Recovery-based staff training intervention within mental health rehabilitation units: a two-stage analysis using realistic evaluation principles and framework approach.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most antipsychotics are associated with weight gain and other metabolic complications. Several randomized trials have shown metformin to be effective, but this still hasn't been included in clinical guidelines on managing antipsychotic induced weight gain. METHODS:All double blind placebo controlled trials ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： de Silva VA,Suraweera C,Ratnatunga SS,Dayabandara M,Wanniarachchi N,Hanwella R

更新日期：2016-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the individual and economic disease burden of depression is particularly high for long-term symptoms, little is known of the lifetime course of chronic depression. Most evidence derives from clinical samples, and the diagnostic distinction between persistent depressive disorder (PDD) and non-chronic...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Nübel J,Guhn A,Müllender S,Le HD,Cohrdes C,Köhler S

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent prevalence studies suggest that self-harm among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa is as common as it is in high income countries. However, very few qualitative studies exploring first-person accounts of adolescent self-harm are available from sub-Saharan Africa. We sought to explore the experiences an...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Quarshie EN,Waterman MG,House AO

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of substance misuse in developing countries is large and increasing, with negative consequences for physical and psychological health. Substance use disorders and psychological distress commonly co-exist, however few studies have examined this relationship in developing countries, including Nepal....

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Gyawali B,Choulagai BP,Paneru DP,Ahmad M,Leppin A,Kallestrup P

更新日期：2016-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Major depressive episode (MDE) is worldwide one of the most prevalent and disabling mental health conditions. In cases of persistent non-response to treatment, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment strategy with high response rates. Unfortunately, longitudinal data show low sustai...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Van de Velde N,Kappen M,Koster EHW,Hoorelbeke K,Tandt H,Verslype P,Baeken C,De Raedt R,Lemmens G,Vanderhasselt MA

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients with a non-affective psychotic disorder suffer from impairments in social functioning and social cognition. To target these impairments, mentalization-based treatment for psychotic disorder, a psychodynamic treatment rooted in attachment theory, has been developed. It is expected to improve soc...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Weijers J,Ten Kate C,Eurelings-Bontekoe E,Viechtbauer W,Rampaart R,Bateman A,Selten JP

更新日期：2016-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Achieving culturally fair assessments of cognitive functioning for Aboriginal people is difficult due to a scarcity of appropriately validated tools for use with this group. As a result, some Aboriginal people with cognitive impairments may lack fair and equitable access to services. The objective of this st...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Dingwall KM,Pinkerton J,Lindeman MA

更新日期：2013-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive alcohol use has been associated with health, social and legal problems. Alcohol-related problems have been studied primarily in problem-drinker patients, with few studies on their family members, particularly about their own hazardous or harmful alcohol-drinking behaviours. METHOD:In this qualitat...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Lin CC,Tsai YF,Yeh WL,Kao JT,Chen CY

更新日期：2017-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although effective treatments are available, most individuals with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) do not receive an appropriate diagnosis or treatment. We aimed to examine treatment utilization and barriers to treatment, and to identify associated socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. METHODS:Germ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Schulte J,Schulz C,Wilhelm S,Buhlmann U

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The weight-gain caused by many psychotropic drugs is a major cause for poor compliance with such medications and could also increase cardio-vascular morbidity among psychiatric patients. Recent reports have shown that the anticonvulsant topiramate causes weight loss in various patient groups. The drug has al...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kirov G,Tredget J

更新日期：2005-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are chronic debilitating disorders that are often treated with second-generation antipsychotic agents, such as aripiprazole, quetiapine, and ziprasidone. While patients who are hospitalized for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder often receive these agents at discharge, comp...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Berger A,Edelsberg J,Sanders KN,Alvir JM,Mychaskiw MA,Oster G

更新日期：2012-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human trafficking is a global crime and human rights violation. Although research has demonstrated a high prevalence of mental disorder among trafficked people and that trafficked people are in contact with mental health services, little is known about mental health professionals' experiences of identifying ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Domoney J,Howard LM,Abas M,Broadbent M,Oram S

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This is an update of a previous meta-analysis published in 2005. METHODS:It includes the data published up to march 2010 for a total of 247 papers and 18,300 cases. Cognitive deficits are examined in 5 different domains: Memory functioning (128 studies), Global cognitive functioning (131 studies), Language ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Fioravanti M,Bianchi V,Cinti ME

更新日期：2012-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We compared the time to discontinuation due to lack of tolerability over 24 weeks in patients suffering from schizophrenia treated with pomaglumetad methionil (LY2140023 monohydrate, the prodrug of metabotropic glutamate 2/3 receptor agonist, LY404039) or standard of care (SOC: olanzapine, risperidone, or ar...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Adams DH,Kinon BJ,Baygani S,Millen BA,Velona I,Kollack-Walker S,Walling DP

更新日期：2013-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although persistent negative symptoms (PNS) are known to contribute significantly to poor functional outcome, they remain poorly understood. We examined the heuristic value of various PNS definitions and their respective prevalence in patients with first episode psychosis (FEP). We also contrasted those defi...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Hovington CL,Bodnar M,Joober R,Malla AK,Lepage M

更新日期：2012-12-06 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: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:Polymorphisms at the G72/G30 locus on chromosome 13q have been associated with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder in more than ten independent studies. Even though the genetic findings are very robust, the physiological role of the predicted G72 protein has thus far not been resolved. Initial reports suggeste...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Benzel I,Kew JN,Viknaraja R,Kelly F,de Belleroche J,Hirsch S,Sanderson TH,Maycox PR

更新日期：2008-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The symptom profile and neuropsychological functioning of individuals with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), change as they enter adolescence. It is unclear whether variation in brain structure and function parallels these changes, and also whether deviations from typical brain development tra...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Silk TJ,Genc S,Anderson V,Efron D,Hazell P,Nicholson JM,Kean M,Malpas CB,Sciberras E

更新日期：2016-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perinatal mental distress poses a heavy burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study investigated perceptions and experiences of perinatal mental distress among women in a rural Ethiopian community, in an effort to advance understanding of cross-cultural experiences of perinatal mental dist...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Molenaar J,Hanlon C,Alem A,Wondimagegn D,Medhin G,Prince M,Stevenson EGJ

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Though several epidemiological surveys of psychiatric disorders have been carried out in China, only a few of them are concerned about the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in central Hunan and reveal the distribution of common psychiatric disorders and their comorbidities. METHODS:Achenbach's Child Behav...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Shen YM,Chan BSM,Liu JB,Zhou YY,Cui XL,He YQ,Fang YM,Xiang YT,Luo XR

更新日期：2018-07-28 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: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: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：INTRODUCTION:Research has shown that eating disorder (ED) patients who abuse substances demonstrate worse ED symptomatology and poorer outcomes than those with EDs alone, including increased general medical complications and psychopathology, longer recovery times, poorer functional outcomes and higher relapse rates. Th...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Gregorowski C,Seedat S,Jordaan GP

更新日期：2013-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Roughly one third of disability pensions in Norway are issued for mental and behavioral disorders, and vocational rehabilitation offered to this group has traditionally been dominated by train-and-place approaches with assisted or sheltered employment. Based on a more innovative place-and-train approach, Ind...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Sveinsdottir V,Løvvik C,Fyhn T,Monstad K,Ludvigsen K,Øverland S,Reme SE

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well documented that a disproportionate number of homeless adults have childhood histories of foster care placement(s). This study examines the relationship between foster care placement as a predictor of adult substance use disorders (including frequency, severity and type), mental illness, vocational...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Patterson ML,Moniruzzaman A,Somers JM

更新日期：2015-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 5-hydroxytryptamine 1B receptor (5-HT1B) plays an essential role in the serotonin (5-HT) system and is widely involved in a variety of brain activities. HTR1B is the gene encoding 5-HT1B. Genome-wide association studies have shown that HTR1B polymorphisms are closely related to multiple mental and behavi...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Xia X,Ding M,Xuan JF,Xing JX,Yao J,Wu X,Wang BJ

更新日期：2020-10-09 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:Current literature on Eating Disorders (EDs) is devoid of evidence-based findings providing support to effective treatments, mostly for anorexia nervosa (AN). This lack of successful guidelines may play a role in making these disorders even more resistant. In fact, many individuals do not respond to the avai...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Abbate-Daga G,Amianto F,Delsedime N,De-Bacco C,Fassino S

更新日期：2013-11-07 00:00:00