Experience-dependent modulation of the visual evoked potential: Testing effect sizes, retention over time, and associations with age in 415 healthy individuals by Mathias Valstad, Torgeir Moberget, Daniël Roelfs, Nora B. Slapø, Clara M.F. Timpe, Dani Beck, Geneviève Richard, Linn Sofie Sæther, Beathe Haatveit, Knut Andre Skaug, Jan Egil Nordvik, Christoffer Hatlestad-Hall, Gaute T. Einevoll, Tuomo Mäki-Marttunen, Lars T. Westlye, Erik G. Jönsson, Ole A. Andreassen, Torbjørn Elvsåshagen

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GLOOMY FACES BEHIND THE WHITE COATS: DEPRESSION IN MEDICAL STUDENTS CALLS FOR ACTION by Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, Shakila Bano

“…Unfortunately, the fact is that prevalence of Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) like depression and anxiety is higher in medical students than community. …”
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Toward an integrated approach for mental health and psychosocial support and peacebuilding in North-East Nigeria: programme description and preliminary outcomes from ‘Counselling o... by Sharli Paphitis, Fatima Akilu, Natasha Chilambo, Abiye Iruayenama, Xena Samaroo, Asma'u Mustapha, Kimberley Goldsmith, Olawale Ismail, Petr Slovak, Eka Ikpe, Patrick Smith, Preeti Patel, Richard Sullivan, Melanie Abas, Funmi Olonisakin

“…Symptoms of common mental disorders were assessed with the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Scale (PTSD-8). …”
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Use of botulinum toxin type a in psychiatry - new perspectives and future potential by F. Gonçalves Viegas, I. Figueiredo, F. Ferreira, A. Lourenço

“…Preliminary data suggest that BT-A therapy may also be effective in the treatment of mental disorders characterized by an excess of negative emotions, such as BPD. …”
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Long-term opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain: second update of the German guidelines by Frank Petzke, Frietjof Bock, Michael Hüppe, Monika Nothacker, Heike Norda, Lukas Radbruch, Marcus Schiltenwolf, Matthias Schuler, Thomas Tölle, Anika Viniol, Winfried Häuser

“…Contraindications are primary headaches, functional somatic syndromes, and mental disorders with the (cardinal) symptom of pain. For specified other clinical pain conditions, short- and long-term therapy with opioids should be evaluated on an individual basis. …”
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Evaluation of Hypochondriasis Caused by COVID-19 and its Related Factors among Staff of an Oil Refinery Located in South of Iran by Seyed Mahdi Mousavi, Saeid Yazdanirad, Marzieh Sadeghian, Mahsa Jahadi Naeini

“…Introduction and purpose: The prevalence of COVID-19 disease has led to many mental disorders, including hypochondriasis. This study aimed to investigate the hypochondriasis caused by COVID-19 disease and its related factors among the staff of an oil refinery located in the south of Iran. …”
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Traumatic brain injury-induced submissive behavior in rats: link to depression and anxiety by Matthew Boyko, Benjamin F. Gruenbaum, Ilan Shelef, Vladislav Zvenigorodsky, Olena Severynovska, Yair Binyamin, Boris Knyazer, Amit Frenkel, Dmitry Frank, Alexander Zlotnik

“…It has been established that there is a relationship between these mental disorders and brain injury. However, the etiology and causal relationships behind these conditions are poorly understood. …”
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Rural healthy people 2030: New decade, new challenges by Timothy Callaghan, Morgan Kassabian, Natasha Johnson, Aakriti Shrestha, Janet Helduser, Scott Horel, Jane N. Bolin, Alva O. Ferdinand

“…The analysis finds that for the first time across 3 decades of Rural Healthy People, a greater proportion of respondents selected “Mental Health and Mental Disorders” and “Addiction” as Healthy People priorities for rural America, than did “Health Care Access and Quality”. …”
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Occupational Stress among Health Nurses Working in Health Services Centers in Gonbad Kavous - 2016 by Alireza DEHDASHTI, Meysam KARAMI, Bibi Sara SAMARI, Mahshid BAHRAMI, Ahmad JAHED

“…Occupational stress is recognized as an important risk factor in the creation of physical and chronic mental disorders and the quality of work performance. Therefore, this study was carried out with the aim of investigating the stress induced by the work and some social factors among the Health Nurses Working in town Gonbad Kavous in 2016. …”
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Psychiatrization of Society: A Conceptual Framework and Call for Transdisciplinary Research by Timo Beeker, China Mills, Dinesh Bhugra, Sanne te Meerman, Samuel Thoma, Martin Heinze, Sebastian von Peter

“…Purpose: Worldwide, there have been consistently high or even rising incidences of diagnosed mental disorders and increasing mental healthcare service utilization over the last decades, causing a growing burden for healthcare systems and societies. …”
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Association of MGLL Intronic C>T Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (rs782440) with Borderline Personality Disorder: A Case-Control Study by Nazanin Hatami Bavarsad, Leila Jahangard, Masood Saidijam, Seyed Asaad Karimi, Ali Reza Soltanian, Elahe Shahriari, Saeid Afshar, Abdolrahman Sarihi

“…The BPD patients were selected based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of MentalDisorders (DSM-5) form for diagnosing BPD patients. …”
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Study on exosomes for identifying bipolar disorder in early stage: A cross‐sectional and validation study protocol by Yanqing Wu, Yuchao Li, Xuguang An, Jiangong Li, Chenghao Yang, Yi Wang

“…Discussion Exosome‐derived microRNA and related proteins have potential in serving as a good medium for exploring mental disorders because it can pass through the blood‐brain barrier bidirectionally and convey a large amount of information stably. …”
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Relations Between Mood States and Eating Behavior During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Sample of Italian College Students by Concetta De Pasquale, Federica Sciacca, Daniela Conti, Maria Luisa Pistorio, Zira Hichy, Rosa Loredana Cardullo, Santo Di Nuovo

“…In conclusion, the negative impact of the fear of COVID-19 on the emotional profile and eating behavior suggests the need to implement strategies against psychological distress during the pandemic emergency, and to design psycho-educational interventions aimed at modifying the lifestyle for preventing risks of mental disorders fostering health-oriented behaviors.…”
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Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a cluster randomised controlled trial: cost-effectiveness of Learning Clubs, a multicomponent intervention to improve women’s health a... by Trang Nguyen, Sarah Hanieh, Jane Fisher, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Kim Sweeny, Thach Tran, David B Hipgrave, Tuan Tran, Ha Tran

“…Health and cost data will be gathered at three stages of the trial and used to calculate incremental cost-effectiveness ratios per percentage point improvement of infant’s development, infant’s health and maternal common mental disorders expressed in quality-adjusted life years gained. …”
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A Network Analysis of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Correlates During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Wanyue Jiang, Wanyue Jiang, Zhihong Ren, Zhihong Ren, Lixia Yu, Lixia Yu, Lixia Yu, Yafei Tan, Yafei Tan, Yafei Tan, Congrong Shi, Congrong Shi

“…At the same time, exploring the relationship between covariates and the network of PTSD symptoms, by taking sex, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, quality of life, and social support as covariates, may help us to know the arise and maintenance of PTSD symptoms and give specified suggestions to people under the shadow of COVID-19.Method: The Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), was used to assess the PTSD symptoms extent of 338 healthy participants over the past month. …”
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Obesity and atypical depression symptoms: findings from Mendelian randomization in two European cohorts by Giorgio Pistis, Yuri Milaneschi, Caroline L. Vandeleur, Aurélie M. Lasserre, Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Femke Lamers, Dorret I. Boomsma, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Peter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber, Jean-Michel Aubry, Martin Preisig, Zoltán Kutalik

“…Using a MR approach, we investigated the potential causal role of obesity in both the atypical subtype and its five specific symptoms assessed according to the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), in two large European cohorts, CoLaus|PsyCoLaus (n = 3350, 1461 cases and 1889 controls) and NESDA|NTR (n = 4139, 1182 cases and 2957 controls). …”
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Investigating the effect of mindfulness training for stress management in military training: the relationship between the autonomic nervous system and emotional regulation by Seho Lee, Jin Hyung Kim, Hakseung Kim, Sung Ha Kim, Sung Soo Park, Chang Woo Hong, Ki Tae Kwon, Seung Hun Lee, Kyoung Soo Kim, Hoon Choi, Jung Bin Kim, Dong-Joo Kim

“…Abstract Background Military personnel face an increased risk of developing mental disorders owing to the stressful environments they encounter. …”
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Assessment of Depression Among Older Adults Staying in Old Home Care in Klang, Malaysia by Muhammad Qamar, Nurul Zahirah, Sohail Ahmad

“…Mental disorders such as depression are widespread, often underdiagnosed, and usually inappropriately treated. …”
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Reduced mentalizing in patients with bulimia nervosa and features of borderline personality disorder: A case-control study by Sofia Sacchetti, Paul Robinson, Alexandra Bogaardt, Ajay Clare, Catherine Ouellet-Courtois, Patrick Luyten, Anthony Bateman, Peter Fonagy

“…Abstract Background Mentalizing, the mental capacity to understand oneself and others in terms of mental states, has been found to be reduced in some mental disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). …”
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Neurological Soft Signs and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Biomarker of Severity? by Célia Belrose, Célia Belrose, Célia Belrose, Anais Duffaud, Anais Duffaud, Elsa Rakotoarison, Catherine Faget, Philippe Raynaud, Philippe Raynaud, Frédéric Dutheil, Frédéric Dutheil, Léa Boyer, Jean-Baptiste Billaud, Marion Trousselard, Marion Trousselard, Marion Trousselard

“…They have been reported in several mental disorders. They are found in several behavioral and/or neurocognitive disorders and are taken into account by psychiatric rehabilitation programs to support recovery. …”
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