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Quality of life and clinical characteristics in a nonselected sample of patients with schizophrenia
Conclusion: Patients experienced low QOL. Lower QOL was associated with high BMI, low ADD and smoking in first-ever diagnosed patients and with high BMI and short illness duration in long-term ill patients. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - January 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medici, C. R., Vestergaard, C. H., Hjorth, P., Hansen, M. V., Shanmuganathan, J. W., Viuff, A. G., Munk-Jorgensen, P. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Family functioning, social support, and quality of life for patients with anxiety disorder
Conclusion: Anxiety disorder is associated with reduced family functioning and poorer quality of life for Chinese patients. In addition, the Family Assessment Device is a suitable instrument for evaluating family functioning in Chinese patients with anxiety disorder. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - January 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wang, J., Chen, Y., Tan, C., Zhao, X. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Web of causation and its implications for epidemiological research
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Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - January 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ventriglio, A., Bellomo, A., Bhugra, D. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Predictors of vocational status in schizophrenia patients - Results from the Polish nationwide survey
Conclusion: Education, obesity and the number of inpatient hospitalizations seem to predict vocational outcome in schizophrenia. This study warrants further investigation of medical comorbidities in schizophrenia in terms of social consequences in order to indicate the direction of this relationship. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kiejna, A., Piotrowski, P., Misiak, B., Adamowski, T., Schubert, A., Skrzekowska-Baran, I., Frydecka, D. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

What is in a name? Causative explanatory models of postpartum psychosis among patients and caregivers in India
Conclusion: Non-biomedical EMs are common in women with postpartum psychosis. Cultural and social factors unique to childbirth appear to influence these models. There is a need to enhance awareness and knowledge about this serious disorder in the community. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Thippeswamy, H., Dahale, A., Desai, G., Chandra, P. S. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Factors affecting stigma toward suicide and depression: A Korean nationwide study
Conclusion: Older men with less education and no experience with suicide perceived suicide attempts more negatively. Similarly, older people with less education placed a greater stigma on people suffering from depression. These results suggest that greater access to higher education may reduce stigma toward people with mental illness. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Park, S., Kim, M.-J., Cho, M. J., Lee, J.-Y. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Youth, suicide attempts and low level of education: A Danish historical register-based cohort study of the outcome of suicide attempt
Conclusion: A suicide attempt is not necessarily causal for not finishing secondary education, but it is a marker, and it predicts an increased likelihood of not finishing secondary education. We need to identify individuals at risk for suicide attempts and subsequently provide the necessary support. Completing secondary education is important, as it provides better chances of employment, higher wages and more opportunities for individuals in the future. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Christiansen, E., Agerbo, E., Larsen, K. J., Bilenberg, N., Stenager, E. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Relationship between dysfunctional attitudes and childhood traumas in women with depression
Conclusion: In our study, a negative correlation was determined between DAS and only emotional abuse leading us to the finding that one of the factors mediating childhood traumas to cause depression could lead to dysfunctional attitudes. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Akbaba Turkoglu, S., Essizoglu, A., Kosger, F., Aksaray, G. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Surviving, healing and moving forward: Journeys towards resilience among Canadian Cree adults
Conclusion: Mental health providers should consider and incorporate these mechanisms into treatment for Cree people, when appropriate, to aid recovery. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Isaak, C. A., Stewart, D. E., Mota, N. P., Munro, G., Katz, L. Y., Sareen, J. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Boredom proneness predicts quality of life in outpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
Conclusion: This pattern of unique effects on quality of life highlights the clinical relevance of identifying a subjective state of boredom and has theoretical importance in distinguishing boredom proneness specifically from more general avolitional and amotivational conditions that have tended to be the focus of clinical observation and previous research. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gerritsen, C. J., Goldberg, J. O., Eastwood, J. D. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

The defeat-entrapment theory versus Beck's hopelessness theory of depression and suicidality: A cross-national analysis in Iran and the United States
Conclusion: The defeat-entrapment theory of depression and suicidal behavior appears to have validity in both Iran and America. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tarsafi, M., Kalantarkousheh, S. M., Lester, D. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Social class at birth and risk of psychosis
Conclusion: A higher social class at birth is associated with a greater risk for developing a psychotic disorder; however, this effect may show temporal variation. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: O'Donoghue, B., Fanning, F., Lyne, J., Renwick, L., Madigan, K., Kinsella, A., Lane, A., Turner, N., O'Callaghan, E., Clarke, M. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Religiosity/spirituality: Relationships with non-suicidal self-harm behaviors and attempted suicide
Conclusions: Some but not all aspects of RS are associated with lowered risk for self-harm. In this study, considering oneself a religious person and reporting a general sense of RS well-being offered the most protective effect to participants, particularly the latter. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sansone, R. A., Wiederman, M. W. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

The humanistic and economic burden of providing care for a patient with schizophrenia
Conclusion: Results indicate that caregivers of those with Schizophrenia experience a heightened humanistic and economic burden, especially relative to the burden experienced by non-caregivers. The fact that Schizophrenia not only affects the individual but also those who care for that individual is underscored by these results. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Csoboth, C., Witt, E. A., Villa, K. F., O'Gorman, C. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

A longitudinal study of the health and wellbeing of culturally and linguistically diverse caregivers of people with psychosis in Australia
Conclusion: Ethnic-sensitive interventions are needed to better support CALD carers experiencing negative caregiving consequences, especially younger carers or spouses, within the current level of service provision. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Poon, W. C., Joubert, L., Harvey, C. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research