Prevalence of QTc interval prolongation and its associated risk factors among psychiatric patients: a prospective observational study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have demonstrated that abnormities of both resting-state brain activity and cognitive dysfunction are frequently observed in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the underlying relationship between these two aspects is less investigated. In this context, the aim of the pre...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Huang M,Lu S,Yu L,Li L,Zhang P,Hu J,Zhou W,Hu S,Wei N,Huang J,Weng J,Xu Y

更新日期：2017-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of characteristics associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are over-represented among patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) as well as among relatives of these patients. Yet the co-occurrence of autistic traits in AN has not been fully explored and no previous study has directly compared self-...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Courty A,Maria AS,Lalanne C,Ringuenet D,Vindreau C,Chevallier C,Pouga L,Pinabel F,Philippe A,Adrien JL,Barry C,Berthoz S

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescence has been described as comorbid condition in affective or anxiety disorders, as well as borderline personality disorder (BPD) and is a risk factor for later suicide attempts. Prevalence rates of NSSI decline steeply from adolescence to young adulthood. Yet, to the...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Groschwitz RC,Plener PL,Kaess M,Schumacher T,Stoehr R,Boege I

更新日期：2015-07-18 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:Women exposed to gender-based violence (GBV) experience a high rate of common mental disorders and suicidal behaviour ("mental disturbance"). Little is known however about the timing of onset of mental disturbance following first exposure to GBV amongst women with no prior mental disorder. METHODS:The analy...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Rees S,Steel Z,Creamer M,Teesson M,Bryant R,McFarlane AC,Mills KL,Slade T,Carragher N,O'Donnell M,Forbes D,Silove D

更新日期：2014-11-18 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: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: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:Accurate assessment of suicidality is of major importance. We aimed to evaluate trained clinicians' ability to assess suicidality against a structured assessment made by trained raters. METHOD:Treating clinicians classified 218 adolescent psychiatric outpatients suffering from a depressive mood disorder int...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Holi MM,Pelkonen M,Karlsson L,Tuisku V,Kiviruusu O,Ruuttu T,Marttunen M

更新日期：2008-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The strongest risk factor for depression is having a family history of the condition. Many individuals with a family history of depression are concerned about their personal risk for depression and report unmet educational and psychological support needs. No supportive and/or educational interventions are cu...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Meiser B,Schofield PR,Trevena L,Wilde A,Barlow-Stewart K,Proudfoot J,Peate M,Dobbins T,Christensen H,Sherman KA,Karatas J,Mitchell PB

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of people experiencing mental-health problems do not seek help, and the stigma of mental illness is considered a major barrier to seeking appropriate treatment. More targeted interventions (e.g. at the workplace) seem to be a promising and necessary supplement to public campaigns, but little is ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Hanisch SE,Twomey CD,Szeto AC,Birner UW,Nowak D,Sabariego C

更新日期：2016-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite increased interest in workplace mental health interventions, the evidence for beneficial effects is mixed. Furthermore, many existing studies lack methodological rigor. We report results from a group randomized control trial to test the efficacy of a vastly popular intervention in Canada, the Road to...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Fikretoglu D,Liu A,Nazarov A,Blackler K

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The suffering people experience following a first episode of psychosis is great, and has been well-investigated. Conversely, potential positive outcomes following a first episode of psychosis have been under-investigated. One such outcome that may result from a first episode of psychosis is posttraumatic gro...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Jordan G,Malla A,Iyer SN

更新日期：2016-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia is a disabling disease that impacts all major life areas. There is a growing need for meeting the challenge of disability from a perspective that extends symptomatic reduction. Therefore, this study aimed to systematically review the extent to which traditional and "third wave" cognitive - beha...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Nowak I,Sabariego C,Świtaj P,Anczewska M

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In European countries, including Switzerland, as well as in many states worldwide, cannabis is the most widely used psychoactive substance after alcohol and tobacco. Although approximately one in ten users develop serious problems of dependency, only a minority attends outpatient addiction counseling centers...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Schaub MP,Haug S,Wenger A,Berg O,Sullivan R,Beck T,Stark L

更新日期：2013-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anxiety and depressive disorders occur in all stages of life and are the most common childhood disorders. However, only recently has attention been paid to mental health problems in indigenous children and studies of anxiety and depressive disorders in these children are still scarce. This study compares the...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Caqueo-Urízar A,Urzúa A,De Munter K

更新日期：2014-01-17 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: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:Increased mortality rates among previous child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) patients have been found in Scandinavian studies up to the 1980s. The suicide risk in this group has been estimated to be almost five times higher than expected. This article addresses two questions: Do Swedish CAP patients contin...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Engqvist U,Rydelius PA

更新日期：2006-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the availability of evidence based treatments, many people with major depression receive no or delayed professional treatment, which may put them at risk for adverse outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine which demographic and need factors distinguish early, delayed and no treatment use. MET...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Boerema AM,Ten Have M,Kleiboer A,de Graaf R,Nuyen J,Cuijpers P,Beekman ATF

更新日期：2017-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of hospital service areas (HSAs) using small area analysis has been useful in examining variation in medical and surgical care; however, the techniques of small area analysis are underdeveloped in understanding psychiatric admission rates. We sought to develop these techniques in order to und...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Watts BV,Shiner B,Klauss G,Weeks WB

更新日期：2011-09-09 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:In 2014 close to 10 million people living with HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa were on highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). The incidence of non-communicable diseases has increased markedly in PLWH as mortality is reduced due to use of HAART. Common mental disorders (CMD) are highly prevalent in P...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Chibanda D,Cowan F,Gibson L,Weiss HA,Lund C

更新日期：2016-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical utility of the existing apps for people with eating disorders (EDs) is not clear. The TCApp has been specifically developed for people with EDs, is based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioural Treatment (CBT) and allows a bidirectional link between the patient and the therapist. The objectiv...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Anastasiadou D,Lupiañez-Villanueva F,Faulí C,Arcal Cunillera J,Serrano-Troncoso E

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic cocaine use is associated with cognitive deficits, including poor performance on neuropsychological tasks of memory, executive functions, theory of mind and decision-making. However, the relationship between cocaine use disorder and social decision-making remains unclear. This is particularly relevan...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Viola TW,Niederauer JPO,Kluwe-Schiavon B,Sanvicente-Vieira B,Grassi-Oliveira R

更新日期：2019-07-05 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:Most women with psychotic disorders and bipolar disorders have children but their pregnancies are at risk of adverse psychiatric and fetal outcome. The extent of modifiable risk factors - both clinical and socio-demographic - is unclear as most studies have used administrative data or recruited from speciali...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Taylor CL,Stewart R,Ogden J,Broadbent M,Pasupathy D,Howard LM

更新日期：2015-04-17 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: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:Weight gain is commonly observed during psychotropic treatments for chronic forms of severe mental illness and is most rapid during the early treatment phases. All formats of behavioural weight intervention programmes have suggested that weight gain can be prevented or reversed in some patients. There is no ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Bushe CJ,McNamara D,Haley C,McCrossan MF,Devitt P

更新日期：2008-09-15 00:00:00