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  1. Substance use disorders are associated with unemployment. An employment-focused case management (CMRE) has been conceptualised as a specific intervention to help substance use disorder patients return to compe...

    Authors: Susanne Saal, Lukas Forschner, Dietmar Kemmann, Jacqueline Zlatosch and Thomas W. Kallert
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:279
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  2. Suicide attempts (SA) after psychiatric hospitalization continue to be a major cause of morbidity. Implicit measures may enhance our ability to assess suicide risk. In this context, we describe the first use o...

    Authors: Igor Galynker, Zimri S Yaseen, Jessica Briggs and Fumitaka Hayashi
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:87
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Nicotine use has been reported to ameliorate symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Furthermore, adults with ADHD have a relatively high prevalence of cigarette smoking and greater diffic...

    Authors: Michael Liebrenz, Carl Erik Fisher, Romilda Nellen, Anja Frei, Anne-Catherine Biechl, Nina Hiestand, Alice Huber, Anna Buadze and Dominique Eich
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:208
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  4. Depressive disorder is often chronic and recurrent, and results in a heavy psychosocial burden on the families of patients with this disorder. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of brief multifamily ...

    Authors: Fujika Katsuki, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Mizuho Konishi, Megumi Sasaki, Yuka Murase, Atsuko Naito, Hiroko Toyoda, Masako Suzuki, Nao Shiraishi, Yosuke Kubota, Yoshiko Yoshimatsu and Toshiaki A Furukawa
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:56
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. The prevalence of depression and suicidality is high among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) worldwide. Stigma and discrimination are likely contributing factors. More research is nee...

    Authors: Sanna Storm, Keshab Deuba, Rachana Shrestha, Lok Raj Pandey, Deepak Dahal, Madan Kumar Shrestha, Tara Nath Pokhrel and Gaetano Marrone
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:476
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  6. Patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) exhibit core autistic symptoms including social impairments from early childhood and mostly show secondary disabilities such as irritability and aggressive behavi...

    Authors: Hirotaka Kosaka, Toshio Munesue, Makoto Ishitobi, Mizuki Asano, Masao Omori, Makoto Sato, Akemi Tomoda and Yuji Wada
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2012 12:110
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  7. Facilities providing health- and social services for youth are commonly faced with the need for assessment and management of violent behavior. These providers often experience shortage of resources, compromisi...

    Authors: Anniken L. W. Laake, John Olav Roaldset, Tonje Lossius Husum, Stål Kapstø Bjørkly, Carina Chudiakow Gustavsen and Øyvind Lockertsen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:303
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  8. Relationships between cognitive deficits and brain morphological changes observed in schizophrenia are alternately explained by less gray matter in the brain cerebral cortex, by alterations in neural circuitry...

    Authors: Glenn Lawyer, Håkan Nyman, Ingrid Agartz, Stefan Arnborg, Erik G Jönsson, Göran C Sedvall and Håkan Hall
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2006 6:31
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Caregiving in depression imposes a complex health and economic burden. Moreover, there is a paucity of studies examining the impact of caregiving for adult relatives with unipolar depression (CG-UD). This stud...

    Authors: B. L. Balkaran, D. H. Jaffe, D. Umuhire, B. Rive and R. U. Milz
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:312
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms among adolescent students in the West Bank region of Palestine, with a particular focus on the impact of electronic device u...

    Authors: Suha Hamshari, Shaban Yaseen, Mosab Zayed, Asala Dalasha, Beesan Maraqa and Zaher Nazzal
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:38
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  11. Anchoring vignettes are brief texts describing a hypothetical character who illustrates a certain fixed level of a trait under evaluation. This research uses vignettes to elucidate factors associated with slee...

    Authors: Md. Ismail Tareque, Nayu Ikeda, Atsushi Koshio and Toshihiko Hasegawa
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:25
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  12. Stigma and discrimination present an important barrier to finding and keeping work for individuals with a mental health problem. This paper reviews evidence on: 1) employment-related disclosure beliefs and beh...

    Authors: Elaine Brohan, Claire Henderson, Kay Wheat, Estelle Malcolm, Sarah Clement, Elizabeth A Barley, Mike Slade and Graham Thornicroft
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2012 12:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. People with severe mental illness (SMI) are at increased risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) and there is growing emphasis on the need to monitor their physical health. However, there is little con...

    Authors: Christine A Wright, David PJ Osborn, Irwin Nazareth and Michael B King
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2006 6:16
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Over the past decade policy makers have emphasised the importance of healthcare technology in the management of long-term conditions. Mobile-phone based assessment may be one method of facilitating clinically-...

    Authors: Jasper E Palmier-Claus, Anne Rogers, John Ainsworth, Matt Machin, Christine Barrowclough, Louise Laverty, Emma Barkus, Shitij Kapur, Til Wykes and Shôn W Lewis
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2013 13:34
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  15. Anxiety and depression are psychosomatic disorders that are frequently observed in chronic conditions such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Anxiety and depression can be induced by immunological and neur...

    Authors: Hamzah Shatri, Purnamandala, Rudy Hidayat, Robert Sinto, Alvina Widhani, Rudi Putranto, Rr Dyah Purnamasari, Eka Ginanjar and Chyntia Olivia Maurine Jasirwan
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:785
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  16. Suicide among young people is a global public health problem, but adequate information on determinants of suicidal expression is lacking in middle and low income countries. Young people in transitional economi...

    Authors: Bhoomikumar Jegannathan and Gunnar Kullgren
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:47
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  19. Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are serious psychiatric disorders with a high disease burden, a high number of years of life lived with disability and a high risk for relapses and re-hospitalizations. Besid...

    Authors: Ulrike Stentzel, Neeltje van den Berg, Kilson Moon, Lara N. Schulze, Josephine Schulte, Jens M. Langosch, Wolfgang Hoffmann and Hans J. Grabe
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:318
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  20. Research on health anxiety has bloomed in recent years, but summaries of the literature are complicated by the use of dissimilar self-report questionnaires. Furthermore, these instruments have rarely been admi...

    Authors: Erland Axelsson, Susanna Österman and Erik Hedman-Lagerlöf
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:658
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  21. Depression is a common mental health problem among veterans, with high mortality. Despite the numerous conducted investigations, the prediction and identification of risk factors for depression are still sever...

    Authors: Zihan Qu, Yashan Wang, Dingjie Guo, Guangliang He, Chuanying Sui, Yuqing Duan, Xin Zhang, Linwei Lan, Hengyu Meng, Yajing Wang and Xin Liu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:620
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  22. Smoking is a well-documented cause of health problems among individuals with substance use disorders. For patients in opioid maintenance treatment (OMT), the risk for somatic health problems, including prevent...

    Authors: Endre Dahlen Bjørnestad, John-Kåre Vederhus and Thomas Clausen
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2022 22:649
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  24. Internet administered cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a promising new way to deliver psychological treatment, but its effectiveness in regular care settings and in relation to more traditional CBT group t...

    Authors: Jan Bergström, Gerhard Andersson, Brjánn Ljótsson, Christian Rück, Sergej Andréewitch, Andreas Karlsson, Per Carlbring, Erik Andersson and Nils Lindefors
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2010 10:54
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  26. In light of the ongoing opioid overdose crisis, there is an urgent need for research on the impacts of mental health among people presenting with concurrent pain and substance use. This study examined the effe...

    Authors: Pauline Voon, Jin Cheol Choi, Kanna Hayashi, M-J Milloy, Jane Buxton and Thomas Kerr
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:416
    Content type: Research Published on:

  27. Accumulating evidence indicates that schizophrenia is accompanied by significant activation of the immune system; however, there is limited data from low and middle-income countries (LMIC). Inflammatory marker...

    Authors: Feyissa Challa, Daniel Seifu, Meron Sileshi, Tigist Getahun, Zeleke Geto, Desta Kassa, Melkam Alemayehu, Miraf Mesfin, Abebaw Fekadu and Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:428
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. Common mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms are a major public health concern because it is prevalent and chronic, and its impact on physical health, psychological and economic co...

    Authors: Getasew Legas, Getnet Mihretie Beyene, Sintayehu Asnakew, Amsalu Belete, Shegaye Shumet, Nigusie Selomon Tibebu, Ermias Sisay Chanie, Agimasie Tigabu, Moges Wubneh Abate, Adane Birhanu Nigat and Tigabu Munye
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2022 22:322
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  30. Accumulating evidence has shown a universality in the temporal organization of activity and rest among animals ranging from mammals to insects. Previous reports in both humans and mice showed that rest bout du...

    Authors: Minako Kawabata, Taro Ueno, Jun Tomita, Junko Kawatani, Akemi Tomoda, Shoen Kume and Kazuhiko Kume
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2013 13:281
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the post-marketing safety and effectiveness of aripiprazole in treating irritability in pediatric patients (6–17 years) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in actual c...

    Authors: Yuna Sugimoto, Kayo Yamamura, Tomoyo Takayama, Yasuhiko Fukuta, Kazuo Aoki, Katsunaka Mikami and Akemi Tomoda
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2021 21:204
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  32. Patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital with suicidal behavior (SB) are considered to be especially at high risk of suicide. However, the number of studies that have addressed this patient population remai...

    Authors: Naoki Hayashi, Miyabi Igarashi, Atsushi Imai, Yuka Osawa, Kaori Utsumi, Yoichi Ishikawa, Taro Tokunaga, Kayo Ishimoto, Hirohiko Harima, Yoshitaka Tatebayashi, Naoki Kumagai, Makoto Nozu, Hidetoki Ishii and Yuji Okazaki
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2010 10:109
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  33. Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common anxiety disorders. The efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been examined but to date its effects on Quality of Life (QoL) have not been app...

    Authors: Norio Watanabe, Toshi A Furukawa, Junwen Chen, Yoshihiro Kinoshita, Yumi Nakano, Sei Ogawa, Tadashi Funayama, Tetsuji Ietsugu and Yumiko Noda
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2010 10:81
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  34. Specifiers for a major depressive disorder (MDE) are supposed to reduce diagnostic heterogeneity. However, recent literature challenges the idea that the atypical and melancholic specifiers identify more homog...

    Authors: John F. Buss, Ashley L. Watts and Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:897
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. Mental disorders are a leading cause of global disability, driven primarily by depression and anxiety. Most of the disease burden is in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), where 75% of adults with mental ...

    Authors: Rachel Levy, Muthoni Mathai, Purba Chatterjee, Linnet Ongeri, Simon Njuguna, Dickens Onyango, Dickens Akena, Grace Rota, Ammon Otieno, Thomas C. Neylan, Hafsa Lukwata, James G. Kahn, Craig R. Cohen, David Bukusi, Gregory A. Aarons, Rachel Burger…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:424
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  37. STEPWISE is a theory-informed self-management education programme that was co-produced with service users, healthcare professionals and interventionists to support weight loss for people with schizophrenia. We...

    Authors: Rebecca Gossage-Worrall, Daniel Hind, Katharine D. Barnard-Kelly, David Shiers, Angela Etherington, Lizzie Swaby and Richard I. G. Holt
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:358
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Traumatized earthquake survivors may develop poor memory function. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) and machine learning techniques may one day aid the clinical assessment of indiv...

    Authors: Yuchen Li, Hongru Zhu, Zhengjia Ren, Su Lui, Minlan Yuan, Qiyong Gong, Cui Yuan, Meng Gao, Changjian Qiu and Wei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:43
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Brief screening instruments focusing on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that can be administered in primary care are scarce; there is a need for shorter and more precise instruments. The Autism–Tics, AD/HD and ...

    Authors: Caroline Mårland, Gitta Lubke, Alessio Degl’Innocenti, Maria Råstam, Christopher Gillberg, Thomas Nilsson and Sebastian Lundström
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:337
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is the front-line psychological intervention for step 3 within UK psychological therapy services. Counselling is recommended only when other interventions have failed and its ...

    Authors: Jo Pybis, David Saxon, Andy Hill and Michael Barkham
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:215
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. The purpose of this study was to identify the demographic and clinical characteristics of suicide attempts in adolescents who visit the emergency department compared to those of adults.

    Authors: Jinhee Lee, Yeon Sik Bang, Seongho Min, Joung-Sook Ahn, Hyun Kim, Yong-Sung Cha, In-Suk Park and Min-Hyuk Kim
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:231
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Tobacco use is responsible for the death of about 1 in 10 individuals worldwide. Mindfulness training has shown preliminary efficacy as a behavioral treatment for smoking cessation. Recent advances in mobile h...

    Authors: Kathleen A Garrison, Prasanta Pal, Rahil Rojiani, Jesse Dallery, Stephanie S O’Malley and Judson A Brewer
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:83
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  45. Low and middle-income countries like India with a large youth population experience a different environment from that of high-income countries. The Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorders and Ad...

    Authors: Eesha Sharma, Nilakshi Vaidya, Udita Iyengar, Yuning Zhang, Bharath Holla, Meera Purushottam, Amit Chakrabarti, Gwen Sascha Fernandes, Jon Heron, Matthew Hickman, Sylvane Desrivieres, Kamakshi Kartik, Preeti Jacob, Madhavi Rangaswamy, Rose Dawn Bharath, Gareth Barker…
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:2
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  46. Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a serious health risk behavior that forms the basis of a tentative diagnosis in DSM-5, NSSI Disorder (NSSID). To date, established treatments specific to NSSI or NSSID are sca...

    Authors: Johan Bjureberg, Hanna Sahlin, Clara Hellner, Erik Hedman-Lagerlöf, Kim L. Gratz, Jonas Bjärehed, Jussi Jokinen, Matthew T. Tull and Brjánn Ljótsson
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:411
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. One of many types of injuries following an earthquake is spinal cord injury (SCI) which is a life-long medically complex injury and high-cost health problem. Despite several negative consequences, some persons...

    Authors: Muna Bhattarai, Khomapak Maneewat and Wipa Sae-Sia
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2018 18:60
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Evidence on the burden of depression, internet addiction and poor sleep quality in undergraduate students from Nepal is virtually non-existent. While the interaction between sleep quality, internet addiction a...

    Authors: Parash Mani Bhandari, Dipika Neupane, Shristi Rijal, Kiran Thapa, Shiva Raj Mishra and Amod Kumar Poudyal
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:106
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) is associated with a range of psychosocial and mental health problems. Having a psychiatric illness increases likelihood of being a victim of DVA. Despite the evidence of a hi...

    Authors: Roos E. Ruijne, Louise M. Howard, Kylee Trevillion, Femke E. Jongejan, Carlo Garofalo, Stefan Bogaerts, Cornelis L. Mulder and Astrid M. Kamperman
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:288
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  50. Adults with serious mental illness have a mortality rate two to three times higher than the overall US population, much of which is due to somatic conditions, especially cardiovascular disease. Given the dispr...

    Authors: Julia B Baller, Emma E McGinty, Susan T Azrin, Denise Juliano-Bult and Gail L Daumit
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2015 15:55
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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