| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveDatabase Psychological treatment of depression: A meta-analytic database of randomized studies Pim Cuijpers, Annemieke van Straten, Lisanne Warmerdam, and Gerhard Andersson BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 36. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-36.PMCID: PMC2408566 Debates The importance of the concepts of disaster, catastrophe, violence, trauma and barbarism in defining posttraumatic stress disorder in clinical practice Luciana L Braga, Jose P Fiks, Jair J Mari, and Marcelo F Mello BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 68. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-68.PMCID: PMC2533004 Longitudinal population-based studies of affective disorders: Where to from here? John R Beard, Sandro Galea, and David Vlahov BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 83. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-83.PMCID: PMC2561026 Technical Advances What do patients want from their psychiatrist? A cross- sectional questionnaire based exploratory study from Karachi Roomasa Channa and MN Siddiqi BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 14. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-14.PMCID: PMC2275251 Application of microarray outlier detection methodology to psychiatric research Carl Ernst, Alexandre Bureau, and Gustavo Turecki BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 29. Published online 2008 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-29.PMCID: PMC2364617 Research Articles Postnatal depression in Southern Brazil: prevalence and its demographic and socioeconomic determinants Leila Tannous, Luciana P Gigante, Sandra C Fuchs, and Ellis DA Busnello BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 1. Published online 2008 January 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-1.PMCID: PMC2265281 Validity of self-reported criminal justice system involvement in substance abusing women at five-year follow-up Irene Jansson, Morten Hesse, and Mats Fridell BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 2. Published online 2008 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-2.PMCID: PMC2265279 Evaluating dose response from flexible dose clinical trials Ilya Lipkovich, David H Adams, Craig Mallinckrodt, Doug Faries, David Baron, and John P Houston BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 3. Published online 2008 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-3.PMCID: PMC2254403 Factor analysis of the Zung self-rating depression scale in a large sample of patients with major depressive disorder in primary care Irene Romera, Helena Delgado-Cohen, Teresa Perez, Luis Caballero, and Immaculada Gilaberte BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 4. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-4.PMCID: PMC2257949 Frequency, course and correlates of alcohol use from adolescence to young adulthood in a Swiss community survey Hans-Christoph Steinhausen, Susanne Eschmann, Annina Heimgartner, and Christa Winkler Metzke BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 5. Published online 2008 January 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-5.PMCID: PMC2253536 Self-ordered pointing and visual conditional associative learning tasks in drug-free schizophrenia spectrum disorder patients Emilio Sacchetti, Alessandro Galluzzo, Adelaide Panariello, Giovanni Parrinello, and Stefano Francesco Cappa BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 6. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-6.PMCID: PMC2245938 Standardised assessment of personality – a study of validity and reliability in substance abusers Morten Hesse, Joachim Rasmussen, and Mads Kjær Pedersen BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 7. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-7.PMCID: PMC2262879 A 20-year prospective study of mortality and causes of death among hospitalized opioid addicts in Oslo Mari A Bjornaas, Anette S Bekken, Aasa Ojlert, Tor Haldorsen, Dag Jacobsen, Morten Rostrup, and Oivind Ekeberg BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 8. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-8.PMCID: PMC2277385 Evaluating cutpoints for the MHI-5 and MCS using the GHQ-12: a comparison of five different methods Mark J Kelly, Frank D Dunstan, Keith Lloyd, and David L Fone BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 10. Published online 2008 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-10.PMCID: PMC2265280 Association study in the 5q31-32 linkage region for schizophrenia using pooled DNA genotyping Irina Zaharieva, Lyudmila Georgieva, Ivan Nikolov, George Kirov, Michael J Owen, Michael C O'Donovan, and Draga Toncheva BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 11. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-11.PMCID: PMC2268687 Training in dual diagnosis interventions (the COMO Study): Randomised controlled trial Elizabeth Hughes, Shamil Wanigaratne, Kevin Gournay, Sonia Johnson, Graham Thornicroft, Emily Finch, Jane Marshall, and Neil Smith BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 12. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-12.PMCID: PMC2277384 Narcissism in patients admitted to psychiatric acute wards: its relation to violence, suicidality and other psychopathology Marit F Svindseth, Jim Aage Nøttestad, Juliska Wallin, John Olav Roaldset, and Alv A Dahl BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 13. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-13.PMCID: PMC2267178 Broad and narrow personality traits as markers of one-time and repeated suicide attempts: A population-based study Jelena Brezo, Joel Paris, Martine Hébert, Frank Vitaro, Richard Tremblay, and Gustavo Turecki BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 15. Published online 2008 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-15.PMCID: PMC2294113 Evaluation of patients on sertindole treatment after failure of other antipsychotics: A retrospective analysis Jean-Michel Azorin, Susana Murteira, Karina Hansen, and Mondher Toumi BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 16. Published online 2008 March 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-16.PMCID: PMC2358897 Development of mental health first aid guidelines for suicidal ideation and behaviour: A Delphi study Claire M Kelly, Anthony F Jorm, Betty A Kitchener, and Robyn L Langlands BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 17. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-17.PMCID: PMC2324091 Cost of antipsychotic polypharmacy in the treatment of schizophrenia Baojin Zhu, Haya Ascher-Svanum, Douglas E Faries, Christoph U Correll, and John M Kane BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 19. Published online 2008 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-19.PMCID: PMC2364616 Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Gender differences and prevalence in a Pakistani medical student population Ather M Taqui, Mehrine Shaikh, Saqib A Gowani, Fatima Shahid, Asmatullah Khan, Syed M Tayyeb, Minahil Satti, Talha Vaqar, Saman Shahid, Afreen Shamsi, Hammad A Ganatra, and Haider A Naqvi BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 20. Published online 2008 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-20.PMCID: PMC2329619 Substance abusers' personality disorders and staff members' emotional reactions Birgitte Thylstrup and Morten Hesse BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 21. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-21.PMCID: PMC2322971 Five-Factor Model personality profiles of drug users Antonio Terracciano, Corinna E Löckenhoff, Rosa M Crum, O Joseph Bienvenu, and Paul T Costa, Jr BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 22. Published online 2008 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-22.PMCID: PMC2373294 Risk factors for antenatal depression, postnatal depression and parenting stress Bronwyn Leigh and Jeannette Milgrom BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 24. Published online 2008 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-24.PMCID: PMC2375874 Predictors of depression stigma Kathleen M Griffiths, Helen Christensen, and Anthony F Jorm BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 25. Published online 2008 April 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-25.PMCID: PMC2386456 In the aftermath of teenage suicide: A qualitative study of the psychosocial consequences for the surviving family members Per Lindqvist, Lars Johansson, and Urban Karlsson BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 26. Published online 2008 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-26.PMCID: PMC2375873 Estimated pre-morbid IQ effects on cognitive and functional outcomes in Alzheimer disease: a longitudinal study in a treated cohort John M Starr and Jane Lonie BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 27. Published online 2008 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-27.PMCID: PMC2374779 ADHD and Disruptive behavior scores – associations with MAO-A and 5-HTT genes and with platelet MAO-B activity in adolescents Kerstin Malmberg, Hanna-Linn Wargelius, Paul Lichtenstein, Lars Oreland, and Jan-Olov Larsson BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 28. Published online 2008 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-28.PMCID: PMC2383890 Effectiveness of second generation antipsychotics: A systematic review of randomized trials Erik Johnsen and Hugo A Jørgensen BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 31. Published online 2008 April 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-31.PMCID: PMC2386457 Non-adherence to antipsychotic medication, relapse and rehospitalisation in recent-onset schizophrenia Gunnar Morken, Jan H Widen, and Rolf W Grawe BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 32. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-32.PMCID: PMC2390550 Family violence, war, and natural disasters: A study of the effect of extreme stress on children's mental health in Sri Lanka Claudia Catani, Nadja Jacob, Elisabeth Schauer, Mahendran Kohila, and Frank Neuner BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 33. Published online 2008 May 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-33.PMCID: PMC2386780 Incentive motivation in first-episode psychosis: A behavioural study Graham K Murray, Luke Clark, Philip R Corlett, Andrew D Blackwell, Roshan Cools, Peter B Jones, Trevor W Robbins, and Luise Poustka BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 34. Published online 2008 May 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-34.PMCID: PMC2397419 Inter-rater agreement of comorbid DSM-IV personality disorders in substance abusers Morten Hesse and Birgitte Thylstrup BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 37. Published online 2008 May 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-37.PMCID: PMC2396616 Factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression amongst internally displaced persons in northern Uganda Bayard Roberts, Kaducu Felix Ocaka, John Browne, Thomas Oyok, and Egbert Sondorp BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 38. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-38.PMCID: PMC2397420 Executive function does not predict coping with symptoms in stable patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia Maarten Bak, Lydia Krabbendam, Philippe Delespaul, Karola Huistra, Wil Walraven, and Jim van Os BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 39. Published online 2008 May 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-39.PMCID: PMC2423350 Excess of transmission of the G allele of the -1438A/G polymorphism of the 5-HT2A receptor gene in patients with schizophrenia responsive to antipsychotics Dalila Benmessaoud, Nora Hamdani, Claudette Boni, Nicolas Ramoz, Michel Hamon, Farid Kacha, and Philip Gorwood BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 40. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-40.PMCID: PMC2426688 Relaxation training for anxiety: a ten-years systematic review with meta-analysis Gian Mauro Manzoni, Francesco Pagnini, Gianluca Castelnuovo, and Enrico Molinari BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 41. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-41.PMCID: PMC2427027 First aid strategies that are helpful to young people developing a mental disorder: beliefs of health professionals compared to young people and parents Anthony F Jorm, Amy J Morgan, and Annemarie Wright BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 42. Published online 2008 June 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-42.PMCID: PMC2438354 Validity of a self-reported diagnosis of depression among participants in a cohort study using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I) Almudena Sanchez-Villegas, Javier Schlatter, Felipe Ortuno, Francisca Lahortiga, Jorge Pla, Silvia Benito, and Miguel A Martinez-Gonzalez BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 43. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-43.PMCID: PMC2447836 Crisis discharges and readmission risk in acute psychiatric male inpatients Dana JH Niehaus, Liezl Koen, Ushma Galal, Khalid Dhansay, Piet P Oosthuizen, Robin A Emsley, and Esme Jordaan BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 44. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-44.PMCID: PMC2443127 Dopamine transporter 3'UTR VNTR genotype is a marker of performance on executive function tasks in children with ADHD Sherif Karama, Natalie Grizenko, Edmund Sonuga-Barke, Alysa Doyle, Joseph Biederman, Valentin Mbekou, Anna Polotskaia, Marina Ter-Stepanian, Rosherrie De Guzman, Johanne Bellingham, Sarojini Sengupta, and Ridha Joober BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 45. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-45.PMCID: PMC2443797 Reliability and validity of the Thai version of the PHQ-9 Manote Lotrakul, Sutida Sumrithe, and Ratana Saipanish BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 46. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-46.PMCID: PMC2443128 Depression and anxiety in relation to catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype in the general population: The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) Petter M Bækken, Frank Skorpen, Eystein Stordal, John-Anker Zwart, and Knut Hagen BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 48. Published online 2008 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-48.PMCID: PMC2453123 Colombo Twin and Singleton Study (CoTASS): A description of a population based twin study of mental disorders in Sri Lanka Sisira H Siribaddana, Harriet A Ball, Suwin N Hewage, Nick Glozier, Yulia Kovas, DARK Dayaratne, Athula Sumathipala, Peter McGuffin, and Matthew Hotopf BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 49. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-49.PMCID: PMC2475532 Structural brain change in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder identified by meta-analysis Ian Ellison-Wright, Zoë Ellison-Wright, and Ed Bullmore BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 51. Published online 2008 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-51.PMCID: PMC2453122 Helpful and hindering factors for remission in dysthymia and panic disorder at 9-year follow-up: A mixed methods study Cecilia Svanborg, Sofie Bäärnhielm, Anna Åberg Wistedt, and Kim Lützen BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 52. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-52.PMCID: PMC2481244 The five-item Brief-Symptom Rating Scale as a suicide ideation screening instrument for psychiatric inpatients and community residents For-Wey Lung and Ming-Been Lee BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 53. Published online 2008 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-53.PMCID: PMC2494993 Understanding the explanatory model of the patient on their medically unexplained symptoms and its implication on treatment development research: a Sri Lanka Study Athula Sumathipala, Sisira Siribaddana, Suwin Hewege, Kethaki Sumathipala, Martin Prince, and Anthony Mann BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 54. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-54.PMCID: PMC2474860 Attitudes toward psychopharmacology among hospitalized patients from diverse ethno-cultural backgrounds Gabriel Thorens, Marianne Gex-Fabry, Daniele F Zullino, and Ariel Eytan BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 55. Published online 2008 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-55.PMCID: PMC2478676 Perceptions about the cause of schizophrenia and the subsequent help seeking behavior in a Pakistani population – results of a cross-sectional survey Syed Nabeel Zafar, Reema Syed, Sarah Tehseen, Saqib A Gowani, Sana Waqar, Amina Zubair, Wajeeha Yousaf, Akbar J Zubairi, and Haider Naqvi BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 56. Published online 2008 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-56.PMCID: PMC2483701 The Sertindole Safety Survey: A retrospective analysis under a named patient use programme in Europe Christophe Lançon, Mondher Toumi, Christophe Sapin, and Karina Hansen BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 57. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-57.PMCID: PMC2496904 Association study of polymorphisms in the neutral amino acid transporter genes SLC1A4, SLC1A5 and the glycine transporter genes SLC6A5, SLC6A9 with schizophrenia Xiangdong Deng, Noriaki Sagata, Naoko Takeuchi, Masami Tanaka, Hideaki Ninomiya, Nakao Iwata, Norio Ozaki, Hiroki Shibata, and Yasuyuki Fukumaki BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 58. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-58.PMCID: PMC2491607 Concordance between Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-10) and Pakistan Anxiety and Depression Questionnaire (PADQ), in a rural self-motivated population in Pakistan Hammad Raza Syed, Henrik Daae Zachrisson, Odd Steffen Dalgard, Ingvild Dalen, and Nora Ahlberg BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 59. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-59.PMCID: PMC2500013 Psychotherapy mediated by remote communication technologies: a meta-analytic review Penny E Bee, Peter Bower, Karina Lovell, Simon Gilbody, David Richards, Linda Gask, and Pamela Roach BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 60. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-60.PMCID: PMC2496903 Use of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines in patients with psychiatric emergencies: Results of an observational trial Stefan Wilhelm, Alexander Schacht, and Thomas Wagner BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 61. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-61.PMCID: PMC2507712 Development of mental health first aid guidelines for deliberate non-suicidal self-injury: A Delphi study Claire M Kelly, Anthony F Jorm, Betty A Kitchener, and Robyn L Langlands BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 62. Published online 2008 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-62.PMCID: PMC2518920 Stress load during childhood affects psychopathology in psychiatric patients Katja Weber, Brigitte Rockstroh, Jens Borgelt, Barbara Awiszus, Tzvetan Popov, Klaus Hoffmann, Klaus Schonauer, Hans Watzl, and Karl Pröpster BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 63. Published online 2008 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-63.PMCID: PMC2500014 An approach to measure compliance to clinical guidelines in psychiatric care Tord Forsner, Anna Åberg Wistedt, Mats Brommels, and Yvonne Forsell BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 64. Published online 2008 July 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-64.PMCID: PMC2525637 Identifying patterns in treatment response profiles in acute bipolar mania: a cluster analysis approach Ilya A Lipkovich, John P Houston, and Jonna Ahl BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 65. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-65.PMCID: PMC2515837 Reduced neural synchronization of gamma-band MEG oscillations in first-degree relatives of children with autism Donald C Rojas, Keeran Maharajh, Peter Teale, and Sally J Rogers BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 66. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-66.PMCID: PMC2518921 The incidence and prevalence of diabetes in patients with serious mental illness in North West Wales: Two cohorts, 1875–1924 & 1994–2006 compared Joanna Le Noury, Afshan Khan, Margaret Harris, Winnie Wong, Dawn Williams, Tony Roberts, Richard Tranter, and David Healy BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 67. Published online 2008 August 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-67.PMCID: PMC2518146 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, and the PRACTIHC Mental Health Group BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 69. Published online 2008 August 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-69.PMCID: PMC2527605 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, and Irwin Nazareth BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 70. Published online 2008 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-70.PMCID: PMC2533652 Acute maternal stress in pregnancy and schizophrenia in offspring: A cohort prospective study D Malaspina, C Corcoran, KR Kleinhaus, MC Perrin, S Fennig, D Nahon, Y Friedlander, and S Harlap BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 71. Published online 2008 August 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-71.PMCID: PMC2546388 Costs of treating patients with schizophrenia who have illness-related crisis events Baojin Zhu, Haya Ascher-Svanum, Douglas E Faries, Xiaomei Peng, David Salkever, and Eric P Slade BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 72. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-72.PMCID: PMC2533651 The co-administration of quetiapine or placebo to cognitive-behavior therapy in treatment refractory depression: A preliminary trial Yves Chaput, Annick Magnan, and Alain Gendron BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 73. Published online 2008 August 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-73.PMCID: PMC2553785 Predicting violent infractions in a Swiss state penitentiary: A replication study of the PCL-R in a population of sex and violent offenders Jérôme Endrass, Astrid Rossegger, Frank Urbaniok, Arja Laubacher, and Stefan Vetter BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 74. Published online 2008 September 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-74.PMCID: PMC2542363 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, and Alison R Yung BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 75. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-75.PMCID: PMC2564929 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, and Pat Devitt BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 76. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-76.PMCID: PMC2551599 Design and methods for a randomized clinical trial treating comorbid obesity and major depressive disorder Kristin L Schneider, Jamie S Bodenlos, Yunsheng Ma, Barbara Olendzki, Jessica Oleski, Philip Merriam, Sybil Crawford, Ira S Ockene, and Sherry L Pagoto BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 77. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-77.PMCID: PMC2556322 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, and Vicki Poole Hoffmann BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 78. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-78.PMCID: PMC2566555 A factor analytic investigation of the Tripartite model of affect in a clinical sample of young Australians Joe A Buckby, Sue M Cotton, Elizabeth M Cosgrave, Eoin J Killackey, and Alison R Yung BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 79. Published online 2008 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-79.PMCID: PMC2561028 Discontinuation of hypnotics during cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia Lucie Zavesicka, Martin Brunovsky, Milos Matousek, and Peter Sos BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 80. Published online 2008 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-80.PMCID: PMC2562375 Early trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy to prevent chronic post-traumatic stress disorder and related symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis Hege Kornør, Dagfinn Winje, Øivind Ekeberg, Lars Weisæth, Ingvild Kirkehei, Kjell Johansen, and Asbjørn Steiro BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 81. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-81.PMCID: PMC2559832 Construction and validation of a dimensional scale exploring mood disorders: MAThyS (Multidimensional Assessment of Thymic States) Chantal Henry, Katia M'Bailara, Flavie Mathieu, Rollon Poinsot, and Bruno Falissard BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 82. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-82.PMCID: PMC2561027 Relative risk of diabetes, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and the metabolic syndrome in people with severe mental illnesses: Systematic review and metaanalysis David PJ Osborn, Christine A Wright, Gus Levy, Michael B King, Raman Deo, and Irwin Nazareth BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 84. Published online 2008 September 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-84.PMCID: PMC2570660 A Japanese version of the Perceived Stress Scale: cross-cultural translation and equivalence assessment Chizu Mimura and Peter Griffiths BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 85. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-85.PMCID: PMC2569029 The experience of admission to psychiatric hospital among Chinese adult patients in Hong Kong Jackie Chi-Kin Fu, Paulina Po-Ling Chow, and Linda Chiu-Wa Lam BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 86. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-86.PMCID: PMC2596108 Putative psychosis genes in the prefrontal cortex: combined analysis of gene expression microarrays Kwang Ho Choi, Michael Elashoff, Brandon W Higgs, Jonathan Song, Sanghyeon Kim, Sarven Sabunciyan, Suad Diglisic, Robert H Yolken, Michael B Knable, E Fuller Torrey, and Maree J Webster BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 87. Published online 2008 November 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-87.PMCID: PMC2585075 Mental health of refugees following state-sponsored repatriation from Germany Ulrike von Lersner, Thomas Elbert, and Frank Neuner BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 88. Published online 2008 November 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-88.PMCID: PMC2596775 Quantitative EEG findings in patients with acute, brief depression combined with other fluctuating psychiatric symptoms: a controlled study from an acute psychiatric department Marte Helene Bjørk, Trond Sand, Geir Bråthen, Olav M Linaker, Gunnar Morken, Brigt M Nilsen, and Arne Einar Vaaler BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 89. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-89.PMCID: PMC2596107 Prompt letters to reduce non-attendance: applying evidence based practice Mahesh Jayaram, Ranganath D Rattehalli, and Ihsan Kader BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 90. Published online 2008 November 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-90.PMCID: PMC2621156 Developing guided self-help for depression using the Medical Research Council complex interventions framework: a description of the modelling phase and results of an exploratory randomised controlled trial Karina Lovell, Peter Bower, David Richards, Michael Barkham, Bonnie Sibbald, Chris Roberts, Linda Davies, Anne Rogers, Judith Gellatly, and Sue Hennessy BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 91. Published online 2008 November 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-91.PMCID: PMC2596776 The association between psychiatric diagnosis and violent re-offending in adult offenders in the community Martin Grann, John Danesh, and Seena Fazel BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 92. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-92.PMCID: PMC2611986 Study Protocol Web-based cognitive behavioural therapy (W-CBT) for diabetes patients with co-morbid depression: Design of a randomised controlled trial Kim MP van Bastelaar, Frans Pouwer, Pim Cuijpers, Jos WR Twisk, and Frank J Snoek BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 9. Published online 2008 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-9.PMCID: PMC2277386 Treatment of chronically depressed patients: A multisite randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of 'Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy' (CBASP) for chronic depressions versus usual secondary care Jenneke E Wiersma, Digna JF van Schaik, Patricia van Oppen, James P McCullough, Jr, Robert A Schoevers, Jack J Dekker, Marc BJ Blom, Kristel Maas, Johannes H Smit, Brenda WJH Penninx, and Aartjan TF Beekman BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 18. 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