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  1. As a result of the public health measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, many health services, including those for the treatment of eating disorders, were provided at a distance. This stu...

    Authors: Kaylee Novack, Rachel Dufour, Louis Picard, Danielle Taddeo, Pierre-Olivier Nadeau, Debra K. Katzman, Linda Booij and Nicholas Chadi
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:16
  2. Sexual dysfunction is a common side effect of Serotonergic antidepressants (SA) treatment, and persists in some patients despite drug discontinuation, a condition termed post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD). Th...

    Authors: Joseph Ben-Sheetrit, Yehonathan Hermon, Shlomo Birkenfeld, Yehiel Gutman, Antonei B. Csoka and Paz Toren
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:15
  3. Bipolar disorder is a severe and chronic mental illness that could continue for a lifetime. Although it is a leading cause of disability and impairments for significant numbers of patients, the levels of funct...

    Authors: Melak Erara Mengistu, Simegnew Handebo Berassa, Abebe Tarekegn Kassaw, Ephrem Mebratu Dagnew, Gizework Alemnew Mekonen and Mequanent Kassa Birarra
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:14
  4. Bipolar disorder is associated with functional impairment and diminished health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The purpose of this study was to estimate the annual per patient direct healthcare costs, indire...

    Authors: Carole Dembek, deMauri Mackie, Kushal Modi, Yingying Zhu, Xiaoli Niu and Todd Grinnell
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:13
  5. Despite a high number of studies investigating the correlation between long Duration of Untreated Illness (DUI) and poor course of Bipolar Disorder (BD), the results concerning the impact of DUI on some specif...

    Authors: Gabriele Di Salvo, Giorgia Porceddu, Umberto Albert, Giuseppe Maina and Gianluca Rosso
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:12
  6. The serotonergic and the endocannabinoid system are involved in the etiology of depression. Depressive patients exhibit low serotonergic activity and decreased level of the endocannabinoids anandamide (AEA) an...

    Authors: Barbara Emons, Larissa Arning, Vera-Estelle Makulla, Maria-Theresia Suchy, Dimitrios Tsikas, Thomas Lücke, Jörg T. Epplen, Georg Juckel and Patrik Roser
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:11
  7. There is considerable interest in exploring effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mental health. Suicide is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide and changes in daily life broug...

    Authors: Tommaso Barlattani, Chiara D’Amelio, Francesco Capelli, Simonetta Mantenuto, Rodolfo Rossi, Valentina Socci, Paolo Stratta, Ramona Di Stefano, Alessandro Rossi and Francesca Pacitti
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:10
  8. The emotional regulation process plays a pivotal role in daily-life functioning, modulating goal-directed and adaptive behavior. Conversely, altering this cognitive function can disrupt self-regulation and bri...

    Authors: Giulia D’Aurizio, Ramona Di Stefano, Valentina Socci, Alessandro Rossi, Tommaso Barlattani, Francesca Pacitti and Rodolfo Rossi
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:9
  9. Leisure activities can improve quality of life in the general population. For people with psychosis, negative symptoms (e.g. being unmotivated, difficulty in sticking with activities) are often a barrier to en...

    Authors: Kayonda Hubert Ngamaba, Martin Webber, Penny Xanthopoulou, Agnes Chevalier and Domenico Giacco
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:8
  10. It remains unclear whether COVID-19 which is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus is associated with the deterioration of cognitive function among patients with schizophrenia. This study aimed ...

    Authors: Chadia Haddad, Angela Chamoun, Hala Sacre, Souheil Hallit, Pascale Salameh and Benjamin Calvet
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:7
  11. Comorbid metabolic disorders in patients with schizophrenia are very common. Patients with schizophrenia who respond to therapy early are often strongly predictive of better treatment outcomes. However, the di...

    Authors: Junhong Zhu, Jiajia Wu, Xuebing Liu and Jun Ma
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:6
  12. It is uncertain whether depression might affect cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Most of studies on the effect of depression treatment on cognitive function in AD were briefly evaluated by Mini-...

    Authors: Kyung Hee Yoon, Yoo Sun Moon and Do Hoon Kim
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:4
  13. Sleep disorders are common during the outbreak of pandemic diseases, and similar disorders are noted in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. It is valuable to explore the clinical manifestations and risk factors fo...

    Authors: Cun Li, Hong-bin Cai, Qing Zhou, Hua-qiu Zhang, Man Wang and Hui-cong Kang
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:3
  14. Interpersonal violence (IPV) is found to be associated with mental health problems and pain disorders such as headache among children and adolescents. It is well-known that adolescents in need of mental health...

    Authors: Hanne Klæboe Greger, Sara Konstanse Kristianslund and Synne Øien Stensland
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:2
  15. Definition of an appropriate and personalized treatment plan focused on long-term outcomes is crucial in the management of schizophrenia. Following review of the literature, a panel of six leading psychiatrist...

    Authors: Antonio Vita, Andrea Fagiolini, Giuseppe Maina, Claudio Mencacci, Edoardo Spina and Silvana Galderisi
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2023 22:1
  16. Several guidelines recommend monotherapy in pharmacotherapy for schizophrenia and major depressive disorder. The content of regular prescriptions has been reported in several studies, but not enough research h...

    Authors: Yoshitaka Kyou, Norio Yasui-Furukori, Naomi Hasegawa, Kenta Ide, Kayo Ichihashi, Naoki Hashimoto, Hikaru Hori, Yoshihito Shimizu, Yayoi Imamura, Hiroyuki Muraoka, Hitoshi Iida, Kazutaka Ohi, Yuka Yasuda, Kazuyoshi Ogasawara, Shusuke Numata, Jun-ichi Iga…
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:52
  17. The present study aims to assess clinical and psychological correlates of psychological functioning in patients with mood disorders, in a naturalistic setting. In particular, we aimed to describe which sociode...

    Authors: Matteo Di Vincenzo, Gaia Sampogna, Bianca Della Rocca, Carlotta Brandi, Emiliana Mancuso, Lorenzo Landolfi, Antonio Volpicelli, Arcangelo Di Cerbo, Andrea Fiorillo and Mario Luciano
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:51
  18. Depression is a common and debilitating disease, and even residual symptoms of depression can cause significant functional impairment. To achieve normal functioning, residual symptoms should also be identified...

    Authors: Jarurin Pitanupong, Katti Sathaporn and Laddaporn Tepsuan
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:50
  19. Treatment persistence combines clinician and patient judgment of efficacy, tolerability and safety into a comprehensive measure of effectiveness and is defined as the act of continuing a treatment over time. S...

    Authors: Andrea Fagiolini, Miriam Olivola, Lisa Lavatelli, Antonello Bellomo, Caterina Lobaccaro, Nathalie Falsetto, Marco Micillo and Alessandro Cuomo
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:49
  20. Emergency department (ED) healthcare workers in Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic are facing an acute rise in mental illnesses. In this study, the authors aim to assess the frequency of anxiety and depress...

    Authors: Shahan Waheed, Nirdosh Kumar, Bushra Qaiser Qureshi and Ahmed Rahim
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:48
  21. Peer victimization is common among adolescents and leads to negative consequences. However, few studies have examined the extent of peer-victimization and its correlates among adolescent patients in a psychiat...

    Authors: Mythily Subramaniam, Shazana Shahwan, Edimansyah Abdin, Swapna Verma, Bhanu Gupta, Boon Yiang Chua, Yunjue Zhang, Rajeswari Sambasivam and Siow Ann Chong
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:47
  22. Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is common and adolescence is the most common period of first self-injury, and the occurrence of NSSI is influenced by negative life events and emotional symptoms. The...

    Authors: Zhongliang Jiang, Zhiyi Wang, Qidi Diao, Jie Chen, Geng Tian, Xiaojing Cheng, Miao Zhao, Long He, Qiang He, Jin Sun and Jintong Liu
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:45
  23. Use of social media (SM) has exponentially grown particularly among youths in the past two years, due to COVID-19-related changing lifestyles. Based on the Italian COvid Mental hEalth Trial (COMET), we investi...

    Authors: Laura Orsolini, Umberto Volpe, Umberto Albert, Claudia Carmassi, Giuseppe Carrà, Francesca Cirulli, Bernardo Dell’Osso, Valeria Del Vecchio, Marco Di Nicola, Vincenzo Giallonardo, Mario Luciano, Giulia Menculini, Maria Giulia Nanni, Maurizio Pompili, Gabriele Sani, Gaia Sampogna…
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:44
  24. A growing body of research provides evidence for social and behavioral problems observed among adolescents with psychosis and also as precursors of vulnerability to psychosis, long before the illness onset, es...

    Authors: Chiara Rogantini, Livio Provenzi, Renato Borgatti and Martina Mensi
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:43
  25. Psychiatric emergency patients have great relevance in the interdisciplinary emergency department. Emergency physicians in this setting often have to make decisions under time pressure based on incomplete info...

    Authors: Heribert Kirchner, Martin Schaefer, Heiko Ullrich, Nik Hulsmans, Georg Juckel, Patrick Brzoska and Frank-Gerald Bernhard Pajonk
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:42
  26. People with intellectual disabilities may face a disproportionate risk of experiencing high anticholinergic burden, and its negative sequalae, from a range of medications, and at younger ages than the general ...

    Authors: McKernan Laura Ward, Sally-Ann Cooper, Angela Henderson, Bethany Stanley, Nicola Greenlaw, Christine Pacitti and Deborah Cairns
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:41
  27. The global spread of coronavirus has caused many physical and mental health problems throughout the world. Depression and anxiety are among the issues that people are experiencing abundantly, along with other ...

    Authors: Nasrin Zamiri-Miandoab, Robab Hassanzade and Mojgan Mirghafourvand
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:40
  28. Treatment persistence refers to the act of continuing a treatment as prescribed and reflects the patient's or doctor's judgment about efficacy, tolerability, and acceptability. In patients with schizophrenia, ...

    Authors: Andrea Fagiolini, Eugenio Aguglia, Andrea Ballerini, Gaetano Callista, Bernardo Carpiniello, Massimo Clerici, Giulio Corrivetti, Alessandro Cuomo, Pasquale De Fazio, Sergio De Filippis, Serafino De Giorgi, Arianna Goracci, Daniele La Barbera, Claudio Mencacci, Gino Montagnani, Giorgio Pigato…
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:39
  29. Depression due to stigma resulting from their sexual identity, isolation, social exclusion, and insufficient access to care and counseling services has become a health problem among men who have sex with men (...

    Authors: Elham Nouri, Yousef Moradi and Ghobad Moradi
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:38
  30. Childbearing-aged female patients and elderly patients with bipolar disorder need special attention for pharmacological treatments, but current guidelines provide little information on their pharmacological tr...

    Authors: Yasushi Kawamata, Norio Yasui-Furukori, Naoto Adachi, Hitoshi Ueda, Seiji Hongo, Takaharu Azekawa, Yukihisa Kubota, Eiichi Katsumoto, Koji Edagawa, Eiichiro Goto, Kazuhira Miki, Masaki Kato, Atsuo Nakagawa, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Takashi Tsuboi, Reiji Yoshimura…
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:37
  31. Among forensic patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, the association between symptomatology and violence is still not entirely clear in literature, especially because symptoms shift both during the a...

    Authors: Chiara Buizza, Cosmo Strozza, Giulio Sbravati, Giovanni de Girolamo, Clarissa Ferrari, Laura Iozzino, Ambra Macis, Harry G. Kennedy and Valentina Candini
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:36
  32. Little is known about the gender characteristics and the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) impact on psychiatric department outpatients in general hospitals in China.

    Authors: Wenli He, Danhong Xu, Jiafeng Wang, Yuze Shen, Zheng Lin, Liemin Ruan and Qiaozhen Chen
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:35
  33. Amiodarone is a commonly used antiarrhythmic for the treatment of atrial fibrillation with a unique pharmacokinetic profile. While general side effects can be frequently associated with amiodarone, psychiatric...

    Authors: Jessica Molinaro, Peter DeVries, Jennifer Ha and Jennifer M. Knight
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:34
  34. Non-adherence in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) results in symptoms, such as aggravation, BD recurrence, emergency room visits, re-hospitalization, and poor psychosocial outcomes. Though non-adherence rat...

    Authors: HyunChul Youn, Moon-Soo Lee, Hyun-Ghang Jeong and Seung‑Hyun Kim
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:33
  35. Vitamin D can influence more than 200 genes in various tissues showing its credibility among the fat-soluble vitamins. Vitamin D deficiency is directly proportional to major clinical conditions such as cardiov...

    Authors: Bashir khan, Huma Shafiq, Seyyedha Abbas, Summeira Jabeen, Sikandar Ali Khan, Tayyaba Afsar, Ali Almajwal, Nawaf W. Alruwaili, Dara al-disi, Sultan Alenezi, Zahida Parveen and Suhail Razak
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:32
  36. The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented global crisis that is profoundly affecting mental health and mental health care. The aim of this study was to survey a relatively large group of Italian phy...

    Authors: Alessandro Cuomo, Mario Amore, Maria Felice Arezzo, Sergio De Filippis, Alessandra De Rose, Silvestro La Pia, Alessandro Pirani, Riccardo Torta and Andrea Fagiolini
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:30
  37. Despite concerns on mental health problems related to lockdowns, recent reports revealed a reduction in psychiatric admissions in Emergency Departments (ED) during the lockdown period compared with the previou...

    Authors: Martina Brandizzi, Annalivia Polselli, Valentina Corigliano, Stefano Maria Tamorri, Paola Venturini, Antonella Azzoni, Silvia Grasso, Antonio Onofri, Salvatore Pesce, Fiammetta Romani, Gian Marco Polselli and Alberto Forte
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:29
  38. Suicide and cancer are serious public health problems worldwide, and people living with cancer are at high risk of having suicidal behaviors, such as ideation, plan and attempt. Patients with cancer had high p...

    Authors: Alemayehu Molla, Mekidem Aderaw, Haregewoin Mulat, Biruk Fanta, Goshu Nenko and Aynishet Adane
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:28
  39. Expressed emotion (EE) measures the emotion among caregivers of schizophrenic patients and is predictive of symptom levels in a range of medical and psychiatric conditions. It is worth assessing expressed emot...

    Authors: Bethlehem Yimam, Matiwos Soboka, Yemiamrew Getachew, Bezaye Alemu, Gutema Ahmed, Elias Tesfaye and Mogesie Necho
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:27
  40. Psychiatric patients could be at risk of worse outcomes from COVID-19 than the general population. The primary objective of the present study was to describe the symptoms and clinical characteristics of COVID-...

    Authors: Marouan Zoghbi, Chadia Haddad, Wael Khansa, Elie Karam, Angela Chamoun and Dory Hachem
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:26
  41. Aberrant salience is a well-known construct associated with the development and maintenance of psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia. However, only a few studies have investigated aberrance salience as a trait, ...

    Authors: Valentina Pugliese, Renato de Filippis, Matteo Aloi, Paola Rotella, Elvira Anna Carbone, Raffaele Gaetano and Pasquale De Fazio
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:25
  42. The opioid tramadol is used as analgesic drug, and more recently was also proposed for the management of major depressive disorder. However, growing evidence suggests a link between opioid system dysfunction a...

    Authors: Bénédicte Nobile, Marine Bonnin, Emilie Olié and Philippe Courtet
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:24
  43. Hypertension is a major risk factor of cardiovascular mortality. Mood disorders represent a growing public health problem worldwide. A complex relationship is present between mood disorders and cardiovascular ...

    Authors: Zsófia Nemcsik-Bencze, Beáta Kőrösi, Helga Gyöngyösi, Dóra Batta, Andrea László, Péter Torzsa, Illés Kovács, Zoltán Rihmer, Xénia Gonda and János Nemcsik
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:23
  44. Emotional blunting is common in patients with depression. An online survey was undertaken to assess the experience of emotional blunting, and its impact on functioning and quality of life, in the acute and rem...

    Authors: Michael Cronquist Christensen, Hongye Ren and Andrea Fagiolini
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:22
  45. This international online survey investigated the experience and impact of emotional blunting in the acute and remission phases of depression from the perspective of patients and healthcare providers (HCPs). T...

    Authors: Michael Cronquist Christensen, Hongye Ren and Andrea Fagiolini
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:21
  46. Emotional blunting is a common symptom in people with depression and an important factor preventing full functional recovery. This international survey investigated the experience of emotional blunting in the ...

    Authors: Michael Cronquist Christensen, Hongye Ren and Andrea Fagiolini
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:20
  47. Little is known about the role of protective factors in suicidal ideation among medical students. This study aimed to examine the association between suicidal ideation and protective (self-esteem/ego-resilienc...

    Authors: Eun Hyun Seo, Hae-Jung Yang, Seung-Gon Kim and Hyung-Jun Yoon
    Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2022 21:19