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Predictors of moving on from mental health supported accommodation in England: national cohort study.
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2019-05-03)BACKGROUND: Around 60 000 people in England live in mental health supported accommodation. There are three main types: residential care, supported housing and floating outreach. Supported housing and floating outreach aim ... -
Population-based identity-by-descent mapping combined with exome sequencing to detect rare risk variants for schizophrenia.
(Wiley, 2019-02-23)Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are highly effective at identifying common risk variants for schizophrenia. Rare risk variants are also important contributors to schizophrenia etiology but, with the exception of ... -
The return of the traumatized army veteran: a qualitative study of UK ex-servicemen in the aftermath of war, 1945 to 2000
(Informa Healthcare, 2019-04-18)The challenge of transition from service to civilian life is explored through the experiences of a sample of 225 UK army veterans between 1945 and 2000. All subjects had a war pension for a psychological disorder, and most ... -
The impact of a brief gratitude intervention on subjective well-being, biology and sleep
(Sage, 2015-03-02)This randomised controlled experiment tested whether a brief subjective well-being (SWB) intervention would have favourable effects on cardiovascular and neuroendocrine function and on sleep. We compared 2 weeks of a ... -
Web-Based Measure of Life Events Using Computerized Life Events and Assessment Record (CLEAR): Preliminary Cross-Sectional Study of Reliability, Validity, and Association With Depression.
(JMIR Publications, 2019-01-08)BACKGROUND: Given the criticisms of life event checklists and the costs associated with interviews, life event research requires a sophisticated but easy-to-use measure for research and clinical practice. Therefore, the ... -
Characteristics of severe life events, attachment style, and depression – Using a new online approach
(Wiley, 2019-04-13)Objectives: Severe life events are established as provoking agents for depression in combination with vulnerability factors. Identifying features of severe events improves the prediction of disorder but are rarely utilized, ... -
Biological and psychological correlates of self-reported and objective sleep measures
(Elsevier, 2016-03-23)OBJECTIVE: Objective and self-reported sleep are only moderately correlated and it is uncertain if these two types of sleep measures are associated with distinct biological and psychological outcomes. METHODS: Participants ... -
The relationship between clinical and recovery dimensions of outcome in mental health
(Elsevier, 2015-10-31)Background: Little is known about the empirical relationship between clinical and personal recovery. Aims: To examine whether there are separate constructs of clinical recovery and personal recovery dimensions of ... -
Social Factors and Recovery from Mental Health Difficulties: A Review of the Evidence
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Gender and psychiatric disorders in children with epilepsy. A meta-analysis.
(Elsevier, 2019-03-23)OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to assess the influence of gender on psychiatric disorders in children with epilepsy (CWE). METHOD: A systematic review of the literature on risk factors for psychiatric disorder ... -
Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Comorbidity of Mental Health Problems and Alcohol Use Disorders: Experiences of Clinicians and Patients in the UK and Poland.
(2019-04-16)AIMS: Treatment of patients with comorbidity of mental health problems and alcohol use disorder (AUD) constitutes a challenge in many countries. The article aimed at exploration of personal experiences of clinicians and ... -
Pursuing parity: genetic tests for psychiatric conditions in the UK National Health Service.
(2019-05)SummarySchizophrenia and anorexia nervosa were recently added to the list of conditions for which whole genome sequencing might be indicated as part of the 100 000 Genomes Project, reflecting the remarkable recent progress ... -
Extremism and common mental illness: cross-sectional community survey of White British and Pakistani men and women living in England.
(2019-03-15)BACKGROUND: Mental illnesses may explain vulnerability to develop extremist beliefs that can lead to violent protest and terrorism. Yet there is little evidence.AimsTo investigate the relationship between mental illnesses ... -
Forty-five revolutions per minute: a qualitative study of Hybrid Order use in forensic psychiatric practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-01-01)© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Psychiatrists who recommend a Hybrid Order (Section 45A) as a disposal option at the point of sentencing accept that the convicted individual, as well ... -
Clinical relevance of genome-wide polygenic score may be less than claimed.
(2019-03-25)OBJECTIVES: A recent study claimed that genome-wide polygenic scores (GPSs) for five common diseases could identify individuals with risk equivalent to monogenic mutations. Receiver operator curve analyses were reported ... -
Acculturation and suicidal ideation among Turkish migrants in the Netherlands.
(Elsevier, 2019-03-01)More suicidal ideation and higher rates of attempted suicide are found in Turkish people when compared with the general population in Europe. Acculturation processes and related distress may explain an elevated risk of ... -
The effects of six-day SSRI administration on diurnal cortisol secretion in healthy volunteers.
(Springer Verlag, 2018-12-01)Rationale Hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis has been widely reported in depression, and evidence suggests that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) might exert their therapeutic ...
