Neuroscience, mental health and the immune system: overcoming the brain-mind-body trichotomy.

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：:Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder mainly characterised by deficits in social communication as well as by narrow patterns of behaviour and interests (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), often accompanied by language, intellectual and sensory impairments. The severity of these impairme...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Piccin S,Crippa A,Nobile M,Hardan AY,Brambilla P

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within mental health care, 'person-centredness' has been generally interpreted to convey a holistic approach with an attitude of respect for the individual and his/her unique experience and needs. Although it has been possible to demonstrate that professionals can acquire such skills through training, the impact on cl...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Gask L,Coventry P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between poverty and mental health is indisputable. However, to have an influence on the next set of sustainable global development goals, we need to understand the causal relationships between social determinants such as poverty, inequality, lack of education and unemployment; thereby clarifying which...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Burns JK

更新日期：2015-04-01 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: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：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：: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：AIMS:There is currently no gold-standard definition or method for identifying suicide clusters, resulting in considerable heterogeneity in the types of suicide clusters that are detected. This study sought to identify the characteristics, mechanisms and parameters of suicide clusters using three cluster detection metho...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Hill NTM,Too LS,Spittal MJ,Robinson J

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been repeated calls to include mental health in the sustainable development goals (SDGs), arguing that progress in development will not be made without improvements in mental health. Although these calls are starting to gain political traction, currently only a tiny fraction of international development wor...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： De Silva MJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 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: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：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：: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

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：AIMS:Establishing the minimum clinically important difference (MCID) in functioning and cognition is essential to the interpretation of the research and clinical work conducted in bipolar disorders (BD). The present study aimed to estimate the MCID for the Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST) and a battery of neuro...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Roux P,Brunet-Gouet E,Ehrminger M,Aouizerate B,Aubin V,Azorin JM,Bellivier F,Bougerol T,Courtet P,Dubertret C,Kahn JP,Leboyer M,Olié E,FondaMental Advanced Centers of Expertise in Bipolar Disorders (FACE-BD) Collaborators.,Et

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims. It is often assumed that psychiatric units at general hospitals attract less stigma than do specialized psychiatric hospitals, but so far this has not been examined empirically. Methods. We conducted a representative population survey in Germany (n = 2410) in order to compare attitudes towards psychiatric units ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Schomerus G,Matschinger H,Angermeyer MC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims. To assess the breadth of mental and substance coverage in the Cochrane review system. Methods. All mental health and substance entries were identified from the 2005 to April 2012 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Results. A total of 1019 entries focused on mental health or substance misuse, with 698 (68.5...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Green-Hennessy S

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:Lately on these pages, a discussion is going on over the opportunity of the use of the definition 'outsider'. Especially in the USA, it is judged as demeaning, discriminating and inappropriate, whilst in Europe, it is used in a much more unconcerned way. Mr Gioni curator of numerous international exhibitions including...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Tansella C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With cancer incidence increasing over time worldwide, attention to the burden of psychiatric and psychosocial consequences of the disease is now mandatory for both cancer and mental health care professionals. Psychiatric disorders have been shown to affect at least 30-35% of cancer patients during all phases of the di...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Caruso R,Breitbart W

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The primary goal was to identify risk factors for post-surgical depression in subjects operated on for drug-resistant epilepsy. Secondary goals were to confirm the high rate of depression in subjects suffering from epilepsy (prior to surgery) and to look for first post-surgical depressive episode. METHODS:Ca...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Barbieri V,Cardinale F,Luoni A,Russo GL,Francione S,Tassi L,Sartori I,Castana L,Scarone S,Gambini O

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies in urban areas identified environmental risk factors for mental illness, but little research on this topic has been performed in rural areas. METHODS:Hospital admission rates were computed for 174 rural municipalities in the catchment area of the state psychiatric hospital in Günzburg in years 2006 ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Losert C,Schmauß M,Becker T,Kilian R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of psychoactive, potentially dependence-producing substances is highly prevalent around the world, and contributes substantially to global disease burden. There is a major gap between the need for treatment for substance use disorders. Changes proposed for the classification of substance use disorders in the E...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Poznyak V,Reed GM,Medina-Mora ME

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Depression in the elderly is common and exhibits a distinctive phenomenology, due to neurobiological, physiological, psychological and social changes related to ageing. Most elderly with depression are managed in primary health care. Although the number of scientific publications related to geriatric psychiatry has in...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Aakhus E,Flottorp SA,Oxman AD

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:First-episode psychosis (FEP) is a major life event and can have an adverse impact on the diagnosed individual and their families. The importance of intervening early and providing optimal treatments is widely acknowledged. In comparison to patient groups, literature is scarce on identifying treatment predictors a...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Onwumere J,Bonetto C,Lasalvia A,Miglietta E,Veronese A,Bellini F,Imbesi M,Bebbington P,Kuipers E,Ruggeri M,GET UP Group.

更新日期：2019-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the potential use of child behaviour checklist (CBCL) 1.5-5 scales for the early identification of preschoolers at risk of autism. METHODS:CBCL scores of three groups of preschoolers were compared: (1) an experimental group of 101 preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); (2) a control group of 9...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Muratori F,Narzisi A,Tancredi R,Cosenza A,Calugi S,Saviozzi I,Santocchi E,Calderoni S

更新日期：2011-12-01 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