage, Keith Hawton, Flemming Konradsen, Chris Metcalfe and David Gunnell
Content type: Research article
| 15 January 2019

A randomized controlled trial of cognitive remediation for a national cohort of forensic patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder

Authors: Ken O’Reilly, Gary Donohoe, Danny O’Sullivan, Ciaran Coyle, Aiden Corvin, Padraic O’Flynn, Muireann O’Donnell, Toni Galligan, Paul O’Connell and Harry G. Kennedy
Content type: Study protocol
| 15 January 2019

Group schema-focused therapy enriched with psychomotor therapy versus treatment as usual for older adults with cluster B and/or C personality disorders: a randomized trial

Authors: S. D. M. van Dijk, M. S. Veenstra, R. Bouman, J. Peekel, D. H. Veenstra, P. J. van Dalen, A. D. I. van Asselt, M. L. Boshuisen, S. P. J. van Alphen, R. H. S. van den Brink and R. C. Oude Voshaar
Content type: Research article
| 14 January 2019

Predictors of the effectiveness of an early medication change strategy in patients with major depressive disorder

Authors: Nadine Dreimüller, Stefanie Wagner, Alice Engel, Dieter F. Braus, Sibylle C. Roll, Stefan Elsner, André Tadić and Klaus Lieb
Content type: Study protocol
| 14 January 2019

Effectiveness of physical exercise in the treatment of depression in older adults as an alternative to antidepressant drugs in primary care

Authors: Jesús López-Torres Hidalgo

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| 2 July 2014

Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Authors: Martin A Katzman, Pierre Bleau, Pierre Blier, Pratap Chokka, Kevin Kjernisted and Michael Van Ameringen
Content type: Research article
| 30 December 2010

Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review

Authors: Amelia Gulliver, Kathleen M Griffiths and Helen Christensen
Content type: Research article
| 9 December 2016

Ontological security and connectivity provided by pets: a study in the self-management of the everyday lives of people diagnosed with a long-term mental health condition

Authors: Helen Brooks, Kelly Rushton, Sandra Walker, Karina Lovell and Anne Rogers
Content type: Research article
| 18 August 2008

A systematic review of mental disorder, suicide, and deliberate self harm in lesbian, gay and bisexual people

Authors: Michael King, Joanna Semlyen, Sharon See Tai, Helen Killaspy, David Osborn, Dmitri Popelyuk and Irwin Nazareth
Content type: Research article
| 28 May 2016

Crime and victimisation in people with intellectual disability: a case linkage study

Authors: Billy C. Fogden, Stuart D. M. Thomas, Michael Daffern and James R. P. Ogloff

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BMC Psychiatry is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

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Cathy Barr, The Toronto Western Hospital
Ruth Benca, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Linda Davies, University of Manchester
Secondo Fassino, Turin University
Seena Fazel, University of Oxford
Morten Hesse, University of Aarhus
Sharon Lawn, Flinders University
Ute Lewitzka, Technische Universität Dresden
Joanne Ryan, Monash University
Florian Seemüller, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Wei Wang, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Joanne Ryan, Section Editor

Dr. Joanne Ryan is a genetic epidemiologist who leads the Dementia Research Program in the School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University. She joined the editorial board of BMC Psychiatry as an Associate Editor in 2014 and became a Section Editor in 2016

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Are left-behind families of migrant workers at increased risk of attempted suicide? – a cohort study of 178,000+ individuals in Sri Lanka

A randomized controlled trial of cognitive remediation for a national cohort of forensic patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder

Group schema-focused therapy enriched with psychomotor therapy versus treatment as usual for older adults with cluster B and/or C personality disorders: a randomized trial

Predictors of the effectiveness of an early medication change strategy in patients with major depressive disorder

Effectiveness of physical exercise in the treatment of depression in older adults as an alternative to antidepressant drugs in primary care

Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review

Ontological security and connectivity provided by pets: a study in the self-management of the everyday lives of people diagnosed with a long-term mental health condition

A systematic review of mental disorder, suicide, and deliberate self harm in lesbian, gay and bisexual people

Crime and victimisation in people with intellectual disability: a case linkage study

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