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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Psychiatric comorbidity and risk of premature mortality and suicide among those with chronic respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes in Sweden: A nationwide matched cohort study of over 1 million patients and their unaffected siblings
(2022-01)
Persons with noncommunicable diseases have elevated rates of premature mortality. The contribution of psychiatric comorbidity to this is uncertain. We aimed to determine the risks of premature mortality and suicide in ...
Personalised treatment for cognitive impairment in dementia: development and validation of an artificial intelligence model
(2022-02)
Donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine and memantine are potentially effective interventions for cognitive impairment in dementia, but the use of these drugs has not been personalised to individual patients yet. We examined ...
Development and validation of a meta-learner for combining statistical and machine learning prediction models in individuals with depression
(2022-05)
The debate of whether machine learning models offer advantages over standard statistical methods when making predictions is ongoing. We discuss the use of a meta-learner model combining both approaches as an alternative. ...
Incorporating interventions for unhealthy exercise into eating disorders treatment A survey of attitudes in those with lived experience of an eating disorder
(2022-05)
Introduction: There is little consensus on the treatment of unhealthy exercise in eating disorders. Many treatment programmes do not offer any interventions at all. This study explored the attitudes of those with lived ...