Use of item response theory to understand differential functioning of DSM-IV major depression symptoms by race, ethnicity and gender.

abstract：:Previously employed techniques for the measurement of body image are briefly described, with a short consideration of methodological or procedural limitations associated with each technique. A new procedure is described which employs a simple modification to a standard video camera to produce an image which appears fr...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Freeman RJ,Thomas CD,Solyom L,Hunter MA

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In other branches of epidemiology, stratum specific likelihood ratios (SSLRs) have been found to be preferable to fixed best threshold approaches to screening instruments. This paper presents SSLRs of GHQ-12 and GHQ-28 and compares the SSLR method with the traditional optimal threshold approach. METHODS:Ran...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Furukawa TA,Goldberg DP,Rabe-Hesketh S,Ustün TB

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Empirical data regarding prevalence of sexual and physical abuse histories in Japanese patients with eating disorders is lacking, in contrast to Western countries. This study investigated the prevalence of traumatic events in Japanese patients with eating disorders, and examined the relationship between such...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Nagata T,Kiriike N,Iketani T,Kawarada Y,Tanaka H

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-traumatic symptomatology is one of the signature effects of the pernicious exposures endured by responders to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster of 11 September 2001 (9/11), but the long-term extent of diagnosed Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) post-traumati...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bromet EJ,Hobbs MJ,Clouston SA,Gonzalez A,Kotov R,Luft BJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Suicide is expressly condemned in the Qu'ran, and traditionally few Islamic countries have reported suicide. Undetermined deaths are classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as Other Violent Deaths (OVD) in ICD-9, or Other External Causes (OEC) in ICD-10. It has been suggested that to avoid under-re...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Pritchard C,Amanullah S

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:The numbers of long-stay patients in Danish psychiatric hospitals were studied, based on information from the Danish cumulative psychiatric register and from the census studies of patients in Danish psychiatric hospitals, performed at 5-year intervals since 1957. In 1977, 2079 (20%) of the in-patient population which ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Weeke A,Kastrup M,Dupont A

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression has been associated with abnormalities in neural underpinnings of Reward Learning (RL). However, inconsistencies have emerged, possibly owing to medication effects. Additionally, it remains unclear how neural RL signals relate to real-life behaviour. The current study, therefore, examined neural R...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bakker JM,Goossens L,Kumar P,Lange IMJ,Michielse S,Schruers K,Bastiaansen JA,Lieverse R,Marcelis M,van Amelsvoort T,van Os J,Myin-Germeys I,Pizzagalli DA,Wichers M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Results of previous research examining long-term residual effects of marijuana use on cognition are conflicting. A major methodological limitation of prior studies is the inability to determine whether differences between users and non-users are due to differences in genetic vulnerability preceding drug use ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Lyons MJ,Bar JL,Panizzon MS,Toomey R,Eisen S,Xian H,Tsuang MT

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hierarchical structural models of psychopathology rarely extend to obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. The current study sought to examine the higher-order structure of the obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs) in DSM-5: obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), hoarding disorder (HD), body dysm...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Snorrason I,Beard C,Peckham AD,Björgvinsson T

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Messenger RNA (mRNA) is the key intermediate in the gene expression pathway. The amount of mRNA in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains has been determined using in situ hybridization histochemistry (ISHH) to detect the poly(A) tails of polyadenylated mRNA (poly(A) + mRNA). On a regional basis, AD cases had significantly l...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Harrison PJ,Barton AJ,Najlerahim A,McDonald B,Pearson RC

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined healthcare services used by adults diagnosed with an eating disorder (ED) in a large health maintenance organization in the Pacific Northwest. METHOD:Electronic medical records were used to collect information on all out-patient and in-patient visits and medication dispenses, from 2002 t...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Striegel-Moore RH,DeBar L,Wilson GT,Dickerson J,Rosselli F,Perrin N,Lynch F,Kraemer HC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A previous study of women 9 months after discharge from in-patient treatment for depression found that low self-esteem as measured by a self-report questionnaire at admission was associated with a worse prognosis. This study investigates the womens' outcome more than 4 years after discharge and the continued...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Sherrington JM,Hawton K,Fagg J,Andrew B,Smith D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maladaptive learning linking environmental food cues to high-palatability food reward plays a central role in overconsumption in obesity and binge eating disorders. The process of memory reconsolidation offers a mechanism to weaken such learning, potentially ameliorating over-eating behaviour. Here we invest...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Walsh K,Iskandar G,Kamboj SK,Das RK

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of computerized tests were used to study visual attention, memory and learning in elderly depressed patients. Impairment was found in approximately 70% of depressed patients and was seen particularly in memory and in measures of latency. Depressed patients showed equivalent impairment in short-term memory but...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Abas MA,Sahakian BJ,Levy R

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant emotional biases have been reported in bipolar disorder (BD), but results are inconsistent. Despite the clinical relevance of chronic mood variability in BD, there is no previous research investigating how the extent of symptom fluctuations in bipolar disorder might relate to emotional biases. This ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bilderbeck AC,Reed ZE,McMahon HC,Atkinson LZ,Price J,Geddes JR,Goodwin GM,Harmer CJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of childhood anxiety disorders (CADs) is likely to depend on pathways that can be programmed by early-life risk factors. We test the hypothesis that early-life maternal factors can predict this programming effect on CAD. METHODS:Data were obtained from 198 women and children from the Mercy P...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Galbally M,Watson SJ,van Rossum EFC,Chen W,de Kloet ER,Lewis AJ

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders in adolescents is a growing public health concern worldwide. Given the high rates of drop-out and limited resources available in psychiatric settings, the importance of engaging adolescents in evidence-based treatments cannot be understated. The aim of the study w...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Dean S,Britt E,Bell E,Stanley J,Collings S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The past two decades have seen exponential clinical and research interest in help-seeking individuals presenting with potentially prodromal symptoms for psychosis. However, the epidemiological validity of this paradigm has been neglected, limiting future advancements in the field. METHOD:We undertook a crit...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Fusar-Poli P,Yung AR,McGorry P,van Os J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monotonous voice is produced by schizophrenic patients whose expression of emotion is damped down and by patients with a severe degree of depression. Clinically, the distinction between these two diagnostic entities is virtually impossible to establish auditorily on the basis of voice quality alone. The laryngograph...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Leff J,Abberton E

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic, relapsing mental illness. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors block serotonin transporters (SERTs) and are the mainstay of treatment for OCD. SERT abnormalities are reported in drug-free patients with OCD, but it is not known what happens to SERT levels d...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Kim E,Howes OD,Park JW,Kim SN,Shin SA,Kim BH,Turkheimer FE,Lee YS,Kwon JS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increased use of the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) to investigate cognitive dysfunctions in schizophrenia fostered interest in its sensitivity in the context of family studies. As various measures of the same cognitive domains may have different power to distinguish between unaffected relati...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Mucci A,Galderisi S,Green MF,Nuechterlein K,Rucci P,Gibertoni D,Rossi A,Rocca P,Bertolino A,Bucci P,Hellemann G,Spisto M,Palumbo D,Aguglia E,Amodeo G,Amore M,Bellomo A,Brugnoli R,Carpiniello B,Dell'Osso L,Di Fabio

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A randomized trial of a primary care-based intervention to prevent depression relapse resulted in improved adherence to long-term antidepressant medication and depression outcomes. We evaluated the effects of this intervention on behavioural processes and identified process predictors of improved depressive ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Ludman E,Katon W,Bush T,Rutter C,Lin E,Simon G,Von Korff M,Walker E

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) posit dysfunctional appraisal of disorder-relevant stimuli in patients, suggesting disturbances in the processes relying on amygdala-prefrontal connectivity. Recent neuroanatomical models add to the traditional view of dysfunction in corticostriatal cir...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Paul S,Beucke JC,Kaufmann C,Mersov A,Heinzel S,Kathmann N,Simon D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The base rate of transition from subthreshold psychotic experiences (the exposure) to clinical psychotic disorder (the outcome) in unselected, representative and non-help-seeking population-based samples is unknown. METHOD:A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted of representative, longitudinal p...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Kaymaz N,Drukker M,Lieb R,Wittchen HU,Werbeloff N,Weiser M,Lataster T,van Os J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the substantial heritability of the psychoses and their genuine public health burden, the applicability of the genomic approach in psychiatry has been strongly questioned or prematurely dismissed. METHODS:selective review of the recent literature on molecular genetic and genomic approaches to the ps...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Gill M,Donohoe G,Corvin A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a modified version of the MRC Needs for Care Schedule (the Cardinal Needs Schedule), for measuring needs for psychiatric and social care amongst patients with severe psychiatric disorders. The modified schedule has three new features: (i) it is quick and easy to use; (ii) it takes systematic accou...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Marshall M,Hogg LI,Gath DH,Lockwood A

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on prevalence studies and the few incidence studies of pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) the prevalence and incidence of these disorders have been claimed to be increasing. METHOD:The annual and age-specific prevalence and incidence rates of childhood autism, atypical autism, Asperger's disorde...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Lauritsen MB,Pedersen CB,Mortensen PB

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuropsychological studies have suggested that memory systems reliant on medial temporal lobe structures are impaired in patients with depression. There is less data regarding whether this impairment is specific to recollection memory systems, and whether clinical features predict impairment. This study soug...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： MacQueen GM,Galway TM,Hay J,Young LT,Joffe RT

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seeking compensation has been shown to have an adverse effect on the psychological health and recovery of injured patients, however, this effect requires clarification. METHODS:A total of 2019 adults sustaining a traffic injury were recruited. Of these, 709 (35.1%) lodged a compensation claim. Interviews oc...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Pozzato I,Kifley A,Craig A,Gopinath B,Tran Y,Jagnoor J,Cameron ID

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00