Minimum clinically important differences for the Functioning Assessment Short Test and a battery of neuropsychological tests in bipolar disorders: results from the FACE-BD cohort.

abstract：:This brief review encompasses the key findings of structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (sMRI) research on amygdala volume in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We also highlight the possible correlation between the autistic behavioural phenotype and amygdala alteration. ...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Bellani M,Calderoni S,Muratori F,Brambilla P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principle of pragmatism in clinical trials has been broadly recognised as a way to close the gap between research and practice. In this contribution, we argue that the conduct of pragmatic clinical trials in Europe may be hampered by poor implementation of current European Union's Clinical Trial Regulation No. 536...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Ostuzzi G,Gastaldon C,Petrini C,Godman B,Barbui C

更新日期：2020-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Interest in features of our local environments that may promote better mental health and wellbeing continues to rise among decision makers. Our purpose was to highlight a selection of these challenges and some promising avenues for enhancing the quality of evidence. Method. An analysis of approximately 267...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Astell-Burt T,Feng X

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：: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：AIMS:To examine the impact of multiple psychiatric disorders over the lifetime on risk of mortality in the general population. METHODS:Data came from a random community-based sample of 1397 adults in Atlantic Canada, recruited in 1992. Major depression, dysthymia, panic disorder, generalised anxiety disorder and alcoh...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Kingsbury M,Sucha E,Horton NJ,Sampasa-Kanyinga H,Murphy JM,Gilman SE,Colman I

更新日期：2019-02-04 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:Research demonstrates elevated levels of common mental disorders among Syrian refugees, but the majority of studies have, to date, focused on adult populations. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Syrian children and adolescents living i...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Scherer N,Hameed S,Acarturk C,Deniz G,Sheikhani A,Volkan S,Örücü A,Pivato I,Akıncı İ,Patterson A,Polack S

更新日期：2020-12-10 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：: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：:Aims. Little is known about how the rates and characteristics of mental health service users in unpaid work, training and study compare with those in paid employment. Methods. From staff report and patient records, 1353 mental health service users of seven Community Mental Health Teams in two London boroughs were cate...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Lloyd-Evans B,Marwaha S,Burns T,Secker J,Latimer E,Blizard R,Killaspy H,Totman J,Tanskanen S,Johnson S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In July 2015, the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) released a Rapid Response report summary, with a critical appraisal, on discontinuation strategies for patients with long-term benzodiazepines (BDZ) use. The CADTH document is a review of the literature. It includes studies whose interventi...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Guaiana G,Barbui C

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：: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：:Increasing numbers of young adults need continued support for their attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) beyond the age-boundary for children's services. The sparse literature on transition in general suggests patchy provision and huge gaps in transitional care, but also that young people with ADHD and othe...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Ford T

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

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. 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 in one of its regular crises. It is a crisis of its diagnostic systems despite - perhaps because - of the recurrent claims about the extent of diagnosable 'brain disorders'. It is a crisis of its explanatory systems despite - perhaps because - of its current wager on the brain as the ultimate locus for e...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Rose N

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：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：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: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：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：: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：:The 'at-risk' criteria are a useful paradigm for investigating the psychological, neurocognitive, neurobiological and genetic risk factors for psychosis, specifically schizophrenia. To date, the primary outcome of interest in at-risk research has been the development of psychotic disorder, whereby patients are categor...

journal_title：Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

authors： Lin A,Nelson B,Yung AR

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：: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：: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：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: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