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Background Forensic psychiatric patients have a reduced life expectancy, largely due to cardiovascular diseases. Low maximal oxygen uptake is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in the general population and may…
Background Competency-based training is essential for building a qualified workforce in community-based psychiatric rehabilitation. Yet China lacks a contextually grounded competency framework to guide training…
Background Mental health problems including depression, eating disorders and anxiety disorders are associated with extensive social media use. The literature has examined the relationship between social anxiety and…
Fatigue is one of the main symptoms in anxiety or mood disorders (AMDs). Despite this, different qualitative subjective fatigue dimensions (e.g., physical fatigue, mental fatigue, etc.) have not been researched in…
Gastrointestinal diseases and depression represent significant public health burdens among middle-aged and older women. This study investigated the association between gastrointestinal diseases and depression severity in…
The Boston College Psy.D. program integrates clinical training with the psychological humanities—drawing on philosophy, history ...
Psychedelic-assisted therapy—using substances such as psilocybin (the active compound in "magic mushrooms"), MDMA, and ketamine ...
The concept of “Restrictive Intake Self-Harm” (“RISH”) has recently been introduced to conceptualise divergent and/or complex presentations of restrictive eating behaviours as a form of self-harm, rather than symptoms of…
Background Studies on eating disorders (EDs) examining differences in the perception of family structures among patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are rare. In particular, intrafamilial…
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is frequently accompanied by self-harm behaviors, including non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide attempts (SA), which are important risk factors for suicide and poor clinical…
To evaluate hippocampal subfield radiomics for identifying aggressive behavior in hospitalized patients with schizophrenia and to validate the incremental benefit and interpretability of a combined model integrating…
School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, China Clinical Psychology Department, Kunming, China The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and…
The importance of the involvement of next of kin (NOK) in mental health treatment settings is widely recognized. Yet, interventions to involve NOK are not sufficiently implemented in clinical practice – a situation that…
Psilocybin (the active ingredient of magic mushrooms) and MDMA (the active ingredient in ecstasy) are psychedelic or hallucinogenic drugs that can change how a person sees things and feels. In 2023, ...
Galen Hope, a comprehensive eating disorder and mental health treatment program, announced the publication of a new study evaluating its Family Integration Model (FIM), a novel approach to involving ...
Introduction Despite growing interest, empirical evidence remains limited for the efficacy of intensive outpatient programmes (IOPs) for eating disorders (EDs), particularly outside the USA. No prior studies have…
This systematic review aimed to determine how cardiovascular risk factors are associated with serious adverse health events in individuals with eating disorders, aiming to inform clinical decision-making about hospital…
Objective Major depressive disorder (MDD) is accompanied by prominent physiological abnormalities, notably sleep disturbances and immune-inflammatory dysregulation. As a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor…
This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Barcelona Bipolar Eating Disorder Scale (BEDS), which can facilitate screening for comorbid eating disorders (EDs) in bipolar…
The battle between butter and margarine comes down to chemistry. Butter’s naturally occurring fats create rich flavors, golden browning, and flaky baked goods, while margarine’s modified plant oils offer consistency and…
Washington, D.C. — The American Psychiatric Association (APA)’s journals were well-represented in the 2026 edition of the Journal Citation ReportsTM, published by Clarivate, which assigns Journal Impact Factors to…
Washington, D.C., — American Psychiatric Association Publishing has selected Kathryn Ridout, M.D., Ph.D., to serve as editor of Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, its quarterly journal. Dr. Ridout is a research…
Background Eating disorders (EDs) are severe mental illnesses with significant morbidity and mortality. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are recognized risk factors, but their specific impact across ED subtypes and…
Background Impaired renal function, as indicated by a decline in estimated glomerular-filtration-rate (eGFR), is inadequately investigated in individuals hospitalised with restrictive eating disorders. This study aims to…
Doctors working in palliative care see promise in emerging therapies involving psychedelic drugs, but say many questions still need to be addressed.
Mobile health (mHealth) interventions offer opportunities to improve access to safe, evidence-informed support for people affected by eating disorders (EDs). However, challenges remain around sustained engagement…
Scientists discovered that kombucha’s flavor, chemistry, and antioxidant activity vary dramatically depending on the tea used to make it. Green and oolong tea kombuchas emerged as the most biologically active, while…
Researchers found that highly drug-resistant bacteria from hospitals are also resistant to glyphosate, a commonly used weedkiller. The discovery suggests that agricultural herbicides may be helping antibiotic-resistant…
Growing evidence indicates that bulimia nervosa (BN) is more likely driven by network-level dysfunctions rather than abnormalities in isolated brain regions. However, previous studies focusing on specific regions or…
OCD became shorthand for being neat, organized or particular. Obsessive-compulsive disorder isn't about color-coding your closet. It's about control.
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