Aggressive behavior and metacognitive functions: a longitudinal study on patients with mental disorders
Metacognitive functions play a key role in understanding which psychological variables underlying the personality might lead a person with a severe mental disorder to commit violent acts against others. The ai... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - June 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valentina Candini, Marta Ghisi, Giorgio Bianconi, Viola Bulgari, Antonino Carcione, Cesare Cavalera, Giovanni Conte, Marta Cricelli, Maria Teresa Ferla, Clarissa Ferrari, Laura Iozzino, Ambra Macis, Giuseppe Nicol ò, Alberto Stefana and Giovanni de Girol Tags: Primary research Source Type: research
Vitamin D deficiency mediates the relationship between dietary patterns and depression: a case –control study
Depression is a major contributor to disability-adjusted life years (DALY) lost in the world. Dietary patterns are widely used to investigate diet –disease relations. In the current study, the relationship betw... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - June 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gity Sotoudeh, Firoozeh Raisi, Maryam Amini, Reza Majdzadeh, Mahdieh Hosseinzadeh, Fatemeh Khorram Rouz and Maryam Khosravi Tags: Primary research Source Type: research
Occurrence of mood disorders among educationally active older adults in Bialystok, Poland: a cross-sectional study
Mood disorders in older people are an increasingly serious health and social problem, and their prevalence increases with age. The most common mood disorders are bipolar disorder, which is the occurrence of ma... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mateusz Cybulski, Lukasz Cybulski, Elzbieta Krajewska-Kulak, Magda Orzechowska, Urszula Cwalina and Beata Kowalewska Tags: Primary research Source Type: research
Recording of cardiovascular risk factors by general practitioners in patients with schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia and related disorders (SRD) are more predisposed to having cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) compared to the general population due to a combination of lifestyle factors and expos... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: M ª Carmen Castillejos, Carlos Martín-Pérez, Antonio García-Ruiz, Fermín Mayoral-Cleries and Berta Moreno-Küstner Tags: Primary research Source Type: research
A case report of mania with abnormal cerebral blood flow and cognitive impairment 24 years after head trauma
Mania usually occurs secondary to organic etiologies such as head trauma within a short time of the primary condition ’s onset; however, there have been a few cases reported in the literature of long time spans... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 12, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hiroki Yoshino, Chieko Aoki, Soichiro Kitamura, Kazuhiko Yamamuro, Shohei Tanaka and Toshifumi Kishimoto Tags: Case report Source Type: research
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for people diagnosed with treatment-resistant PTSD: what it is and what it isn ’t
PTSD is a chronic condition with high rates of comorbidity, but current treatment options are limited and not always effective. One novel approach is MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for people diagnosed with treat... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 12, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Louise Morgan Tags: Review Source Type: research
How obsessive –compulsive and bipolar disorders meet each other? An integrative gene-based enrichment approach
The novel approaches to psychiatric classification assume that disorders, contrary to what was previously thought, are not completely separate phenomena. In this regard, in addition to symptom-based criteria, ... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sajedeh Hamidian, Abbas Pourshahbaz, Ali Bozorgmehr, Esmaeil Shahsavand Ananloo, Behrooz Dolatshahi and Mina Ohadi Tags: Review Source Type: research
The prevalence of depression among patients with tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Evidence has shown that the prevalence of depression is much higher among patients with tuberculosis (TB) and this, in turn, may adversely impact compliance with anti-TB medications. Therefore, this systematic... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bereket Duko, Asres Bedaso and Getinet Ayano Tags: Review Source Type: research
The assessment of stress level, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and defense mechanisms among Polish and English medical students
Medical education is proven to be associated with a high degree of psychological stress. Different coping strategies used by students have been investigated on their efficacy. So far, studies on medical studen... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: M. Pawlaczyk, J. Siembida, K. Balaj and A. Rajewska-Rager Tags: Primary research Source Type: research
Correction to: Efficacy of the interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT) in patients with bipolar disorder: results from a real-world, controlled trial
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in the legend of Table 2. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - April 18, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Luca Steardo Jr, Mario Luciano, Gaia Sampogna, Francesca Zinno, Pasquale Saviano, Filippo Staltari, Cristina Segura Garcia, Pasquale De Fazio and Andrea Fiorillo Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Beyond diagnosis in psychiatric practice
In psychiatry, the information conveyed by diagnosis (i.e., the “type” to which the individual patient is reconducted) is in itself insufficient for therapeutic and prognostic purposes. Hence the need for a mo... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - April 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mario Maj Tags: Review Source Type: research
Discerning undifferentiated anxiety from syndromal anxiety in acute-phase schizophrenia
Literature on anxiety in schizophrenia is confined to well-established diagnostic syndromes and the diagnostic category of unspecified anxiety disorder has not been quantitatively verified in this population. ... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - April 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kalai Naidu, Werdie van Staden and Lizelle Fletcher Tags: Primary research Source Type: research
Prevalence and associated factors of mental disorders in the nationwide primary care population in Latvia: a cross-sectional study
Mental disorders are common amongst patients in primary care. There are no published studies on the prevalence of mental disorders in primary care patients in Latvia. The purpose of the study was to evaluate t... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - April 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Elmars Rancans, Lubova Renemane, Anda Kivite-Urtane and Douglas Ziedonis Tags: Primary research Source Type: research
Prevalence and factors associated with depression among pregnant mothers in the West Shoa zone, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
Depression during pregnancy, the most prevalent mental health problem, can alter fetal development and has important consequences on the offspring ’s physical and mental health. Evidence suggests increasing rat... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - April 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Takele Tiki, Kefyalew Taye and Bereket Duko Tags: Primary research Source Type: research
Tardive dystonia improved with discontinuation of trazodone in an elderly schizophrenia patient: a case report
Tardive dystonia associated with antidepressant use is rare and often under-recognized. We had an experience with trazodone, which is used for delirium and insomnia prescribed in general hospital, inducing tar... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - April 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yoshinori Kadota, Hikaru Hori, Michiko Takayama, Chikako Okabe and Naotoshi Ohara Tags: Case report Source Type: research
