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Open AccessData-driven study on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging during early abstinence of alcohol dependence in male patients and its predictive value for relapse
Alcohol dependence is a mental disorder with a high relapse rate. However, specific neuroimaging biomarkers have not been determined for alcohol dependence and its relapse. We conducted data-driven research to...
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Sustained effects of left-behind experience during childhood on mental health in Chinese university undergraduates
Rapid industrialization and urbanization in China have resulted in labor migrants leaving children behind. For left-behind children (LBC), disrupted parental attachment may increase the risk of psychiatric mor...
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Open AccessTesting extra-linearity across a psychosis continuum
It is unclear whether psychotic experiences (PEs) gradually merge into states of clinical psychosis along a continuum which correspond to a dimensional classification or whether latent classes appear above a c...
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Open AccessThe mental health of ex-prisoners: analysis of the 2014 English National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity
Prisoners experience extremely high rates of psychiatric disturbance. However, ex-prisoners have never previously been identified in representative population surveys to establish how far this excess persists ...
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Open AccessImpact of urban birth and upbringing on expression of psychosis in a Chinese undergraduate population
Urban birth and upbringing show consistent associations with psychotic illness but the key urban exposures remain unknown. Associations with psychotic-like experiences (PEs) are inconsistent. These could be co...
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Open AccessBorderline personality disorder and violence in the UK population: categorical and dimensional trait assessment
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterised by difficulties with impulse control and affective dysregulation. It is unclear whether BPD contributes to the perpetration of violence or whether this is...
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Open AccessWhich pathways to psychiatric care lead to earlier treatment and a shorter duration of first-episode psychosis?
The pathways to care in a first onset psychosis are diverse and may influence the chances of early treatment and therefore the duration of untreated psychosis. We test which pathways to care are associated wit...
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Open AccessViolence, mental health and violence risk factors among community women: an epidemiological study based on two national household surveys in the UK
Females who perpetrated violence in the community have important mental health and public protection implications. There is a dearth of research in this area. This study investigated the prevalence of psychiat...