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Clinical and parenting outcomes of women admitted to a mother-baby unit

A study has examined the trajectories of clinical and parenting outcomes following admission to a mother-baby unit and highlights the need to support women in the longer term after discharge.

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'Walk this Way': improving physical activity in people with serious mental illness

A pilot study has shown that a health coaching intervention called 'Walk this Way' helps people with serious mental illness to reduce their sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity.

Announcing the launch of In Review

BMC Psychiatry, in partnership with Research Square, is now offering In Review. Authors choosing this free optional service will be able to:

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Retrieval practice improves memory in patients with schizophrenia: new perspectives for cognitive remediation

Authors: Camille Jantzi, Amaury C. Mengin, David Serfaty, Elisabeth Bacon, Julien Elowe, François Severac, Nicolas Meyer, Fabrice Berna and Pierre Vidailhet

Content type: Research article

11 November 2019
The relation between behavioral problems and social competence: A correlational Meta-analysis

Authors: Silje Hukkelberg, Serap Keles, Terje Ogden and Karianne Hammerstrøm

Content type: Research article

9 November 2019
A case report of persistent risky dietary behaviors in a bipolar disorder patient

Authors: Yanping Duan, Jinya Cao, Paul Summergrad and Jing Wei

Content type: Case report

8 November 2019
The relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation among shidu parents: the role of stigma and social support

Authors: Qiong Wang, Longfei Ren, Wenhao Wang, Weihua Xu and Yang Wang

Content type: Research article

8 November 2019
The clenched fist syndrome: case report of a clinical rarity of special interest for psychiatrists and hand surgeons

Authors: Abdulwares Meiwandi and Marios Papadakis

Content type: Case report

8 November 2019

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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: Review

2 July 2014
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

30 December 2010
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

9 December 2016
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

18 August 2008
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

Content type: Research article

28 May 2016

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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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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
Ute Lewitzka, Technische Universität Dresden
Joanne Ryan, Monash University
Florian Seemüller, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Wei Wang, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

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Retrieval practice improves memory in patients with schizophrenia: new perspectives for cognitive remediation

The relation between behavioral problems and social competence: A correlational Meta-analysis

A case report of persistent risky dietary behaviors in a bipolar disorder patient

The relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation among shidu parents: the role of stigma and social support

The clenched fist syndrome: case report of a clinical rarity of special interest for psychiatrists and hand surgeons

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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