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In most countries, young people with obsessive-compulsive disorder have limited access to specialist cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a first-line treatment.To investigate whether internet-delivered CBT implemented in a stepped-care model is […]
» Read moreTo evaluate the accuracy of the depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D) to screen for major depression among people with physical health problems.Systematic review and individual […]
» Read moreThe mental health of the UK population declined at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Convenience sample surveys indicate that recovery began soon after. Using a probability sample, we tracked […]
» Read moreTo analyse the association between survival from critical illness and suicide or self-harm after hospital discharge.Population based cohort study using linked and validated provincial databases.Ontario, Canada between January 2009 and […]
» Read moreInternet cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) is a viable delivery format of CBT for depression. However, iCBT programmes include training in a wide array of cognitive and behavioural skills via different […]
» Read moreChronic mood disorders pose an important mental health problem. Individuals with these disorders experience a significant impairment, often fail to seek help, and their illnesses frequently do not respond to […]
» Read moreThe authors examine U.S.-based evidence that connects characteristics of the social environment with outcomes across the psychosis continuum, from psychotic experiences to schizophrenia. The notion that inequitable social and economic […]
» Read moreA patient’s complaint of “hearing voices” or “seeing things” or of similar perceptual abnormalities leaves the clinician with 2 decisions: (1) Is the patient actually experiencing a hallucination, or does […]
» Read moreThis column summarizes the verdict in the federal class action known as Wit v United Behavioral Health (UBH)/Optum, highlighting the verdict’s implications for increasing access to care, implementing the mental […]
» Read moreThe objective of this study was to use quantitative and qualitative data to gather information about emergency medicine and psychiatric provider perspectives regarding the evolution of a violence risk screening […]
» Read moreAnxiety and depressive disorders frequently recur, but participation in effective psychological interventions to prevent relapse is limited. The reasons for nonparticipation are largely unknown, hampering successful implementation. The aims of […]
» Read moreThis report describes a rare case of an adolescent female with a history of unspecified depressive disorder, disinhibited social engagement disorder, and significant history of sexual trauma at an early […]
» Read moreThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented unprecedented challenges to the provision of inpatient psychiatric care. The nature of the physical plant, programmatic constraints, and the patient population required a […]
» Read moreViolence risk assessment is a requisite component of mental health treatment. Adhering to standards of care and ethical and legal requirements necessitates a cogent process for conducting, and then documenting, […]
» Read moreGenetic tests, unlike most other laboratory tests, are trait rather than state tests. That means the results almost always stay the same. Exceptions to this rule are discussed in this […]
» Read moreThree cases presented in this issue highlight diagnostic challenges in evaluating adolescents, in particular those with a constellation of symptoms that includes hallucinations. These cases raise the question of the […]
» Read moreThis case report describes a unique presentation of Cotard syndrome in an 18-year-old female patient experiencing first-episode psychosis. Cotard syndrome was first described in 1880 by Jules Cotard as a […]
» Read moreCrisis intervention psychotherapy (CIP) is an underutilized form of therapy that can be offered as a treatment during psychiatric disasters and emergencies, and it may be especially useful during the […]
» Read moreTo describe neurodevelopment at age 5 among children born preterm.Population based cohort study, EPIPAGE-2.France, 2011.4441 children aged 5½ born at 24-26, 27-31, and 32-34 weeks MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Severe/moderate neurodevelopmental […]
» Read moreThere is substantial variation in people’s responses to adversity, with a considerable proportion of individuals displaying psychological resilience. Epigenetic mechanisms are hypothesised to be one molecular pathway of how adverse […]
» Read moreTrends in type 2 diabetes show an increase in prevalence along with younger age of onset. While vascular complications of early-onset type 2 diabetes are known, the associations with dementia […]
» Read moreIncreased anxiety in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely noted. The purpose of this study was to test whether the prepandemic functional connectome predicted individual anxiety induced by […]
» Read moreSocioeconomic factors have been suggested to influence the effect of education- and intelligence-associated genetic variants. However, results from previous studies on the interaction between socioeconomic status and education or intelligence […]
» Read moreExcessive response to unexpected or “deviant” stimuli during infancy and early childhood represents an early risk marker for anxiety disorders. However, research has yet to delineate the specific brain regions […]
» Read morePublic stigma is a barrier to care and increases the duration of untreated psychosis among individuals with first-episode psychosis. The authors recently demonstrated the efficacy of a 90-second social contact-based […]
» Read moreThe Z-drugs (zolpidem, zopiclone, zaleplon) are widely used to treat insomnia in patients receiving prescription opioids, and the risk of overdose resulting from this coprescription has not been explored. The […]
» Read moreAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is currently considered an early-onset neurodevelopmental condition. Follow-up studies of clinic-ascertained autism suggest that autistic symptoms typically decline with age, although symptom improvement is limited for […]
» Read moreAssess the mental health, physical health, cognitive and language development of 10-year old children in families where mothers have reported intimate partner violence (IPV) compared with children with no reported […]
» Read moreAgeing into adulthood is challenging at baseline, and doing so with a chronic disease can add increased stress and vulnerability. Worldwide, a substantial care gap exists as children transition from […]
» Read moreAttention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, characterized by varying severity in attention deficit and hyperactivity. Studies have shown deficiencies in the serum level of magnesium and vitamin […]
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