Emotion regulation and mental health: recent findings, current challenges, and future directions.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Mentally ill homeless persons are among the most neglected or marginalized patient groups. Their needs for mental healthcare are widely unmet. The current economic crisis probably accelerates the social decline and deterioration of physical and mental health in high-risk groups worldwide and increases...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Salize HJ,Werner A,Jacke CO

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Psychotropic medications are commonly prescribed to people with intellectual disability. We reviewed current evidence-based pharmacotherapy options and recent updates to guide clinicians in their medication management plans. RECENT FINDINGS:Antipsychotics, particularly risperidone, appear to be effec...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Ji NY,Findling RL

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To consider comorbidity across multiple classes of disorders in data derived from recent large-scale community surveys. RECENT FINDINGS:There has been substantial recent progress in our understanding of patterns and implications of comorbidity of mental disorders. There is now converging evidence on ...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Merikangas KR,Kalaydjian A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Extensive research exists that collaborative primary care-mental health models can improve care and outcomes for patients. These programs are currently being implemented throughout the United States and beyond. The purpose of this study is to review the literature and to generate an overview of strate...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Franx G,Dixon L,Wensing M,Pincus H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review outlines the positive and negative aspects of DNA testing and provides an account of the issues particularly relevant to schizophrenia. RECENT FINDINGS:Modern technology has changed the field of medicine so rapidly that patients and their families have become much more independent in thei...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： DeLisi LE

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Abuse of new psychoactive substances (NPS) has been a new global concern. So far, there has been no international consensus on legislative control of NPS. Scrutiny of Taiwan's illegal drug use history reveals that legislation and policy play an important role in tackling the drug issues. RECENT FINDI...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Feng LY,Li JH

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Since the first description of the foetal damage of alcohol in 1967, numerous studies have outlined different aspects of neurodevelopmental dysfunction, adversely affecting the lives of children worldwide. Although the cause of the syndrome is sorted out, the pathogenesis of brain damage is far from b...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Koren G,Zelner I,Nash K,Koren G

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Quality of life (QoL) has become an important clinical and research outcome in clinical drug and alcohol studies. Yet, further advancement in this field is hindered by the lack of a consensual definition of QoL in that often investigators use the constructs of health status and QoL interchangeably. Th...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Zubaran C,Foresti K

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The overview focuses on publications relating to the history of social psychiatry and the mental health movement, respectively. RECENT FINDINGS:The selected works show fundamental developments within psychiatry, which can be conceived in the broadest sense as sociomedical in nature. Main emphases are...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Haack K,Kumbier E

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this article is to investigate psychopathology in order to illuminate the nature of personal identity. RECENT FINDINGS:Predominantly, the authors reviewed here defend a more robust version of the narrative self against Dennett's claim that narrative self is ultimately a useful fiction. Aut...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Hansen J,Maynes J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Mental disorders are mainly characterized via symptom assessment. Symptoms are state-like macroscopic anomalies of behaviour, experience, and expression that are deemed relevant for diagnostic purposes. An alternative approach is based on the concept of endophenotypes, which are physiological or behav...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Stanghellini G,Rossi R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Poor psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia can be conceptualized as an early indicator of chronic neurodevelopmental illness. Alternatively, impaired psychosocial functioning could be the result of social and environmental factors associated with the onset of psychotic illness. We review recent ev...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Lin A,Wood SJ,Yung AR

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There has been increased interest in the relationship between religion and spirituality and mental health in recent years. This article reviews recent research into the capacity of religion and spirituality to benefit or harm the mental health of believers. We also examine the implications this may ha...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Weber SR,Pargament KI

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Compelling evidence suggests that a small group of men who develop schizophrenia display a stable pattern of antisocial behaviour from childhood onwards, causing considerable suffering to victims and to themselves and imposing a significant financial burden on society. We reviewed the literature on th...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Naudts K,Hodgins S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To explores the potential role of psychological treatments for older people who are affected by chronic pain. RECENT FINDINGS:It is now widely recognized that chronic pain is a highly prevalent health problem among older people, and guidelines have evolved to assist with the assessment and management...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： McGuire BE,Nicholas MK,Asghari A,Wood BM,Main CJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article summarizes major results in the field of epidemiology and characteristics of stalking, as published in literature between 2003 and October 2005. RECENT FINDINGS:Although stalking had been only recently conceptualized, it soon became evident that it represents a significant social and med...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Dressing H,Kuehner C,Gass P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This work reviews recent research regarding treatment of fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder. The phenotype includes anxiety linked to sensory hyperarousal, hyperactivity, and attentional problems consistent with attention d...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Hagerman RJ,Polussa J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often presents with comorbid substance use disorders (SUD). Due to similarities in key symptoms of both disorders and suboptimal efficacy of the available treatments, clinicians are faced with difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of these pati...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： van der Burg D,Crunelle CL,Matthys F,van den Brink W

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review presents the latest developments covered in the literature regarding psychosis in neurodegenerative disorders and discusses possible future research directions. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent findings in the field of psychosis and neurodegenerative disorders revolve around four main themes. The f...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Karameh WK,Murari G,Schweizer TA,Munoz DG,Fischer CE

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To understand the current situation, needs and challenges in the area of postgraduate training in psychiatry in Asia and identify implementable solutions.Leaders in psychiatric education from nine Asia Pacific countries prepared country reports, based on a suggested list of items and met for a day to ...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Isaac M,Ahmed HU,Chaturvedi SK,Hopwood MJ,Javeed A,Kanba S,Mufti AA,Maramis A,Samaniego RM,Udomratn P,Yanling H,Zainal NZ,Sartorius N

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Females experience eating disorders at substantially higher rates than males. Although sociocultural factors have traditionally been thought to underlie this sex disparity, accumulating evidence implicates differential exposure to gonadal hormones early in life. Gonadal hormones also impact within-sex...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Mikhail ME,Culbert KM,Sisk CL,Klump KL

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this review is to describe the considerable advances in consolidating the empirical evidence on several key topics in the genetics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, namely the quantitative genetic studies of the nature of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and its comorbidi...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Martin N,McDougall M,Hay DA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Alcohol dependence is a complex disorder with a well documented highly hereditary nature. This article reviews the recent advances in our understanding of the direct and indirect genetic influences on alcohol use and dependence. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent findings can be summarized as follows: (a) twin s...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Higuchi S,Matsushita S,Kashima H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronological age is a crude measure and may not be the best indicator of the ageing process. Establishing valid and reliable biomarkers to understand the true effect of ageing is of great interest. We provide an overview of biological and psychological characteristics that change with age and can pot...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Foo H,Mather KA,Thalamuthu A,Sachdev PS

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The nomenclature and classification of somatoform disorders have undergone revisions in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM 5) and the upcoming eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). The present review describes the changes that have evol...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Basavarajappa C,Dahale AB,Desai G

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the recent literature (over the past 18 months) regarding psychosocial challenges and clinical concerns among adolescent athletes, and to address the advances made in understanding adolescent athletes' coping processes. RECENT FINDINGS:Coping research has moved from identifying discrete str...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Tamminen KA,Holt NL,Crocker PR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Over 70 million people worldwide, including those with neurodegenerative disease (NDD), have been diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to date. We review outcomes in patients with NDD and COVID-19 and discuss the hypothesis that due to putative commonalities of neuropathogenesis, COVID-1...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： McAlpine LS,Fesharaki-Zadeh A,Spudich S

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Inpatient services constitute the most highly specialized child and adolescent mental health provision and cater for the most severe disorders in this age group. In view of a number of mapping and audit initiatives in the UK in recent years and changing influences on admission policies worldwide, it i...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Gowers SG,Rowlands L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Since the last review of Williams syndrome in Current Opinion (2001) there have been many advances in knowledge about the cognitive, social and psychological impairments that characterize the disorder. The present review focuses on current research in these areas. RECENT FINDINGS:Williams syndrome is...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Royston R,Waite J,Howlin P

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review aims to summarize data published in the scientific literature and available on official websites on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in Africa. RECENT FINDINGS:There is a paucity of published literature and evidence-based information on prenatal exposure to alcohol in the African co...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Adnams CM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00