Background Studies to date showing an association between cannabis use and
schizophrenia-spectrum disorders are of relatively small sample sizes with limitations in …

Impulsivity and hostility are often thought to be interrelated among depressed patients with
suicidal behavior, but few studies have examined this relationship empirically. In this study, …

Although suicidality remains highly prevalent among patients with bipolar disorder, little
research exists examining the characteristics of successive attempts among individuals who …

Background: Substance use and psychiatric disorders cause significant burden of disease
in low- and middle-income countries. Co-morbid psychopathology and longer duration of …

Background and Objectives Prescription drug abuse has been a focus of public health concern
over the past two decades with many studies addressing patterns of narcotic analgesic …

Considerable controversy surrounds the role of traditional health practitioners (THPs) as first-contact
service providers and their influence on the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) …

Pediatric psychopharmacology is hindered by the relative lack of controlled, empirical clinical
trials [Shatzberg and Nemeroff, 1998: Washington, DC: The American Psychiatric Press, Inc…

S. is a six-year-old boy in the first grade of a school for children with developmental disabilities
who lives with his biological mother. He has no history of psychiatric treatment but has a …

A 15-item questionnaire used to evaluate competency to consent to psychiatric hospitalization
was validated using a blind forensic psychiatric interview. The statistical correlation was …

This study examined the quality of family relationships and its associations with the severity
of unmet needs of individuals admitted to a tertiary psychiatric hospital in South Africa. The …