Dysfunctional eating behaviours, anxiety and depression in Italian boys and girls: the role of mass media [PDF]
Objective: Extensive research has implicated identification with characters in mass media in the emergence of disordered eating behavior in adolescents.
Angelo Maria, Saliani +5 more
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Psychotic features, particularly mood incongruence, as a hallmark of severity of bipolar I disorder
Background The occurrence of psychotic features within mood episodes in patients with bipolar I disorder (BD I) has been associated in some studies with a more severe clinical and socio-professional profile.
Julien Elowe +11 more
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Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Hazardous Drinking, Tobacco and Drug use in urban Tanzania, and Their associated Risk Factors. [PDF]
Evidence suggests substance abuse in Tanzania is a growing public health problem. A random sample of 899 adults aged 15-59 in two urban sites of differing levels of poverty surveyed alcohol, tobacco and illicit substance use.
Joseph Mbatia +47 more
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Approval of Coercion in Psychiatry in Public Perception and the Role of Stigmatization
Background: Coercion is routinely used in psychiatry. Its benefits and drawbacks are controversially debated. In addition, the majority of persons with mental health problems are exposed to stigmatization and are assumed to be dangerous.
Sahar Steiger +7 more
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Molecular epidemiology of human Borna disease virus 1 infection revisited
Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) strains attracted public interest by recently reported rare fatal encephalitis cases in Germany. Previously, human BoDV-1 infection was suggested to contribute to psychiatric diseases.
Liv Bode, Yujie Guo, Peng Xie
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The admission experience survey italian version (I-AES). a factor analytic study on a sample of 156 acute psychiatric in-patients [PDF]
Coercive treatments are often regarded as an inevitable and yet highly debated feature of psychiatric care. Perceived coercion is often reported by patients involuntarily committed as well as their voluntary counterparts. The Admission Experience Survey (
Biondi, Massimo +6 more
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Among forensic patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, the association between symptomatology and violence is still not entirely clear in literature, especially because symptoms shift both during the acute phase of the illness and after. The aims
Chiara Buizza +8 more
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The S20 Brazilian Mental Health Report for building a just world and a sustainable planet: Part I [PDF]
This is the first of two documents prepared by experts for the Brazilian S20 mental health report. These reports outline strategies aimed at addressing the exacerbated mental health challenges arising from a post-pandemic world.
Jair de Jesus Mari +9 more
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For several decades now, there has been a strong interest in quantifying the magnitude of mental health problems in the general population. In spite of the growing methodological sophistication of investigations, there remain conceptual issues.
Félix Cova Solar +4 more
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Initial controlled trials of the serotonergic antidepressant fluvoxamine showed promise for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in outpatients, although more recent outpatient data have been less encouraging.
Brian P. Brennan +6 more
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