Do psychiatric units at general hospitals attract less stigmatizing attitudes compared with psychiatric hospitals?

abstract：:Aims. Prevalence and covariates of subclinical psychosis have gained increased interest in the context of early identification and treatment of persons at risk for psychosis. Methods. We analysed 9829 adults representative of the general population within the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Two psychosis syndromes, der...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Rössler W,Ajdacic-Gross V,Haker H,Rodgers S,Müller M,Hengartner MP

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The association between Kawasaki disease (KD) and Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has rarely been studied. In this study, we investigated the hypothesis that KD may increase the risk of ADHD using a nationwide Taiwanese population-based claims database. METHODS:Our study cohort consisted of patien...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Kuo HC,Chang WC,Wang LJ,Li SC,Chang WP

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Suicidal behaviour is prevalent among adolescents and is a significant predictor of future suicide attempts (SAs) and suicide death. Data on the prevalence and epidemiological characteristics of suicidal behaviour in Chinese adolescents are limited. This study was aimed to examine the prevalence, characteristics a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Liu XC,Chen H,Liu ZZ,Wang JY,Jia CX

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population-based studies have identified that delusional-like experiences (DLEs) are common in the general population. While there is a large literature exploring the relationship between poor social support and risk of mental illness, there is a lack of empirical data examining the association of poor socia...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Saha S,Scott J,Varghese D,McGrath J

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Little is known about the potential health impact of police encounters despite a ubiquitous police presence in many disadvantaged urban environments. In this paper, we assess whether persistent or aggressive interactions with the police are associated with poor mental health outcomes in a sample of primarily low-i...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Hirschtick JL,Homan SM,Rauscher G,Rubin LH,Johnson TP,Peterson CE,Persky VW

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the association between the sleep duration and the risk of all-cause mortality in adults. METHODS:A search strategy was conducted in the MEDLINE, CENTRAL, EMBASE and LILACS databases. Searches were also conducted in other databases and unpublished literature. Cohort studies were included without lang...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： García-Perdomo HA,Zapata-Copete J,Rojas-Cerón CA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The use of Alzheimer disease medication for the treatment of dementia symptoms has shown significant benefits with regards to functional and cognitive outcomes as well as nursing home placement (NHP) and mortality. Hospitalisations in these patient groups are characterised by extended length of stays (LOS), freque...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Möllers T,Perna L,Stocker H,Ihle P,Schubert I,Schöttker B,Frölich L,Bauer J,Brenner H

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Previous work suggests that the Dutch variant of assertive community treatment (ACT), known as Function ACT (FACT), may be effective in increasing symptomatic remission rates when replacing a system of hospital-based care and separate community-based facilities. FACT guidelines propose a different pattern of psychi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Drukker M,van Os J,Sytema S,Driessen G,Visser E,Delespaul P

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:For nearly a century, the incidence of cancer in people with schizophrenia was lower than in the general population. In the recent decade, the relationship between cancer and schizophrenia has become obscured. Thus, we investigated the cancer risk among young and middle-aged patients with schizophrenia. METHODS:R...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Chen LY,Hung YN,Chen YY,Yang SY,Pan CH,Chen CC,Kuo CJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:High heterogeneity was found in the prevalence rates of mental disorders in adult asylum seekers and refugees in high-income countries. This may be related to different problems. Among them, there is a changing exposure to risk and protective factors for mental health at different phases of these people's life bef...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Giacco D

更新日期：2019-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), typically, randomize participants to one of two intervention groups. It has been shown, however, that about 25% of RCTs published in the scientific literature randomize participants to three or more treatment groups. These studies are called 'multi-arm' trials: there may be, for in...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Cipriani A,Barbui C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the excess risk of psychotic disorders in migrant and ethnic minority groups has long been an important research focus in psychiatric epidemiology and public mental health. Heterogeneity between migrant groups based on the region of origin, minority status and other socioeconomic factors may provide clue...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Dykxhoorn J,Kirkbride JB

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This editorial discusses the application of a novel brain imaging analysis technique in the assessment of neuroanatomical dysconnectivity in psychotic illnesses. There has long been a clinical interest in psychosis as a disconnection syndrome. In recent years graph theory metrics have been applied to functional and st...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： O'Donoghue S,Cannon DM,Perlini C,Brambilla P,McDonald C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When developing accessible, affordable and effective mental health systems, exchange of data between countries is an important moving force towards better mental health care. Unfortunately, health information systems in most countries are weak in the field of mental health, and comparability of data is low. Special in...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Wahlbeck K

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Names matter! Schizophrenia has negative associations which impede individual recovery and induce societal and self-stigmatization. Alternatives have been proposed and are worthy of debate; changes made in Japan have generally been considered successful. The group of 'schizophrenia and other psychoses' could be furthe...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Kingdon D,Taylor L,Ma K,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of this review is to examine the replication attempts of psychotherapy clinical trials for depression and anxiety. We focus specifically on replications of trials that exhibit large differences between psychotherapies. The replicability of these trials is especially important for meta-analysis, where t...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Frost ND,Baskin TW,Wampold BE

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Few studies have compared time trends for the incidence of psychosis. To date, the results have been inconsistent, showing a decline, an increase or no significant change. As far as we know, no studies explored changes in prevalence of early risk factors. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in ear...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Filatova S,Marttila R,Koivumaa-Honkanen H,Nordström T,Veijola J,Mäki P,Khandaker GM,Isohanni M,Jääskeläinen E,Moilanen K,Miettunen J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Decades of research show that people with schizophrenia have an increased risk of death from cancer; however, the relationship between schizophrenia and cancer incidence remains less clear. This population-based study investigates the incidence of seven common types of cancer among people with a hospital diagnosis...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Pettersson D,Gissler M,Hällgren J,Ösby U,Westman J,Bobo WV

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims. High numbers of psychiatric service users experience domestic violence, yet limited interventions exist for these victims. We piloted a domestic violence intervention for community mental health services to explore the feasibility of a future cluster randomized controlled trial. Methods. Quasi-experimental contr...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Trevillion K,Byford S,Cary M,Rose D,Oram S,Feder G,Agnew-Davies R,Howard LM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatry is having a great time. Over the last few years, we have seen an exceptional explosion in neuroscience knowledge, and especially in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms through which environmental and genetic factors affect the brain and regulate behaviour, while at the same interacting with periph...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Pariante CM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To explore the role of psychiatric admission, diagnosis and reported unfair treatment in the relationship between ethnicity and mistrust of mental health services. METHODS:The Mental Illness-Related Investigations on Discrimination (MIRIAD) study was a cross-sectional study of 202 individuals using secondary ment...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Henderson RC,Williams P,Gabbidon J,Farrelly S,Schauman O,Hatch S,Thornicroft G,Bhugra D,Clement S,MIRIAD study group.

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This systematic review compiled evidence on interventions to reduce mental health-related stigma among medical and nursing students in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Primary outcomes were stigmatising attitudes and discriminatory behaviours. METHODS:Data collection included two strategies. First, previ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Heim E,Henderson C,Kohrt BA,Koschorke M,Milenova M,Thornicroft G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Eating disorders have increasingly become a public health concern globally. This study aimed to reveal the burden of eating disorders at the global, regional and national levels using the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2017 data. METHODS:We extracted the age-standardised rates (ASRs) of prevalence and disabi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Wu J,Liu J,Li S,Ma H,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aims of this study are to explore the associations of readmission to psychiatric hospital over time, to develop a statistical model for early readmission to psychiatric hospital and to assess the feasibility of predicting early readmission. METHOD:The sample comprised 7891 general psychiatric discharges in ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Tulloch AD,David AS,Thornicroft G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Planning mental health carer services requires information about the number of carers, their characteristics, service use and unmet support needs. Available Australian estimates vary widely due to different definitions of mental illness and the types of carers included. This study aimed to provide a detailed profi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Diminic S,Hielscher E,Harris MG,Lee YY,Kealton J,Whiteford HA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Childhood maltreatment and a family history of a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) are each associated with social-emotional dysfunction in childhood. Both are also strong risk factors for adult SSDs, and social-emotional dysfunction in childhood may be an antecedent of these disorders. We used data from a lar...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Matheson SL,Kariuki M,Green MJ,Dean K,Harris F,Tzoumakis S,Tarren-Sweeney M,Brinkman S,Chilvers M,Sprague T,Carr VJ,Laurens KR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health care in the second half of the 20th century in much of the developed world has been dominated by the move out from large asylums. Both in response to this move and to make it possible, a pattern of care has evolved which is most commonly referred to as 'Community Psychiatry'. This narrative review descri...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Burns T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims Social workers report high levels of stress and have an increased risk for hospitalisation with mental diagnoses. However, it is not known whether the risk of work disability with mental diagnoses is higher among social workers compared with other human service professionals. We analysed trends in work disability...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Rantonen O,Alexanderson K,Pentti J,Kjeldgård L,Hämäläinen J,Mittendorfer-Rutz E,Kivimäki M,Vahtera J,Salo P

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a neuroimaging technique with a potential to elucidate white matter integrity. Recently, it has been used in the field of psychiatry to further understand the pathophysiology of major diseases, including bipolar disorder (BD). This review sought to focus on existing DTI findings on wh...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Bellani M,Brambilla P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggressive or antisocial behaviours with violations of social rules are the main features of disruptive behaviour disorders (DBDs), which are developmental diseases and include conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder. In the last decade, several efforts have been made to shed light on the biological underpi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Bellani M,Garzitto M,Brambilla P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00