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Mothers with and without bipolar disorder and their infants: group differences in mother-infant interaction patterns at ...
Published in BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundWomen with bipolar disorder (BD) have a high risk of illness relapse postpartum. The risk coincides with the period when mother-infant interactions are evolving. We compared mother-infant interactions in dyads where the mothers have BD with dyads where the mothers have no mental disorder. The association between concurrent affective sympt...
Intergenerational patterns of mental health problems: the role of childhood peer status position
Published in BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundPast research has established the intergenerational patterning of mental health: children whose parents have mental health problems are more likely to present with similar problems themselves. However, there is limited knowledge about the extent to which factors related to the child’s own social context, such as peer relationships, matter...
Prevalence, symptomatology, risk factors and healthcare services utilization regarding paternal depression in Germany: s...
Published in BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundWhile postpartum depression is a well-researched disorder in mothers, there is growing evidence indicating that some fathers also develop depressive symptoms (paternal postpartum depression, PPD). A recent meta-analysis revealed a total prevalence of paternal depression during pregnancy and up to one year postpartum of 8.4%, with signific...
Qualitative evaluation of a preventive intervention for the offspring of parents with a history of depression
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BackgroundMeta-analyses of randomised controlled trials suggest that psychological interventions to reduce children’s risk of depression are effective. Nevertheless, these effects are modest and diminish over time. The Medical Research Council recommends a mixed-methods approach to the evaluation of complex interventions. By gaining a more thorough...
A test of the goodness of fit of the generic metacognitive model of psychopathology symptoms
Published in BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundCommon mental disorders such as depression and anxiety frequently co-occur and may share etiological mechanisms. The metacognitive model is based on the principle that there are common pathological mechanisms across disorders that account for comorbidity and therefore can be conceptualized in one generic model. A central prediction of the...
A randomized controlled trial to examine the impacts of disclosing personalized depression risk information on the outco...
Published in BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundMajor depressive disorder is one of the most prevalent and disabling forms of mental illness in the general population. One public health strategy that may reduce the disease burden is early identification and prevention - identifying people who are at high risk and intervening to prevent symptoms from progressing into a major depressive ...
Validation and calibration of the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) in Argentina
Published in BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundThe Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a brief tool to assess the presence and severity of depressive symptoms. This study aimed to validate and calibrate the PHQ-9 to determine appropriate cut-off points for different degrees of severity of depression in Argentina.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study on an intentional sampl...
‘Walk this way’: results from a pilot randomised controlled trial of a health coaching intervention to reduce sedentary ...
...Published in BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundCardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death among people with serious mental illness (SMI). Sedentary behaviour (SB) is an independent risk factor for CVD and mortality and people with SMI are highly sedentary. We developed a health coaching intervention called ‘Walk this Way’ to reduce SB and increase physical ac...
SLC39A8 is a risk factor for schizophrenia in Uygur Chinese: a case-control study
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BackgroundSchizophrenia is a severe mental disease with high morbidity and heritability. The SLC39A8 gene is located in 4q24 and encodes a protein that transports many metal ions. Multiple previous studies found that one of the most pleiotropic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in SLC39A8, rs13107325, is associated with schizophrenia in the Eu...
