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  1. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder in children or early adolescents with an estimated worldwide prevalence of 7.2%. Numerous articles related to ADHD have b...

    Authors: Chien-Ho Lin, Tsair-Wei Chien and Yu-Hua Yan

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2021 20:6

    Content type: Primary research

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  2. Exposure to public stigma can lead to stereotype endorsement and resignation, which are constructs related to self-stigma. This latter phenomenon has well-documented deleterious consequences for people living ...

    Authors: Philippe Golay, Mihaela Moga, Celia Devas, Mélissa Staecheli, Yasmine Poisat, Marie Israël, Caroline Suter, Benedetta Silva, Stéphane Morandi, Pascale Ferrari, Jérôme Favrod and Charles Bonsack

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2021 20:5

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  3. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the most commonly reported mental health consequence following disasters and traumatic events, either natural or man-made. Nothing is written regarding its pooled preva...

    Authors: Mengesha Srahbzu Biresaw and Enguday Tirfeneh Gebeyehu

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2021 20:4

    Content type: Primary research

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  4. Despite the EU recommendations on mental health, involuntary admission has been under researched in Italy for a long time and the overall picture of involuntary admission still appears fragmentary. The aims of...

    Authors: G. Maina, G. Rosso, C. Carezana, E. Mehanović, F. Risso, V. Villari, L. Gariglio and M. Cardano

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2021 20:3

    Content type: Primary research

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  5. Anxiety and postpartum depression are the most common psychological problems in women after delivery. Cognitive behavior intervention has been reported to have an effect in the therapy of postpartum depression...

    Authors: Hongling Liu and Yang Yang

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2021 20:2

    Content type: Primary research

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  6. Evidence emerged concerning how inflammatory arthritis and mood disorders can often occur in the same patient and show a similar clinical pattern. An overview of the rheumatological and psychiatric aspects of ...

    Authors: Maria Sole Chimenti, Giulia Lavinia Fonti, Paola Conigliaro, Paola Triggianese, Emanuela Bianciardi, Marialuce Coviello, Ginevra Lombardozzi, Giulia Tarantino, Cinzia Niolu, Alberto Siracusano and Roberto Perricone

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2021 20:1

    Content type: Review

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  7. Guidelines on laboratory screening in schizophrenia recommend annual monitoring of fasting lipids and glucose. The utility and the cost effectiveness of more extensive laboratory screening have not been studied.

    Authors: Saana Eskelinen, Janne V. J. Suvisaari and Jaana M. Suvisaari

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:70

    Content type: Primary research

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  8. Mood disorders are severe mental disorders related to increased suicidal behavior. Finding neural features for suicidal behavior, including suicide attempts (SAs) and suicidal ideation (SI), in mood disorders ...

    Authors: Pengshuo Wang, Ran Zhang, Xiaowei Jiang, Shengnan Wei, Fei Wang and Yanqing Tang

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:69

    Content type: Primary research

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  9. Although there are some existing data describing the usage of topiramate in patients with antipsychotic-induced obesity, study on its comparison with metformin is limited. This study aimed to explore the effec...

    Authors: Congjie Wang, Wenjie Shi, Jianyang Xu, Chengbing Huang and Jiannan Zhu

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:68

    Content type: Primary research

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  12. Perinatal depression is a widely discussed mental illness that occurs not only in women, but also in men. A previous international meta-analysis of the prevalence of paternal perinatal depression suggested tha...

    Authors: Keita Tokumitsu, Norio Sugawara, Kazushi Maruo, Toshihito Suzuki, Norio Yasui-Furukori and Kazutaka Shimoda

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:65

    Content type: Review

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  13. Women are well known to be susceptible to developing affective disorders, yet little attention has been given to effects of ovariectomy-reduced hormones and links with depression. This population-based cross-s...

    Authors: Ching-Yen Chen, Jian-Hong Chen, Shao-Chun Ree, Chun-Wei Chang and Sheng-Hsiang Yu

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:64

    Content type: Primary research

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  14. A number of studies have been conducted on risk factors of comorbid anxiety disorders regarding late-life depression (LLD). This study investigated the associated factors and their relationship to comorbid anx...

    Authors: Chawisa Suradom, Nahathai Wongpakaran, Tinakon Wongpakaran, Peerasak Lerttrakarnnon, Surin Jiraniramai, Unchulee Taemeeyapradit, Surang Lertkachatarn, Suwanna Arunpongpaisal and Pimolpun Kuntawong

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:63

    Content type: Primary research

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  15. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is under-investigated in people living with HIV/AIDS from sub-Saharan Africa. In part, this is due to paucity of culturally appropriate measures for GAD which are psychometri...

    Authors: Moses K. Nyongesa, Paul Mwangi, Hans M. Koot, Pim Cuijpers, Charles R. J. C. Newton and Amina Abubakar

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:62

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  16. Studies conducted in primary care as well as in psychiatric settings show that more than half of patients suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD) have poor adherence to antidepressants. Patients prematu...

    Authors: Bernardo Dell’Osso, Umberto Albert, Giuseppe Carrà, Maurizio Pompili, Maria Giulia Nanni, Massimo Pasquini, Nicola Poloni, Andrea Raballo, Fabio Sambataro, Gianluca Serafini, Caterina Viganò, Koen Demyttenaere, Roger S. McIntyre and Andrea Fiorillo

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:61

    Content type: Review

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  17. Population-based reference data on frequently used questionnaires are important for comparative purposes. Due to changes in health and lifestyles, such data should be updated every other decade. The objectives...

    Authors: Alv A. Dahl, Kjersti Støen Grotmol, Marianne Jensen Hjermstad, Cecilie Essholt Kiserud and Jon Håvard Loge

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:60

    Content type: Primary research

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  18. Postpartum depression is a common psychiatric complaint of women following delivery and a multitude of psychosocial, maternal, newborn and husband-related factors were contributing to it. This condition has a ...

    Authors: Mogesie Necho, Asmare Belete and Yosef Zenebe

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:59

    Content type: Primary research

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  19. During the prodromal phase of psychosis, individuals may experience an aberrant attribution of salience to irrelevant stimuli. The concept of aberrant salience has been hypothesized to be a central mechanism i...

    Authors: Philippe Golay, Julien Laloyaux, Mihaela Moga, Clara Della Libera, Frank Larøi and Charles Bonsack

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:58

    Content type: Primary research

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  20. Preliminary studies have tested nicotine as a novel treatment for OCD patients who respond partially/incompletely or not at all to first and second-line treatment strategies, with the former represented by SSR...

    Authors: Daria Piacentino, Annalisa Maraone, Valentina Roselli, Isabella Berardelli, Massimo Biondi, Georgios D. Kotzalidis and Massimo Pasquini

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:57

    Content type: Review

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  21. The challenges faced by professionals when working in the field of psychiatry require the development of adequate defensive and coping mechanisms. This study aimed to explore both coping strategies and defense...

    Authors: Anca-Livia Panfil, Mirela Frandes, Aurel Nirestean, Marinela Hurmuz, Diana Lungeanu, Madalina Cristanovici, Laura Lemeti, Andra Isac, Ion Papava and Cristina Bredicean

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:56

    Content type: Primary research

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  22. Management of schizophrenia is sub-optimal in many patients. Targeting negative symptoms, among the most debilitating aspects of schizophrenia, together with positive symptoms, can result in significant functi...

    Authors: Andrea Fagiolini, José Ángel Alcalá, Thomas Aubel, Wojciech Bienkiewicz, Mats Magnus Knut Bogren, Joaquim Gago, Giancarlo Cerveri, Michael Colla, Francisco Collazos Sanchez, Alessandro Cuomo, Frieling Helge, Eduardo Iacoponi, Per-Axel Karlsson, Pradeep Peddu, Mauro Pettorruso, Henrique Jorge Ramos Pereira…

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:55

    Content type: Review

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  24. One of the main causes of death in psychiatric patients is cardiovascular diseases which are closely related with lifestyle-related diseases. Psychiatric disorders include schizophrenia and mood disorders, who...

    Authors: Yoriyasu Uju, Tetsuto Kanzaki, Yuki Yamasaki, Tadayuki Kondo, Hideki Nanasawa, Yu Takeuchi, Yuta Yanagisawa, Shun Kusanishi, Chieko Nakano, Tetsuro Enomoto, Akahito Sako, Hidekazu Yanai, Shunichi Mishima, Seisuke Mimori, Kazuei Igarashi, Tsuyoshi Takizawa…

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:53

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  25. Several studies demonstrated the role of depressive mood and cognitive impairment in the background of elevated mortality and decreased Quality of Life (QoL) in old age. Our aim was to assess depressive and co...

    Authors: Viktor Voros, Sandor Fekete, Tamas Tenyi, Zoltan Rihmer, Ilona Szili and Peter Osvath

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:52

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  26. Perinatal depression (PND) is a major complication of pregnancy and many risk factors have been associated with its development both during pregnancy and postpartum. The transition to motherhood activates the ...

    Authors: Emanuela Bianciardi, Cristina Vito, Sophia Betrò, Alberto De Stefano, Alberto Siracusano and Cinzia Niolu

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:51

    Content type: Primary research

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  27. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a recurrent illness with high rates of chronicity, treatment-resistance, and significant economic impact. S-Adenosylmethionine (SAMe), a molecule that is formed naturally in the...

    Authors: Alessandro Cuomo, Bruno Beccarini Crescenzi, Simone Bolognesi, Arianna Goracci, Despoina Koukouna, Rodolfo Rossi and Andrea Fagiolini

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:50

    Content type: Review

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  28. Valproate-induced hypothyroidism is a rare condition and has been considered asymptomatic. Here, we report a case of bipolar I disorder who developed symptomatic valproate-induced hypothyroidism.

    Authors: Tadashi Kanamori, Masahiro Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Kouju Yamada, Hideyuki Kubo and Makoto Uchiyama

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:49

    Content type: Case report

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  29. Hypothyroidism is a common condition in the general population. While myxedema is a known complication, we present a case highlighting a late-onset presentation of psychosis with confounding cognitive impairme...

    Authors: Janette C. Leal and Allison H. Beito

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:48

    Content type: Case report

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  30. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Berhanu Yeshanew, Asmare Belete, Mogesie Necho, Shegaye Shumet, Zegeye Yohannis Maja and Dessie Abebaw Agnaw

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:47

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:12

  31. This study investigated the effects of Islamic religious and breathing techniques with heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback therapies on HRV and psycho-physiologic coherence (resonance frequency), depressi...

    Authors: Mohiadin Amjadian, Hadi Bahrami Ehsan, Kaivan Saboni, Siamak Vahedi, Reza Rostami and Daem Roshani

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:46

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  32. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Rajiv Tandon, William R. Lenderking, Catherine Weiss, Huda Shalhoub, Carla Dias Barbosa, Jun Chen, Mallik Greene, Stine R. Meehan, Laëtitia Bouérat Duvold, Celso Arango, Ofer Agid and David Castle

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:45

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:42

  33. Suicide ideation and attempt are more highly prevalent among medical students compared to the general population. Suicidal thought negatively impacts the quality of life, physical, and mental well-being of the...

    Authors: Getachew Tesfaw Desalegn, Mesele Wondie, Saron Dereje and Adanech Addisu

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:44

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  34. Shared decision-making (SDM) is a process in which the doctor provides clear and complete medical information to patients about their treatment, and patients provide information on his/her preferences. Patient...

    Authors: Andrea Fiorillo, Stefano Barlati, Antonello Bellomo, Giulio Corrivetti, Giuseppe Nicolò, Gaia Sampogna, Valentina Stanga, Franco Veltro, Giuseppe Maina and Antonio Vita

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:43

    Content type: Review

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  35. It is well established that the different antipsychotics used for schizophrenia symptoms differ substantially in their side effects. However, relatively little is known about the impact of these side effects o...

    Authors: Rajiv Tandon, William R. Lenderking, Catherine Weiss, Huda Shalhoub, Carla Dias Barbosa, Jun Chen, Mallik Greene, Stine R. Meehan, Laëtitia Bouérat Duvold, Celso Arango, Ofer Agid and David Castle

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:42

    Content type: Primary research

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:45

  36. Perinatal depression is one of the important mental illnesses among women. However, not enough reviews have been done, and a certain consensus has not been obtained about the prevalence of perinatal depression...

    Authors: Keita Tokumitsu, Norio Sugawara, Kazushi Maruo, Toshihito Suzuki, Kazutaka Shimoda and Norio Yasui-Furukori

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:41

    Content type: Review

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  37. Impaired sleep quality affects judgment, psychomotor skills, memory, decision-making, concentration, and attention. It might also contribute to the development of new physical health problems, as well as exace...

    Authors: Yibeltal Getachew, Telake Azale and Mogesie Necho

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:40

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  38. The clinical course of schizophrenia varies among patients and is difficult to predict. Some patient populations present persistent negative symptoms, referred to as the deficit syndrome. Compared to relatives...

    Authors: Anna Michalczyk, Justyna Pełka-Wysiecka, Jolanta Kucharska-Mazur, Michał Wroński, Błażej Misiak and Jerzy Samochowiec

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:39

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  39. Previous research studies have assessed the relationship between attention to social information and peripheral (e.g., plasma and salivary) oxytocin (OT) levels in typically developing (TD) children and childr...

    Authors: T. Fujioka, T. X. Fujisawa, K. Inohara, Y. Okamoto, Y. Matsumura, K. J. Tsuchiya, T. Katayama, T. Munesue, A. Tomoda, Y. Wada and H. Kosaka

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:38

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  40. Depression is a major contributor to disability-adjusted life years (DALY) lost in the world. Dietary patterns are widely used to investigate diet–disease relations. In the current study, the relationship betw...

    Authors: Gity Sotoudeh, Firoozeh Raisi, Maryam Amini, Reza Majdzadeh, Mahdieh Hosseinzadeh, Fatemeh Khorram Rouz and Maryam Khosravi

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:37

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  41. Metacognitive functions play a key role in understanding which psychological variables underlying the personality might lead a person with a severe mental disorder to commit violent acts against others. The ai...

    Authors: Valentina Candini, Marta Ghisi, Giorgio Bianconi, Viola Bulgari, Antonino Carcione, Cesare Cavalera, Giovanni Conte, Marta Cricelli, Maria Teresa Ferla, Clarissa Ferrari, Laura Iozzino, Ambra Macis, Giuseppe Nicolò, Alberto Stefana and Giovanni de Girolamo

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:36

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  42. Mood disorders in older people are an increasingly serious health and social problem, and their prevalence increases with age. The most common mood disorders are bipolar disorder, which is the occurrence of ma...

    Authors: Mateusz Cybulski, Lukasz Cybulski, Elzbieta Krajewska-Kulak, Magda Orzechowska, Urszula Cwalina and Beata Kowalewska

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:35

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  43. Patients with schizophrenia and related disorders (SRD) are more predisposed to having cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) compared to the general population due to a combination of lifestyle factors and expos...

    Authors: Mª Carmen Castillejos, Carlos Martín-Pérez, Antonio García-Ruiz, Fermín Mayoral-Cleries and Berta Moreno-Küstner

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:34

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  45. Mania usually occurs secondary to organic etiologies such as head trauma within a short time of the primary condition’s onset; however, there have been a few cases reported in the literature of long time spans...

    Authors: Hiroki Yoshino, Chieko Aoki, Soichiro Kitamura, Kazuhiko Yamamuro, Shohei Tanaka and Toshifumi Kishimoto

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:32

    Content type: Case report

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  46. The novel approaches to psychiatric classification assume that disorders, contrary to what was previously thought, are not completely separate phenomena. In this regard, in addition to symptom-based criteria, ...

    Authors: Sajedeh Hamidian, Abbas Pourshahbaz, Ali Bozorgmehr, Esmaeil Shahsavand Ananloo, Behrooz Dolatshahi and Mina Ohadi

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:31

    Content type: Review

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  48. Medical education is proven to be associated with a high degree of psychological stress. Different coping strategies used by students have been investigated on their efficacy. So far, studies on medical studen...

    Authors: M. Pawlaczyk, J. Siembida, K. Balaj and A. Rajewska-Rager

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:29

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  49. Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in the legend of Table 2.

    Authors: Luca Steardo Jr, Mario Luciano, Gaia Sampogna, Francesca Zinno, Pasquale Saviano, Filippo Staltari, Cristina Segura Garcia, Pasquale De Fazio and Andrea Fiorillo

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:28

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:15

  50. In psychiatry, the information conveyed by diagnosis (i.e., the “type” to which the individual patient is reconducted) is in itself insufficient for therapeutic and prognostic purposes. Hence the need for a mo...

    Authors: Mario Maj

    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2020 19:27

    Content type: Review

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