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  1. People with severe mental disorders are associated with increased risk of suicide and suicide attempts compared to the general population. In low and middle-income countries, research concerning suicide attemp...

    Authors: Bereket Duko and Getinet Ayano
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:23
  2. Dopaminergic and opioid systems are involved in mediating drug reward and reinforcement of various types of substances including psychoactive compounds. Genes of both systems have been candidate for investigat...

    Authors: Hiba Alblooshi, Gary Hulse, Wael Osman, Ahmed El Kashef, Mansour Shawky, Hamad Al Ghaferi, Habiba Al Safar and Guan K. Tay
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:22
  3. Emergency Department (ED) visits for suicide attempts have been described worldwide; however, the populations studied were predominantly Western European, North American, or East Asian. This study aims to desc...

    Authors: Imad El Majzoub, Christopher El Khuri, Karim Hajjar, Ralphe Bou Chebl, Farid Talih, Maha Makki, Aurelie Mailhac and Gilbert Abou Dagher
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:21
  4. Despite the availability of effective antidepressants, about half of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) display an inadequate response to their initial treatment. A large patient survey recently rep...

    Authors: Rajnish Mago, Andrea Fagiolini, Emmanuelle Weiller and Catherine Weiss
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:20
  5. Despite the current treatments available for panic disorder (PD), as many as one-third of patients have persistent and treatment-resistant panic attacks. Vortioxetine is an approved medicine for major depressi...

    Authors: Anish Shah and Joanne Northcutt
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:19
  6. Postpartum depression is a mood disorder that affects approximately 10–15% of adult mothers yearly. This study sought to determine the prevalence of postpartum depression and interventions utilized for its man...

    Authors: Reindolf Anokye, Enoch Acheampong, Amy Budu-Ainooson, Edmund Isaac Obeng and Adjei Gyimah Akwasi
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:18
  7. Emergency services personnel face frequent exposure to potentially traumatic events, with the potential for chronic symptomatic distress. The DSM-5 recently recognized a particular risk for post-traumatic stre...

    Authors: Claudia Carmassi, Camilla Gesi, Martina Corsi, Ivan M. Cremone, Carlo A. Bertelloni, Enrico Massimetti, Maria Cristina Olivieri, Ciro Conversano, Massimo Santini and Liliana Dell’Osso
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:17
  8. People with severe mental disorders (SMDs) are associated with increased risk of infectious disease including human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) and hepatitis viruses, such as hepatitis B virus (HBV)...

    Authors: Getinet Ayano, Mikiyas Tulu, Kibrom Haile, Dawit Assefa, Yodit Habtamu, Gebresilassie Araya and Zegeye Yohannis
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:16
  9. A number of risk factors for Internet addiction among adolescents have been identified to be associated with their behavior, familial, and parental factors. However, few studies have focused on the relationshi...

    Authors: Dong-Woo Choi, Sung-Youn Chun, Sang Ah Lee, Kyu-Tae Han and Eun-Cheol Park
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:15
  10. Over-standard methadone doses are generally needed in the treatment of heroin use disorder (HUD) patients that display concomitant high-severity psychopathological symptomatology. A flexible dosing regimen may...

    Authors: Angelo G. I. Maremmani, Alessandro Pallucchini, Luca Rovai, Silvia Bacciardi, Vincenza Spera, Marco Maiello, Giulio Perugi and Icro Maremmani
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:14
  11. This study aimed to detect if there were differences in compassion fatigue (CF) among nurses based on substance use and demographic variables of gender, marital status, type of health institution and income.

    Authors: Reem Jarrad, Sawsan Hammad, Tagreed Shawashi and Naser Mahmoud
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:13
  12. After publication of the article [1], it has been brought to our attention that an author’s name was spelt incorrectly in the original published article. Getinet Ayano was previously spelt “Getnet Ayano”. This...

    Authors: Kelelemua Haile, Tadesse Awoke, Getinet Ayano, Minale Tareke, Andargie Abate and Mulugeta Nega
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:12

    The original article was published in Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:4

  13. Psychiatric morbidity is commonly associated with HIV disease and may have adverse effects. This aspect may be overlooked at comprehensive HIV care centers in Low and Middle-Income Countries.

    Authors: Pauline W. Ng’ang’a, Muthoni Mathai, Anne Obondo, Teresia Mutavi and Manasi Kumar
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:11
  14. Exercise is currently seen as an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). However, existing studies have focused mainly on mild-to-moderate depression. The moderate positive effect of exercise ...

    Authors: Frank Kruisdijk, Ingrid Hendriksen, Erwin Tak, Aart-Jan Beekman and Marijke Hopman-Rock
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:10
  15. Early intervention for preschoolers with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is important considering the impact on their prognosis. Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a psychotherapy treat...

    Authors: Nana Hosogane, Masaki Kodaira, Nozomi Kihara, Kazuhiko Saito and Toshiko Kamo
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:9
  16. Agitation is a common feature of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Previous research indicates that specific symptoms impact caregiver burden in these conditions, but the impact of agitation on caregiver exp...

    Authors: Sophee Blanthorn-Hazell, Alfredo Gracia, Jenna Roberts, Anca Boldeanu and Davneet Judge
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:8
  17. Off-label prescribing of psychoactive drugs is a common practice in psychiatry. Here, we sought to investigate the frequency of off-label prescribing in a population of hospitalized patients with a somatic ill...

    Authors: Caroline Lücke, Jürgen M. Gschossmann, Teja W. Grömer, Sebastian Moeller, Charlotte E. Schneider, Aikaterini Zikidi, Alexandra Philipsen and Helge H. O. Müller
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:7
  18. Unfortunately, after publication of this article [1], it was noticed that the affiliation of Rainer Schaefert is incorrectly displayed as, “Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, Universit...

    Authors: Nana Xiong, Jing Wei, Kurt Fritzsche, Rainer Leonhart, Xia Hong, Tao Li, Jing Jiang, Liming Zhu, Guoqing Tian, Xudong Zhao, Lan Zhang and Rainer Schaefert
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:6

    The original article was published in Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:35

  19. The Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors for violence risk (SAPROF) was recently developed as a strength-based addition to the risk assessment of future violent behavior. We examined the interrater reli...

    Authors: Hiroko Kashiwagi, Akiko Kikuchi, Mayuko Koyama, Daisuke Saito and Naotsugu Hirabayashi
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:5
  20. Suicidal ideation and attempts are more frequent in people with epilepsy than in general population and suicide attempt increases the chance of later completed suicide. The aim of this study was to assess the ...

    Authors: Kelelemua Haile, Tadesse Awoke, Getinet Ayano, Minale Tareke, Andargie Abate and Mulugeta Nega
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:4

    The Correction to this article has been published in Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:12

  21. In the Gambling Disorder (GD), there is no exogenous drug administration that acts as the central core of the traditional meaning of addiction. A specific psychopathology of Substance Use Disorders has been pr...

    Authors: Angelo G. I. Maremmani, Denise Gazzarrini, Amelia Fiorin, Valeria Cingano, Graziano Bellio, Giulio Perugi and Icro Maremmani
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:3
  22. The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in the author name. The co-author’s name should be Dimitris Dikeos instead of Dimitris Dikaios.

    Authors: Vasilis Stavropoulos, Kathleen A. Moore, Helen Lazaratou, Dimitris Dikeos and Rapson Gomez
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:2

    The original article was published in Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:42

  23. Suicide is a serious public health problem, responsible for 1.48% of all deaths worldwide, with suicidal ideation an important precursor. University and college students are among highly affected groups. This ...

    Authors: Berihun Assefa Dachew, Berhanu Boru Bifftu, Bewket Tadesse Tiruneh, Degefaye Zelalem Anlay and Meseret Adugna Wassie
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:1
  24. Differences in effectiveness and tolerability between different atypical antipsychotics may affect schizophrenic patients’ treatment adherence or prognosis. However, which kind of antipsychotic was more effect...

    Authors: Congjie Wang, Wenjie Shi, Chengbing Huang, Jiannan Zhu, Wenzhong Huang and Gang Chen
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:47
  25. Clozapine-induced eosinophilia had been reported in several studies about blood dyscrasias in clozapine-treated patient. The largest study with 2404 patients in Italy found the incidence of 2.2% by criteria of...

    Authors: Yen-Cheng Ho and Huang-Li Lin
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:46
  26. Though Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is considered to share similar genetic vulnerability with substance addictions, little has been explored about the role of the genetic variants on IGD. This pilot study wa...

    Authors: Soo-Hyun Paik, Mi Ran Choi, Su Min Kwak, Sol Hee Bang, Ji-Won Chun, Jin-Young Kim, Jihye Choi, Hyun Cho, Jo-Eun Jeong and Dai-Jin Kim
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:45
  27. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a known major risk factor for suicide due to the high suicide mortality. However, studies comparing the characteristics of suicide attempters with major depressive disorder a...

    Authors: Shengnan Wei, Haiyan Li, Jinglin Hou, Wei Chen, Xu Chen and Xiaoxia Qin
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:44
  28. Antipsychotics, even atypical ones, can induce hyperprolactinemia. Aripiprazole (APZ), a dopamine D2 partial agonist, has a unique pharmacological profile and few side effects. We investigated the incidence of...

    Authors: Eiji Kirino
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:43
  29. The severity of obsessive compulsive symptoms (OCS) is suggested to be normally distributed in the general population, and they appear to have an impact on a range of aspects of adolescent development. Importa...

    Authors: Vasilis Stavropoulos, Kathleen A. Moore, Helen Lazaratou, Dimitris Dikeos and Rapson Gomez
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:42

    The Correction to this article has been published in Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:2

  30. The angiotensin-converting enzyme gene (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D or indel) polymorphism has long been linked to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but the interpretation of established data remains controversial. T...

    Authors: Najiba Fekih-Mrissa, Ines Bedoui, Aycha Sayeh, Hajer Derbali, Meriem Mrad, Ridha Mrissa and Brahim Nsiri
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:41
  31. About 25–60% of the homeless population is reported to have some form of mental disorder. To our knowledge, there are no studies aimed at the screening, diagnosis, treatment, care, rehabilitation, and support ...

    Authors: Getinet Ayano, Dawit Assefa, Kibrom Haile, Asrat Chaka, Haddish Solomon, Petros Hagos, Zegeye Yohannis, Kelemua Haile, Lulu Bekana, Melkamu Agidew, Seife Demise, Belachew Tsegaye and Melat Solomon
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:40
  32. Substantial evidence provides support for the role of diet in the prevention and control of mental disorders. However, since there is no study regarding the relationship between dietary diversity and stress or...

    Authors: Mina Poorrezaeian, Fereydoun Siassi, Alireza Milajerdi, Mostafa Qorbani, Javad Karimi, Reza Sohrabi-Kabi, Neda Pak and Gity Sotoudeh
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:39
  33. Depression and cognitive dysfunction share a common neuropathological platform. Abnormal neural plasticity in the frontolimbic circuits has been linked to changes in the expression of neurotrophic factors, inc...

    Authors: Oleg A. Levada and Alexandra S. Troyan
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:38
  34. Several studies have proven that the experiences of being bullied or bullying others are associated with poor mental health among adolescent youths. Our study aims to investigate the relationship between the e...

    Authors: Sachiko Kozasa, Arata Oiji, Akio Kiyota, Tetsuji Sawa and Soo-yung Kim
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:37
  35. Severe and persistent mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, are associated with increased risk of obesity compared to the general population. While the association of lurasidone and low...

    Authors: Jonathan M. Meyer, Daisy S. Ng-Mak, Chien-Chia Chuang, Krithika Rajagopalan and Antony Loebel
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:36
  36. Our study aimed (1) to describe the proportion of psychological distress among Chinese outpatients at general hospitals, (2) to compare cognitive and behavioral characteristics of patients with different distr...

    Authors: Nana Xiong, Jing Wei, Kurt Fritzsche, Rainer Leonhart, Xia Hong, Tao Li, Jing Jiang, Liming Zhu, Guoqing Tian, Xudong Zhao, Lan Zhang and Rainer Schaefert
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:35

    The Correction to this article has been published in Annals of General Psychiatry 2018 17:6

  37. Workplace bullying is a prevalent problem in today’s work places that has adverse effects on both bullying victims and organizations. To investigate the predictors of workplace bullying is an important task to...

    Authors: Shu-Ching Ma, Hsiu-Hung Wang and Tsair-Wei Chien
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:33
  38. Psychological disorders including depression and anxiety are not rare in primary care clinics. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) is a clinical diagnostic tool that is widely utilized by primary health car...

    Authors: Ahmad N. AlHadi, Deemah A. AlAteeq, Eman Al-Sharif, Hamdah M. Bawazeer, Hasan Alanazi, Abdulaziz T. AlShomrani, Raafat M. Shuqdar and Reem AlOwaybil
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:32
  39. Major depressive episodes with psychotic features are more common in bipolar disorder than in major depressive disorder; however, there is little information on the optimal treatment for bipolar depression wit...

    Authors: Tomoko Kajiya, Hiroko Sugawara, Yusuke Kajio, Satoru Morieda, Hibiki Tanaka, Tadashi Jono, Noboru Fujise and Mamoru Hashimoto
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:31
  40. Neurological soft signs (NSS) are minor non-localizing neurological abnormalities that are conceptualized as neurodevelopmental markers that mediate the biological risk for psychosis. We aimed to explore the r...

    Authors: Ahmed Mhalla, Bochra Ben Mohamed, Christoph U. Correll, Badii Amamou, Anouar Mechri and Lotfi Gaha
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:30
  41. Islam is the dominant religion in about 56 countries around the globe, and has more than 1.2 billion followers. Islam represents a holistic way of life, and according to a large proportion of its followers, th...

    Authors: Georgios A. Tzeferakos and Athanasios I. Douzenis
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:28
  42. The effects of antipsychotic drug withdrawal have been inadequately studied. Case reports have described dyskinesia occurring in patients with several antipsychotics withdrawn, but studies on amisulpride withd...

    Authors: Yu-Chi Lo and Ying-Chieh Peng
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:25
  43. Gambling disorder (GD) is defined as persistent and recurrent problematic gambling behavior leading to clinically significant impairment or distress. The prevalence of GD has been shown to be 1.2–7.1% in the g...

    Authors: Sam-Wook Choi, Young-Chul Shin, Dai-Jin Kim, Jung-Seok Choi, Seohee Kim, Seung-Hyun Kim and HyunChul Youn
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:23
  44. Affective disorders in children and adolescents have received growing attention in the world scenario of mental health. Additionally, there has been an increasing prevalence of suicidal ideation in this popula...

    Authors: Flórido Sampaio das Neves Peixoto, Danilo Ferreira de Sousa, Dayse Christina Rodrigues Pereira Luz, Nélio Barreto Vieira, Jucier Gonçalves Júnior, Gabriel Cabral Alencar dos Santos, Flaviane Cristine Troglio da Silva and Modesto Leite Rolim Neto
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:22
  45. People with deliberate self-poisoning and personality disorders are in increased risk for suicide. Intention and psychiatric features are important factors in a psychiatric evaluation and for planning aftercare.

    Authors: T. K. Grimholt, D. Jacobsen, O. R. Haavet and Ø. Ekeberg
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2017 16:21