Three Approaches to Understanding and Classifying Mental Disorder: ICD-11, DSM-5, and the National Institute of Mental Health's Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)

LA Clark, B Cuthbert… - … Science in the …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The diagnosis of mental disorder initially appears relatively straightforward: Patients present
with symptoms or visible signs of illness; health professionals make diagnoses based …

Associations of valproate doses with weight gain in adult psychiatric patients: a 1-year prospective cohort study

C Grosu, W Hatoum, M Piras, N Laaboub… - The Journal of …, 2024 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate valproate dose association with weight
change, blood glucose, lipid levels, and blood pressure in a psychiatric population …

Staff perspectives on obesity within a Welsh secure psychiatric inpatient setting

JL Davies, R Bagshaw, A Watt, P Hewlett… - The Journal of Mental …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to understand the perceived causes and consequences of weight
gain within a secure psychiatric inpatient service in South Wales. Design/methodology …

Weight gain is not associated with antipsychotic medication, sociodemographic factors, or diagnosis in a Welsh secure mental health unit

JL Davies, A Watt, R Bagshaw, C Hill… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Many people treated in secure inpatient services have a serious mental illness and are
obese. This study aimed to assess the predictive power of demographic, clinical and …

[HTML][HTML] Weight gain in psychiatric inpatients: Are interventions making a positive impact?

GA Levitt, K Shinault, S Patterson… - The Primary Care …, 2017 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: The negative impact of weight gain is a common problem facing all patients, but it
is especially concerning in the seriously mentally ill population. The literature is replete with …

Associations of Valproate Doses With Weight Gain in Adult Psychiatric Patients

M Preisig, P Conus, CB Eap - J Clin Psychiatry, 2024 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate valproate dose association with weight
change, blood glucose, lipid levels, and blood pressure in a psychiatric population …

A cross-continental analysis of weight gain, psychiatric diagnoses and medication use during inpatient psychiatric treatment. The international study on physical …

C Engelke, C Lange-Asschenfeldt, S Peter… - European …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Weight gain among psychiatric inpatients is a widespread phenomenon. This change in
body mass index (BMI) can be caused by several factors. Based on recent research, we …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of court-ordered psychiatric treatment on hospital length of stay: balancing legal and clinical concerns

J Shin, MCP San Gabriel, A Ho-Periola… - Journal of Korean …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose: Psychiatric hospital length of stay (LOS) is not affected solely by socio-clinical
factors but also by legal procedures. This study examined the associations between legal …

Pandemic Restrictions and Weight Changes during Inpatient Care in an Intermediate Stay Unit in Patients with Severe Mental Illness

A Sankaranarayanan, V Murali… - Indian Journal of Social …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Weight gain can harm health and be socially stigmatizing. We sought to
determine whether weight gain during the inpatient stay, as collateral damage related to …

Exploring Factors Implicated in Secure Psychiatric Inpatient Weight Gain and Obesity

J Davies - 2021 - figshare.cardiffmet.ac.uk
People who have serious mental illness experience greater levels of early mortality
compared to their mentally healthy counterparts (Chesney, Goodwin & Fazel, 2014). This …