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981 Association between serum ferritin concentrations and depressive symptoms in Japanese municipal employees Psychiatry Research, October 13, 2011
982 Cognitive and affective empathy in depression linked to executive control Psychiatry Research, October 13, 2011
983 Theory of mind and facial emotion recognition in euthymic bipolar I and bipolar II disorders Psychiatry Research, October 13, 2011
984 Potential role of safer injection facilities in reducing HIV and Hepatitis C infections and overdose mortality in the United States Drug and Alcohol Dependence, October 13, 2011
985 Examining the Association Between Thought Suppression and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Men Cognitive Therapy and Research, October 13, 2011
986 Association of Maternal and Paternal IQ With Offspring Conduct, Emotional, and Attention Problem Scores: Transgenerational Evidence From the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study Full Text JAMA Psychiatry, October 12, 2011
987 Long-term Outcomes of Disability Benefits in US Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Full Text JAMA Psychiatry, October 12, 2011
988 Absolute Risk of Suicide After First Hospital Contact in Mental Disorder Full Text JAMA Psychiatry, October 12, 2011
989 Importance of Anonymity to Encourage Honest Reporting in Mental Health Screening After Combat Deployment Full Text JAMA Psychiatry, October 12, 2011
990 Psychiatric and General Medical Conditions Comorbid With Bipolar Disorder in the National Hospital Discharge Survey Psychiatric Services, October 12, 2011
991 Service Use Among Patients With Serious Mental Illnesses Who Presented With Physical Symptoms at Intake Psychiatric Services, October 12, 2011
992 Uninsurance Among Nonelderly Adults With and Without Frequent Mental and Physical Distress in the United States Psychiatric Services, October 12, 2011
993 Examining a progressive model of self-stigma and its impact on people with serious mental illness Psychiatry Research, October 12, 2011
994 Nutritional status, acute phase response and depression in metastatic lung cancer patients: Correlations and association prognosis Supportive Care in Cancer, October 11, 2011 Clinical Article
995 New Dimensions in the Quantitative Classification of Mental Illness Full Text JAMA Psychiatry, October 11, 2011
996 Testing the Reliability and Validity of DSM-IV-TR and ICSD-2 Insomnia Diagnoses: Results of a Multitrait-Multimethod Analysis Full Text JAMA Psychiatry, October 11, 2011
997 Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Early Treatment: Results From the Jerusalem Trauma Outreach and Prevention Study JAMA Psychiatry, October 11, 2011
998 A High-Risk Study of Bipolar Disorder: Childhood Clinical Phenotypes as Precursors of Major Mood Disorders Full Text JAMA Psychiatry, October 11, 2011
999 Deep brain stimulation increases impulsivity in two patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder International Clinical Psychopharmacology, October 11, 2011
1000 Postnatal Serotonin Type 2 Receptor Blockade Prevents the Emergence of Anxiety Behavior, Dysregulated Stress-Induced Immediate Early Gene Responses, and Specific Transcriptional Changes that Arise Following Early Life Stress Biological Psychiatry, October 11, 2011
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 summaryAs 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 summaryAs 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%).
Read the article summary1 One day in the life of old age psychiatrists in the United Kingdom International Psychogeriatrics, April 23, 2013
2 Effects of oral 5-hydroxytryptophan on a standardized planning task: insight into possible dopamine/serotonin interactions in the forebrain Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, April 26, 2013
3 Clinical staging in psychiatry: a cross-cutting model of diagnosis with heuristic and practical value The British Journal of Psychiatry, April 4, 2013
4 Childhood abuse in late-life depression Journal of Affective Disorders, March 28, 2013
5 The efficacy of psychosocial intervention for pain in breast cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, April 8, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
6 Reversal deficits in individuals with psychopathy in explicit but not implicit learning conditions Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience , April 5, 2013 Free full text
7 Screening for cardiovascular risk in patients with severe mental illness in primary care: A comparison with patients with diabetes Journal of Mental Health, April 3, 2013
8 Analyzing excess mortality from cancer among individuals with mental illness Cancer, April 18, 2013
9 Use and need for psychosocial support in cancer patients Cancer, April 22, 2013
10 A novel technique of using externally directed visual attention to treat psychological illnesses Medical Hypotheses, April 1, 2013 Review Article
11 Intimate partner violence outcomes in women with PTSD and substance use: A secondary analysis of NIDA Clinical Trials Network "Women and Trauma" Multi-site Study Addictive Behaviours, April 15, 2013
12 Psychiatric training for the next generation The Psychiatrist, January 23, 2013
13 Psychiatric symptoms associated with the mental health defence for serious violent offences in Queensland Australasian Psychiatry, April 9, 2013
14 Barriers to Mental Health Care Utilization in Parkinsons Disease Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, April 17, 2013
15 Polygraph testing of sex offenders in a high secure hospital The Psychiatrist, April 4, 2013
16 Voice recognition software: psychiatrist as transcriber The Psychiatrist, April 5, 2013
17 Clozapine for self-injurious behavior in individuals with borderline personality disorder Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, April 9, 2013
18 Participation in opioid substitution treatment reduces the rate of criminal convictions: Evidence from a community study Addictive Behaviours, April 15, 2013
19 Psychosocial and Developmental Characteristics of Civilly Committed Sex Offenders Issues in Mental Health Nursing, April 11, 2013
20 An Integrative Review of What Contributes to Personal Recovery in Psychiatric Disabilities Issues in Mental Health Nursing, April 5, 2013 Review Article
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