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The meaning of ‘acceptance’ of a psychiatric diagnosis: qualitative study of illness narratives with review of the literature [PDF]

open access: yesBJPsych Open
Background Although diagnosis acceptance is frequently discussed in psychiatric practice and research, both components – psychiatric diagnoses and the act of accepting them – are inherently unclear.
Magali J. de Rooy   +4 more
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REM Sleep Fragmentation in Patients With Short-Term Insomnia Is Associated With Higher BDI Scores

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Objective: To observe the changes in sleep characteristics and BDI scores in patients with short-term insomnia disorder (SID) using a longitudinal observational study.Methods: Fifty-four patients who met the criteria for SID of the International ...
Danjuan Wu   +7 more
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On Validators for Psychiatric Categories

open access: yesPhilosophy of Medicine, 2022
The concept of a “validator” as a unit of evidence for the validity of a psychiatric category has been important for more than fifty years. Validator evidence is aggregated by expert committees (for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...
Miriam Solomon
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The spectrum of functional neurological disorders: A retrospective analysis at a tertiary hospital in South Africa

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Background: Functional neurological disorders (FNDs) are commonly encountered in practice; however, there is a paucity of data in Africa. Aim: To identify and describe the clinical profile of patients presenting with FNDs, underlying medical and ...
Lavanya Naidoo, Ahmed I. Bhigjee
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The Dialectics of Altered Experience: How to Validly Construct a Phenomenologically Based Diagnosis in Psychiatry

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
In this paper, we present how a dialectical perspective on phenomenological psychopathology, called Dialectical Phenomenology (DPh), can contribute to current needs of psychiatric diagnosis.
Guilherme Messas   +5 more
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Comparative Examination of ICD-11 and DSM-5 Alternative Model in Personality Disorders

open access: yesPsikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2023
Personality disorders tried to be explained by changing diagnoses and approaches varying from school to school throughout history. With the updated approaches and scientific developments in today's diagnostic booklets, developing and more understandable ...
Türkmen Töre
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Cannabis use during pregnancy and its relationship with fetal developmental outcomes and psychiatric disorders. A systematic review

open access: yesReproductive Health, 2020
Introduction This study analyze factors associated to cannabis use in pregnant women, its perceived availability, its risk perception and the relationship between prenatal exposure to cannabis and developmental and mental disorders. Objectives We present
Carlos Roncero   +5 more
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Evolving Concepts of the Schizophrenia Spectrum: A Research Domain Criteria Perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Several trends intersecting over the past two decades have generated increasing debate as to how the concepts of schizophrenia, the schizophrenia spectrum, and the psychotic disorders spectrum should be regarded.
Bruce N. Cuthbert, Sarah E. Morris
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The effect of financial incentives on patients’ motivation for treatment: results of “Money for Medication,” a randomised controlled trial

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2018
Background Offering financial incentives is an effective intervention for improving adherence in patients taking antipsychotic depot medication. We assessed whether patients’ motivation for treatment might be reduced after receiving financial rewards ...
Ernst L. Noordraven   +4 more
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