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BackgroundAdolescence is a vulnerable developmental stage associated with an increased risk of depression, anxiety, and stress, which can adversely affect academic performance and quality of life. Despite growing concern about adolescent mental health in Saudi Arabia, evidence among secondary school students remains limited. This study assessed the prevalence and severity of depression, anxiety, …

IntroductionOlder adults with depressive episodes are frequently treated in the context of psychiatric multimorbidity, somatic co-treatment, and polypharmacy, increasing their vulnerability to drug-drug interactions (DDIs) and cumulative medication-related risk. This study characterized DDI burden and exploratory prescribing risk profiles among psychogeriatric outpatients, focusing on patients wi…

Complexity has become an increasingly prominent concept in research on mental disorders and pathological behaviors. This is more than due, as these conditions are not only complicated but genuinely complex. Complexity serves both as an analytic lens and as a force that pushes scientific progress forward. However, complexity science, as it currently stands, seems poised to deliver waves of new fin…

Emergency psychiatry services represent the primary point of contact for patients with acute suicidal risk; however, traditional risk assessment remains inconsistent and vulnerable to error.ObjectivesThis study aims to develop a comprehensive model for the digitalized assessment of suicide risk in emergency psychiatry services by integrating validated risk factors from the specialist literature i…

ObjectiveTo explore the efficacy of structured psychoeducational group therapy grounded in Yalom’s interpersonal therapeutic principles on parental anxiety, depressive symptoms, and family cohesion and adaptability among parents of adolescents with depression, and to provide clinical evidence for parent-focused family psychological support for adolescents with depression.MethodsA total of 90 pare…

ObjectiveTo explore the potential association between social restrictions and FCR in patients who underwent HSCT, and preliminarily investigate whether examine whether illness perception and cognitive emotion regulation mediate this association using an exploratory cross-sectional design.MethodsWe retrospectively collected clinical data from 328 patients who underwent HSCT at the Department of He…

ObjectiveTo examine the associations of body mass index (BMI) and chemotherapy emetogenic risk with sleep disturbance in patients with cancer and to explore their multiplicative interaction and joint associations.MethodsThis retrospective cross-sectional study analyzed the medical records of 300 patients with cancer who received chemotherapy at Wuhu Second People’s Hospital between January 2023 a…

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is now one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders, characterized by socio-communicative and cognitive challenges. Amongst them, memory challenges in ASD have been reported early, but only recently have studies suggested a prevalent memory impairment in autistic individuals. More importantly, little is known about the brain correlates associated with the …

BackgroundChildhood cancer imposes substantial psychological, social, and practical challenges on families, often disrupting emotional stability, caregiving roles, financial security, and family functioning. Family resilience has increasingly been recognized as a dynamic process that supports adaptation under prolonged adversity. However, qualitative evidence regarding how families develop and su…

BackgroundCocaine use disorder (CUD) is a chronic, relapsing condition with substantial clinical burden, yet its neurobiological basis remains incompletely understood, particularly in the socially vulnerable populations most affected in real-world clinical settings. Existing neuroimaging evidence is fragmented across imaging modalities and derived largely from samples that underrepresent sustaine…

The mentally ill offender is considered to be an independent category when discussing the typology of perpetrators. Mental illness shares many of the risk factors present in the other categories of parricide offenders; however, there has been little research into the relationship dynamics between victim and perpetrator, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.ObjectivesThe objectives of this research …

IntroductionAcademic procrastination is a persistent challenge in doctoral education, yet the role of supervisor support remains unclear. This study examined the associations among supervisor support, impostor syndrome, neuroticism, and academic procrastination among Chinese doctoral students.MethodsAn explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was adopted. Survey data were collected from 962 do…

BackgroundSuicidal ideation is a significant public health concern among adolescents globally, with negative life events and psychological resilience identified as key risk and protective factors, respectively.ObjectiveTo explore the mediating effect of psychological resilience between negative life events and suicidal ideation in adolescents, and to analyze differences in related variables acros…

ObjectiveTo investigate symptom features distinguishing depressive disorder from insomnia disorder with depressive symptoms across different age groups, and to provide evidence for refined clinical differential diagnosis.MethodsThis retrospective cross-sectional study enrolled patients who visited Hangzhou Seventh People’s Hospital between January 2016 and October 2024 and completed assessments v…

IntroductionPsychiatric medications are frequently prescribed for adults with personality disorders (PD), despite clinical guidelines emphasizing psychotherapy as first-line treatment and limited evidence regarding patients' experiences of pharmacological care. This study explored how adults with PD experience the prescription and follow-up of psychiatric medications in outpatient psychiatric ser…

Short-video addiction has become an increasingly important concern among college students, but the psychological processes through which general well-being is associated with problematic short-video use remain insufficiently understood. Drawing on the social compensation perspective and self-control theory, this study examined whether alienation and self-control are associated with the associatio…

Research on violence in mental health has long been dominated by behavioral science, risk assessment, and legal definitions of harm that conceptualize violence primarily as observable acts committed by individuals with mental illness. This orientation has produced a field capable of measuring and predicting such behavior, while largely failing to name the forms of violence experienced by people a…

BackgroundAnxiety disorders are common among older adults but remain underrecognized in community settings, particularly in China where mental health resources are scarce. This study aimed to develop and compare multiple machine learning models for identifying anxiety symptoms in Chinese community-dwelling older adults and to construct a practical clinical tool.MethodsA cross-sectional study incl…

Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) is a prevalent chronic condition that severely compromises both the physical and psychological well-being of aging women. Beyond its skeletal implications, PMOP exhibits a profound psychosomatic interplay, intimately linked with elevated rates of depression and anxiety that frequently impair treatment adherence and functional recovery. This psychological vulnera…

ObjectiveNasogastric tube (NGT) feeding can be used in inpatient care, and in certain incidences is necessary under physical restraint. While at times essential, it is highly distressing and a high proportion of young people who receive NGT feeding under restraint may be Autistic. This service evaluation explored patient and staff perspectives of autism-affirming resources, including social stori…