Mental health

Socioeconomic status and prescribing of ADHD medications: a study of ICB-level data in England

Background Little is known about the impact of healthcare structural changes and socioeconomic indices, such as deprivation, mental health needs,…

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Gender identity and mental health inequalities 2001-2022: population-level evidence from an Australian cohort study

Background Trans, non-binary and gender-diverse (TGD) people experience poorer mental health relative to cisgender populations. However, we know little on…

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Global mental health commentary: using innovation to create a workforce to deliver and implement culturally adapted CBT in Pakistan

Most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have poor or non-existent mental healthcare. Many of LMIC countries allocate less than 1%…

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Chronotherapeutic considerations of benzodiazepine administration for agitation management in the emergency department

Objective Agitation in the emergency department (ED) affects up to 2.6% of encounters, posing significant risks to patients and caregivers.…

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Effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for treatment-resistant depression in older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Depression in older adults is often undertreated. A 2011 systematic review of treatments for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in older…

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The menstrual cycle: an overlooked vital sign in psychiatry?

We argue that psychiatry has overlooked a significant modifiable risk factor for mental illness in female patients: cyclical symptoms associated…

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Advancing the evidence base for child and adolescent psychopharmacology

This editorial focuses on the seven studies published in the BMJ Mental Health topic collection Advances in Clinical Psychopharmacology in…

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Bridging assessment and treatment for repeat suicidality in prisons: development and validation of a risk model

Background Suicidal thoughts and behaviours are common in people in prison and associated with poor health outcomes, including suicide, injury…

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Advancing mixed methods in mental health research

In the mental health research field, there is a need for effective and robust methodological approaches that are able to…

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Lack of neuropsychological effects following short-term subcallosal cingulate gyrus deep brain stimulation in treatment-resistant depression: a randomised crossover study

Background The subcallosal cingulate gyrus (SCG) is integral to cognitive function and mood regulation. Open-label SCG deep brain stimulation (DBS)…

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