Archive for Author: prince

Predictors of increased affective symptoms and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a large-scale study of 14 271 Thai adults

Background

Increasing data suggest emergent affective symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objectives

To study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on affective symptoms and suicidal ideation in Thai adults.

Methods

The Collaborative Outcomes Study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times uses non-probability sampling...

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All-cause and suicide mortalities among adolescents and young adults who contacted specialised gender identity services in Finland in 1996-2019: a register study

Background

All-cause and suicide mortalities of gender-referred adolescents compared with matched controls have not been studied, and particularly the role of psychiatric morbidity in mortality is unknown.

Objective

To examine all-cause and suicide mortalities in gender-referred adolescents and the impact of psychiatric...

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Are web-based stress management interventions effective as an indirect treatment for depression? An individual participant data meta-analysis of six randomised trials

Question

Depression is highly prevalent and associated with numerous adverse consequences for both individuals and society. Due to low uptake of direct treatment, interventions that target related, but less stigmatising problems, such as perceived stress, have emerged as a new...

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Influence of study characteristics, methodological rigour and publication bias on efficacy of pharmacotherapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised, placebo-controlled trials

Question

We examined the effect of study characteristics, risk of bias and publication bias on the efficacy of pharmacotherapy in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Study selection and analysis

We conducted a systematic search of double-blinded, placebo-controlled, short-term RCTs...

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