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  1. There is growing evidence that it is important to have well-standardized procedures for identifying the mental health needs of youths in welfare and juvenile justice institutions. One of the most widely used t...

    Authors: L. E. W. Leenarts, C. Dölitzsch, K. Schmeck, J. M. Fegert, T. Grisso and M. Schmid
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:340
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Patients with severe Anorexia Nervosa (AN) whose condition is life-threatening or who are not receiving adequate ambulatory care are hospitalized. However, 40 % of these patients leave the hospital prematurely...

    Authors: H. Roux, A. Ali, S. Lambert, L. Radon, C. Huas, F. Curt, S. Berthoz and Nathalie Godart
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:339
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  3. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15- to 29-year-olds in China, and 60 % of suicidal patients have a history of depression. Previous brain imaging studies have shown that depression and suicid...

    Authors: Shuang Zhang, Jian-mei Chen, Li Kuang, Jun Cao, Han Zhang, Ming Ai, Wo Wang, Shu-dong Zhang, Su-ya Wang, Shi-jing Liu and Wei-dong Fang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:337
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  4. We aimed to assess the opinion of primary care workers, social workers, translators and mental health caregivers who work with asylum seekers about the latter’s unmet needs and barriers to access to mental hea...

    Authors: Javier Bartolomei, Rachel Baeriswyl-Cottin, David Framorando, Filip Kasina, Natacha Premand, Ariel Eytan and Yasser Khazaal
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:336
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  5. There is a lack of research in forensic settings examining therapeutic relationships. A structured communication approach, placing patients’ perspectives at the heart of discussions about their care, was used ...

    Authors: Douglas MacInnes, Catherine Kinane, Janet Parrott, Jacqueline Mansfield, Tom Craig, Sandra Eldridge, Ian Marsh, Claire Chan, Natalia Hounsome, George Harrison and Stefan Priebe
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:335
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  6. The current study aimed to evaluate group Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) inpatients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). We aimed to examine the treatment response of group CRT in AN patients with high or low leve...

    Authors: Kate Tchanturia, Emma Larsson and James Adamson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:334
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  7. US studies have shown an increase of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, but not alcohol misuse related to time of assessment since returning from deployment. We assessed if similar trends occ...

    Authors: Roberto J. Rona, Howard Burdett, Samantha Bull, Margaret Jones, Norman Jones, Neil Greenberg, Simon Wessely and Nicola T. Fear
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:333
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  8. In this issue of the journal, consensus criteria for the diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in people who have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are presented. In...

    Authors: Larry Burd
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:325
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  9. The association of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) results in a complex constellation of symptoms that complicates the successful diagnosis and treat...

    Authors: Susan Young, Michael Absoud, Carolyn Blackburn, Polly Branney, Bill Colley, Emad Farrag, Susan Fleisher, Ges Gregory, Gisli H. Gudjonsson, Keira Kim, Kieran D. O’Malley, Moira Plant, Alina Rodriguez, Susan Ozer, Inyang Takon, Emma Woodhouse…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:324
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  10. Antipsychotic therapy can reduce severe symptoms of psychiatric disorders, however, data on school performance among children on such treatment are lacking. The objective was to explore school performance amon...

    Authors: J. van der Schans, S. Vardar, R. Çiçek, H. J. Bos, P. J. Hoekstra, T. W. de Vries and E. Hak
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:332
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  11. Quality improvement networks are peer-led programmes in which members of the network assess the quality of care colleagues provide according to agreed standards of practice. These networks aim to help members ...

    Authors: Lina Aimola, Sarah Jasim, Neeraj Tripathi, Sarah Tucker, Adrian Worrall, Alan Quirk and Mike J. Crawford
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:331
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  12. Data on mental health among orphaned children in India are scanty. We compared the generalized anxiety, conduct and peer relationship problems and their associated risk factors among children orphaned by HIV/A...

    Authors: Prem Kumar SG, Anil Kumar G, Ramgopal SP, Venkata Srinivas V and Rakhi Dandona
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:330
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  13. Autism spectrum disorders are neurodevelopmental conditions with severe impairments in social communication and interaction. Pioneering research suggests that oxytocin can improve motivation, cognition and att...

    Authors: Katrin Preckel, Philipp Kanske, Tania Singer, Frieder M Paulus and Sören Krach
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:329
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  14. Low health literacy (HL) has been known to be involved in various risk behaviors and mental disorder among adolescent. The purpose of this study was to examine the independent and interactive association betwe...

    Authors: Shi-chen Zhang, Fang-biao Tao, Xiao-yan Wu, Shu-man Tao and Jun Fang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:327
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  15. The identification of biomarkers of transition from the at-risk mental state (ARMS) to psychotic disorder is important because early treatment of psychosis is associated with improved outcome. Increasing evide...

    Authors: Melanie Föcking, Patrick Dicker, Lorna M. Lopez, Mary Cannon, Miriam R. Schäfer, Patrick D. McGorry, Stefan Smesny, David R. Cotter and G. Paul Amminger
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:326
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  16. This randomized trial will compare three methods of assessing fidelity to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for youth to identify the most accurate and cost-effective method. The three methods include self-re...

    Authors: Rinad S. Beidas, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Jessica Fishman, Shannon Dorsey, Sonja K. Schoenwald, David S. Mandell, Judy A. Shea, Bryce D. McLeod, Michael T. French, Aaron Hogue, Danielle R. Adams, Adina Lieberman, Emily M. Becker-Haimes and Steven C. Marcus
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:323
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  18. Maternal depression can be harmful to both mothers and their children. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) supplementation has been investigated as an alternative intervention for pregnant women with dep...

    Authors: Daisuke Nishi, Kuan-Pin Su, Kentaro Usuda, Yi-Ju Jill Chiang, Tai-Wei Guu, Kei Hamazaki, Naoki Nakaya, Toshimasa Sone, Yo Sano, Yoshiyuki Tachibana, Hiroe Ito, Keiich Isaka, Kenji Hashimoto, Tomohito Hamazaki and Yutaka J Matsuoka
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:321
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  19. Clozapine is an effective treatment for a proportion of people with schizophrenia (SZ) who are resistant to the beneficial effects of other antipsychotic drugs. However, anything from 40–60 % of people on cloz...

    Authors: Susan L. Rossell, Paul S. Francis, Cherrie Galletly, Anthony Harris, Dan Siskind, Michael Berk, Kiymet Bozaoglu, Frances Dark, Olivia Dean, Dennis Liu, Denny Meyer, Erica Neill, Andrea Phillipou, Jerome Sarris and David J. Castle
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:320
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  20. Postmortem studies of people who have successfully committed suicide and people with depression have implicated the serotonin-1A (5-HT1A) receptor system in the pathophysiology of depression. Several molecular im...

    Authors: Ling Wang, Chanjuan Zhou, Dan Zhu, Xinfa Wang, Liang Fang, Jiaju Zhong, Qiang Mao, Lu Sun, Xue Gong, Jinjun Xia, Bing Lian and Peng Xie
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:319
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. As data on the phenotype, characteristics and management of patients with Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) are limited, we aimed to collect such data in Germany in experienced centres involved in the treatment of such...

    Authors: Frank Haessler, Franziska Gaese, Michael Huss, Christoph Kretschmar, Marc Brinkman, Helmut Peters, Samuel Elstner, Michael Colla and David Pittrow
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:318
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  22. Patients with affective disorders of different ages have been found to present weight changes and different circadian activity patterns. This study assessed the effects of age, Body Mass Index (BMI) and depres...

    Authors: Nahid Banihashemi, Rébecca Robillard, Jean Yang, Joanne S. Carpenter, Daniel F. Hermens, Sharon L. Naismith, Zoe Terpening, Django White, Elizabeth M. Scott and Ian B. Hickie
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:317
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  23. Relapse is common among recovered anorexia nervosa (AN) patients. Studies on relapse prevention with an average follow-up period of 18 months found relapse rates between 35 and 41 %. In leading guidelines ther...

    Authors: Tamara Berends, Berno van Meijel, Willem Nugteren, Mathijs Deen, Unna N. Danner, Hans W. Hoek and Annemarie A. van Elburg
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:316
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  24. While observational studies show that an active lifestyle including cognitive, physical, and social activities is associated with a reduced risk of cognitive decline and dementia, experimental evidence from co...

    Authors: Olivia C. Küster, Patrick Fissler, Daria Laptinskaya, Franka Thurm, Andrea Scharpf, Alexander Woll, Stephan Kolassa, Arthur F. Kramer, Thomas Elbert, Christine A. F. von Arnim and Iris-Tatjana Kolassa
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:315
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  25. The burden of substance misuse in developing countries is large and increasing, with negative consequences for physical and psychological health. Substance use disorders and psychological distress commonly co-...

    Authors: Bishal Gyawali, Bishnu P. Choulagai, Damaru Prasad Paneru, Meraj Ahmad, Anja Leppin and Per Kallestrup
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:314
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  26. Street Triage is a collaborative service between mental health workers and police which aims to improve the emergency response to individuals experiencing crisis, but peer reviewed evidence of the effectivenes...

    Authors: Kimberley Horspool, Sarah J. Drabble and Alicia O’Cathain
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:313
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  27. Psychosocial interventions have an important role in promoting recovery in people with persisting psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. Readily available, digital technology provides a means of developing...

    Authors: Neil Thomas, John Farhall, Fiona Foley, Susan L. Rossell, David Castle, Emma Ladd, Denny Meyer, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Nuwan Leitan, Cassy Nunan, Rosalie Frankish, Tara Smark, Sue Farnan, Bronte McLeod, Leon Sterling, Greg Murray…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:312
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  28. Most measures of functioning in people with severe mental disorders (SMD) have been developed in Western societies. Many of the questions in these scales are culture-bound, fail to capture differentiation of t...

    Authors: Kassahun Habtamu, Atalay Alem, Girmay Medhin, Abebaw Fekadu, Martin Prince and Charlotte Hanlon
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:311
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  29. In psychodynamic psychotherapy, one of the therapists’ techniques is to intervene on and encourage exploration of the patients’ relationships with other people. The impact of these interventions and the respon...

    Authors: Randi Ulberg, Elisabeth Ness, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen Dahl, Per Andreas Høglend, Kenneth Critchfield, Phelix Blayvas and Svein Amlo
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:310
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  30. Refugees are known to have high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although recent years have seen an increase in the number of refugees from Arabic speaking countries in the Middle East, no study...

    Authors: Erik Vindbjerg, Jessica Carlsson, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Ask Elklit and Guido Makransky
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:309
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  31. Evidence suggests that there is an association between ethnicity/skin color and depression; however, many contextual and individual variables, like sense of discrimination and socioeconomic position (SEP), mig...

    Authors: Christian Loret de Mola, Fernando Pires Hartwig, Helen Gonçalves, Luciana de Avila Quevedo, Ricardo Pinheiro, Denise Petrucci Gigante, Janaína Vieira dos Santos Motta, Alexandre C. Pereira, Fernando C. Barros and Bernardo Lessa Horta
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:308
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  32. Sleep problems in childhood have been found to be associated with memory and learning impairments, irritability, difficulties in mood modulation, attention and behavioral problems, hyperactivity and impulsivit...

    Authors: Ina S. Santos, Diego G. Bassani, Alicia Matijasevich, Camila S. Halal, Bianca Del-Ponte, Suélen Henriques da Cruz, Luciana Anselmi, Elaine Albernaz, Michelle Fernandes, Luciana Tovo-Rodrigues, Mariangela F. Silveira and Pedro C. Hallal
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:307
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  33. Prenatal smoking exposure has been associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ADHD is commonly associated with a wide spectrum of psychiatric comorbidity. The association between smoking ...

    Authors: Petteri Joelsson, Roshan Chudal, Ardesheer Talati, Auli Suominen, Alan S. Brown and Andre Sourander
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:306
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Access to mental health care services for patients with neuropsychiatric disorders remains low especially in post-conflict, low and middle income countries. Persons with mental health conditions and epilepsy t...

    Authors: Rose Kisa, Florence Baingana, Rehema Kajungu, Patrick O. Mangen, Mangesh Angdembe, Wilfred Gwaikolo and Janice Cooper
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:305
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  35. Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is an under-researched mental disorder. Systematic reviews and policy documents identify ASPD as a priority area for further treatment research because of the scarcity of...

    Authors: Anthony Bateman, Jennifer O’Connell, Nicolas Lorenzini, Tessa Gardner and Peter Fonagy
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:304
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  36. Knowledge of the epidemiology of adverse drug events (ADEs) and medication errors in psychiatric inpatients is limited outside Western countries. The nature of ADEs and medication errors are important for impr...

    Authors: Nobutaka Ayani, Mio Sakuma, Takeshi Morimoto, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Koichiro Watanabe, Jin Narumoto and Kenji Fukui
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:303
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  37. Cultural and personality factors might contribute to the clinical differences of psychiatric patients all over the world including China. One cultural oriented Chinese Adjective Descriptors of Personality (CAD...

    Authors: Hongying Fan, Qisha Zhu, Guorong Ma, Chanchan Shen, Bingren Zhang and Wei Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:302
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  38. The aim of this consensus statement was to discuss transition of patients with ADHD from child to adult healthcare services, and formulate recommendations to facilitate successful transition. An expert worksho...

    Authors: Susan Young, Marios Adamou, Philip Asherson, David Coghill, Bill Colley, Gisli Gudjonsson, Chris Hollis, Jane McCarthy, Ulrich Müller, Moli Paul, Mark Pitts and Muhammad Arif
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:301
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  41. The personality disorder categories in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV have been extensively criticized, and there is a growing consensus that personality pathology should be repre...

    Authors: Birgitte Thylstrup, Sebastian Simonsen, Caroline Nemery, Erik Simonsen, Jane Fjernestad Noll, Mikkel Wanting Myatt and Morten Hesse
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:298
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  43. Flying phobia (FP) is a common and disabling mental disorder. Although in vivo exposure is the treatment of choice, it is linked to a number of limitations in its implementation. Particularly important, is the li...

    Authors: Daniel Campos, Juana Bretón-López, Cristina Botella, Adriana Mira, Diana Castilla, Rosa Baños, Miquel Tortella-Feliu and Soledad Quero
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:296
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  44. A dose-dependent effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) on the course and severity of psychiatric disorders has been frequently reported. Recent evidence indicates additional impact of type and timing o...

    Authors: Inga Schalinski, Martin H. Teicher, Daniel Nischk, Eva Hinderer, Oliver Müller and Brigitte Rockstroh
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:295
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  45. Childhood maltreatment is strongly associated with delinquency and the repeated crime. Specific types of childhood maltreatment have been found to have differential effects on recidivism in juvenile offenders,...

    Authors: Eun Young Kim, Jiung Park and Bongseog Kim
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:294
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  46. Psychosis can be associated with acute recreational drug and novel psychoactive substance (NPS) toxicity. However, there is limited data available on how common this is and which drugs are most frequently impl...

    Authors: Odd Martin Vallersnes, Alison M. Dines, David M. Wood, Christopher Yates, Fridtjof Heyerdahl, Knut Erik Hovda, Isabelle Giraudon and Paul I. Dargan
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:293
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  48. The goal was to investigate the quality in terms of formal and content-based comprehensiveness of the forms for involuntary admission before and after the introduction of the new law (KESR, “Kindes- und Erwach...

    Authors: Isabelle Kieber-Ospelt, Anastasia Theodoridou, Paul Hoff, Wolfram Kawohl, Erich Seifritz and Matthias Jaeger
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:291
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  49. The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) is a psychological test that is frequently used to assess personality traits. Many studies have shown the potential of the inventory to predict the treatment respo...

    Authors: Tetsu Tomita, Norio Yasui-Furukori, Ayako Kaneda, Masamichi Ishioka, Norio Sugawara, Taku Nakagami and Kazuhiko Nakamura
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:290
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  50. The diversity of mental health and substance abuse services (MHS) available to service users is seen as an indicator of the quality of the service system. In most countries MHS are provided by a mix of public,...

    Authors: Taina Ala-Nikkola, Minna Sadeniemi, Minna Kaila, Samuli Saarni, Raija Kontio, Sami Pirkola, Grigori Joffe, Olli Oranta and Kristian Wahlbeck
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:289
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