abstract：BACKGROUND:Corona virus epidemic may be acts as a stressor or trauma that affects both physical health and mental health. People exhibited various reactive behaviors to confront with this stressful situation. In Iran, one of the common motives for alcohol consumption is to scape problems and cope with stresses. It has ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Estedlal AR,Mani A,Vardanjani HM,Kamali M,Zarei L,Heydari ST,Lankarani KB

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fluid intelligence deficits affect executive functioning and social behaviors in patients with schizophrenia. To help clinicians manage fluid intelligence deficits, a psychometrically sound measure is needed. The purposes of this study were to examine the test-retest reliability and convergent validity of th...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Chen KW,Lee YC,Yu TY,Cheng LJ,Chao CY,Hsieh CL

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social dislocations resulting from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have been prolonged, which has led to general population social suppression. The present study aimed to reveal risk factors associated with mental health problems and suggest concrete coping strategies in the context of COVID-19....

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Fukase Y,Ichikura K,Murase H,Tagaya H

更新日期：2021-01-12 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:There is limited evidence on the use of antipsychotics in patients with early-onset schizophrenia, which lags significantly behind the studies on adult patients' medication and has a large disparity from actual clinical needs. Hence, this study aims to analyse the status of the drug use and its changes for p...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Zhang J,Cheng X,Zhang H,Xu P,Jin P,Ke X

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date, very few nationwide studies addressing the way in which mental health services are addressing the current pandemics have been published. The present paper reports data obtained from a survey relating to the Italian mental health system conducted during the first phase of the Covid-19 epidemic. METH...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Carpiniello B,Tusconi M,Zanalda E,Di Sciascio G,Di Giannantonio M,Executive Committee of The Italian Society of Psychiatry.

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Societies strive for fast-delivered, evidence-based and need-oriented depression treatment within budget constraints. To explore potential improvements, selective contracts can be implemented. Here, we evaluate if the German collaborative psychiatry-neurology-psychotherapy contract (PNP), which extends the g...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Engels A,König HH,Magaard JL,Härter M,Hawighorst-Knapstein S,Chaudhuri A,Brettschneider C

更新日期：2020-12-14 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:While considerable progress has been made in exploring the psychological, the neural, and the neurochemical dimensions of OCD separately, their interplay is still an open question, especially their changes during psychotherapy. METHODS:Seventeen patients were assessed at these three levels by psychological ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Viol K,Schiepek G,Kronbichler M,Hartl A,Grafetstätter C,Strasser P,Kastinger A,Schöller H,Reiter EM,Said-Yürekli S,Kronbichler L,Kravanja-Spannberger B,Stöger-Schmidinger B,Hütt MT,Aichhorn W,Aas B

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is prevalent but poorly recognized in the Emergency Department (ED). We aimed to identify the frequency of unrecognized geriatric depression and its possible determinants in the ED using the 15-item geriatric depression scale (GDS). We also aimed to explore the performance of the shorter, five-ite...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Shrestha R,Shrestha AP,Shrestha A,Kamholz B

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asverin® (tipepidine hibenzate) has been used as an antitussive for > 50 years in Japan. Studies revealed that tipepidine modulates monoamine levels, by inhibiting G-protein-activated inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) channels, expecting the potential therapeutic effects of tipepidine for attention-defici...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Saito T,Yamashita Y,Tomoda A,Okada T,Umeuchi H,Iwamori S,Shinoda S,Mizuno-Yasuhira A,Urano H,Nishino I,Saito K

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antipsychotic medications are the first-line pharmacological intervention for severe mental illnesses (SMI) such as schizophrenia and other psychoses, while also being used to relieve distress and treat neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia. Our aim was to examine the factors relating to antipsychotic prescr...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Heald AH,Stedman M,Farman S,Khine C,Davies M,De Hert M,Taylor D

更新日期：2020-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reluctance on the part of mental health professionals constitutes an important barrier to patient participation in care. In order to stimulate person-centeredness in the inpatient care of persons with psychotic illness, we developed and tested an educational intervention for hospital staff (including psychia...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Allerby K,Goulding A,Ali L,Waern M

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of psychiatric care beds and the mean length of stay in psychiatric care beds in Japan have decreased over the past 10 years. However, as has long been indicated here and elsewhere, Japan lags behind other countries in terms of deinstitutionalization. Furthermore, the population of inpatients in p...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Okayama T,Usuda K,Okazaki E,Yamanouchi Y

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To protect and maintain the positivity of self-concept, normal people usually show a self-serving bias (internal attribution of positive events and external attribution of negative events) by the motives of self-enhancement and self-protection. Additionally, self-serving assessments predominantly activate th...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Wang Y,Zheng L,Wang C,Guo X

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Information regarding the distribution of evidence grades in psychiatry and psychotherapy guidelines is lacking. Based on the German evidence- and consensus- based (S3) psychiatry and psychotherapy and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) treatment guidelines, we aimed to specify how guidel...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Löhrs L,Handrack M,Kopp I,Jessen F,Wagner E,Falkai P,Röh A,Strube W,Hasan A

更新日期：2020-10-12 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:Novel corona virus, named COVID-19, has spread rapidly to other countries like Italy, Iran and South Korea and affected all people, especially health-care providers. Therefore, due to the rapid spread of the disease in Iran, the aim of the present study was to explore psychological distress experienced by Ir...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Alizadeh A,Khankeh HR,Barati M,Ahmadi Y,Hadian A,Azizi M

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive tests currently used in healthcare and research settings do not account for bias in performance that arises due to cultural context. At present there are no universally accepted steps or minimum criteria for culturally adapting cognitive tests. We propose a methodology for developing specific guide...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Waheed W,Mirza N,Waheed MW,Malik A,Panagioti M

更新日期：2020-10-06 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:Sleep is vital for maintaining individual's physical and mental health. Prior studies have reported close relationships between sleep duration and chronic diseases. However, in China, the prevalence of aberrant sleep duration and the associations between sleep duration and chronic conditions still merit stud...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Chen X,Wang SB,Li XL,Huang ZH,Tan WY,Lin HC,Hou CL,Jia FJ

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the increasing diversity of the German population, it is important to test the psychometric validity and reliability of the German version Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) specifically between German natives and residents with a migration background. METHODS:Using nationally representative data (N = 252...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Bastianon CD,Klein EM,Tibubos AN,Brähler E,Beutel ME,Petrowski K

更新日期：2020-09-11 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:Farmers are a vulnerable population for developing depression or other mental health disorders due to a variety of risk factors in their work context. Beyond face-to-face resources, preventive internet- and tele-based interventions could extend available treatment options to overcome barriers to care. The Ge...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Freund J,Titzler I,Thielecke J,Braun L,Baumeister H,Berking M,Ebert DD

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Co-occurring psychiatric disorders in adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) contribute to the burden of the healthcare and possibly to the delay of diagnosis. Aim of the study was to clinically assess the prevalence and compare lifetime co-occurring...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Pehlivanidis A,Papanikolaou K,Mantas V,Kalantzi E,Korobili K,Xenaki LA,Vassiliou G,Papageorgiou C

更新日期：2020-08-26 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: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: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:During the perinatal period, suicides are more likely to occur in those with depression and who are not receiving active treatment at the time of death. Suicide is a common outcome in people with suicide ideation. We developed an intervention program taking care of comprehensive perinatal maternal mental hea...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Tachibana Y,Koizumi N,Mikami M,Shikada K,Yamashita S,Shimizu M,Machida K,Ito H

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with somatoform, depressive or anxiety disorders often don't respond well to medical treatment and experience many side effects. It is thus of clinical relevance to identify alternative, scientifically based, treatments. Our approach is based on the recent evidence that urbanicity has been shown to ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Hüfner K,Ower C,Kemmler G,Vill T,Martini C,Schmitt A,Sperner-Unterweger B

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is highly prevalent among Haemodialysis (HD) patients and is known to results in a series of adverse outcomes and poor quality of life (QoL). Although cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been shown to improve depressive symptoms and QoL in other chronic illness, there is uncertainty in terms o...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Ling C,Evans D,Zhang Y,Luo J,Hu Y,Ouyang Y,Tang J,Kuang Z

更新日期：2020-07-14 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:There are no standard diagnostic criteria or interventions for internet gaming addiction (IGA) even though IGA is one of the most pervasive public health issues among youth worldwide. Internet gaming reasons or motivations have been studied as a potential predictor of IGA, but the results have been inconsist...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kim N,Kim MJ,Hughes TL,Kwak H,Kong ID

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the public stigma on mental illness and mental health knowledge (MHK) in China, public stigma and low MHK can negatively affect patients' health and increase the burden of mental disorders on society. This study aimed at investigating the rates of stigma and MHK, the correlates of stigm...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Yin H,Wardenaar KJ,Xu G,Tian H,Schoevers RA

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has suggested that worry is negatively associated with working memory performance. However, it is unclear whether these findings would replicate across different worry levels and in individuals with anxiety and depressive disorders (i.e. clinical statuses). METHOD:One-hundred-thirty-eight ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Held J,Vîslă A,Zinbarg RE,Wolfer C,Flückiger C

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) experience significant affect regulation difficulties that cause serious consequences in their work, emotional, and social environments. This dysfunctional pattern also produces great suffering and a heavy burden on their relatives. Fortunately, some studie...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Fernández-Felipe I,Guillén V,Marco H,Díaz-García A,Botella C,Jorquera M,Baños R,García-Palacios A

更新日期：2020-06-15 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:Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) are ranked among the leading causes of disabilities worldwide. Many people with SSD spend most of their daily time being inactive, and this is related to the severity of negative symptoms. Here, we present the 3-year DiAPAson project aimed at (1) evaluating the daily ti...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： de Girolamo G,Rocchetti M,Benzi IMA,Agosta S,Casiraghi L,Ferrari C,De Franceschi N,Macis A,Pogliaghi S,Starace F

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are two of the most frequently-observed neurodevelopmental disorders. Autistic traits are detected frequently in children who have ADHD. This study aimed to examine autism symptoms in children diagnosed with ADHD and their par...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Okyar E,Görker I

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:QT interval prolongation is a growing concern worldwide, posing psychiatric patients to life-threatening fatal arrhythmias i.e., torsade de pointes. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of QT interval prolongation, its associated risk factors and prescribing patterns of QT prolonging drugs among psych...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Ali Z,Ismail M,Nazar Z,Khan F,Khan Q,Noor S

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00