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Health-Related Quality of Life in Obese Presurgery Patients with and without Binge Eating Disorder, and Subdiagnostic Binge Eating Disorders
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Objective. To study health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in obese presurgery patients with binge eating disorder (BED) and with subdiagnostic binge eating disorder (SBED) compared to patients without eating disorders or ... -
Integrated treatment vs. treatment-as-usual for recent onset schizophrenia; 12 year follow-up on a randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background The aim of this study is to compare the 12-year follow-up effects on in- and outpatient services of 2 years of integrated treatment for recent-onset schizophrenia versus treatment as usual in a randomized ... -
Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in euthymic bipolar disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Patients with bipolar disorder experience sleep disturbance, even in euthymic phases. Changes in sleep pattern are frequent signs of a new episode of (hypo)mania or depression. Cognitive behavioral therapy for ... -
Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype moderates the effect of disorganized attachment on social development in young children
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Children with histories of disorganized attachment exhibit diverse problems, possibly because disorganization takes at least two distinctive forms as children age: controlling–punitive and controlling–caregiving. This ... -
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in patients with first- episode psychosis (FEP): A prospective study
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Gender and offender status predicting treatment success in refugees and asylum seekers with PTSD
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Current knowledge is limited regarding patient characteristics related to treatment outcome of posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) in refugees and asylum seekers. Objective Gender, torture status, ... -
Estimating prevalence and burden of major disorders of the brain in Nepal: cultural, geographic, logistic and philosophical issues of methodology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Headache, anxiety and depression are major disorders of the brain in terms of their prevalence and the burdens and costs they impose on society. Nationwide population-based studies of these disorders are ... -
Estimating the prevalence and burden of major disorders of the brain in Nepal: methodology of a nationwide population-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background The major disorders of the brain (MDBs), in terms of their prevalence and the burdens of ill health, disability and financial cost that they impose on individuals and society, are headache, depression and ... -
The prevalence of primary headache disorders in Nepal: a nationwide population-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background:Headache disorders are among the most prevalent and burdensome global public-health problems.Within countries, health policy depends upon knowledge of health within the local populations, but the South-East Asia ... -
Perceived family functioning, adolescent psychopathology and quality of life in the general population: a 6-month follow-up study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Purpose The aim of the study was to investigate whether perceived family functioning of adolescent is moderating or mediating the longitudinal association of adolescent internalizing and externalizing psychopathology with ... -
Taking home-based services into everyday life; older adults' participation with service providers in the context of receiving home-based services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This article aims to increase the understanding of older adults' participation with home-based service providers. It is critical to ensure that home-based services promote older adults' ability to live in their own homes, ... -
Child exposure to serious life events, COMT, and aggression: Testing differential susceptibility theory
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to individual differences in aggression. Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met (COMT), a common, functional polymorphism, has been implicated in aggression and aggression ... -
Effects of high-intensity aerobic exercise on psychotic symptoms and neurocognition in outpatients with schizophrenia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background The focus in recent years on physical inactivity and metabolic disturbances in individuals with schizophrenia raises the question of potential effects of physical activity. Physical activity has shown beneficial ... -
Service users’ experiences and views of aggressive situations in mental health care: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Aggressive situations occurring within mental health services can harm service users, staff, and the therapeutic environment. There is a consensus that the aggression phenomenon is multidimensional, but the ... -
Re-establishing and preserving hope of recovery through user participation in patients with a severe mental disorder: the self-referral-to-inpatient-treatment project
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Aims The treatment of patients with a severe mental disorder is generally not good enough. The aim of this article was to illustrate some alternative approaches for better understanding and treatment for the individual, ... -
Self-management develops through doing of everyday activities - a longitudinal qualitative study of stroke survivors during two years post-stroke
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background A description of the complexity of the process of self-management and the way stroke survivors give meaning to their process of self-management post-stroke is lacking. This study explores how stroke survivors ... -
The Pharmacogenomics of Bipolar Disorder study (PGBD): Identification of genes for lithium response in a prospective sample
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Bipolar disorder is a serious and common psychiatric disorder characterized by manic and depressive mood switches and a relapsing and remitting course. The cornerstone of clinical management is stabilization ... -
Prevalence of personality disorders in patients with OCD and relationship to treatment outcome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Objective: As a rule of thumb 30-40% of patients with OCD do not experience clinically relevant change from exposure and response prevention (ERP), and 50% can expect to be classified as recovered post treatment. The ... -
Onconeural Antibodies in Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Paraneoplastic neurological disorders associated with onconeural antibodies often appear with neuropsychiatric symptoms. To study the prevalence of onconeural antibodies in patients admitted to acute psychiatric inpatient ...