Right and left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation at 1 Hz does not affect mood in healthy volunteers.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescents with acute psychiatric disorders are typically treated with long-term clinical admission. However, long term admission may be associated with a variety of negative outcomes. This pilot study presents a new model of care, that is, the combined application of intensive home treatment and the possib...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Muskens JB,Herpers PCM,Hilderink C,van Deurzen PAM,Buitelaar JK,Staal WG

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common anxiety disorders. The efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been examined but to date its effects on Quality of Life (QoL) have not been appropriately evaluated especially in the long term.The study aimed to examine, in the long term, what ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Watanabe N,Furukawa TA,Chen J,Kinoshita Y,Nakano Y,Ogawa S,Funayama T,Ietsugu T,Noda Y

更新日期：2010-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a significant problem for people with serious mental illness. We aimed to consider body size from the perspective of long-stay psychiatric inpatients, focussing on: weight gain and its causes and impacts; diet and physical activity; and the perceived ability to make meaningful change in these doma...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Every-Palmer S,Huthwaite MA,Elmslie JL,Grant E,Romans SE

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the emergence of mental health problems during adolescence and early adulthood, many young people encounter difficulties accessing appropriate services. In response to this gap, the Australian Government recently established new enhanced primary care services (headspace) that target young people with...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： McCann TV,Lubman DI

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Japan's tolerance of alcohol consumption and intoxication pose extreme difficulties for community-dwelling alcoholics who wish to abstain from alcohol and maintain sobriety. Emotional problems triggered in daily life can easily lead to relapse, especially after abstinence. Alcoholics Anonymous places great e...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kihara M,Kitaoka K

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is estimated that around 4% of the population engages, or has engaged, in deliberate non-suicidal self-injury. In clinical samples, the figures rise as high as 21%. There is also evidence to suggest that these figures may be increasing. A family member or friend may suspect that a person is injuring thems...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kelly CM,Jorm AF,Kitchener BA,Langlands RL

更新日期：2008-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological reports about dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in elderly people from developing countries are scarce. Therefore, we sought to determine the prevalences of dementia and AD in a population of nursing home residents and senior center attendees of Durango City, Mexico, and to determine whet...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Alvarado-Esquivel C,Hernández-Alvarado AB,Tapia-Rodríguez RO,Guerrero-Iturbe A,Rodríguez-Corral K,Martínez SE

更新日期：2004-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) is linked to schizophrenia in terms of shared genetics, biological markers and phenomenological characteristics. In the current study, we aimed to determine whether the previously reported altered functional connectivity (FC) with precuneus in patients with schizophreni...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Zhu Y,Tang Y,Zhang T,Li H,Tang Y,Li C,Luo X,He Y,Lu Z,Wang J

更新日期：2017-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been previous reported deaths due to clozapine-induced constipation. In all these cases patients have experienced prior abdominal symptoms over a period of weeks or months. CASE PRESENTATION:We report the sudden death due to constipation of a healthy young male patient on clozapine without any kn...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Townsend G,Curtis D

更新日期：2006-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alexithymia has been a familiar conception of psychosomatic phenomenon. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there were subtypes of alexithymia associating with different traits of emotional expression and regulation among a group of healthy college students. METHODS:1788 healthy college student...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Chen J,Xu T,Jing J,Chan RC

更新日期：2011-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The time between discharge from hospital and transition to community and home is a critical period for health status among patients with a mental illness, including patients with schizophrenia. This study aimed to investigate crucial patient factors (patient-level) and hospital factors (hospital-level) affec...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Smithnaraseth A,Seeherunwong A,Panitrat R,Tipayamongkholgul M

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prolonged forensic psychiatric hospitalizations have raised ethical, economic, and clinical concerns. Due to the confounded nature of factors affecting length of stay of psychiatric offender patients, prior research has called for the application of a new statistical methodology better accommodating this dat...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kirchebner J,Günther MP,Sonnweber M,King A,Lau S

更新日期：2020-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Koro is a culture bound syndrome, which has been reported usually from Asian countries. It has been described as an acute, brief lasting illness, which often occurs in epidemics. There is no description in literature of a chronic form of this syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION:Two sporadic cases with koro-like sym...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kar N

更新日期：2005-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Suicidality has been under-researched in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Most studies have linked increased suicidality in ASD to psychiatric comorbidities such as depression. Here we investigated, from a neuropsychological and clinical standpoint, the relationship between core ASD symptoms, i.e., restricte...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Weiner L,Flin A,Causin JB,Weibel S,Bertschy G

更新日期：2019-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of the nitric oxide synthase, and the L-arginine:ADMA ratio are markers of endothelial dysfunction that predict mortality and adverse outcome in a range of cardiovasc...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Jorgensen A,Knorr U,Soendergaard MG,Lykkesfeldt J,Fink-Jensen A,Poulsen HE,Jorgensen MB,Olsen NV,Staalsø JM

更新日期：2015-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is abundant literature on how to distinguish problem gambling (PG) from social gambling, but there are very few studies of the long-term evolution of gambling practice. As a consequence, the correlates of key state changes in the gambling trajectory are still unknown. The objective of the JEU cohort st...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Challet-Bouju G,Hardouin JB,Vénisse JL,Romo L,Valleur M,Magalon D,Fatséas M,Chéreau-Boudet I,Gorsane MA,JEU Group.,Grall-Bronnec M

更新日期：2014-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In practical sleep medicine, therapists face the question of whether or not to discontinue the ongoing use of hypnotics in patients, as well as the possible effects of discontinuation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of discontinuing third-generation hypnotics on the results of cognitive-be...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Zavesicka L,Brunovsky M,Matousek M,Sos P

更新日期：2008-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The stimulant methylphenidate (MPH) has been a mainstay of treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for many years. Owing to the short half-life and the issues associated with multiple daily dosing of immediate-release MPH formulations, a new generation of long-acting MPH formulations ha...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Coghill D,Banaschewski T,Zuddas A,Pelaz A,Gagliano A,Doepfner M

更新日期：2013-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Information technologies such as websites, mobile phone applications, and virtual reality programs have been shown to deliver innovative and effective treatments for mental illness. Much of the research studying electronic mental health interventions focuses on symptom reduction; however, to facilitate the i...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Forchuk C,Reiss JP,O'Regan T,Ethridge P,Donelle L,Rudnick A

更新日期：2015-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, Voluntary Assisted Return Programmes (VARPs) have received increasing funding as a potential way of reducing the number of refugees in EU member states. A number of factors may affect the mental well-being of returnees. These include adjustment to the home country following return, difficult...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： von Lersner U,Elbert T,Neuner F

更新日期：2008-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Involuntary treatment for individuals who lack sufficient capacity to make informed decisions regarding treatment has been associated with increased rates of injectable antipsychotics, antipsychotic polytherapy, and/or high doses. However, little is known about non-antipsychotic psychotropic prescription, or...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Wheeler AJ,Hu J,Profitt C,McMillan SS,Theodoros T

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Criticisms that generic measures of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are not sensitive to impairment in anorexia nervosa (AN) has spurred the development of disease-specific measures. This study aimed to compare the psychometric properties of a generic to a disease-specific measure of HRQoL. METHODS:6...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Mitchison D,Hay P,Engel S,Crosby R,Le Grange D,Lacey H,Mond J,Slewa-Younan S,Touyz S

更新日期：2013-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exploration of the information and participation needs of psychiatric inpatients is an important step for the implementation of recovery-oriented mental health service. The objective of this study was to explore the information and participation needs of Chinese psychiatric inpatients in the largest psychiat...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Siu BW,Tsang MM,Lee VC,Liu AC,Tse S,Luk HS,Lo NK,Lo PH,Leung YL

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have provided evidence that alcohol-dependent patients have abnormality in corpus callosum (CC); however, it is unclear whether micro-structural integrity of the CC subregions is differentially affected in this disorder. METHODS:In this study, a total of 39 male individuals, including 19 al...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Wang Y,Li X,Zhang C,Wang H,Li Z,Zhu J,Yu Y

更新日期：2019-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, khat chewing has become a common practice among high school, college, and university students. Regular khat chewing is thought to be a predisposing factor for different physical and mental health problems. It can lead to absenteeism from work and classes. In Ethiopia, to our knowledge no published ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Abdeta T,Tolessa D,Adorjan K,Abera M

更新日期：2017-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women with bipolar disorder (BD) have a high risk of illness relapse postpartum. The risk coincides with the period when mother-infant interactions are evolving. We compared mother-infant interactions in dyads where the mothers have BD with dyads where the mothers have no mental disorder. The association bet...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Anke TMS,Slinning K,Moe V,Brunborg C,Siqveland TS,Skjelstad DV

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports of inappropriate medication use are widespread. There is a growing literature detailing abuse of drugs not typically thought to have high abuse liability. Melatonin is considered to be generally safe and is categorized by the Food and Drug Administration as a nutritional supplement. There are no know...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Warren MB,Stabler J,Hagman MM

更新日期：2016-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the risk for Bipolar Disorder (BD) in Wilson's disease (WD) and to measure the impaired Quality of Life (QL) in BD with WD using standardized psychiatric diagnostic tools and a case control design. METHODS:This was a case control study. The cases were 23 consecutive pa...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Carta MG,Sorbello O,Moro MF,Bhat KM,Demelia E,Serra A,Mura G,Sancassiani F,Piga M,Demelia L

更新日期：2012-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1963, Nicolaas Tinbergen published an article on "the aims and methods of ethology" in which he identified a fundamental framework for the scientific inquiry into the understanding of biological phenomena. In particular, he emphasized to not only study what he called the "proximate" causes, that is, mecha...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Brüne M

更新日期：2014-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This case report highlights the rare occurrence of postpartum psychosis in the setting of peripartum cardiomyopathy, which can have rare presentations like arrhythmias and pulmonary edema; and the challenges one should anticipate while managing these conditions together. Caution is advised whenever antipsych...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Owuor OH,Akiruga JA,Laktabai J,Ateya S,Omar SM

更新日期：2020-03-11 00:00:00