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Are Extended Reality Interventions Effective in Helping Autistic Children to Enhance Their Social Skills? A Systematic Review
(2022-04)Autistic children’s social skills do not always align with those of their neurotypical peers and research suggests that this can negatively impact quality of life. This review aimed to assess the effectiveness of extended ... -
Effects of escitalopram therapy on functional brain controllability in major depressive disorder
(2022-04)Antidepressant drugs are the mainstay of treatment for patients with major depressive disorders (MDD). Given the critical role of the underlying neural control mechanism in the physiopathology of depression, this study ... -
The early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with severe mental illness: An interrupted time-series study in South-East England
(2022-04)Abstract Background. Deterioration in general population mental health since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has been reported, but the impact of the pandemic on people with severe mental illness (SMI) has received ... -
A validation study to trigger nicotine craving in virtual reality
(2022-04)We built a virtual beer garden that contained various smoking cues (both verbal and non-verbal) using a motion capture system to record the realistic smoking behaviour related animations. Our 3-min long VR experience was ... -
Effectiveness of medical treatment for bipolar disorder regarding suicide, self-harm and psychiatric hospital admission: between- and within-individual study on Danish national data
(2022-04)Mood stabilisers are the main treatment for bipolar disorder. However, it is uncertain which drugs have the best outcomes. Aims To investigate whether rates of suicide, self-harm and psychiatric hospital admission in ... -
The service user experience of SlowMo therapy: A co-produced thematic analysis of service users' subjective experience
(2022-04)Objectives: SlowMo is the first blended digital therapy for paranoia, showing significant small-moderate reductions in paranoia in a recent large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT). This study explored the subjective ... -
Catechol-O-methyltransferase activity does not influence emotional processing in men
(2022-04)Background: Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) regulates cortical dopaminergic transmission and prefrontal-dependent cognitive function. However, its role in other cognitive processes, including emotional processing, is ... -
The impact of social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with dementia and caregivers
(2022-04)Objective: Social distancing to limit COVID-19 transmission has led to extensive lifestyle changes, including for people with dementia (PWD). The aim of this study, therefore, was to assess the impact of lockdown on the ... -
Body image concerns in patients with persecutory delusions
(2022-04)Background: Persecutory fears build on feelings of vulnerability that arise from negative views of the self. Body image concerns have the potential to be a powerful driver of feelings of vulnerability. Body image concerns ... -
Mental health responses in countries hosting refugees from Ukraine
(2022-04)The Ukrainian refugee crisis highlights the many issues associated with trauma, distress, mental and physical health, culturally competent assessments, and meaningful support and interventions. This crisis requires ... -
Self-harm, somatic disorders and mortality in the 3 years following a hospitalisation in psychiatry in adolescents and young adults
(2022-03)Background There is limited recent information regarding the risk of self-harm, somatic disorders and premature mortality following discharge from psychiatric hospital in young people. Objective To measure these risks ... -
“If I Didn’t Have Them, I’m Not Sure How I Would Have Coped with Everything Myself”: Empowering and Supporting Parents/Carers of High-Risk Young People Assisted by Community Forensic CAMHS
(2022-04)Parent/carer involvement in their child’s support for mental health difficulties is a critical component of effective care. 13 Community Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (F:CAMHS) across England were ... -
Associations between mental and physical conditions in children and adolescents: An umbrella review
(2022-06)We mapped the evidence on the type and strength of associations between a broad range of mental and physical conditions in children and adolescents, by carrying out an umbrella review, i.e., a quantitative synthesis of ... -
Misophonia in the UK: norms of the selective sound sensitivity five factor model (S-Five) for misophonia and prevalence of the disorder using a large sample representative of the UK population
(2022-04)What is the reality of the misophonic experience in the general population? This is a study on misophonia in a large sample, representative of the UK general population. The study utilises a multidimensional psychometric ... -
Evidence of cross-cultural consistency in a multidimensional model for the severity of misophonia and trigger burden: psychometric conclusions emerging from the Mandarin version of the Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome Scale (S-Five).
(2022-04)This study investigates whether the S-Five multidimensional model for the misophonic experience identified in samples of English-speaking individuals, were valid in participants from an Asian population. The five dimensions ... -
Emotion Processes Predicting Outbursts and Functional Impact in Misophonia
(2022-07)Misophonia involves a decreased tolerance to certain sounds and is associated with a range of emotions and emotion processes. In addition to the distress caused by misophonia, some individuals report having aggressive ... -
Automated virtual reality therapy to treat agoraphobic avoidance and distress in patients with psychosis (gameChange): a multicentre, parallel-group, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial in England with mediation and moderation analyses
(2022-04)Automated delivery of psychological therapy using immersive technologies such as virtual reality (VR) might greatly increase the availability of effective help for patients. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an automated ... -
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 ... -
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 ...