Long-term clinical and functional course of borderline personality disorder: A meta-analysis of prospective studies
ConclusionsFindings suggest that the course of BPD is characterised by symptomatic amelioration and a slight functional improvement in the long-term. Age and gender modulate the long-term prognosis and should be considered to adapt treatment resources. Further research is required to draw robust conclusions on the long-term effects of psychotherapeutic interventions. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - December 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Predictors of personal continuity of care of patients with severe mental illness: A comparison across five European countries
ConclusionEven in countries where exposure is decided through patient-clinician agreement, it was the admission hospital, not patient characteristics, that predicted exposure to care approaches. Nevertheless, organisational decisions in hospitals tend to expose socially disadvantaged patients to personal continuity. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - December 23, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Editorial board
Publication date: January 2019Source: European Psychiatry, Volume 55Author(s): (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - December 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Predicting suicidal ideation by interpersonal variables, hopelessness and depression in real-time. An ecological momentary assessment study in psychiatric inpatients with depression
ConclusionsThis study provides further evidence on the short-term variability of SI in very short time frames implying the need of assessing SI repeatedly in clinical and research settings. The associations between interpersonal variables and passive and active SI were only partial in line with assumptions of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide. Overall, the effects were small warranting further investigation. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - December 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Response to commentary by Grifell and Hart, commentary on: The problem of mephedrone in Europe: Causes and suggested solutions
Publication date: January 2019Source: European Psychiatry, Volume 55Author(s): M. Ordak, T. Nasierowski (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - November 29, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
A systematic review on the relationship between mental health, radicalization and mass violence
In conclusion, this systematic review indicates that caution should be taken on how the association between ‘mental health’ and ‘radicalization’ is being claimed, because of limited evidence so far, and a number of methodological limitations of studies addressing this issue. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - November 29, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Neurocognition and functional outcome in patients with psychotic, non-psychotic bipolar I disorder, and schizophrenia. A five-year follow-up
ConclusionsWe have not found evidence of progression in the neurocognitive or psychosocial impairment in any of the three groups of patients, although it cannot be dismissed the possibility of a subset of patients with a progressive course. Other longitudinal studies with larger samples and longer duration are necessary to confirm these findings. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - November 29, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Are punitive parenting and stressful life events environmental risk factors for obsessive-compulsive symptoms in youth? A longitudinal twin study
ConclusionsStressful life events, but not punitive parenting, predict OCS change during adolescence at a phenotypic level. This association exists above and beyond genetic confounding, consistent with the hypothesis that stressful life events play a causal role in the development of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - November 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Sensitivity to criticism and praise predicts schizotypy in the non-clinical population: The role of affect and perceived expressed emotion
ConclusionGreater perceived criticism and lower perceived praise predict schizotypy in the healthy population. Affect and interpersonal sensitivity towards a close relative explain these relationships, such that depression increases perceived criticism, and positive mood increases perceived praise. Perceived EE defines the interpersonal nature of schizotypy. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - November 22, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The problem of mephedrone in Europe: Causes and suggested solutions
Publication date: January 2019Source: European Psychiatry, Volume 55Author(s): Marc Grifell, Carl L. Hart (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - November 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Cognitive functions in young adults with generalized anxiety disorder
ConclusionDespite substantial psychopathological burden, GAD exhibited intact cognitive functioning. These results support the Cognitive Control Theory of Anxiety, suggesting that elevated primary anxiety may not impact ‘cold’ cognitive functions in the absence of threat or substantial cognitive load. Given that this is one of the only studies employing a comprehensive neuropsychological battery in GAD, more research is needed in this population to replicate these results and to examine the impact of anxiety on cognitive functions at varying degrees of cognitive load in this population. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - November 18, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Psychiatric disorders and autism in young children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome compared to children with idiopathic autism
Conclusions: Our results highlight the need to screen for psychiatric disorders in 22q11DS and treat them already in preschool years. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - November 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Updated European Consensus Statement on diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD
Conclusions ADHD often presents as a lifelong impairing condition. The stigma surrounding ADHD, mainly due to lack of knowledge, increases the suffering of patients. Education on the lifespan perspective, diagnostic assessment, and treatment of ADHD must increase for students of general and mental health, and for psychiatry professionals. Instruments for screening and diagnosis of ADHD in adults are available, as are effective evidence-based treatments for ADHD and its negative outcomes. More research is needed on gender differences, and in older adults with ADHD. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - November 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Adolescent psychosis risk symptoms predicting persistent psychiatric service use: A 7-year follow-up study
ConclusionsIn a prospective follow-up of a large sample using comprehensive mental health records, our findings indicate that assessing psychosis risk symptoms in clinical adolescent settings at the beginning of treatment could predict long-term need for care beyond diagnostic information. Our findings replicate the previous findings that positive psychosis risk symptoms are unspecific markers of severity of psychopathology. Also psychosis risk symptoms of the negative, disorganization, and general clusters are approximately as strongly associated with prolonged psychiatric service use in the upcoming years. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - November 16, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Cannabis use and suicide attempts among 86,254 adolescents aged 12–15 years from 21 low- and middle-income countries
Conclusion: Our data indicate that cannabis use is associated with a greater likelihood for suicide attempts in adolescents living in LMICs. The causality of this association should be confirmed/refuted in prospective studies to further inform public health policies for suicide prevention in LMICs. (Source: European Psychiatry)
Source: European Psychiatry - November 16, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
