News tagged with british journal of psychiatry


Study finds late-life depression associated with increased risk for dementia

(Medical Xpress)—Late-life depression is associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease and, most predominantly, vascular dementia, according to the results of a new meta-analysis published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Time to Change evaluation shows drop in mental health discrimination

(Medical Xpress)—A study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has shown there has been an 11.5% reduction in average levels of discrimination. Led by King's College London's Institute of Psychi ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quit smoking for new year, and feel less anxious, not more

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers have found that smokers who successfully quit feel less anxious afterwards - despite a widely held belief that smoking relieves stress and giving up makes you feel more on edge.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New study suggests clinicians overlook alcohol problems if patients are not intoxicated

Medical staff struggle to spot problem drinking in their patients unless they are already intoxicated, according to research by the University of Leicester.

Addiction created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher risk of autism among certain immigrant groups

A major register study from Karolinska Institutet shows that children born to certain groups of immigrants had an increased risk of developing autism with intellectual disability. The study includes all children in Stockholm ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Treating sleep problems may be important in schizophrenia

(Medical Xpress) -- A study of schizophrenia patients has found profound disruptions in their sleep patterns, with half also having irregular body clocks that are out of synch with the pattern of night and ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tooth loss three times higher in people with serious mental illness

People with severe mental illnesses are over three times more likely to lose their teeth because of poor oral health than the general population, University of Queensland researchers have found.

Dentistry created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spring babies face anorexia risk

(Medical Xpress) -- Anorexia nervosa is more common among people born in the spring, a new study led by Oxford University scientists has found.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast