Ethical issues in obtaining collateral information on alcohol and drug use: experience from Asia and Africa.

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: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:This review highlights the epidemiologic research on club drug use in the past year, with a focus on clinical epidemiology, social epidemiology, new methodological approaches, and alternative explanations for drug use behaviors. RECENT FINDINGS:Although 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA) o...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Leung KS,Cottler LB

更新日期：2008-05-01 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:Delirium remains one of the most common complicating diagnoses in ailing elderly patients and a leading cause of morbidity, decreased quality of life, prolonged hospital stay, institutionalization and mortality. Despite its clinical importance and health-related costs, it often remains unrecognized or...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Moraga AV,Rodriguez-Pascual C

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Considerable progress has been made in the neurobiological understanding of expectations in physiological and pathological processes. This article is aimed at presenting an overview of the role of expectations in producing health-related effects. We selected recent laboratory and clinical studies in t...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Colloca L,Miller FG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review explores recent literature on the applicability of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) and International Classification of Disease, 11th Revision (ICD-11) personality disorder classification systems across countries and cultural contexts. RECENT ...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Ayinde OO,Gureje O

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review summarizes recent progress in the diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome, with a focus on dietary and microbiota aspects. RECENT FINDINGS:From a pathophysiological point of view, IBS is a multifactorial condition with both peripheral (transit) as central (visceral hypersensi...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Van den Houte K,Colomier E,Schol J,Carbone F,Tack J

更新日期：2020-09-01 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:Pain is a near-universal experience and research suggests that chronic pain, defined as pain lasting longer than 3 months, affects around 20% of the general population. However, there is relatively little awareness of the problem of pain amongst people with an intellectual disability. RECENT FINDINGS...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： McGuire BE,Kennedy S

更新日期：2013-05-01 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:The development of acute and posttraumatic stress symptoms after a traumatic event is common and often leads to personal distress, functional impairment, and economic consequences in trauma victims and their loved ones. Hence, the prevention of acute and chronic posttraumatic stress is an important pu...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Agorastos A,Marmar CR,Otte C

更新日期：2011-11-01 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:Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for morbid obesity. However, 20-30% of patients undergoing bariatric surgery experience premature weight stabilization or weight regain postoperatively. We report on the recent literature of predictors of weight loss and the efficacy of cognitive behav...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Paul L,van der Heiden C,Hoek HW

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this article is to review the most relevant conceptual models of borderline personality disorder (BPD), with a focus on recent developments in this area. RECENT FINDINGS:Several conceptual models have been proposed with the aim of better understanding BPD: the borderline personality or...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： D'Agostino A,Rossi Monti M,Starcevic V

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The present review compares and contrasts the diagnostic entities and taxonomy of substance use and addictive disorders in the beta draft of the Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11), which was released in November 2016, and the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Saunders JB

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review evidence on the validity and utility of recent approaches to subtyping late-life mild cognitive impairment. RECENT FINDINGS:There is growing evidence that amnestic mild cognitive impairment is associated with biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease, while nonamnestic mild cognitive impairment ma...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Hughes TF,Snitz BE,Ganguli M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Screening measures for bipolar disorder are positioned as playing an important role in improving diagnostic accuracy. This review considers the principal screening measures developed over the past decade. RECENT FINDINGS:Although the development and evaluation of bipolar screening measures were disti...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Graham RK,Parker GB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To examine recent philosophical work which impacts on fitting mental content into a satisfactory picture of nature. RECENT FINDINGS:Both reductionist and nonreductionist forms of naturalism about mental content have sustained criticism. SUMMARY:The connection between having a mind and fitting a rati...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Thornton T

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the literature on decriminalization of drug use from 2016 to 2017 and suggest the way forward. RECENT FINDINGS:The systematic review of the literature on decriminalization resulted in seven articles that discuss decriminalization as compared with 57 published articles on legalization. Decri...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Vicknasingam B,Narayanan S,Singh D,Chawarski M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Specific phobias are prevalent and often disabling anxiety disorders. The present review examines relevant investigations that have been published during the last 2 years on major aspects of this group of disorders. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studies have come mainly from epidemiology, brain imagery and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Pull CB

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cognitive dysfunction in major depressive disorder (MDD) is common, pervasive across multiple subdomains of cognitive function, and is a principle determinant of health outcomes from patient, provider, and societal perspectives. The overarching aim herein is to provide rationale for the evaluation, me...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： McIntyre RS,Lee Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide an update of the recent studies on the olfactory function in Alzheimer's disease, with a focus on the olfactory identification function. RECENT FINDINGS:The studies reviewed here confirm previous reports on the poor olfactory function in Alzheimer's disease compared to health normal contro...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Velayudhan L

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Psychiatric neuroimaging has made a dramatic impact on the understanding of the brain in mental illness in a relatively brief period of time and continues to be evolving in terms of methodology, analysis and utilization of the combination of techniques. Given the level of sophistication of the techniq...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Fusar-Poli P,Broome MR

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Multiple lines of evidence support the conceptualization of bipolar disorder as a disorder of circadian rhythms. Considering bipolar disorder in the framework of circadian disturbances also helps understand the clinical phenomenology pointing toward a multisystemic involvement. RECENT FINDINGS:Patien...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Soreca I

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Social cognition refers broadly to the way in which we process social information, and is a critical predictor of social competency. This article provides an overview of some of the assessment approaches that have been developed to assess this construct. RECENT FINDINGS:A variety of well validated as...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Henry JD,Cowan DG,Lee T,Sachdev PS

更新日期：2015-03-01 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:Depression is a complex and burdensome condition; it often leads to personal, societal and economic costs. Despite advances in treatments, its management over time remains a challenge; many treated for depression do not achieve full recovery or remain well for long. Novel ways to monitor patients are ...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Frank E,Pong J,Asher Y,Soares CN

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The issue of workplace bullying has become an area of research interest in the last 3 decades. Much of the extant literature is published in the business management journals. This is problematic as the targets of workplace bullying may need psychiatric treatment; as a discipline, therefore psychiatris...

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Kemp V

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Current issues in consultation-liaison psychiatry, which is now labeled psychosomatic medicine as a formal subspecialty by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, are discussed. RECENT FINDINGS:There is continued interest in how to best manage depression and anxiety in a primary-care setting....

journal_title：Current opinion in psychiatry

authors： Wise TN

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00