Number of long-term inpatients in Japanese psychiatric care beds: trend analysis from the patient survey and the 630 survey.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is some quantitative evidence to suggest the benefits of group psychoeducation for people with bipolar disorder, patients' perspectives and experiences of group psychoeducation require in-depth exploration to enable us to better understand the feasibility, acceptability and impact of these int...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Poole R,Smith D,Simpson S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding of depression among Vietnamese people living with HIV (PLWH) is limited. This longitudinal study examines changes in depressive symptoms and identifies its correlates among people living with HIV under antiretroviral therapy at An Hoa Clinic. METHODS:People living with HIV ≥18 years and underg...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Huynh VN,To KG,Do DV,To QG,Nguyen MT

更新日期：2017-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Second generation antipsychotics (SGA) have demonstrated several advantages over first generation antipsychotics (FGA) in terms of positive, negative, cognitive, and affective symptoms and a lower propensity for extrapyramidal side effects. Despite these undeniable advantages, SGA have been associated with c...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Tarricone I,Casoria M,Gozzi BF,Grieco D,Menchetti M,Serretti A,Ujkaj M,Pastorelli F,Berardi D

更新日期：2006-03-16 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:Research with persons with dementia is important to better understand the causes of dementia and to develop more effective diagnostics, therapies, and preventive measures. Advance Research Directives (ARDs) have been suggested as a possible solution to include persons with dementia in research in an ethicall...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Jongsma K,Perry J,Schicktanz S,Radenbach K

更新日期：2020-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing number of studies have associated metabolic syndrome (MetS) and depression, both retrospectively and prospectively. However, it has remained unclear, which degrees, or sub-dimensions of depression are related to MetS and if comorbid depression affects health care utilization. The purpose of the stu...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Wiltink J,Michal M,Jünger C,Münzel T,Wild PS,Lackner KJ,Blettner M,Pfeiffer N,Brähler E,Beutel ME

更新日期：2018-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anxiety and related disorders are among the most common mental disorders, with lifetime prevalence reportedly as high as 31%. Unfortunately, anxiety disorders are under-diagnosed and under-treated. METHODS:These guidelines were developed by Canadian experts in anxiety and related disorders through a consens...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Katzman MA,Bleau P,Blier P,Chokka P,Kjernisted K,Van Ameringen M,Canadian Anxiety Guidelines Initiative Group on behalf of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada\/Association Canadienne des troubles anxieux and McGill University.,Anto

更新日期：2014-01-01 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: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:Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face a lack of epidemiological data. The development of high-quality surveys is a key research priority in countries such as Brazil. Our aim is to discuss the difficulties in conducting a longitudinal epidemiological survey in a pilot study of a school-based sample in...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Fidalgo TM,Sanchez ZM,Ribeiro M,Healy SR,Caetano SC,Martins SS

更新日期：2017-07-28 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:Suicide intervention programs have been guided by findings that attitude towards suicide and suicidal behavior may be causally linked. These findings also make it imperative to identify the factors that influence attitudes towards suicide. However, there has been little research on attitudes towards suicide ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Zou Y,Leung R,Lin S,Yang M,Lu T,Li X,Gu J,Hao C,Dong G,Hao Y

更新日期：2016-05-26 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: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:Functional neuroimaging techniques are widely used to elucidate changes in brain activity, and various questionnaires are used to investigate psychopathological features in patients with eating disorders (ED). It is well known that social skills and interpersonal difficulties are strongly associated with the...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Katayama H,Kohmura K,Tanaka S,Imaeda M,Kawano N,Noda Y,Nishioka K,Ando M,Aleksic B,Iidaka T,Ozaki N

更新日期：2014-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate a one-year course of persistent/remitted depressive symptoms and associated demographic and psychosocial factors that predict persistent/remitted depressive symptoms in Chinese high school students. METHODS:One thousand five hundred forty-four Grade 7 students provided data f...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Chi X,Becker B,Yu Q,Hossain MM,Lin J,Yeung A,Seiler-Ramadas R,Grabovac I,Bu H,Xie F,Zou L

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bullying and suicidal behaviors are a silent public health problem among adolescents. Little is known about the link between bullying and suicidal behaviors in low-income countries such as Tanzania. In the current study, we estimated the prevalence of being bullied and determined its association with suicida...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Shayo FK,Lawala PS

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental disorders are a leading cause of disability and early mortality. The objective of this study was to describe and compare psychosocial indicators and mental health service use among ethnoculturally-diverse Ontarians. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional analysis of the Ontario Health Study pilot investig...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Grace SL,Tan Y,Cribbie RA,Nguyen H,Ritvo P,Irvine J

更新日期：2016-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening children for behavioural difficulties requires the use of a tool that is culturally valid. We explored the cross-cultural acceptability and utility of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for pre-school children (aged 3-5) as perceived by families in New Zealand. METHODS:A qualitative inte...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kersten P,Dudley M,Nayar S,Elder H,Robertson H,Tauroa R,McPherson KM

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep disturbance is a prominent and common complaint in people with cocaine use disorder (CUD), either during intake or withdrawal. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has shown promise as a treatment for CUD. Thus, we evaluated the relationship between self-perceived sleep quality and cocai...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Gómez Pérez LJ,Cardullo S,Cellini N,Sarlo M,Monteanni T,Bonci A,Terraneo A,Gallimberti L,Madeo G

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with a high risk of involuntary psychiatric in-patient hospitalization both on the individual level and on the level of mental health services and the socioeconomic environment that patients live in. METHODS:The present study expands on a previous...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Karasch O,Schmitz-Buhl M,Mennicken R,Zielasek J,Gouzoulis-Mayfrank E

更新日期：2020-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite evidence that psychological stress is an important risk factor for age-related cognitive loss, little research has directly evaluated psychological and physiological mediators of the relationship between stressful experiences and cognitive function. A key objective of the ESCAPE (Effects of Stress on...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Scott SB,Graham-Engeland JE,Engeland CG,Smyth JM,Almeida DM,Katz MJ,Lipton RB,Mogle JA,Munoz E,Ram N,Sliwinski MJ

更新日期：2015-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) is the most widely and frequently used scale to assess positive and negative affect. The PANAS has been validated in several languages, and it has shown excellent psychometric properties in the general population and some clinical samples, such as forensic sa...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Díaz-García A,González-Robles A,Mor S,Mira A,Quero S,García-Palacios A,Baños RM,Botella C

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lithium has proven suicide preventing effects in the long-term treatment of patients with affective disorders. Clinical evidence from case reports indicate that this effect may occur early on at the beginning of lithium treatment. The impact of lithium treatment on acute suicidal thoughts and/or behavior has...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Lewitzka U,Jabs B,Fülle M,Holthoff V,Juckel G,Uhl I,Kittel-Schneider S,Reif A,Reif-Leonhard C,Gruber O,Djawid B,Goodday S,Haussmann R,Pfennig A,Ritter P,Conell J,Severus E,Bauer M

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lower socioeconomic status is often thought to be associated with an elevated risk of postpartum depression; however, this relationship exhibits noticeable heterogeneity between studies. The present study examined this relationship in Japan. METHODS:Data were obtained from 90,194 mothers in an ongoing birth...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Matsumura K,Hamazaki K,Tsuchida A,Kasamatsu H,Inadera H,Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group.

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Economic crises and unemployment have profound impact on mental health and well-being. Main goal of the Healthy Employment (HE) project is to enhance intersectoral actions promoting mental health among unemployed, namely through the implementation and effectiveness-evaluation of short-term and sustainable gr...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Virgolino A,Heitor MJ,Carreiras J,Lopes E,Øverland S,Torp S,Guðmundsdóttir D,Miguel JP,Fátima Reis M,Santos O

更新日期：2017-07-19 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: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：:After publication of the original article [1], it was brought to our attention that some of the numbers in Table 3were incorrect. ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Fagerberg T,Söderman E,Gustavsson JP,Agartz I,Jönsson EG

更新日期：2019-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Administrative data are increasingly used to conduct research on depression and inform health services and health policy. Depression surveillance using administrative data is an alternative to surveys, which can be more resource-intensive. The objectives of this study were to: (1) systematically review the l...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Fiest KM,Jette N,Quan H,St Germaine-Smith C,Metcalfe A,Patten SB,Beck CA

更新日期：2014-10-17 00:00:00