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Latest (2) Full Text Articles (36) Focus on Geriatric Psychiatry261 Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms based on two different interviews: The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Disorder and the Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines Psychiatry Research, December 26, 2011
262 Avoidant personality problems--their association with somatic and mental health, lifestyle, and social network. A community-based study Comprehensive Psychiatry, December 23, 2011
263 Schizotypy, emotional-behavioural problems and personality disorder traits in a non-clinical adolescent population Psychiatry Research, December 22, 2011
264 Genetic Influences on Life Span and Its Relationship to Personality: A 16-Year Follow-Up Study of a Sample of Aging Twins Psychosomatic Medicine, December 21, 2011
265 Type D Personality, Self-Efficacy, and Medication Adherence Following an Acute Coronary Syndrome Psychosomatic Medicine, December 21, 2011
266 Role of childhood traumatic experience in personality disorders in China Comprehensive Psychiatry, December 19, 2011
267 Evaluation of naltrexone for dissociative symptoms in borderline personality disorder International Clinical Psychopharmacology, December 19, 2011
268 The five factor model of personality in mixed anxiety-depressive disorder and effect on therapeutic response Asian Journal of Psychiatry, December 19, 2011
269 Personality disorders and psychosocial problems in a group of participants to therapeutic processes for people with severe social disabilities Full Text BMC Psychiatry, December 14, 2011 Clinical Article
270 Effects of Moderate-Dose Treatment With Varenicline on Neurobiological and Cognitive Biomarkers in Smokers and Nonsmokers With Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder Full Text JAMA Psychiatry, December 14, 2011
271 Metacognitive mastery dysfunctions in personality disorder psychotherapy Psychiatry Research, December 14, 2011
272 Prevalence of personality disorders using two diagnostic systems in psychiatric outpatients in Shanghai, China: A comparison of uni-axial and multi-axial formulation Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, December 13, 2011
273 Alexithymia in personality disorders: Correlations with symptoms and interpersonal functioning Psychiatry Research, December 13, 2011
274 Higher Executive Control and Visual Memory Performance Predict Treatment Completion in Borderline Personality Disorder Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, December 7, 2011
275 Pathological gambling and the structure of common mental disorders The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, December 5, 2011 Clinical Article
276 Cognitive Distortions and Self-Regulatory Personality Traits Associated with Proactive and Reactive Aggression in Early Adolescence Cognitive Therapy and Research, November 29, 2011
277 Dimensional psychopathology in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder Bipolar Disorders, November 28, 2011
278 Sensitivity to positive and negative feedback in euthymic patients with bipolar I disorder: the last episode makes the difference Bipolar Disorders, November 28, 2011
279 Subthreshold bipolarity: diagnostic issues and challenges Bipolar Disorders, November 28, 2011
280 Evidence of associations between bipolar disorder and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene Bipolar Disorders, November 28, 2011
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Risk factors for postpartum depression
As published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, risk factors for postpartum depression among abused women included age 15-19 (aOR=2.29) and > 35 years of age (aOR=2.33). In non-abused women, risk factors for postpartum depression include unemployment (aOR=1.41), foreign birth (aOR=2.04), and low income (aOR=1.68). Postpartum depression was also associated with women abused prior to pregnancy (aOR=3.28), abuse beginning postpartum (aOR=4.76), and abuse resuming postpartum (aOR=3.81).
Read the article summaryA link between cardiovascular fitness and depression
As published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, low cardiovascular fitness at 18 years of age (n = 1,117,292; follow-up, 3-40 y) is associated with an increased risk of severe depression (HR = 1.96).
Read the article summaryOptimal dose of amisulpride for acute exacerbation of schizophrenia
As published in Clinical Drug Investigation, an initial amisulpride dose of 800 mg (n=38) is more effective that 400 mg with dose titration (n=30) in patients with an acute exacerbation of schizophrenia. A greater number of patients in the 800 mg group than the 400 mg with dose titration group had a 30% reduction in the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale after 4 (68.4% vs. 40.0%) and 6 weeks (71.1% vs. 43.3%).
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Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Screening cluster A and cluster B personality disorders in Chinese high school students BMC Psychiatry, April 18, 2013 Free full text
2 Personality, physical activity, and symptoms of anxiety and depression: the HUNT study Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, April 22, 2013
3 The bipolar-borderline personality disorders connection in major depressive patients Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, February 11, 2013 Review Article
4 Borderline symptoms and suicidality/self-injury in late adolescence: Prospectively observed relationship correlates in infancy and childhood Psychiatry Research, April 2, 2013
5 Antisocial personality disorder predicts methamphetamine treatment outcomes in homeless, substance-dependent men who have sex with men Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, April 15, 2013
6 Clozapine for self-injurious behavior in individuals with borderline personality disorder Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, April 9, 2013
7 Personality subtypes in adolescents with anorexia nervosa Comprehensive Psychiatry, April 25, 2013
8 Antipsychotic augmentation of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: a meta-analysis of double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, March 11, 2013
9 Personality traits in chronic daily headache patients with and without psychiatric comorbidity: an observational study in a tertiary care headache center The Journal of Headache and Pain, April 3, 2013 Free full text
10 Parental depression, maternal antidepressant use during pregnancy, and risk of autism spectrum disorders: population based case-control study British Medical Journal, April 23, 2013 Free full text
11 Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with borderline personality disorder: results from a cross-sectional study European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, April 1, 2013
12 Distinct ADHD Symptom Clusters Differentially Associated With Personality Traits Journal of Attention Disorders, April 10, 2013
13 Recognition, intervention, and management of antisocial behaviour and conduct disorders in children and young people: summary of NICE-SCIE guidance British Medical Journal, April 15, 2013 Review Article
14 Personality and the Risk of Cancer: A 16-Year Follow-Up Study of the GAZEL Cohort Psychosomatic Medicine, March 20, 2013
15 Personality features of obese women in relation to binge eating and night eating Psychiatry Research, April 29, 2013
16 A questionnaire-wide association study of personality and mortality: The Vietnam Experience Study Journal of Psychosomatic Research, April 17, 2013
17 The effects of maternal major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder on birth weight and gestational age: A comparative study Journal of Psychosomatic Research, March 21, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
18 Temperament personality profiles in suicidal behaviour: An investigation of associated demographic, clinical and genetic factors Journal of Affective Disorders, March 4, 2013
19 Malnutrition in the first year of life and personality at age 40 Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, March 19, 2013
20 Gender differences in personality patterns and smoking status after a smoking cessation treatment BMC Public Health, April 10, 2013 Free full text Review Article
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