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Personal and family history of psychiatric disorders are key risk factors for postpartum depression (PPD), yet their combined contribution has been understudied.
ObjectiveTo examine personal and family psychiatric history, alone and combined, and their effect on absolute risk and relative...
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The South African Depression Scale (SADS) was recently developed by Andersen and colleagues1 2 as a screening tool for depressive symptoms specific to Xhosa culture. This scale was designed to assess classical symptoms of depression which are also...
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Little is known about the impact of cumulative attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication use on the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).
ObjectiveThe objective is to examine the association between cumulative use of ADHD medication and risk of incident T2D.
MethodsA nested...
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Depression and anxiety are common among children and young people and can impact on the well-being of their parents/carers. Dominant intervention approaches include parent training; however, this approach does not directly address parents' well-being. Our objective was to examine...
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The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to evaluate and compare the prevalence rates of spontaneous movement disorders (SMDs), including dyskinesia, parkinsonism, akathisia and dystonia, in antipsychotic-naïve individuals with chronic psychosis and first-episode psychosis (FEP) and gain...
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Psychiatric comorbidity is frequent among persons with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Whether pharmacological treatment of ADHD influences the incidence of psychiatric comorbidity is uncertain.
ObjectiveTo investigate associations and causal relations between pharmacological treatment of ADHD and incidence of subsequent comorbid psychiatric...
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Emotion regulation (ER) plays a central role in psychopathology. Understanding person-centred patterns of ER strategies is crucial for prevention and intervention strategies. However, there is a paucity of research on ER profiles and their psychological correlates in forcibly displaced...
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Psychological resilience refers to an individual's ability to cope with and adapt to challenging life circumstances and events.
ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the association between psychological resilience and all-cause mortality in a national cohort of US older adults by...
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Depression and anxiety are increasingly prevalent in adolescents. The Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools Trial investigated the effectiveness of a brief self-referral stress workshop programme for sixth-form students aged 16–18 years old.
ObjectiveThis study conducted a secondary analysis on...
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The mental health benefits of cannabidiol (CBD) are promising but can be inconsistent, in part due to challenges in defining an individual's effective dosage. In schizophrenia, alterations in anandamide (AEA) concentrations, an endocannabinoid (eCB) agonist of the eCB system,...