Archive for Category: Mental health

Prevalence and patient characteristics associated with cardiovascular disease risk factor screening in UK primary care for people with severe mental illness: an electronic healthcare record study

Background

People with severe mental illness (SMI) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and initiatives for CVD risk factor screening in the UK have not reduced disparities.

Objectives

To describe the annual screening prevalence for CVD risk factors in people...

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Components of cognitive-behavioural therapy for mitigating core symptoms in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analys

Question

Cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) is frequently implemented for individuals with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is still unknown which specific components are effective, because CBT is a complex intervention with several components. The objective of this review was to assess...

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Data sharing in circadian rhythm and mental health research: current status, challenges, recommendations and future directions.

Data sharing is a cornerstone of modern scientific research, playing a critical role in fostering greater collaboration, enhancing reproducibility, transparency and efficiency of scientific discoveries, and integrating diverse data sources. In circadian rhythm research, data sharing is particularly important...

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Genetic variation in circadian regulator gene BMAL1 in psychiatric, psychological and cardiometabolic traits: a trans-ancestry UK Biobank study

Background

The link between cardiometabolic disease and mental illness has been well established but remains incompletely explained. One hypothesis suggests that circadian rhythm dysregulation links cardiometabolic disease and mental illnesses. BMAL1 is a circadian rhythm regulatory gene. Human genetic studies...

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