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  1. General practitioners (GPs) in Australia play a central role in the delivery of mental health care. This article describes the PULSAR (Principles Unite Local Services Assisting Recovery) Primary Care protocol,...

    Authors: Joanne C. Enticott, Frances Shawyer, Lisa Brophy, Grant Russell, Ellie Fossey, Brett Inder, Danielle Mazza, Shiva Vasi, Penelope June Weller, Elisabeth Wilson-Evered, Vrinda Edan and Graham Meadows
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:451
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  2. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with dysfunction between cognitive control and affective processing system. However, little is known about alterations of the nodal and edge efficiency in abnormal...

    Authors: Ming Ye, Peng Qing, Ke Zhang and Guangyuan Liu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:450
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  3. Readmission rate is considered an indicator of the mental health care quality. Previous studies have examined a number of factors that are likely to influence readmission. The main objective of this systematic...

    Authors: V. Donisi, F. Tedeschi, K. Wahlbeck, P. Haaramo and F. Amaddeo
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:449
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  4. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is highly prevalent among patients with bipolar disorder. MetS may cause complications in the brain, but studies investigating MetS-associated clinical psychiatric outcomes remain scant.

    Authors: Ya-Mei Bai, Cheng-Ta Li, Shih-Jen Tsai, Pei-Chi Tu, Mu-Hong Chen and Tung-Ping Su
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:448
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  5. In a cohort of migrants in Denmark, we compared somatic disease incidence among migrants diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression with migrants without a diagnosed psychiatric disorder.

    Authors: Mette Lolk, Stine Byberg, Jessica Carlsson and Marie Norredam
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:447
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  6. Previous researches reveal that depression is associated with increased inflammatory markers. As a simple and cheap inflammatory marker, we hypothesize that neutrophilic granulocyte percentage is associated wi...

    Authors: Shuo Pan, Zhong-Wei Liu, Ying Lv, Wen-Qian Song, Xun Ma, Gong-Chang Guan, Yong Zhang, Shun-Ming Zhu, Fu-Qiang Liu, Bo Liu, Zhi-Guo Tang and Jun-Kui Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:446
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  7. 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
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  8. The relationship between medication non-compliance in patients with schizophrenia and related disorders, and increased psychiatric service utilization and costs are well documented; however, non-psychiatric se...

    Authors: Soohyun Joe and Jung Sun Lee
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:444
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  9. Aggressive behavior is a challenging behavior among bipolar patients that causes poor social interaction and hospitalization. But, there is no information regards of the magnitude and contributing factors for ...

    Authors: Habte Belete, Haregwoin Mulat, Tolesa Fanta, Solomon Yimer, Takele Shimelash, Tilahun Ali and Tilahun Tewabe
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:443
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  10. The Method of Levels (MOL) is a transdiagnostic cognitive therapy that promotes contentment, wellbeing, and goal achievement through the resolution of internal conflicts underlying psychological distress. MOL,...

    Authors: Timothy A. Carey, Jennifer Haviland, Sara J. Tai, Thea Vanags and Warren Mansell
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:442
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  11. Data on the haematological outcomes of patients who continue clozapine treatment following neutropenia are very rare as even mild neutropenia results in mandatory discontinuation of clozapine in most countries...

    Authors: Oddur Ingimarsson, James H. MacCabe, Magnús Haraldsson, Halldóra Jónsdóttir and Engilbert Sigurdsson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:441
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  12. Clinical guidelines for suicide prevention often stress the identification of risk and protective factors as well as the evaluation of suicidal intent. However, we know very little about what psychiatrists act...

    Authors: Margda Waern, Niclas Kaiser and Ellinor Salander Renberg
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:440
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  13. Despite evidence that connecting people to relevant wellbeing-related resources brings therapeutic benefit, there is limited understanding, in the context of mental health recovery, of the potential value and ...

    Authors: Helen Brooks, Kelly Rushton, Sandra Walker, Karina Lovell and Anne Rogers
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:409
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  14. Attentional biases, namely difficulties both to disengage attention from negative information and to maintain it on positive information, play an important role in the onset and maintenance of the disorder. Re...

    Authors: Carmelo Vazquez, Ivan Blanco, Alvaro Sanchez and Richard J. McNally
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:439
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  16. Patients with schizophrenia are known to have higher rates of mortality and morbidity when compared to the general population. Suicidality is a major contributor to increased mortality. The International Suici...

    Authors: Samer Hammoudeh, Suhaila Ghuloum, Ziyad Mahfoud, Mark Opler, Anzalee Khan, Arij Yehya, Abdulmoneim Abdulhakam, Azza Al-Mujalli, Yahya Hani, Reem Elsherbiny and Hassen Al-Amin
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:437
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  17. Out-of-home care (OoHC) refers to young people removed from their families by the state because of abuse, neglect or other adversities. Many of the young people experience poor mental health and social functio...

    Authors: Helen Herrman, Cathy Humphreys, Stephen Halperin, Katherine Monson, Carol Harvey, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Susan Cotton, Penelope Mitchell, Tony Glynn, Anne Magnus, Lenice Murray, Josef Szwarc, Elise Davis, Sophie Havighurst, Patrick McGorry, Sam Tyano…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:436
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  18. To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of an 8-week individual tailored cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention for the treatment of depressive symptoms in those newly diagnosed with multiple ...

    Authors: Litza A. Kiropoulos, Trevor Kilpatrick, Alex Holmes and Jennifer Threader
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:435
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  19. Many of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment guidelines recognize the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors as first-line pharmacological treatment. In Japan, there were no published stu...

    Authors: Toshiko Kamo, Masaharu Maeda, Misari Oe, Hiroshi Kato, Jun Shigemura, Kazuhiko Kuribayashi and Yuko Hoshino
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:434
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  20. Numerous studies suggesting the relation between self-rated health (SRH) and depression have been reported using different measures. Therefore, we attempted to determine the difference in a depressive scale ba...

    Authors: Jaeyong Shin, Eun-Cheol Park, Sang Gyu Lee, Young Choi, Jae-Hyun Kim and Tae Hyun Kim
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:433
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  21. Internet based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) has been demonstrated to be cost- and clinically effective. There is a need, however, for increased therapist contact for some patient groups. Combining iCBT...

    Authors: Kim Mathiasen, Tonny E. Andersen, Heleen Riper, Annet A. M. Kleiboer and Kirsten K. Roessler
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:432
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  22. Changes in the residential and care settings of patients with severe mental illness (SMI) are a concern because of the large variety of possible negative consequences. This study describes patterns of changes ...

    Authors: Liselotte D. de Mooij, Martijn Kikkert, Nick M. Lommerse, Jan Theunissen, Mariken B. de Koning, Lieuwe de Haan, Aartjan T. F. Beekman, Pim W. R. A. Duurkoop and Jack J. M. Dekker
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:431
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  23. The association between prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking (PEMCS) and adult cognition is debated, including if there are differences according to sex. We aimed to determine if there are associati...

    Authors: Hugh Ramsay, Jennifer H. Barnett, Graham K. Murray, Pirjo Mäki, Tuula Hurtig, Tanja Nordström, Jouko Miettunen, Vesa Kiviniemi, Solja Niemelä, Zdenka Pausova, Tomas Paus and Juha Veijola
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:430
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  25. The treatment of methamphetamine dependence is a continuing global health problem. Agonist type pharmacotherapies have been used successfully to treat opioid and nicotine dependence and are being studied for t...

    Authors: Nadine Ezard, Adrian Dunlop, Brendan Clifford, Raimondo Bruno, Andrew Carr, Alexandra Bissaker and Nicholas Lintzeris
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:428
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  26. Crisis Resolution Teams (CRTs) provide short-term intensive home treatment to people experiencing mental health crisis. Trial evidence suggests CRTs can be effective at reducing hospital admissions and increas...

    Authors: Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Gary R. Bond, Torleif Ruud, Ada Ivanecka, Richard Gray, David Osborn, Fiona Nolan, Claire Henderson, Oliver Mason, Nicky Goater, Kathleen Kelly, Gareth Ambler, Nicola Morant, Steve Onyett, Danielle Lamb, Sarah Fahmy…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:427
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  27. Recovery can be understood as a subjective process guided by personal expectations, goals and hopes. The aim of the study was to explore how persons using a Community Mental Health Centre (CMHC) experienced th...

    Authors: Eva Biringer, Larry Davidson, Bengt Sundfør, Torleif Ruud and Marit Borg
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:426
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  28. According to the World Alzheimer Report (Prince, The Global Impact of Dementia: an Analysis of Prevalence, Incidence, Cost and Trends, 2015), 46.8 million people worldwide are nowadays living with dementia. An...

    Authors: O. Realdon, F. Rossetto, M. Nalin, I. Baroni, M. Cabinio, R. Fioravanti, F. L. Saibene, M. Alberoni, F. Mantovani, M. Romano, R. Nemni and F. Baglio
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:425
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  29. This study investigates differences in depression and anxiety between patients with chronic hepatitis C who are treated with peginterferon alpha-2a (PegIFN-α-2a) plus ribavirin and those who are treated with p...

    Authors: Liang-Jen Wang, Shuo-Wei Chen, Chih-Ken Chen, Cho-Li Yen, Jia-Jang Chang, Tsung-Shih Lee, Ching-Jung Liu, Li-Wei Chen and Rong-Nan Chien
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:424
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  30. This currently recruiting randomized controlled trial investigates the effects of integrating components of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) into Psychological Therapy (PT), an integrative form of cognitive-behav...

    Authors: Anna Babl, Martin grosse Holtforth, Sara Heer, Mu Lin, Annabarbara Stähli, Dominique Holstein, Martina Belz, Yvonne Egenolf, Eveline Frischknecht, Fabian Ramseyer, Daniel Regli, Emma Schmied, Christoph Flückiger, Jeannette Brodbeck, Thomas Berger and Franz Caspar
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:423
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  31. Considerable progress has been made in recent years in developing effective treatments for child and adolescent anorexia nervosa, with a general consensus in the field that eating disorders focussed family the...

    Authors: Ivan Eisler, Mima Simic, John Hodsoll, Eia Asen, Mark Berelowitz, Frances Connan, Gladys Ellis, Pippa Hugo, Ulrike Schmidt, Janet Treasure, Irene Yi and Sabine Landau
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:422
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  32. Repeated self-harm represents the single strongest risk factor for suicide. To date no study with full national coverage has examined the pattern of hospital repeated presentations due to self-harm among young...

    Authors: Marco Bennardi, Elaine McMahon, Paul Corcoran, Eve Griffin and Ella Arensman
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:421
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  33. Relocation following a disaster can impact the psychological well-being of evacuees. This study investigated the associations between residence-related factors and psychological distress among evacuees living ...

    Authors: Naoko Horikoshi, Hajime Iwasa, Norito Kawakami, Yuriko Suzuki and Seiji Yasumura
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:420
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  34. Housing services aim to support people with mental illness in their daily life and recovery. As the level of recovery differs between service users, the quality of life and care needs also might vary. However,...

    Authors: Neis A. Bitter, Diana P. K. Roeg, Chijs van Nieuwenhuizen and Jaap van Weeghel
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:419
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  35. At present, the exact mechanism of postoperative delirium has not been elucidated. The purpose of this study was to analyze the incidence of delirium in patients undergoing orthopedic surgeries and to explore ...

    Authors: Li-Hong Wang, Dong-Juan Xu, Xian-Jiao Wei, Hao-Teng Chang and Guo-Hong Xu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:418
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  36. A suicide cluster has been defined as a group of suicides that occur closer together in time and space than would normally be expected. We aimed to examine the extent to which suicide clusters exist among youn...

    Authors: Jo Robinson, Lay San Too, Jane Pirkis and Matthew J. Spittal
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:417
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  38. Negative symptoms are considered core symptoms of schizophrenia. The Brief Negative Symptom Scale (BNSS) was developed to measure this symptomatic dimension according to a current consensus definition. The pre...

    Authors: Martin Bischof, Caitriona Obermann, Matthias N. Hartmann, Oliver M. Hager, Matthias Kirschner, Agne Kluge, Gregory P. Strauss and Stefan Kaiser
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:415
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  39. The complexity of schizophrenia lies in the combination of psychiatric, somatic and social needs requiring care. The aim of the study was to compare perceived needs between groups with absence/presence of meta...

    Authors: Leticia Medeiros-Ferreira, José Blas Navarro-Pastor, Antonio Zúñiga-Lagares, Rosanna Romaní, Elisenda Muray and Jordi E. Obiols
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:414
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  40. Psychiatric services have undergone profound changes over the last decades. CEPHOS-LINK is an EU-funded study project with the aim to compare readmission of patients discharged with psychiatric diagnoses using...

    Authors: Christoph Urach, Günther Zauner, Kristian Wahlbeck, Peija Haaramo and Niki Popper
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:413
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  41. Positive mental health (PMH) supplements the definition of mental health which is not just the mere absence of mental illness. It encompasses an individual’s social, emotional and psychological well-being. Thi...

    Authors: Rajeswari Sambasivam, Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Siow Ann Chong, Edimansyah Abdin, Anitha Jeyagurunathan, Lee Seng Esmond Seow, Shirlene Pang and Mythily Subramaniam
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:412
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  42. People with schizophrenia–spectrum disorders (SSD) often have high levels of obesity and poor cardiometabolic health. Certain types of antipsychotics have been shown to contribute towards weight gain and there...

    Authors: Daniel Bressington, Jolene Mui, Mei Ling Tse, Richard Gray, Eric F. C. Cheung and Wai Tong Chien
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:411
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  43. Living in conditions of chronic adversity renders many women more vulnerable to experiencing gender-based violence (GBV). In addition to GBV’s physical and social consequences, the psychological effects can be...

    Authors: Katie S. Dawson, Alison Schafer, Dorothy Anjuri, Lincoln Ndogoni, Caroline Musyoki, Marit Sijbrandij, Mark van Ommeren and Richard A. Bryant
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:410
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  44. Smartphones are becoming a daily necessity for most undergraduates in Mainland China. Because the present scenario of problematic smartphone use (PSU) is largely unexplored, in the current study we aimed to es...

    Authors: Jiang Long, Tie-Qiao Liu, Yan-Hui Liao, Chang Qi, Hao-Yu He, Shu-Bao Chen and Joël Billieux
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:408
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  46. This study examines sex differences in substance use and substance use disorder in the acute psychiatric department, and possible interactions between sex and clinical and social factors associated with this p...

    Authors: Torill Vassli Sallaup, Arne Einar Vaaler, Valentina Cabral Iversen and Ismail Cuneyt Guzey
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:406
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  48. Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe mental illness, with an unknown etiology. Magnetic resonance imaging studies show reduced brain volumes and cortical thickness in patients compared to healthy controls. Howeve...

    Authors: Tone Seim Fuglset, Tor Endestad, Eva Hilland, Lasse Bang, Christian Krog Tamnes, Nils Inge Landrø and Øyvind Rø
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:404
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  49. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide and the prevalence is particularly high among psychiatric patients but recent international studies demonstrated that psychiatric patients are able a...

    Authors: Jean-Louis Du Plooy, Muiruri Macharia and Chris Verster
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:403
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  50. Adolescents are at risk of developing depressive symptoms. Given the prevalence, recurrence and negative consequences of adolescent depression, it is crucial to implement prevention programs for high-risk adol...

    Authors: Karlijn W. J. de Jonge-Heesen, Kim M. van Ettekoven, Sanne P. A. Rasing, Farina H. J. Oprins-van Liempd, Ad A. Vermulst, Rutger C. M. E. Engels and Daan H. M. Creemers
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:402
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