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BMC Psychiatry is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Psychiatry (ISSN 1471-244X) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :78
Early weight gain during olanzapine treatment for schizophrenic disorders may be a good predictor of substantial weight gain around 7 months later, according to a post-hoc analysis of clinical trial data.
BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :71
A woman's exposure to severe acute stress during the second month of pregnancy increases the likelihood of her child developing schizophrenia in later life, particularly if the child is a girl.
BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :70
According to analysis of the literature, lesbian, gay and bisexual people are at higher risk of mental disorders, suicide, substance misuse and deliberate self harm than heterosexual people.
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Early evaluation of patient risk for substantial weight gain during Olanzapine treatment for schizophrenia, schizophreniform, or schizoaffective disorder Ilya Lipkovich, Jennie G Jacobson, Thomas A Hardy, Vicki POOLE Hoffmann BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :78 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Design and methods for a randomized clinical trial for co-morbid obesity and major depressive disorder Kristin L Schneider, Jamie S Bodenlos, Yunsheng Ma, Barbara Olendzki, Jessica Oleski, Philip Merriam, Sybil Crawford, Ira S Ockene, Sherry L Pagoto BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :77 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Weight management in a cohort of Irish inpatients with serious mental illness (SMI) using a modular behavioural programme. A preliminary service evaluation. Chris J Bushe, Dermot McNamara, Cliff Haley, Mary Fleming McCrossan, Pat Devitt BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :76 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Managing deliberate self-harm in young people: an evaluation of a training program developed for school welfare staff using a longitudinal research design Jo Robinson, Sara Gook, Hok Pan Yuen, Patrick D McGorry, Alison R Yung BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :75 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Predicting violent infractions in a Swiss state penitentiary: a replication study of the PCL-R in a population of sex and violent offenders Jerome Endrass, Astrid Rossegger, Frank Urbaniok, Arja Laubacher, Stefan Vetter BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :74 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The co-administration of quetiapine or placebo to cognitive-behavior therapy in treatment refractory depression; a preliminary trial Yves Chaput, Annick Magnan, Alain Gendron BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :73 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Costs of treating patients with schizophrenia who have illness-related crisis events Baojin Zhu, Haya Ascher-Svanum, Douglas E Faries, Xiaomei Peng, David Salkever, Eric P Slade BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :72 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Acute maternal stress in pregnancy and schizophrenia in offspring: a cohort prospective study. D Malaspina, C Corcoran, K R Kleinhaus, M C Perrin, S Fennig, D Nahon, Y Friedlander, S Harlap BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :71 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A systematic review of mental disorder, suicide, and deliberate self harm in lesbian, gay and bisexual people Michael King, Joanna Semlyen, Sharon See Tai, Helen Killaspy, David Osborn, Dmitri Popelyuk, Irwin Nazareth BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :70 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Randomised trials relevant to mental health conducted in low and middle-income countries: a survey Rebecca J Syed Sheriff, Clive E Adams, Prathap Tharyan, Mahesh Jayaram, Lelia Duley, the PRACTIHC Mental Health Group BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :69 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Serum Anticholinergic Activity and Cerebral Cholinergic Dysfunction: An EEG Study in Frail Elderly With and Without Delirium Christine Thomas, Ute Hestermann, Juergen Kopitz, Konstanze Plaschke, Peter Oster, Martin Driessen, Christoph Mundt, Matthias Weisbrod BMC Neuroscience 2008, 9 :86 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Correspondence
We're not short of people telling us what the problems are. We're short of people telling us what to do": an appraisal of public policy and mental health Mark P Petticrew, Steve Platt, Allyson McCollam, Sarah Wilson, Sian Thomas BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :314 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Acute atomoxetine treatment of younger and older children with ADHD: A meta-analysis of tolerability and efficacy Christopher J Kratochvil, Denai R Milton, Brigette S Vaughan, Laurence L Greenhill Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008, 2 :25 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Off-label psychopharmacologic prescribing for children: history supports close clinical monitoring Julie M Zito, Albert T Derivan, Christopher Kratochvil, Daniel J Safer, Joerg M Fegert, Lawrence L Greenhill Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008, 2 :24 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Comprehensive behavioral phenotyping of calpastatin-knockout mice Ryuichi Nakajima, Keizo Takao, Shu-Ming Huang, Jiro Takano, Nobuhisa Iwata, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Takaomi C Saido Molecular Brain 2008, 1 :7 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Increased plasma homocysteine levels in patients with multiple sclerosis and depression Nikolaos Triantafyllou, Maria-Eleftheria Evangelopoulos, Vasilios K. Kimiskidis, Evangelia Kararizou, Fotini Boufidou, Konstantinos N Fountoulakis, Melina Siamouli, Chrysoula Nikolaou, Constantinos Sfagos, Nikolaos Vlaikidis, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos Annals of General Psychiatry 2008, 7 :17 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The mental health system in Brazil: policies and future challenges Mario D Mateus, Jair J Mari, Pedro GG Delgado, Naomar Almeida-Filho, Thomas Barrett, Jeronimo Gerolin, Samuel Goihman, Denise Razzouk, Jorge Rodriguez, Renata Weber, Sergio B Andreoli, Shekhar Saxena International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2008, 2 :12 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The developmental pattern of stimulus and response interference in a color-object Stroop task: an ERP study Ellen MM Jongen, Lisa M Jonkman BMC Neuroscience 2008, 9 :82 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Costs and effects of paliperidone extended release compared with alternative oral antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia in Greece: a cost effectiveness study Maria Geitona, Hara Kousoulakou, Markos Ollandezos, Kostas Athanasakis, Sotiria Papanicolaou, Ioannis Kyriopoulos Annals of General Psychiatry 2008, 7 :16 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Stigmatising attitude of medical students towards a psychiatry label Olawale O Ogunsemi, Olatunde Odusan, Michael O Olatawura Annals of General Psychiatry 2008, 7 :15 (25 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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