Interventions for self‐harm in children and adolescents

KG Witt, SE Hetrick, G Rajaram… - Cochrane database …, 2021‏ - cochranelibrary.com
Background Self‐harm (SH; intentional self‐poisoning or self‐injury regardless of degree of
suicidal intent or other types of motivation) is a growing problem in most countries, often …

[HTML][HTML] Prescribed benzodiazepines and suicide risk: a review of the literature

TJ Dodds - The primary care companion for CNS disorders, 2017‏ - psychiatrist.com
Results: The majority of studies found that benzodiazepines were associated with increased
suicide risk. This finding was consistent across various populations and different types of …

Interventions for self‐harm in children and adolescents

Cochrane Common Mental Disorders … - Cochrane database …, 1996‏ - cochranelibrary.com
Background Self‐harm (SH; intentional self‐poisoning or self‐injury) is common in children
and adolescents, often repeated, and strongly associated with suicide. This is an update of a …

Amygdala and hypothalamus: historical overview with focus on aggression

FV Gouveia, C Hamani, ET Fonoff, H Brentani… - …, 2019‏ - journals.lww.com
Aggressiveness has a high prevalence in psychiatric patients and is a major health problem.
Two brain areas involved in the neural network of aggressive behavior are the amygdala …

Diazepam actions in the VTA enhance social dominance and mitochondrial function in the nucleus accumbens by activation of dopamine D1 receptors

MA van der Kooij, F Hollis, L Lozano, I Zalachoras… - Molecular …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Benzodiazepines can ameliorate social disturbances and increase social competition,
particularly in high-anxious individuals. However, the neural circuits and mechanisms …

Role of benzodiazepines in anxiety disorders

R Balon, V Starcevic - Anxiety disorders: Rethinking and understanding …, 2020‏ - Springer
This chapter reviews the role of benzodiazepines (BZs) in the treatment of anxiety disorders,
specifically panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and …

Substance use and symptoms of mental health disorders: a prospective cohort of patients with severe substance use disorders in Norway

CF Aas, JH Vold, R Gjestad, S Skurtveit, AG Lim… - … , prevention, and policy, 2021‏ - Springer
Background There is high co-occurrence of substance use disorders (SUD) and mental
health disorders. We aimed to assess impact of substance use patterns and …

Characteristics and pathways of long-stay patients in high and medium secure settings in England; a secondary publication from a large mixed-methods study

BA Völlm, R Edworthy, N Huband, E Talbot… - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Background: Many patients experience extended stays within forensic care, but the
characteristics of long-stay patients are poorly understood. Aims: To describe the …

Associations between substance use and type of crime in prisoners with substance use problems–a focus on violence and fatal violence

A Håkansson, V Jesionowska - Substance abuse and rehabilitation, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
Aim The present study aimed to study the associations between substance use patterns and
types of crimes in prisoners with substance use problems, and specifically whether …