On aims and methods of psychiatry - a reminiscence of 50 years of Tinbergen's famous questions about the biology of behavior.

abstract：BACKGROUND:School bullying is a destructive behaviour common among adolescents that can sometimes escalate to criminal activity. This study aimed to examine the association between four types of school bullying (i.e., physical, verbal, relational, and cyber) and murderous ideation and behaviours (i.e., ideation, plans,...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Su PY,Wang GF,He H,Han AZ,Zhang GB,Xu N

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anxiety, depressive and substance use disorders account for three quarters of the disability attributed to mental disorders and frequently co-occur. While programs for the prevention and reduction of symptoms associated with (i) substance use and (ii) mental health disorders exist, research is yet to determi...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Teesson M,Newton NC,Slade T,Chapman C,Allsop S,Hides L,McBride N,Mewton L,Tonks Z,Birrell L,Brownhill L,Andrews G

更新日期：2014-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frequent users of the psychiatric emergency service (PES) place a heavy burden upon the mental health care delivery system. The aim of this study was to identify distinct temporal or geographical patterns of PES use by these patients as potential markers for their early detection. METHODS:Diagnostic profile...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Chaput YJ,Lebel MJ

更新日期：2007-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experiments and large-scale epidemiological studies indicate the importance of green space for mental health. However, little research has been conducted to elucidate whether these mental health benefits are more dependent upon the quantity or quality of the green space. METHODS:Symptoms of psychological di...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Feng X,Astell-Burt T

更新日期：2018-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia patients with a metabolically abnormal obese (MAO) phenotype have been shown poor cardiovascular outcomes, but the characteristics of their current psychiatric symptoms have not been characterized. This study mainly explored the psychiatric symptoms of schizophrenia patients with the MAO phenot...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Wang J,Zhang Y,Liu Z,Yang Y,Zhong Y,Ning X,Zhang Y,Zhao T,Xia L,Geng F,Tao R,Fan M,Ren Z,Liu H

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research indicates schizophrenia is a cause of burden for patients and caregivers. This study examined health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and comorbidities experienced by informal schizophrenia caregivers compared with non-caregivers and caregivers of adults with other conditions (e.g., Alzheimer's disea...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Gupta S,Isherwood G,Jones K,Van Impe K

更新日期：2015-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies across international settings have highlighted a need to improve the appropriateness and continuity of services for young people experiencing mental ill health. This paper examines key features of a sub-acute youth mental health residential service model, Youth Prevention and Recovery Care (...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Green R,Mitchell PF,Lee K,Svensson E,Toh JW,Barentsen C,Copeland M,Newton JR,Hawke KC,Brophy L

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia is a chronic mental health disorder associated with increased hospital admissions and excessive utilization of outpatient services and long-term care. This analysis examined health care resource utilization from a 24-month observational study of patients with schizophrenia initiated on risperid...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Crivera C,DeSouza C,Kozma CM,Dirani RD,Mao L,Macfadden W

更新日期：2011-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Agitation and containment are frequent in psychiatric care but little is known about their costs. The aim was to evaluate the use of services and costs related to agitation and containment of adult patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital or emergency service. METHODS:Systematic searches of four electron...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Rubio-Valera M,Luciano JV,Ortiz JM,Salvador-Carulla L,Gracia A,Serrano-Blanco A

更新日期：2015-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reluctance on the part of mental health professionals constitutes an important barrier to patient participation in care. In order to stimulate person-centeredness in the inpatient care of persons with psychotic illness, we developed and tested an educational intervention for hospital staff (including psychia...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Allerby K,Goulding A,Ali L,Waern M

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attitude towards psychiatric patients among healthcare workers has an impact on quality of medical care and rehabilitation of patients. In China, primary healthcare workers play an important role in mental health care, but little is known about the attitude of them towards psychiatric patients. This study ai...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Wang Y,Wang X,Zhang W,Liang X,Tian D,Qu Z

更新日期：2017-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies of family reactions following teenage suicide are hampered by the psychological difficulties of approaching families and recruiting an unbiased sample of study subjects. By using a small but consecutive series of cases, we examined the qualitative aspects of loosing a teenage family member due to sui...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Lindqvist P,Johansson L,Karlsson U

更新日期：2008-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) is a curriculum-based rehabilitation program for people with severe mental illness with the short-term aim of improving illness self-management and the long-term aim of helping people achieve clinical and personal recovery. METHOD:Participants with schizophrenia or bipo...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Jensen SB,Dalum HS,Korsbek L,Hjorthøj C,Mikkelsen JH,Thomsen K,Kistrup K,Olander M,Lindschou J,Mueser KT,Nordentoft M,Eplov LF

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to explore perceptions of free will in the repetitive behaviors of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and to explore their relation with core clinical characteristics. METHODS:Experiences of free will were assessed with the Symptomatology And Perceived Free will rati...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： van Oudheusden LJB,Draisma S,van der Salm S,Cath D,van Oppen P,van Balkom AJLM,Meynen G

更新日期：2018-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to describe the prevalence of crimes committed by persons with schizophrenia using population-based data and to compare the crime prevalence of persons with schizophrenia and the general population. METHODS:The number of crimes was obtained from the Korean National Policy Agency (KN...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kim AM

更新日期：2019-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social dislocations resulting from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have been prolonged, which has led to general population social suppression. The present study aimed to reveal risk factors associated with mental health problems and suggest concrete coping strategies in the context of COVID-19....

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Fukase Y,Ichikura K,Murase H,Tagaya H

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinician training deficits and a low and declining autopsy rate adversely impact the quality of death certificates in the United States. Self-report and records data for the general population indicate that proximate mental and physical health of minority suicides was at least as poor as that of white suici...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Rockett IR,Lian Y,Stack S,Ducatman AM,Wang S

更新日期：2009-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a lack of consistency in findings across studies on the prevalence of schizophrenia, and no recent systematic review of the literature exists. The purpose of this study is to provide an updated systematic review of population-based prevalence estimates and to understand the factors that could accoun...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Simeone JC,Ward AJ,Rotella P,Collins J,Windisch R

更新日期：2015-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the high prevalence of co-morbid substance use among mental health service users (dual diagnosis), very few mental health workers in the UK have had training and/or clinical experience to equip them to deliver targeted interventions to this client group. METHOD:In a randomised controlled trial of tr...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Hughes E,Wanigaratne S,Gournay K,Johnson S,Thornicroft G,Finch E,Marshall J,Smith N

更新日期：2008-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence-based mental health interventions have helped address health services gaps, but their reach and societal benefit can be limited in low resource settings. The current study extends an ongoing scale-up study of a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based intervention, the Youth Readiness Intervention (...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Desrosiers A,Kumar P,Dayal A,Alex L,Akram A,Betancourt T

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Millions of children worldwide suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and other mental health problems due to repeated exposure to war or organized violence. Forms of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) are the most commonly used treatment for PTSD and appear to be effective for children as...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kangaslampi S,Garoff F,Peltonen K

更新日期：2015-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is the most widely acknowledged psychological problem among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Depression may be associated with VD deficiency. The aims of this study are to (a) elucidate the prospective association between HsCRP, VD contents and depressive symptoms in the dialyzed populatio...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Zhang J,Zhang P,Ni X,Bao B,Huang C,Wu Y,Ni M,Duan J,Chen J

更新日期：2014-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple studies have shown that brain gene expression is disturbed in subjects suffering from schizophrenia. However, disentangling disease effects from alterations caused by medication is a challenging task. The main goal of this study is to find transcriptional alterations in schizophrenia that are indepe...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Saetre P,Emilsson L,Axelsson E,Kreuger J,Lindholm E,Jazin E

更新日期：2007-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is limited knowledge about how environmental factors affect the course of bipolar disorder (BD). Cannabis has been proposed as a potential risk factor for poorer course of illness, but the role of cannabis use has not been studied in a first treatment BD I sample. METHODS:The present study examines th...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kvitland LR,Melle I,Aminoff SR,Demmo C,Lagerberg TV,Andreassen OA,Ringen PA

更新日期：2015-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:About 25% of the worldwide population suffers from mental, neurological and substance use disorders but unfortunately, up to 75% of affected persons do not have access to the treatment they need. Data on the magnitude of the mental health problem in Kenya is scarce. The objectives of this study were to estab...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kwobah E,Epstein S,Mwangi A,Litzelman D,Atwoli L

更新日期：2017-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although it is well established that prostate cancer (PCa) patients are more likely to experience clinical depression than their age-matched non-prostate cancer peers, and that such depression can have negative effects upon survival, little is known about the underlying nature of the depressive symptomatolog...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Sharpley CF,Bitsika V,Christie DR

更新日期：2011-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing numbers of people with mental disorders receive services at primary care in China. The aims of this study are to evaluate impact of a new training course and supervision for community mental health staff to enhance their levels of mental health knowledge and to reduce their stigmatization toward p...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Li J,Li J,Thornicroft G,Yang H,Chen W,Huang Y

更新日期：2015-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) for mental healthcare, where a consulting psychiatrist supports primary care and behavioral health workers, has the potential to address the large unmet burden of mental illness worldwide. A core component of this model is that the psychiatrist reviews treatment plans for ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Rimal P,Maru D,Chwastiak L,Agrawal P,Rao D,Swar S,Citrin D,Acharya B

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies in developed countries indicate that psychotic-like symptoms are prevalent in the community and are related to trauma exposure and PTSD. No comparable studies have been undertaken in low-income, post-conflict countries. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of psychotic-like symptoms in conflict-...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Soosay I,Silove D,Bateman-Steel C,Steel Z,Bebbington P,Jones PB,Chey T,Ivancic L,Marnane C

更新日期：2012-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite evidence that connecting people to relevant wellbeing-related resources brings therapeutic benefit, there is limited understanding, in the context of mental health recovery, of the potential value and contribution of pet ownership to personal support networks for self-management. This study aimed to ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Brooks H,Rushton K,Walker S,Lovell K,Rogers A

更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00