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    Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial evaluating home treatment with peer support for acute mental health crises (HoPe)

    Home treatment (HT) is a treatment modality for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) in acute mental crises. It is frequently considered equivalent to psychiatric inpatient treatment in terms of treatment...

    Britta Reinke, Candelaria Mahlke, Christina Botros, Alexa Kläring in BMC Psychiatry (2022)

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    The role of migration in mental healthcare: treatment satisfaction and utilization

    Migration rates increase globally and require an adaption of national mental health services to the needs of persons with migration background. Therefore, we aimed to identify differences between persons with ...

    Gabriele Gaigl, Esther Täumer, Andreas Allgöwer, Thomas Becker in BMC Psychiatry (2022)

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    The evaluation of a physical health promotion intervention for people with severe mental illness receiving community based accommodational support: a mixed-method pilot study

    Unhealthy lifestyle constitutes a cause of increased morbidity and mortality in people with severe mental illness. The aim of this mixed-method pilot study was to investigate the feasibility and preliminary ef...

    Viola Kirschner, Natalie Lamp, Ümmügülsüm Dinc, Thomas Becker in BMC Psychiatry (2022)

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    Mental health professionals view about the impact of male gender for the treatment of men with depression - a qualitative study

    The underestimation of depression among men may result from atypical depression symptoms and male help-seeking behaviour. However, higher suicide rates among men than among women indicate a need for gender-spe...

    Maja Stiawa, Annabel Müller-Stierlin, Tobias Staiger, Reinhold Kilian in BMC Psychiatry (2020)

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    Does one size really fit all? The effectiveness of a non-diagnosis-specific integrated mental health care program in Germany in a prospective, parallel-group controlled multi-centre trial

    The Network for Mental Health (NWpG-IC) is an integrated mental health care program implemented in 2009 by cooperation between health insurance companies and community mental health providers in Germany. Meanw...

    Annabel Sandra Mueller-Stierlin, Marina Julia Helmbrecht, Katrin Herder in BMC Psychiatry (2017)

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    A systematic review of Chinese randomized clinical trials of SSRI treatment of depression

    Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have become the most frequently used antidepressants in China in recent decades. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the efficacy and tolerability ...

    Ying Zhang, Thomas Becker, Yongchun Ma, Markus Koesters in BMC Psychiatry (2014)

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    Effectiveness and efficiency of integrated mental health care programmes in Germany: study protocol of an observational controlled trial

    Since 2009 some German health insurance companies have implemented integrated mental health care services along the principles of assertive community treatment in collaboration with local mental health service...

    Annabel Sandra Stierlin, Katrin Herder, Marina Julia Helmbrecht in BMC Psychiatry (2014)

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    Clinical Decision Making and Outcome in Routine Care for People with Severe Mental Illness (CEDAR): Study protocol

    A considerable amount of research has been conducted on clinical decision making (CDM) in short-term physical conditions. However, there is a lack of knowledge on CDM and its outcome in long-term illnesses, es...

    Bernd Puschner, Sabine Steffen, Mike Slade, Helena Kaliniecka, Mario Maj in BMC Psychiatry (2010)

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    The cross-sectional GRAS sample: A comprehensive phenotypical data collection of schizophrenic patients

    Schizophrenia is the collective term for an exclusively clinically diagnosed, heterogeneous group of mental disorders with still obscure biological roots. Based on the assumption that valuable information abou...

    Katja Ribbe, Heidi Friedrichs, Martin Begemann, Sabrina Grube in BMC Psychiatry (2010)