Risk factors for psychiatric readmission among inpatients with major depressive disorder: A patient-chart based study [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common and severe mental disorder. Although inpatient care may be needed in some cases, little is known on which factors are associated with risk for readmission.
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Approaching “highly sensitive person” as a cultural concept of distress: a case-study using the cultural formulation interview in patients with bipolar disorder [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 BackgroundPsychiatric patients may refer to concepts neither medically accepted nor easily understood to describe their experiences when seeking medical care.
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How a point-of-care dashboard facilitates co-production of health care and health for and with individuals with psychotic disorders: a mixed-methods case study [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background Individuals with psychotic disorders experience widespread treatment failures and risk early death. Sweden’s largest department specializing in psychotic disorders sought to improve patients’ health by developing a point-of-care dashboard to ...
Andreas Gremyr +5 more
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No association between joint hypermobility, musculoskeletal pain and neurodevelopmental problems in a school-based sample of 11-year-old children [PDF]
BJPsych OpenBackground Adult cohorts with generalised joint hypermobility (GJH) report higher rates of neurodevelopmental problems (NDPs). However, the prevalence of GJH in community-dwelling children and its association with NDPs remains unexplored.
Martin R. Glans +5 more
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Validation study of randomly selected cases of PTSD diagnoses identified in a Swedish regional database compared with medical records: is the validity sufficient for epidemiological research? [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives In Sweden, the patients’ diagnoses are recorded in administrative registers. The research value of these registers is determined by their diagnostic validity, that is, if the diagnosis recorded meets the relevant diagnostic criteria.
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Barriers to WHO Mental Health Action Plan updates to expand family and caregiver involvement in mental healthcare [PDF]
General Psychiatry, 2022 Jens Peter Eckardt
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Background: Total sleep deprivation (TSD) combined with bright light therapy (BLT) has been suggested as a valuable add-on to standard treatment for rapid relief of depression.
Michael Ioannou +7 more
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Environmental Health, 2018 Background Air pollution is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Experimental studies, and a few epidemiological studies, suggest that air pollution may cause acute exacerbation of psychiatric disorders, and even increase the ...
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Pårørende i psykiatrien; fortid, nutid og fremtid – et forskningsoprids
Nordisk Tidsskrift for Helseforskning, 2016 Caregivers of persons with mental illness: a look into past, present and future research The purpose of this article is to summarize the author's presentation on caregivers in psychiatry, held at the University of Copenhagen in March of 2016. The purpose
Jens Peter Eckardt
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Sex Steroids and Gene Variants in Bipolar Disorder [PDF]
, 2012 Bipolar disorder is a chronic, cycling disorder affecting circa 2% of the population and whose pathophysiology is still largely unknown. It has been suggested that common treatments used for bipolar disorder have effects on the sex steroids yet sex ...
Johansson, Anette GM
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