Conditions, Lifestyle Factors & Interventions
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Suicide, self-harm, and suicide ideation in nurses and midwives: A systematic review of prevalence, contributory factors, and interventions
(2023)Background Nurses have been identified as an occupational group at increased risk of suicide. This systematic review examines the prevalence of, and factors influencing, suicide and related behaviours among nurses and ... -
Effects of Training Body-Related Interpretations on Panic-Related Cognitions and Symptoms
(2023-02)Interpretation biases (IBs) are central in panic disorder, and there is rich evidence showing that these are correlated with and predictive of panic-relevant symptomatology. However, experimental studies are needed to ... -
Identifying psychiatric diagnosis from missing mood data through the use of log-signature features
(2022-11)The availability of mobile technologies has enabled the efficient collection of prospective longitudinal, ecologically valid self-reported clinical questionnaires from people with psychiatric diagnoses. These data streams ... -
What do others think? The why, when and how of using surveys in CBT
(2022-09)Surveys are a powerful technique in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). A form of behavioural experiment, surveys can be used to test beliefs, normalise symptoms and experiences, and generate compassionate perspectives. ... -
CACNA1C (CaV1.2) and other L-type calcium channels in the pathophysiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders: Advances from functional genomics and pharmacoepidemiology
(2022-09)A role for voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) in psychiatric disorders has long been postulated as part of a broader involvement of intracellular calcium signalling. However, the data were inconclusive and hard to ... -
Advances in digital CBT: where are we now, and where next?
(2022-10)Digital CBT refers to the use of digital tools, platforms or devices to deliver or enhance cognitive behavioural therapy assessment, formulation, treatment, training and supervision. The ‘Advances in Digital CBT’ special ... -
A co-produced online cultural experience compared to a typical museum website for mental health in people aged 16-24: A proof-of-principle randomised controlled trial
(2022-09)Objective: We aimed to compare a co-produced online intervention encompassing the diverse human stories behind art and artefacts, named Ways of Being (WoB), with a typical museum website, the Ashmolean (Ash) on negative ... -
Comparison of characteristics of centers practicing incremental vs. conventional approaches to hemodialysis delivery – postdialysis recovery time and patient survival
(2019-03)Introduction: Conventional haemodialysis (HD) involves treatment times of around 4 hours thrice weekly, taking no account of residual kidney function (RKF). In incremental HD the frequency and duration of dialysis sessions ... -
The serum metabolomic profile of a distinct, inflammatory subtype of acute psychosis
(2022-09)A range of studies suggest that a proportion of psychosis may have an autoimmune basis, but this has not translated through into clinical practice—there is no biochemical test able to accurately identify psychosis resulting ... -
The Power Threat Meaning Framework and the Climate and Ecological Crises
(2022-09)Climate change poses an existential threat to today’s and future generations. Within this context, important debates are taking place about the risk of individualising and de-contextualising both climate-related distress ... -
Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of Guided Self-help Versus Individual Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with a Trauma Focus for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (RAPID)
(2022-10)Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common, disabling condition that can occur following major traumatic events. Typical symptoms include distressing reliving, avoidance of reminders, and feeling a current sense ... -
Substance Related and Addictive Disorders in Sports with a Focus on the Football Sector: a Narrative Review
(2022-09)Football is the world’s most-watched and played sport. Even though sports psychiatry is steadily gaining importance, the stigma on mental illness in sports, especially football, and the limited number of articles on this ... -
Examining the Effectiveness of Web-Based Interventions to Enhance Resilience in Health Care Professionals: Systematic Review
(2022-07)Background: Internationally, the impact of continued exposure to workplace environmental and psychological stressors on health care professionals’mental health is associated with increased depression, substance misuse, ... -
Delivering remote therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study with service users accessing a community personality disorder service
(2022-10)Purpose The purpose of this study is to qualitatively explore the views and opinions of service users accessing remote therapy through a community forensic personality disorder service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Des ... -
Mortality in psychotic depression: 18-year follow-up study
(2022-10)Background Evidence on the role of co-occurring psychiatric disorders in mortality associated with psychotic depression is limited. Aims To estimate the risk of cause-specific mortality in psychotic depression compared ... -
The alarms should no longer be ignored: A Survey of the Demand, Capacity and Provision of Adult Community Eating Disorder Services in England and Scotland before COVID-19
(2022-12)This national survey compared the demand and capacity of adult community eating disorder services (ACEDS) to NHSE Commissioning guidance. Results: Of 21 services approached in England and Scotland 13 responded (10.7 million ... -
What is Computational Psychiatry Good For?
(2022-09)It is rare in the field of biological psychiatry for hypotheses to be definitively refuted. Rather, topics of investigation drift into and out of fashion, often driven by the initial excitement of technological innovation, ... -
Creating a care pathway for patients with longstanding, complex eating disorders
(2022-08)Recovery rates for people with eating disorders are low; fewer than half recover and approximately 20% develop a longstanding eating disorder. Patients with longstanding eating disorders are often referred to as “SEED” ... -
The Needs and Experiences of Parents with Psychosis: A Qualitative Interview Study
(2022-09)Over a third of individuals diagnosed with a psychotic disorder are also a parent. The symptoms of psychosis and side effects of antipsychotic medication can impact on parents’ awareness of the needs of their children and, ...