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Open AccessRelational continuity may give better clinical outcomes in patients with serious mental illness – a systematic review
Continuity of care is considered important for results of treatment of serious mental illness (SMI). Yet, evidence of associations between relational continuity and different medical and social outcomes is spa...
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Open AccessMap** the expression of an ANK3 isoform associated with bipolar disorder in the human brain
The gene ankyrin-3 (ANK3) has been consistently associated with bipolar disorder (BD) in several genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The exact molecular mechanisms underlying this genetic association remain u...
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Open AccessExploring lithium’s transcriptional mechanisms of action in bipolar disorder: a multi-step study
Lithium has been the first-line treatment for bipolar disorder (BD) for more than six decades. Although the molecular effects of lithium have been studied extensively and gene expression changes are generally ...
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Open AccessA Qualitative Study of Caregivers’ Experiences, Motivation and Challenges Using a Web-Based Mindfulness Intervention
Caregivers report experiences of stress and burden that can affect their health negatively. Web-based mindfulness interventions have shown beneficial health effects in clinical and non-clinical populations, in...
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Open AccessElevated expression of a minor isoform of ANK3 is a risk factor for bipolar disorder
Ankyrin-3 (ANK3) is one of the few genes that have been consistently identified as associated with bipolar disorder by multiple genome-wide association studies. However, the exact molecular basis of the associati...
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Open AccessThe effectiveness of narrative enhancement and cognitive therapy: a randomized controlled study of a self-stigma intervention
Stigma has been proposed to be one of the most serious obstacles to successful treatment, rehabilitation and inclusion in society of people with severe mental illness. An aspect of stigma which has been increa...
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Experiences of a Mental Health First Aid Training Program in Sweden: A Descriptive Qualitative Study
Restricted mental health literacy and stigma are barriers to treatment of mental disorders. A Mental Health First Aid training program was tested for implementation in Sweden among employees in the public sect...
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A Psychometric Study of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory to Assess Fatigue in Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Fatigue is frequently reported by patients with mental illness. The multidimensional fatigue inventory (MFI-20) is a self-assessment instrument with 20 items including five dimensions of fatigue. The purpose o...
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Open AccessThe effectiveness of an anti-stigma intervention in a basic police officer training programme: a controlled study
Stigma and discrimination are still prominent features of the life situation of persons with mental illness, adding to the burden of the illness, causing a lowered self-esteem, quality of life and affecting po...
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Open AccessOvercoming recruitment barriers revealed high readiness to participate and low dropout rate among people with schizophrenia in a randomized controlled trial testing the effect of a Guided Self-Determination intervention
Recruitment is one of the most serious challenges in performing randomized controlled trials. Often clinical trials with participants diagnosed with schizophrenia are terminated prematurely because of recruitm...
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Non-uniform effectiveness of structured patient–clinician communication in community mental healthcare: an international comparison
The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in community mental healthcare has been shown to depend on the setting in which they are implemented. Recently structured patient–clinician communication was fou...
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Open AccessTest - retest reliability of two instruments for measuring public attitudes towards persons with mental illness
Research has identified stigmatization as a major threat to successful treatment of individuals with mental illness. As a consequence several anti-stigma campaigns have been carried out. The results have been ...
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Individual unmet needs for care: are they sensitive as outcome criterion for the effectiveness of mental health services interventions?
Mental health interventions should demonstrate an effect on patients’ functioning as well as his/her needs, in particular on unmet needs whose assessment depends on the perspective of either the patient or the...
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Are factors associated with subjective quality of life in people with severe mental illness consistent over time? — A 6-year follow-up study
To investigate the cross-sectional relationship between subjective quality of life and sociodemographic clinical and social factors over three points of assessment during a 6-year follow-up, and to investigate...
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Structure of needs among persons with schizophrenia
The importance of needs assessment for service development has been widely recognised. Several studies have focused on the associations between ratings of needs by patients and staff and have found clear diffe...
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Subjective versus interviewer assessment of global quality of life among persons with schizophrenia living in the community: A Nordic multicentre study
Background: Few studies have investigated differences between subjective and externally assessed quality of life in individuals with a severe mental illness. In a sample of 387 patients with schizophrenia living ...
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The Importance of Work as Compared to Other Forms of Daily Occupations for Wellbeing and Functioning Among Persons with Long-Term Mental Illness
This study investigated the importance of competitive work as compared to participating in community-based activities and having no regular daily activity for people with long-term mental illness. One hundred ...
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Children in families with a severely mentally ill member
Background The prevalence of minor children in families with a severely mentally ill member, these children's needs for support and the situation of the spouses were investigated as part of a mul...
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Outcome of case management based on the strengths model compared to standard care. A randomised controlled trial
Background The outcome of less intensive case management services, such as the strengths model, is still inconclusive, which suggests a need for more controlled studies. The aim of the present st...
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Ward Atmosphere, Client Satisfaction, and Client Motivation in a Psychiatric Work Rehabilitation Unit
This study investigated the ward atmosphere of a psychiatric work rehabilitation unit and its relationships to clients' satisfaction with the unit and client motivation, operationalised as proneness to set per...
