How abnormal is the desire for slimness? A survey of eating attitudes and behaviour among Chinese undergraduates in Hong Kong.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rumination is an important cognitive risk factor for onset and relapse of depression. However, no studies have employed a dimensional approach in investigating the neural correlates of rumination and the relationship with depression. METHOD:Non-clinical healthy subjects (n = 306), who completed the classica...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Wang K,Wei D,Yang J,Xie P,Hao X,Qiu J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has made little impact on the diagnosis and monitoring of psychoses in individual patients. In this study, we used a support vector machine (SVM) whole-brain classification approach to predict future illness course at the individual level from MRI data obtained at th...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Mourao-Miranda J,Reinders AA,Rocha-Rego V,Lappin J,Rondina J,Morgan C,Morgan KD,Fearon P,Jones PB,Doody GA,Murray RM,Kapur S,Dazzan P

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals with depression are often found to perform worse on cognitive tests and to have an increased risk of dementia. The causes and the direction of these associations are however not well understood. We looked at two specific hypotheses, the aetiological risk factor hypothesis and the reverse causalit...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Jindra C,Li C,Tsang RSM,Bauermeister S,Gallacher J

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although positive effects of physical activity on mental health indicators have been reported, the relationship between physical activity and the development of specific mental disorders is unclear. METHOD:A cross-sectional (12-month) and prospective-longitudinal epidemiological study over 4 years in a comm...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Ströhle A,Höfler M,Pfister H,Müller AG,Hoyer J,Wittchen HU,Lieb R

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantified magnetic resonance measurements were made of superior temporal gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, hippocampal, frontal and temporal lobe volumes and of the planar area of the thalamus and basal ganglia structures in 47 late paraphrenic patients and 33 healthy elderly controls. The late paraphrenics were divided ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Howard R,Mellers J,Petty R,Bonner D,Menon R,Almeida O,Graves M,Renshaw C,Levy R

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate a programme of lesion surgery carried out on patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). METHOD:This was a retrospective study looking at clinical and psychometric data from 45 patients with TRD who had undergone bilateral stereotactic anterior capsulotomy s...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Subramanian L,Bracht T,Jenkins P,Choppin S,Linden DE,Phillips G,Simpson BA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lockdowns to control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have had profound effects on everyday life worldwide, but their effect on mental health remains unclear because available meta-analyses and reviews rely mostly on cross-sectional studies. We conducted a rapid review and meta-analysis of longitu...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Prati G,Mancini AD

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is a challenge to diagnose reliably and the current gold standard for trials of DSM-5 has been in agreement between two or more medical specialists. Research studies aiming to objectively predict depression have typically used brain scanning. Less expensive methods from cognitive neuroscience may ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Stolicyn A,Steele JD,Seriès P

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptophan and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (precursor and metabolite respectively of 5-hydroxytryptamine) were determined in ventricular CSF of psychiatric patients undergoing stereotactic subcaudate tractotomy. Tyrosine and homovanillic acid (precursor and metabolite respectively of dopamine) were also determined. Res...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bridges PK,Bartlett JR,Sepping P,Kantamaneni BD,Curzon G

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity, an enzyme potentially involved in the major depressive episodes (MDE), could be indirectly measured by the L-Citrulline/L-Arginine ratio (L-Cit/L-Arg). The aim of this study was: (1) to compare the NOS activity of patients with a MDE to that of healthy controls (HC); (2)...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Loeb E,El Asmar K,Trabado S,Gressier F,Colle R,Rigal A,Martin S,Verstuyft C,Fève B,Chanson P,Becquemont L,Corruble E

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Morphometric endophenotypes which have been proposed for psychotic disorders include lateral ventricular enlargement and hippocampal volume reductions. Genetic epidemiological studies support an overlap between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and COMT, BDNF, 5-HTT, NRG1 and DTNBP1 genes have been implica...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Dutt A,McDonald C,Dempster E,Prata D,Shaikh M,Williams I,Schulze K,Marshall N,Walshe M,Allin M,Collier D,Murray R,Bramon E

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty patients attending a neurological outpatient clinic for Parkinson's disease were assessed by standardized methods for both physical and psychiatric symptoms. The patients then received treatment with L-dopa with carbidopa or anticholinergic drugs and/or amantadine. During the following six-month period the subje...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Mindham RH,Marsden CD,Parkes JD

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is substantial variability in the degree of cognitive impairment among older depressed persons. Inconsistencies in previous findings may be due to differences in clinical and demographic characteristics across study samples. We assessed the influence of unipolar depression and severity of depression on...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Pantzar A,Laukka EJ,Atti AR,Fastbom J,Fratiglioni L,Bäckman L

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients suffering from manic-depressive psychosis, manic type (ICD 296.0), were treated with lithium carbonate and randomly allocated to two groups, one received digoxin and the other matching placebo for 7 days. Severity of mania was rated by psychiatrists on the Manic Rating Scale and Analogue Line on days 0 and 7 ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Chambers CA,Smith AH,Naylor GJ

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood abuse is a risk factor for poorer illness course in bipolar disorder, but the reasons why are unclear. Trait-like features such as affective instability and impulsivity could be part of the explanation. We aimed to examine whether childhood abuse was associated with clinical features of bipolar dis...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Marwaha S,Briley PM,Perry A,Rankin P,DiFlorio A,Craddock N,Jones I,Broome M,Gordon-Smith K,Jones L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discrepancies between population-based estimates of the incidence of psychotic disorder and the treated incidence reported by early psychosis intervention (EPI) programs suggest additional cases may be receiving services elsewhere in the health system. Our objective was to estimate the incidence of non-affec...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Anderson KK,Norman R,MacDougall AG,Edwards J,Palaniyappan L,Lau C,Kurdyak P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The atypical processing of eye contact is a characteristic hallmark of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The severity of these symptoms, however, is thought to lie on a continuum that extends into the typical population. While behavioural evidence shows that differences in social cognitive tasks in typically d...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Madipakkam AR,Rothkirch M,Dziobek I,Sterzer P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An entire population of 32 patients on regular dialysis treatment (RDT) in their own homes were ranked according to their present mental state as assessed by a standardized semi-structured interview. The point-prevalence of psychiatric morbidity was 31% which compares closely with that of patients attending a general ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Farmer CJ,Snowden SA,Parsons V

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:91 women were assessed early in pregnancy and again 3 and 6 months postpartum. Women who persisted in breastfeeding were less neurotic on the EPI but did not differ from artificial feeders in psychiatric history or sexuality before pregnancy. Breast feeders showed greater impairment of sexuality and slightly more depr...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Alder E,Bancroft J

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric epidemiology has advanced considerably since early studies of hospital populations. The direction of this advance has been away from the study of populations of hospital psychiatric patients towards the study of psychiatric disorder in general practice and the community as a whole. Just as the populations ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Williams P,Tarnopolsky A,Hand D

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental condition that profoundly affects quality of life. Although mounting evidence now suggests uncontrolled mind-wandering as a core aspect of the attentional problems associated with ADHD, the neural mechanisms underpinning this deficit remains ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Vatansever D,Bozhilova NS,Asherson P,Smallwood J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current mental health legislation in the UK makes provision for the use of certain treatments in severely ill patients who are unable, or unwilling, to give informed consent. Under the terms of this legislation, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be used, usually to treat severely depressed patients. A numb...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Wheeldon TJ,Robertson C,Eagles JM,Reid IC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive theory points to the importance of negative self-schemas in the onset and maintenance of depression and anxiety disorders. Hereby, it is important to distinguish between automatic and explicit self-schemas, reflecting different cognitive-motivational systems. This study tested whether patients with...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Glashouwer KA,de Jong PJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parental characteristics influence the risk of offspring suicide. In this study we wanted to separate the hereditary from the environmental influence of such factors by comparing their effects in the adopted versus non-adopted. METHOD:A register study was conducted in a national cohort of 2,471,496 individu...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： von Borczyskowski A,Lindblad F,Vinnerljung B,Reintjes R,Hjern A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressive syndromes not fulfilling the criteria for specified disorders (subthreshold depression, SD) may be clinically important. We aimed to study SD in old and very old age, in comparison with subjects with no depressive symptoms (NDS) and subjects with major depression (MD). METHODS:A community-based r...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Geiselmann B,Linden M,Helmchen H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differences between verbal and non-verbal cognitive development from childhood to adulthood may differentiate between those with and without psychotic symptoms and affective symptoms in later life. However, there has been no study exploring this in a population-based cohort. METHOD:The sample was drawn from...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Koike S,Barnett J,Jones PB,Richards M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meta-analyses support the efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for schizophrenia in western cultures. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of CBT and supportive therapy (ST) for patients with schizophrenia in China. METHOD:A multicentre randomized controlled, single-blinded, parallel-group tr...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Li ZJ,Guo ZH,Wang N,Xu ZY,Qu Y,Wang XQ,Sun J,Yan LQ,Ng RM,Turkington D,Kingdon D

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral contraceptive use has been previously associated with an increased risk of suicidal behavior in some, but not all, samples. The use of large, representative, longitudinally-assessed samples may clarify the nature of this potential association. METHODS:We used Swedish national registries to identify wom...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Edwards AC,Lönn SL,Crump C,Mościcki EK,Sundquist J,Kendler KS,Sundquist K

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delusion is the most characteristic symptom of psychosis. While researchers suggested an association between changes of the cortical salience network (CSN) and delusion, whether these CSN findings are a cause or a consequence of delusion remains unknown. METHOD:To assess the effect of CSN functioning to for...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Raij TT,Mäntylä T,Mantere O,Kieseppä T,Suvisaari J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reasons for high use of primary care, and in particular the role of psychosocial factors, remain unclear. METHODS:We identified and interviewed 236 frequent attenders and 420 normal users, matched by age and sex, of a public Health Centre in Granada, Spain. Users were questioned about mental health (GHQ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bellón JA,Delgado A,Luna JD,Lardelli P

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00