Background Severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe
depression, is responsible for a substantial proportion of disability in the population. This …

Importance Mood disorders are associated with increased body weight, especially in
females, but it remains unknown when the weight increase starts. Objectives To examine sex-…

Importance Although anxiety disorders are known to run in families, the relative contribution
of genes and environment is unclear. Patterns of sex-specific transmission of anxiety may …

BACKGROUND: Stimulants, such as methylphenidate, are among the most commonly used
medications in children and adolescents. Psychotic symptoms have been reported as rare …

Which factors influence the folk application of the concept of causation? Knobe has argued
that causal judgments are primarily influenced by the moral valence of the behavior under …

BackgroundCross-sectional studies report high levels of depressive symptoms during the
COVID-19 pandemic, especially in youth and females. However, longitudinal research …

Affective lability, defined as the propensity to experience excessive and unpredictable changes
in mood, has been proposed as a potential transdiagnostic predictor of major mood and …

Background: Sleep problems in childhood are an early predictor of mood disorders among
individuals at high familial risk. However, the majority of the research has focused on sleep …

Background It has been suggested that offspring of parents with bipolar disorder are at
increased risk for disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), but the specificity of this …

Background: Cortical folding is essential for healthy brain development. Previous studies
have found regional reductions in cortical folding in adult patients with psychotic illness. It is …