Haddad, Chadia Salameh, Pascale Hallit, Souheil Obeid, Sahar Haddad, Georges Clément, Jean-Pierre Calvet, Benjamin
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BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundAssessment of cognitive disorders in schizophrenia is becoming a part of clinical and research practice by using batteries that differ widely in their content. The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) was developed to cover the main cognitive deficits of schizophrenia. The objective of this study was to assess concurrent ...
Giannakopoulos, George Mylona, Savvina Zisimopoulou, Anastasia Belivanaki, Maria Charitaki, Stella Kolaitis, Gerasimos
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BackgroundThe new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has been accompanied by severe psychological pressure on the entire population. However, little is known about how this pandemic could affect the more vulnerable population with severe mental illness.AimsTo explore adolescent psychiatric inpatients’ perceptions, emotional reactions and needs during ...
Qi, Tian Hu, Ting Ge, Qi-Qi Zhou, Xiao-Na Li, Jia-Mei Jiang, Chun-Lei Wang, Wei
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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has lasted for more than 1 year, causing far-reaching and unprecedented changes in almost all aspects of society. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on depression and anxiety, and explore the factors associated with it.MethodsA cross-sectional study using an online survey...
Fang, Shulin Huang, Xiaodan Zhang, Panwen He, Jiayue Luo, Xingwei Zhang, Jianghua Xiong, Yan Luo, Fusheng Wang, Xiaosheng Yao, Shuqiao
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BackgroundA motivation dimension of the core psychiatric symptom anhedonia additional has been suggested. The Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS) has been reported to assess anticipatory and consummatory pleasure separately in multiple factor-structure models. This study explored the factor structure of a Chinese version of the 18-item TEP...
AlHadi, Ahmad N. Alarabi, Mohammed A. AlMansoor, Khulood M.
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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on people’s lives globally. The outbreak in Saudi Arabia worsened when the number of cases and deaths rose in March and April of 2020, leading to a national lockdown. This study aimed to assess the factors associated with mental health symptoms in a sample of people residing in Saudi Arabia dur...
Andersen, Astrid Juhl Mary-Krause, Murielle Bustamante, Joel José Herranz Héron, Mégane El Aarbaoui, Tarik Melchior, Maria
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BackgroundTo cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing restrictions where implemented in France, which could have led to social isolation. This is expected to have affected the mental health situation, including increasing risk of symptoms of anxiety and depression in the general population. Persons with prior mental health difficulties co...
Kolberg, Eirin Hjetland, Gunnhild Johnsen Thun, Eirunn Pallesen, Ståle Nordhus, Inger Hilde Husebo, Bettina S. Flo-Groeneboom, Elisabeth
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BackgroundThe majority of people with dementia have behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), including depression, anxiety and agitation. These may be elicited or aggravated by disrupted circadian rhythms. Bright light treatment (BLT) is a promising non-pharmacological approach to the management of BPSD, but previous research has y...
Deng, Jianjun Li, Tsingan Wang, Jiali Teng, Limei
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BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundThe coping theory shows that stressful life events are associated with individuals’ psychology/behaviors; meanwhile, the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is known to have impacted individuals’ physical and mental health. Prior studies revealed that undergraduates have many sexual behavior and emotion disorders, which may be...
Wang, Juan Jiang, Feng Yang, Yating Zhang, Yulong Liu, Zhiwei Qin, Xiaorong Tao, Xueqin Liu, Tingfang Liu, Yuanli Tang, Yi-lang
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BackgroundThe off-label use of antipsychotic medications is common in many countries, and the extent of such use in psychiatric inpatients in China has not been sufficiently studied. The purpose of this study was to survey the incidence and examine the correlates of off-label antipsychotic use in a large, nationally–representative sample in China.M...
Chang, Yen-Ching Chang, Megan C. Chang, Yun-Jou Chen, Ming-De
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BackgroundSleep disruption is pervasive in people with schizophrenia, but few studies have explored their sleep experiences. This study aims to identify factors relevant to sleep problems and explore coping methods used by community-dwelling people with schizophrenia.MethodsEighteen participants with schizophrenia were recruited from three mental h...
