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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Understanding agoraphobic avoidance: the development of the Oxford Cognitions and Defences Questionnaire (O-CDQ)
(2022-02)
Many patients with mental health disorders become increasingly isolated at home due to anxiety about going outside. A cognitive perspective on this difficulty is that threat cognitions lead to the safety-seeking behavioural ...
A Refugee Rose of competencies and capabilities for mental healthcare of refugees
(2022-02)
In this paper, I set out the challenges of care for refugees and
suggest approaches to assessment and intervention. I discuss
clinical interventions that can address the immediate concern of
the clinician in a ...
Comparison of Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders Among the Adult Population in Bangladesh, Before and During the COVID-19 Lockdown
(2022-06)
The aims were to determine and compare the prevalence of possible psychiatric disorders among Bangladeshi adults before and during lockdown. It was hypothesized that prevalence of possible psychiatric disorders would ...
A narrative review of ablative neurosurgery in refractory mental disorders
(2022-07)
Neurosurgery for mental disorder (NMD) is currently performed in the UK for cases of severe depressive disorder and obsessive–compulsive disorder refractory to treatment, under stringent regulations as set out under the ...
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Delivery of Mental Health Services and Telemental Health: Systematic Review
(2022-08)
The COVID-19 pandemic required mental health services around the world to adapt quickly to the new restrictions and regulations put in place to reduce the risk of transmission. As face-to-face contact became difficult, ...
Patient and stakeholder engagement on the role that Social Prescribing might play in supporting the health and wellbeing of people diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment
(2022-11)
There is no standardised clinical care for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) postdiagnosis. Social prescribing could potentially address this gap, as it enables people to
access a range of non-clinical organisations ...
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, ...