Review
Adjustment Disorder is a condition strongly tied to acute and chronic stress. Despite clinical suggestion of a large prevalence in the general population and the high frequency of its diagnosis in the clinical...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:15
Published on: 26 June 2009
Case report
Many cases of coeliac disease, a gastrointestinal autoimmune disorder caused by sensitivity to gluten, can remain in a subclinical stage or undiagnosed. In a significant proportion of cases (10–15%) gluten int...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:16
Published on: 26 June 2009
Review
Complex psychopathological and behavioral symptoms, such as delusions and aggression against care providers, are often the primary cause of acute hospital admissions of elderly patients to emergency units and ...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:14
Published on: 16 June 2009
Commentary
Following the recent debates on the discrepancy between the predominant weight of bipolar disorder (BPD) in the clinical reality and its relatively low prevalence figures emerging from epidemiological surveys,...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:13
Published on: 16 June 2009
Research
Depression is a prevalent health problem among women during the childbearing years. To obtain a more accurate global picture of maternal postnatal depression, studies that explore maternal depression with comp...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:12
Published on: 5 June 2009
Research
The natural disaster known as "the Tsunami" occurred in Andaman coast of Thailand in December 2004, and there had been questions whether it could cause PTSD amongst the population who lives in the affected are...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:11
Published on: 3 June 2009
Research
The increased rate of psychosis and poorer service-related outcomes in UK African-Caribbeans may in part be related to racism; racism as an aetiological factor remains comparatively under-investigated. We want...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:10
Published on: 20 May 2009
Research
Studies from high-income countries have shown intimate partner violence to be associated with depression among women. The present paper examines whether this finding can be confirmed in a very different cultur...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:8
Published on: 28 April 2009
Research
Benzodiazepines (BDZ) are the largest-selling drug group in the world. The potential of dependence with BDZ has been known for almost three decades now. In countries like Pakistan where laws against unlicensed...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:9
Published on: 28 April 2009
Research
A computer assisted interview, the GMHAT/PC has been developed to assist General Practitioners and other Health Professionals to make a quick, convenient and comprehensive standardised mental health assessment...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:7
Published on: 13 April 2009
Research
Bullying is a widespread and serious problem that might influence both mental and psychical well being as well as school performance and social life. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of bul...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:6
Published on: 23 March 2009
Short report
Cognitive-Behavioural Family Therapy (CBFT) can be an effective psychological approach for children with β-thalassaemia major, increasing compliance to treatment, lessening the emotional burden of disease, and...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:5
Published on: 23 February 2009
Research
To validate the ICD-10 diagnosis of a single depressive episode as used in daily clinical psychiatric practice and as recorded in the Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register.
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:4
Published on: 12 February 2009
Review
Bipolar disorder is recognized as a major mental health issue, and its economic impact has been examined in the United States. However, there exists a general scarcity of published studies and lack of standard...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:3
Published on: 23 January 2009
Research
Despite high prevalence of mental health problems, only a minority of elderly people seek treatment. Although need-for-care factors are primary determinants of mental health service use, personal predisposing ...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:2
Published on: 19 January 2009
Research
Unexplained somatic symptoms are common among trauma survivors. The relationship between trauma and somatization appears to be mediated by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, only few studies have f...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009 5:1
Published on: 6 January 2009
Research
Detection of psychotic disorders is an important issue, since early treatment might improve prognosis. Timely diagnosis of psychotic disorders depends on recognition of psychotic symptoms and their interpretat...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:29
Published on: 16 December 2008
Commentary
A research commentary published in 2005 pointed out that the apparently low prevalence of Bipolar Disorder diagnosis as reported by epidemiological studies may be related to the under-estimate of bipolar disor...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:28
Published on: 21 November 2008
Research
Self-directed and other violence as well as subsequent coercive interventions occur in a substantial proportion of patients with personality disorders during in-patient treatment. Different strategies may be r...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:27
Published on: 17 November 2008
Case report
Asperger's Syndrome (AS) is a pervasive developmental disorder that is sometimes unrecognized, especially in the adult psychiatric setting. On the other hand, in patients with an AS diagnosis, comorbid psychia...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:26
Published on: 17 November 2008
Research
Transcendental Meditation is a mental practice to put the body and mind into a state of relaxation and rest. The method was shown to reduce anxiety and stress in previous reports. This study investigates its p...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:25
Published on: 1 November 2008
Debate
Patients with schizophrenia often present mild to severe cognitive deficits which contribute to their social disability. Second-generation antipsychotics have shown only mild to moderate beneficial effects on ...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:24
Published on: 29 October 2008
Research
Investigating mortality in those with mental disorder is one way of measuring effects of mental health care reorganisation. This study's aim was to investigate whether the excess mortality in those with severe...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:23
Published on: 14 October 2008
Short report
Although manic episodes in older adults are not rare, little published data exist on late-life manic episodes. Resistance to treatment and concomitant neurological lesions are frequent correlates of elderly ma...
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:22
Published on: 29 July 2008
Case report
There is little published guideline or evidence on treating bipolar affective disorder in patients with renal failure having haemodialysis.
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:21
Published on: 26 July 2008
