Conditions, Lifestyle Factors & Interventions: Recent submissions
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Internet-delivered cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial
(2022-04)Research is needed to determine the extent to which internet-delivered psychological therapies are effective when delivered in countries and cultures outside of where they were developed. Objective This waitlist-controlled ... -
Building trust in artificial intelligence and new technologies in mental health
(2022-04)In 2019, the Topol review was published on behalf of the secretary of state for health and social care in the UK, preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future.1 A multidisciplinary team of experts, ... -
Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia
(2022-04)Rare coding variation has historically provided the most direct connections between gene function and disease pathogenesis. By meta-analysing the whole exomes of 24,248 schizophrenia cases and 97,322 controls, we implicate ... -
COVID-19 and substance use disorders: a review of international guidelines for frontline healthcare workers of addiction services
(2022-03)People with substance use disorders may be at a greater risk of contracting COVID-19 infection and developing medical complications. Several institutional and governmental health agencies across the world developed ad hoc ... -
Specialised early intervention for recent-onset psychosis
(2022-03)Specialised early intervention (SEI) services have seen significant investment and expansion in the UK, aiming to improve long-term outcomes for psychotic disorders. This commentary discusses a recent Cochrane review that ... -
How should we ensure that children are safeguarded in gymnastics?
(2022-03)Gymnastics has had multiple abuse scandals involving the USA, Australia, Europe and the UK [1]. These involve allegations of sexual abuse. In the UK, we are currently awaiting publication of the Whyte Report, an independent ... -
Mental health prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic in individuals with bipolar disorder: Insights from prospective longitudinal data
(2022-03)Many studies have examined the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of the public, but few have focused on individuals with existing severe mental illness with longitudinal data before and during the pandemic. Aims: To ... -
Efficacy of tiapride in the treatment of psychiatric disorders: A systematic review
(2022-03)Tiapride is an atypical antipsychotic used to treat alcohol withdrawal, aggressiveness and agitation, headache, dyskinesias, tic and Tourette's disorder. More recently, it has been proposed for the treatment of delirium ... -
Association between hospital-diagnosed sleep disorders and suicide: a nationwide cohort study
(2022-05)Abstract Study Objectives Sleep disorders are related to mental disorders. Yet few studies have examined their association with suicide. We examined whether males and females diagnosed with sleep disorders had higher ... -
Encouraging bystander helping behaviour in a violent incident: a virtual reality study using reinforcement learning
(2022-03)Virtual reality (VR) affords the study of the behaviour of people in social situations that would be logistically difficult or ethically problematic in reality. The laboratory-controlled setup makes it straightforward to ... -
An Overview of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Bipolar Disorder
(2022-03)Since the conception of bipolar disorder (BD) as a psychiatric condition, sleep and circadian rhythm disruptions have been cardinal symptoms of the disorder. Current nosologies recognise this and such disruptions form part ... -
Nasogastric tube feeding under physical restraint on paediatric wards: ethical, legal and practical considerations regarding this lifesaving intervention
(2022-03)Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric condition. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of patients who have required medical stabilisation on paediatric wards has increased significantly. ... -
Challenging the psychiatry–neurology divide: the case of autoimmune encephalitis
(2022-03)A new case series describes a cohort of individuals with severe psychiatric presentations who were diagnosed with ‘possible’ or ‘probable’ autoimmune encephalitis on the basis of neurological examination. Many participants ... -
Unravelling the complex interactions between self-awareness, cognitive change, and mood at 6-months post-stroke using the Y-shaped model
(2022-02)We investigated the relationships between cognitive change following stroke, awareness of cognitive impairments, and mood to further understanding of change processes influencing psychological outcomes post-stroke ... -
Neuroenhancements in the Military: A Mixed-Method Pilot Study on Attitudes of Staff Officers to Ethics and Rules
(2022-02)Utilising science and technology to maximize human performance is often an essential feature of military activity. This can often be focused on mission success rather than just the welfare of the individuals involved. This ... -
What can siblings and cousins tell us about the role of early life family income in the aetiologies of violent crime, substance misuse and psychiatric morbidity?
(2022-03)In our recent paper,1 we examined associations between family income during childhood and adolescence on subsequent risks of developing psychiatric disorders, having substance misuse problems and being arrested for a violent ... -
Long COVID rehabilitation: A collaborative approach to managing a new phenomenon
(2022-02)Purpose: Post COVID Syndrome (Long COVID) is the continuation of symptoms related to a COVID-like-illness after 12 weeks post onset (NICE Guidelines December 2020). Most recent ONS prevalence data (April 2021) predicts ... -
Clinical- and cost-effectiveness of a technology-supported and solution-focused intervention (DIALOG+) in treatment of patients with chronic depression—study protocol for a multi-site, cluster randomised controlled trial [TACK]
(2022-03)Many with an acute depressive disorder go on to develop chronic depression, despite ongoing care. There are few specifically designed interventions to treat chronic depression. DIALOG+, a technology-assisted intervention ... -
Characterizing Affective Variability in Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder, and the Effects of Lithium, Using a Generative Model of Affect
(2022-02)The affective variability of Bipolar Disorder (BD) is thought to qualitatively differ from that of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), with changes in affect persisting for longer in BD. However, quantitative studies ... -
Do sagittal spinal curvature and back extensor endurance correlate with gait and balance measures in people with degenerative spinal conditions?
(2022-02)The aim was to investigate the relationship between sagittal spinal curvature and endurance with dynamic balance and gait in people with symptomatic degenerative spinal conditions. Methods: In this cohort study, participants ...