Right brain-to-right brain psychotherapy: recent scientific and clinical advances
This article overviews my recent acceptance of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Sapienza University of Rome, in which I discussed three decades of my work on the right brain in development, psychopathogenesis... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - November 19, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Allan Schore Tags: Review Source Type: research

Use of social network as a coping strategy for depression among young people during the COVID-19 lockdown: findings from the COMET collaborative study
Use of social media (SM) has exponentially grown particularly among youths in the past two years, due to COVID-19-related changing lifestyles. Based on the Italian COvid Mental hEalth Trial (COMET), we investi... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - November 14, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Laura Orsolini, Umberto Volpe, Umberto Albert, Claudia Carmassi, Giuseppe Carr à, Francesca Cirulli, Bernardo Dell’Osso, Valeria Del Vecchio, Marco Di Nicola, Vincenzo Giallonardo, Mario Luciano, Giulia Menculini, Maria Giulia Nanni, Maurizio Pompili, Tags: Research Source Type: research

Behavioral problems in psychotic, clinically high-risk, and non-psychotic adolescent patients
A growing body of research provides evidence for social and behavioral problems observed among adolescents with psychosis and also as precursors of vulnerability to psychosis, long before the illness onset, es... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - November 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chiara Rogantini, Livio Provenzi, Renato Borgatti and Martina Mensi Tags: Comment Source Type: research

Factors predicting admission of psychiatric emergency contacts after presenting to the emergency department: results of a regression analysis
Psychiatric emergency patients have great relevance in the interdisciplinary emergency department. Emergency physicians in this setting often have to make decisions under time pressure based on incomplete info... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - November 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heribert Kirchner, Martin Schaefer, Heiko Ullrich, Nik Hulsmans, Georg Juckel, Patrick Brzoska and Frank-Gerald Bernhard Pajonk Tags: Research Source Type: research

A study on prescriptions contributing to the risk of high anticholinergic burden in adults with intellectual disabilities: retrospective record linkage study
People with intellectual disabilities may face a disproportionate risk of experiencing high anticholinergic burden, and its negative sequalae, from a range of medications, and at younger ages than the general ... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - October 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: McKernan Laura Ward, Sally-Ann Cooper, Angela Henderson, Bethany Stanley, Nicola Greenlaw, Christine Pacitti and Deborah Cairns Tags: Research Source Type: research

The effect of cognitive behavior therapy on anxiety and depression during COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The global spread of coronavirus has caused many physical and mental health problems throughout the world. Depression and anxiety are among the issues that people are experiencing abundantly, along with other ... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - October 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nasrin Zamiri-Miandoab, Robab Hassanzade and Mojgan Mirghafourvand Tags: Research Source Type: research

Treatment persistence with aripiprazole once monthly: a 4-year follow-up
Treatment persistence refers to the act of continuing a treatment as prescribed and reflects the patient's or doctor's judgment about efficacy, tolerability, and acceptability. In patients with schizophrenia, ... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - September 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Andrea Fagiolini, Eugenio Aguglia, Andrea Ballerini, Gaetano Callista, Bernardo Carpiniello, Massimo Clerici, Giulio Corrivetti, Alessandro Cuomo, Pasquale De Fazio, Sergio De Filippis, Serafino De Giorgi, Arianna Goracci, Daniele La Barbera, Claudio Menc Tags: Research Source Type: research

Effect of age and sex on prescriptions for outpatients with bipolar disorder in the MUSUBI study: a cross ‑sectional study
Childbearing-aged female patients and elderly patients with bipolar disorder need special attention for pharmacological treatments, but current guidelines provide little information on their pharmacological tr... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - September 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yasushi Kawamata, Norio Yasui-Furukori, Naoto Adachi, Hitoshi Ueda, Seiji Hongo, Takaharu Azekawa, Yukihisa Kubota, Eiichi Katsumoto, Koji Edagawa, Eiichiro Goto, Kazuhira Miki, Masaki Kato, Atsuo Nakagawa, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Takashi Tsuboi, Reiji Yoshimur Tags: Research Source Type: research

What is the global prevalence of depression among men who have sex with men? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Depression due to stigma resulting from their sexual identity, isolation, social exclusion, and insufficient access to care and counseling services has become a health problem among men who have sex with men (... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - September 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Elham Nouri, Yousef Moradi and Ghobad Moradi Tags: Research Source Type: research

Positive and negative syndrome scale in forensic patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Among forensic patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, the association between symptomatology and violence is still not entirely clear in literature, especially because symptoms shift both during the a... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - September 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chiara Buizza, Cosmo Strozza, Giulio Sbravati, Giovanni de Girolamo, Clarissa Ferrari, Laura Iozzino, Ambra Macis, Harry G. Kennedy and Valentina Candini Tags: Review Source Type: research

Gender differences in psychiatric outpatients: a before and during COVID-19 pandemic study in general hospitals from China
Little is known about the gender characteristics and the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) impact on psychiatric department outpatients in general hospitals in China. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - September 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wenli He, Danhong Xu, Jiafeng Wang, Yuze Shen, Zheng Lin, Liemin Ruan and Qiaozhen Chen Tags: Primary research Source Type: research

New-onset hallucinations with amiodarone: a case report
Amiodarone is a commonly used antiarrhythmic for the treatment of atrial fibrillation with a unique pharmacokinetic profile. While general side effects can be frequently associated with amiodarone, psychiatric... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jessica Molinaro, Peter DeVries, Jennifer Ha and Jennifer M. Knight Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Evaluation of factors associated with medication adherence in patients with bipolar disorder using a medication event monitoring system: a 6 ‐month follow‐up prospective study
Non-adherence in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) results in symptoms, such as aggravation, BD recurrence, emergency room visits, re-hospitalization, and poor psychosocial outcomes. Though non-adherence rat... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 23, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: HyunChul Youn, Moon-Soo Lee, Hyun-Ghang Jeong and Seung ‑Hyun Kim Tags: Primary research Source Type: research

Vitamin D status and its correlation to depression
Vitamin D can influence more than 200 genes in various tissues showing its credibility among the fat-soluble vitamins. Vitamin D deficiency is directly proportional to major clinical conditions such as cardiov... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bashir khan, Huma Shafiq, Seyyedha Abbas, Summeira Jabeen, Sikandar Ali Khan, Tayyaba Afsar, Ali Almajwal, Nawaf W. Alruwaili, Dara al-disi, Sultan Alenezi, Zahida Parveen and Suhail Razak Tags: Research Source Type: research

Mental health in Italy after two years of COVID-19 from the perspective of 1281 Italian physicians: looking back to plan forward
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented global crisis that is profoundly affecting mental health and mental health care. The aim of this study was to survey a relatively large group of Italian phy... (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alessandro Cuomo, Mario Amore, Maria Felice Arezzo, Sergio De Filippis, Alessandra De Rose, Silvestro La Pia, Alessandro Pirani, Riccardo Torta and Andrea Fagiolini Tags: Research Source Type: research