Factors associated with mental distress among undergraduate students in northern Tanzania.

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:In China, children under 18 years old who are left at rural residences for at least 6 months by either one or both of their parents migrating to work in cities are called "left-behind children (LBC)". Due to restricted family support, they are at a greater risk of developing depressive symptoms than non-left...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Guang Y,Feng Z,Yang G,Yang Y,Wang L,Dai Q,Hu C,Liu K,Zhang R,Xia F,Zhao M

更新日期：2017-12-15 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:Various paper-based mood charting instruments are used in the monitoring of symptoms in bipolar disorder. During recent years an increasing number of electronic self-monitoring tools have been developed. The objectives of this systematic review were 1) to evaluate the validity of electronic self-monitoring t...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Faurholt-Jepsen M,Munkholm K,Frost M,Bardram JE,Kessing LV

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Art Therapy has been promoted as a means of helping people who may find it difficult to express themselves verbally engage in psychological treatment. Group Art Therapy has been widely used as an adjunctive treatment for people with schizophrenia but there have been few attempts to examine its effects and co...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Crawford MJ,Killaspy H,Kalaitzaki E,Barrett B,Byford S,Patterson S,Soteriou T,O'Neill FA,Clayton K,Maratos A,Barnes TR,Osborn D,Johnson T,King M,Tyrer P,Waller D

更新日期：2010-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) is a psychological test that is frequently used to assess personality traits. Many studies have shown the potential of the inventory to predict the treatment response of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Previously, we showed the association between ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Tomita T,Yasui-Furukori N,Kaneda A,Ishioka M,Sugawara N,Nakagami T,Nakamura K

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mood and anxiety disorders are leading causes of disability and mortality, due largely to their onset during adolescence and young adulthood and broader impact on functioning. Key factors that are associated with disability and these disorders in young people are social and economic participation (e.g. educa...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Iorfino F,Hickie IB,Lee RS,Lagopoulos J,Hermens DF

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the effectiveness of methylphenidate for treating ADHD, up to 30% of individuals with ADHD show poor responses to methylphenidate. Neuroimaging biomarkers to predict medication responses remain elusive. This study characterized neuroanatomical features that differentiated between clinically good and ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Chang JC,Lin HY,Lv J,Tseng WI,Gau SS

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No clear recommendations exist regarding which antipsychotic drug should be prescribed first for a patient suffering from psychosis. The primary aims of this naturalistic study were to assess the head-to-head effectiveness of first-line second-generation antipsychotics with regards to time until drug discont...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Johnsen E,Kroken RA,Wentzel-Larsen T,Jørgensen HA

更新日期：2010-03-24 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:Changes in the residential and care settings of patients with severe mental illness (SMI) are a concern because of the large variety of possible negative consequences. This study describes patterns of changes in the residential and care settings of SMI patients and explores associations between these changes...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： de Mooij LD,Kikkert M,Lommerse NM,Theunissen J,de Koning MB,de Haan L,Beekman AT,Duurkoop PW,Dekker JJ

更新日期：2016-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous structurally unrelated drugs, including antipsychotics, can prolong QT interval and trigger the acquired long QT syndrome (aLQTS). All of them are thought to act at the level of KCNH2, a subunit of the potassium channel. Although the QT-prolonging drugs are proscribed in the subjects with aLQTS, the...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Lazarczyk MJ,Bhuiyan ZA,Perrin N,Giannakopoulos P

更新日期：2012-12-05 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:The 2013-2016 West African Ebola outbreak infected 28,616 people and caused 11,310 deaths by 11 May 2016, across six countries. The outbreak has also resulted in the largest number of EVD survivors in history-over 17,000. Guinea was declared Ebola-free on 1 June 2016. Reports from the outbreak documented 381...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Keita MM,Taverne B,Sy Savané S,March L,Doukoure M,Sow MS,Touré A,Etard JF,Barry M,Delaporte E,PostEboGui Study Group.

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shared decision making is a promising model for patient-centred medicine, resulting in better clinical outcomes overall. In the mental health field, interventions that consider the patient-centred perspective--such as patient quality of life, involvement in the treatment, treatment satisfaction, and working ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Ishii M,Okumura Y,Sugiyama N,Hasegawa H,Noda T,Hirayasu Y,Ito H

更新日期：2014-04-14 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:Abnormalities in vocal expression during a depressed episode have frequently been reported in people with depression, but less is known about if these abnormalities only exist in special situations. In addition, the impacts of irrelevant demographic variables on voice were uncontrolled in previous studies. T...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Wang J,Zhang L,Liu T,Pan W,Hu B,Zhu T

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of depression appears to have increased over the past three decades. While this may be an artefact of diagnostic practices, it is likely that there are factors about modernity that are contributing to this rise. There is now compelling evidence that a range of lifestyle factors are involved in the patho...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Sarris J,O'Neil A,Coulson CE,Schweitzer I,Berk M

更新日期：2014-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common mental disorders and causes subjective suffering and economic burden worldwide. Although effective treatments are available, a lot of cases go untreated. Internet-based self-help is a low-threshold and flexible treatment alternative for SAD. Various stu...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Schulz A,Stolz T,Berger T

更新日期：2014-04-15 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:Clinical evidence is required about the long-term efficacy and safety of melatonin treatment for sleep problems in children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) who underwent adequate sleep hygiene interventions. METHODS:We conducted a 26-week, multicenter, collaborative, uncontrolled, open-label, phase...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Yuge K,Nagamitsu S,Ishikawa Y,Hamada I,Takahashi H,Sugioka H,Yotsuya O,Mishima K,Hayashi M,Yamashita Y

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have demonstrated that individual measures of fitness - such as reduced pulmonary function, slow walking speed and weak handgrip - are associated with an increased risk of dementia. Only a minority of participants included in these studies were aged over 80. The aim of this study was therefo...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Sibbett RA,Russ TC,Allerhand M,Deary IJ,Starr JM

更新日期：2018-09-04 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our aim was to examine whether comorbid mood and anxiety disorders influence patterns of treatment or the perceived unmet need for treatment among those not receiving treatment for illegal drug use disorders. METHODS:Data came from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC,...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Melchior M,Prokofyeva E,Younès N,Surkan PJ,Martins SS

更新日期：2014-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internet-based treatments appear to be a promising way to enhance the in vivo exposure approach, specifically in terms of acceptability and access to treatment. However, the literature on specific phobias is scarce, and, as far as we know, there are no studies on Flying Phobia (FP). This study aims to invest...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Campos D,Bretón-López J,Botella C,Mira A,Castilla D,Mor S,Baños R,Quero S

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Paris and Nice terrorist attacks affected a thousand of trauma victims and first-line responders. Because there were concerns that this might represent the first of several attacks, there was a need to quickly enhance the local capacities to treat a large number of individuals suffering from trauma-relat...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Brunet A,Ayrolles A,Gambotti L,Maatoug R,Estellat C,Descamps M,Girault N,Kalalou K,Abgrall G,Ducrocq F,Vaiva G,Jaafari N,Krebs MO,Castaigne E,Hanafy I,Benoit M,Mouchabac S,Cabié MC,Guillin O,Hodeib F,Durand-Zalesk

更新日期：2019-11-08 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Executive functioning impairment is common in substance use disorder and is a major risk factor for poor treatment outcomes, including treatment drop-out and relapse. Cognitive remediation interventions seek to improve executive functioning and offer a promising approach to increase the efficacy of alcohol a...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Berry J,Jacomb I,Lunn J,Sedwell A,Shakeshaft A,Kelly PJ,Sarrami P,James M,Russell S,Nardo T,Barker D,Holmes J

更新日期：2019-02-13 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: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