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  1. Reflecting on the existing literature on suicidal ideation and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), this article investigates the complex relationship between them, hypothesizing about the possib...

    Authors: Gaelle Salameh, Nour El Khoury, Rabih Hallit, Diana Malaeb, Fouad Sakr, Mariam Dabbous, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Sahar Obeid and Souheil Hallit
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:42
  2. Psychotic disorders are common and contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality of people with psychiatric diseases. Therefore, early screening and detection may facilitate early intervention and reduce...

    Authors: Claire Kwagala, Amantia Ametaj, Hannah H. Kim, Joseph Kyebuzibwa, Rogers Okura, Anne Stevenson, Bizu Gelaye and Dickens Akena
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:36
  3. Adolescence is an essential stage for the development of mental health, and suicide is among the leading cause of mortality for adolescents around the world. In India, the suicide rate among adolescents has be...

    Authors: Rachel Elizabeth Senapati, Susangita Jena, Jayashree Parida, Arpita Panda, Prasanna Kumar Patra, Sanghamitra Pati, Harpreet Kaur and Subhendu Kumar Acharya
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:35
  4. Poor mental health is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among Black men in the United States. Efforts to improve mental health among Black men have been hampered by a lack of access and utilization of...

    Authors: Joshua J. Joseph, Timiya S. Nolan, Guy Brock, Amaris Williams, Songzhu Zhao, Alicia McKoy, Bjorn Kluwe, Faith Metlock, Katherine Campanelli, James B. Odei, Monique T. Khumalo, Dana Lavender, John Gregory and Darrell M. Gray
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:34
  5. Studies to date examining cortical thickness and surface area in young individuals At Risk Mental State (ARMS) of developing psychosis have revealed inconsistent findings, either reporting increased, decreased...

    Authors: Paul E. Rasser, Tim Ehlkes and Ulrich Schall
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:33
  6. Several studies have reported that psychotic-like experiences are associated with low levels of resilience and increased suicide risk. However, it remains unknown as to whether resilience mediates or moderates...

    Authors: Julia Karska, Maksymilian Rejek and Błażej Misiak
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:32
  7. With cancer the second deadliest disease in the world, worry about cancer can have mental health or psychiatric implications. This study examines the prevalence, differences, and influence of cancer worry (CW)...

    Authors: Lohuwa Mamudu, Jinyi Li, Archana J. McEligot, Michele Wood, Pimbucha Rusmevichientong, Erasmus Tetteh-Bator, Abdul-Nasah Soale, James D. Fortenberry and Faustine Williams
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:31
  8. The ability to attribute mental states to others is called theory of mind (ToM) and is a substantial component of social cognition. This ability is abnormally developed in individuals with autism spectrum diso...

    Authors: Rana Ghamari, Mohammad Tahmaseb, Atiye Sarabi-Jamab, Seyed-Alireza Etesami, Azar Mohammadzadeh, Fatemeh Alizadeh and Mehdi Tehrani-Doost
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:30
  9. Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS), a novel form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), can be administered in 1/10th of the time of standard rTMS (~ 3 min vs. 37.5 min) yet achieves ...

    Authors: Michelle S. Goodman, Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, Melanie Barwick, Matthew J. Burke, Jonathan Downar, Jonathan Hunter, Tyler S. Kaster, Yuliya Knyahnytska, Paul Kurdyak, Robert Maunder, Kevin Thorpe, Alisson P. Trevizol, Daphne Voineskos, Wei Zhang and Daniel M. Blumberger
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:28
  10. People with severe COVID anxiety have poor mental health and impaired functioning, but the course of severe COVID anxiety is unknown and the quality of evidence on the acceptability and impact of psychological...

    Authors: Mike J. Crawford, Jacob D. King, Aisling McQuaid, Paul Bassett, Verity C. Leeson, Oluwaseun Tella, Martina Di Simplicio, Peter Tyrer, Helen Tyrer, Richard G. Watt and Kirsten Barnicot
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:27
  11. In recent years, mobile psychological interventions have proven effective in reducing self-injury and suicide-related behaviors. Therefore, it is essential to continually enhance the user experience and addres...

    Authors: Meiqi Luo, Yuchuan Yue, Na Du, Yu Xiao, Chunyan Chen and Zongsu Huan
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:26
  12. Peer victimization (PV) is one of the major causes of non-suicidal self-injury. Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), peer victimization, social anxiety, and mobile phone addiction are significantly related; howeve...

    Authors: Qianmei Long, Bin Huang, Yiyu Tang, Junlin Wu, Jia Yu, Junlin Qiu, Yanqing Huang and Guoping Huang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:25
  13. Authors: Rinske Roos, Anke B Witteveen, José Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Corrado Barbui, Richard A. Bryant, Mireia Felez-Nobrega, Natasha Figueiredo, Rafael Kalisch, Josep Maria Haro, David McDaid, Roberto Mediavilla, Maria Melchior, Pablo Nicaise, A-La Park, Papoula Petri-Romão, Marianna Purgato…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:24

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  14. Many rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders (RGNDs) are characterized by intellectual disability (ID), severe cognitive and behavioral impairments, potentially diagnosed as a comorbid autism spectrum disord...

    Authors: A. R. Müller, B. den Hollander, P. M. van de Ven, K. C. B. Roes, L. Geertjens, H. Bruining, C. D. M. van Karnebeek, F. E. Jansen, M. C. Y. de Wit, L. W. ten Hoopen, A. B. Rietman, B. Dierckx, F. A. Wijburg, E. Boot, M. M. G. Brands and A. M. van Eeghen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:23
  15. Premature mortality, frequent relapse that easily leads to hospitalization, and discontinuous employment are key challenges for the treatment of schizophrenia. We evaluated risk factors for important clinical ...

    Authors: Ken Inada, Yoshitaka Saito, Kenji Baba, Daisuke Fukui, Yuriko Masuda, Sachie Inoue and Takahiro Masuda
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:22
  16. Loneliness and struggles with unmet social needs are a common experience among people with ‘personality disorder’ diagnoses/traits. Given the impact of loneliness and poor perceived social support on mental he...

    Authors: Sarah Ikhtabi, Alexandra Pitman, Lucy Maconick, Eiluned Pearce, Oliver Dale, Sarah Rowe and Sonia Johnson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:21
  17. Accumulating evidence has indicated that oxidative stress (OS) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) may contribute to the mechanism of schizophrenia. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the associatio...

    Authors: Haidong Yang, Caiyi Zhang, Man Yang, Junjun Liu, Yuting Zhang, Dongliang Liu and Xiaobin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:20
  18. Most of the young individuals with problem gambling (PG) or psychotic experiences (PEs) are less prone to seek medical help. Therefore, community-based studies investigating the relationship between these enti...

    Authors: Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Farah Ghrissi, Manel Stambouli, Abir Hakiri, Alexandre Andrade Loch, Majda Cheour and Souheil Hallit
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:19
  19. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the moderating effect of psychological distress variables, depression, anxiety and stress on the relationship between affective temperaments and future anxiety, asse...

    Authors: Emmanuelle Awad, Diana Malaeb, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Souheil Hallit and Sahar Obeid
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:18
  20. Depressive disorder is one of the severe and common mental illnesses in the general population. Bipolar disorder is a severe, persistent mental illness associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Howe...

    Authors: Tilahun Bete, Tadesse Misgana, Kabtamu Nigussie, Kemal Aliye, Tilahun Abdeta, Dawud Wedaje, Gari Hunduma, Abduselam Assefa, Dejene Tesfaye, Henock Asfaw, Abdulkarim Amano, Mandaras Tariku, Jerman Dereje, Tilahun Ali, Fethia Mohammed, Mekdes Demissie…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:17
  21. Observational studies have suggested the potential associations between atopic dermatitis (AD) and psychiatric disorders. However, the causal relationship between them remains uncertain. This study aimed to ev...

    Authors: Suqi Cao, Zicheng Zhang, Lei Liu, Yin Li, Wei Li, Yunling Li and Dingfeng Wu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:16
  22. Suicide is a serious public health problem in the world. This study aims to describe the characteristics of suicide attempters in North-Western Iran and identify latent classes of suicide attempts.

    Authors: Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo, Mohammad Jafarzadeh, Farhad Pourfarzi, Sima Afrashteh, Ahad Azimi, Mustpha Ahmed Yusuf, Davoud Adham and Eslam Moradi-Asl
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:15
  23. Higher stress is associated with higher levels of depression and instrumental-activities-of-daily-living (IADL) dependence, and depression is strongly associated with specific IADL disabilities. Accordingly, t...

    Authors: Li Ai Tai, Le Yu Tsai, Chia Hung Lin and Yi Chen Chiu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:14
  24. Accurately measuring violent ideations would be of particular high relevance in Arab countries, which are witnessing an unprecedented increase in violence rates among adolescents because of the widespread soci...

    Authors: Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Diana Malaeb, Ecem Yakın, Fouad Sakr, Mariam Dabbous, Sami El Khatib, Sahar Obeid and Souheil Hallit
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:12
  25. Norepinephrine transporter (NET) is encoded by the SLC6A2 gene and is a potential target for studying the pathogenesis of PTSD. To the best of our knowledge, no prior investigations have examined SLC6A2 polymorph...

    Authors: Zhuoman Xia, Zhihong Cao, Wesley Surento, Li Zhang, Lianli Qiu, Qiang Xu, Longjiang Zhang, Lingjiang Li, Yang Cao, Yifeng Luo, Guangming Lu and Rongfeng Qi
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:11
  26. Low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (LICBT) has been recommended as a primary intervention in the tiered care for mild to moderate generalised anxiety disorder. However, LICBT for generalised anxiety d...

    Authors: Candice L. Y. M. Powell, Chun Yuen Chiu, Xiaoqi Sun and Suzanne Ho-wai So
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:10
  27. Many studies have explored the relationship between self-esteem and quality of life. However, few studies have elucidated the mechanisms underlying the relationship between self-esteem and quality of life in m...

    Authors: Pengjuan Ji, Lin Zhang, Ziyun Gao, Qiqi Ji, Jiashuang Xu, Yian Chen, Miaojing Song and Leilei Guo
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:7
  28. Recent systematic reviews have indicated that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective in reducing anxiety symptoms for autistic and non-autistic children. However, the vast majority of CBT research for...

    Authors: Katherine Pickard, Brenna Maddox, Richard Boles and Judy Reaven
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:6
  29. ‘Let’s Talk About Children’ is a brief family focused intervention developed to improve mental health outcomes of children of parents with mental illness (COPMI). This study aims to assess the efficacy of LTC ...

    Authors: Lingzi Xu, Zhi Sheng, Tianhang Zhou, Chenmei Xie, Xun Wang, Wufang Zhang, Tingfang Wu, Petra Gronholm, Dafang Chen, Hong Ma, Graham Thornicroft, Lili Guan and Xin Yu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:5
  30. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) individuals are more likely than cisgender heterosexuals to experience mental, physical, and sexual health issues. A promising contemporary st...

    Authors: Yawen Yang, Zhiyu Ye, Wentian Li, Ye Sun and Lisha Dai
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:4
  31. Displacement is a psychologically stressful event. Since the war began, the people of Tigray were subjected to stressful events such as torture, rape, the killing of a family member, forced displacement, and e...

    Authors: Aregawi Gebreyesus, Afewerki Tesfahunegn Niguse, Fiyori Shishay, Liya Mamo, Teklit Gebremedhin, Kahsu Tsegay, Asqual Gebreslasie Gebremariam, Kokob Gebru Kidanu, Solomon Gidey and Fisaha Tesfay
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:3
  32. Veterinarians are an occupational group with an increased suicide risk. Euthanasing animals may influence both veterinarians’ views on assisted dying in humans and their suicide risk. We investigated (I) attit...

    Authors: Helene Seljenes Dalum, Reidar Tyssen, Torbjørn Moum, Magne Thoresen and Erlend Hem
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:2
  33. Unfamiliarity with academic research may contribute to higher levels of anticipatory state anxiety about affective neuroimaging tasks. Children with high trait anxiety display differences in brain response to ...

    Authors: Dana E. Díaz, Wan-Ling Tseng and Kalina J. Michalska
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:1
  34. Number of opiate users worldwide has doubled over the past decade, but not all of them are diagnosed with opioid use disorder. We aimed to identify the prevalence and risk factors for OUD after ten years of fo...

    Authors: Saba Alvand, Masoumeh Amin-Esmaeili, Hossein Poustchi, Gholamreza Roshandel, Yasaman Sadeghi, Vandad Sharifi, Farin Kamangar, Sanford M. Dawsey, Neal D. Freedman, Christian C. Abnet, Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar, Reza Malekzadeh and Arash Etemadi
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:958
  35. Depression is being increasingly acknowledged as a global public health concern, and following this trend, attention towards eating disorders (EDs) has surged within China’s national consciousness. EDs symptom...

    Authors: Ruipeng Wu, Zixuan Guang, Yingting Wang, Bei Xue, Ailing Zhang, Yundan Dawa, Chenghui Guo, Xiaopeng Tong, Shaokang Wang and Ciyong Lu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:957
  36. Mental health literacy is considered an important factor in promoting professional psychological help-seeking attitudes. However, it is important to clarify the emotional and behavioral factors that underlie t...

    Authors: Jingyuan Yang, Yunjia Li, Rui Gao, Hui Chen and Zhihui Yang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:956
  37. This study explores the association between chronotypes and adolescent health risk behaviors (HRBs) by testing how genetic background moderates these associations and clarifies the influence of chronotypes and...

    Authors: Yi Zhang, Shuqin Li, Yang Xie, Wan Xiao, Huiqiong Xu, Zhengge Jin, Ruoyu Li, Yuhui Wan and Fangbiao Tao
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:955
  38. Sleeping problems and cognitive impairment are common in elders. Baseline sleep duration and cognitive status are predictors of mortality. But few studies have explored whether longitudinal changes in sleep du...

    Authors: Tsai-Chung Li, Chia-Ing Li, Chiu-Shong Liu, Chih-Hsueh Lin, Shing-Yu Yang and Cheng-Chieh Lin
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:954
  39. Studies have reported an increase in the prevalence of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. The accuracy of screening tools may change with the prevalence and distribution of a disease in a population or s...

    Authors: Jieru Zhou, Maja R. Radojčić, Claire E. Ashton-James, Hanqiao Yang, Ziyi Chen, Ruijia Wang, Ying Yang, Jinhua Si, Liang Yao, Ge Li and Lingxiao Chen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:953
  40. Continuity of care is considered important for results of treatment of serious mental illness (SMI). Yet, evidence of associations between relational continuity and different medical and social outcomes is spa...

    Authors: Ingemar Engström, Lars Hansson, Lilas Ali, Jenny Berg, Mirjam Ekstedt, Sven Engström, Maja Kärrman Fredriksson, Jan Liliemark and Per Lytsy
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:952
  41. Cue exposure therapy is used to treat alcohol dependence. However, its effectiveness is controversial due to the limitations of the clinical treatment setting. Virtual reality technology may improve the therap...

    Authors: Junjun Zhang, Ming Chen, Junli Yan, Chaojun Wang, Hongdu Deng, Jiali Wang, Jiapeng Gu, Dan Wang, Wenhui Li and Chuansheng Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:951
  42. Mothers with a history of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are at elevated risk for postpartum mental illness and impairment in the mother-infant relationship. Interventions attending to maternal-infant int...

    Authors: Elisabeth Wright, Jovana Martinovic, Diane de Camps Meschino, Lucy C Barker, Diane A Philipp, Aliza Israel, Neesha Hussain-Shamsy, Geetha Mukerji, Vivienne Wang, Antara Chatterjee and Simone N Vigod
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:950
  43. Insomnia symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) are common and deleterious. Childhood trauma, personality traits, interpersonal distress, and social support contribute to insomnia, but how t...

    Authors: Nan Zhang, Simeng Ma, Peilin Wang, Lihua Yao, Lijun Kang, Wei Wang, Zhaowen Nie, Mianmian Chen, Ci Ma and Zhongchun Liu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:949
  44. Electroretinogram (ERG) is one of the tools used to investigate the electrophysiological underpinnings of mental health illnesses and major clinical phenomena (e.g., suicide) to improve their diagnosis and car...

    Authors: Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Sebastien Prat, Arianna Davids, Amara Robbins, Bailea Erb, Mini Mamak, Gary Andrew Chaimowitz and Andrew T. Olagunju
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:948
  45. Telomeres protect the ends of chromosomes, and shorter leukocyte telomeres are associated with major group diseases. Maternal psychological stress may be related to the shortening of telomeres in infants. This...

    Authors: Reza Moshfeghinia, Ali Torabi, Sara Mostafavi, Shiva Rahbar, Mohammad Sanyar Moradi, Erfan Sadeghi, Jennifer Mootz and Hossein Molavi Vardanjani
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:947

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