Bipolar disorder is characterised by intense fluctuations in mood, including the experience of severe episodes of depression, mania and hypomania. The experience of bipolar disorder can also be associated with biases in various cognitive processes, including rumination in respon…
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This thesis explores the experience of parenting with severe mental illness, using qualitative methodologies. It is presented in three parts: a literature review, a report of the empirical research, and a critical reflection of the process undertaken. The literature review provi…
The deinstitutionalization movement, which began in the 1950s and culminated in the closure of most psychological institutions by the 1980s, promised to usher in a new era of community mental health (Torrey et al., 2010). While the movement, which began largely due to advances i…
The longitudinal course of bipolar disorder (BD) is highly impairing. This article reviews recent research on functional impairment in the course of BD, the roles of social and intrafamilial stress in relapse and recovery, and the role of adjunctive psychosocial interventions in…
Religion exerts a significant role in the lives of many individuals, including people suffering from psychiatric disorders. The need for the psychiatrist to be aware of the religious and spiritual beliefs have also been stressed, so that they can recognize the pathologic or alle…
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex mood disorder with high heterogeneity and unclear pathophysiology. Mitochondrial dysfunction has been repeatedly observed in BD; however, our understanding of mitochondrial dysfunction remains incomplete due to the lack of patient stratificatio…
Background: To date, little is known about epidemiology of schizophrenia (SCH),major depressive disorder (MDD), and bipolar disorder (BP) in agricultural areas ofChina.
Bipolar disorder (BD) can cause significant functional impairment and new psychosocial treatments are needed. This dissertation reviews and summarizes contemplative psychotherapy (CP), reports on a qualitative study that was conducted to investigate how participants used mindful…
The kynurenine pathway of tryptophan degradation is the focus in a variety of research fieldsand several of the metabolites produced along the pathway are suggested as future biomarkers.Growing interest in a better understanding of the physiological and the pathophysiologicalimp…
Mental health professionals have difficulty distinguishing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Bipolar Disorder due to overlapping clinical and etiological features. Such difficulties may lead to misdiagnoses and inappropriate treatment recommendations; thus, it is crucial…
Historically, research conducted on suicide has focused on the risk factors associated with suicide as a single phenomenon in need of a single explanation. One of the more recent theories of suicide is the Three-Step Theory of Suicide (3ST), which posits that suicide involves di…
This study examines the relationship between puberty and mood in an epidemiological sample, describing trends in mood and quality of life (QoL) accompanying puberty, relationships between pubertal stage and mood diagnoses, and the effects of precocious puberty on mood. 1,163 car…
Bipolar disorder (BPD) is associated with negative health outcomes and high relapse rates and group psychoeducation (PE) is recognised as an effective intervention when used in conjunction with pharmacological treatment. Unhealthy beliefs and attitudes have not been measured or …
People with serious mental illness often struggle to fully integrate into their communities and feel accepted within their own neighborhoods. Prior research suggests that people who participate in supportive or supported housing programs may benefit from support designed to faci…
Background: Corticosteroids have been associated with a wide range of psychiatric disturbances, such as mania, agitation, aggression, depression, bipolar and psychosis. Our first aim was to try to quantify the prevalence of each of the most commonly reported psychiatric symptoms…
Growing evidence from neuroimaging studies has reported deficits in circuit connectivity between several regions involved in emotional processing, including the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and midline thalamus in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. These deficits ar…
This thesis investigated the experiences of children who have a parent with a mental illness, using qualitative methods. It is divided into three separate sections, the first two written as standalone journal papers. Paper 1 is a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative st…