Julia Raifman, ScD; Ellen Moscoe, ScD; S. Bryn Austin, ScD; et al.
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(7):671-677. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0757
This study investigates whether US state laws permitting refusal of services to sexual minority individuals were associated with changes in the proportion of sexual minority adults reporting mental distress.
Jordan E. DeVylder, PhD; Ian Kelleher, MD, PhD; Monique Lalane, MSW; et al.
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(7):678-686. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0577
This cross-sectional epidemiologic study investigates whether urban residence is associated with greater odds for psychosis in low- and middle-income countries among respondents to the World Health Organization World Health Survey.
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Invited Commentary
Urbanicity and Risk of Schizophrenia—New Studies and Old Hypotheses
Oleguer Plana-Ripoll, PhD; Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, DrMedSc; John J. McGrath, MD, PhD
JAMA Psychiatry
Kimberlie Dean, PhD; Thomas M. Laursen, PhD; Carsten B. Pedersen, DrMedSc; et al.
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(7):689-696. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0534
This national cohort study establishes the incidence of subjection to crime by all types of criminal offenses, and by violent crimes separately, after onset of mental illness across the full psychiatric diagnostic spectrum compared with those in the population without mental illness.
Allen T. C. Lee, MBChB; Marcus Richards, PhD; Wai C. Chan, MBChB; et al.
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(7):697-703. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0657
This population-based study examines whether late-life participation in intellectual activities is associated with a lower risk of incident dementia years later, independent of other lifestyle and health-related factors among community-living Chinese individuals 65 years of age or older.
Minxuan Huang, ScM; Amit Shah, MD, MSCR; Shaoyong Su, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(7):705-712. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0747
This longitudinal study investigates the temporal association between depression and heart rate variability.
Eric L. Ross, BA; Kara Zivin, PhD; Daniel F. Maixner, MD
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(7):713-722. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0768
This study assesses the cost-effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy compared with pharmacotherapy/psychotherapy for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder in the United States.
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Podcast:
Cost-effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression in the United States
Dorina Cadar, PhD; Camille Lassale, PhD; Hilary Davies, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(7):723-732. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.1012
This cohort study using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing examines the association of education, wealth, and area-based deprivation with dementia incidence and investigates differences between people born in different periods.
Carsten Hjorthøj, PhD, MSc; Nikolai Albert, PhD, MD; Merete Nordentoft, DrMedSci, PhD, MD
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(7):733-739. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0568
This Danish nationwide, register-based, cohort study investigates whether substance use disorders are associated with conversion to schizophrenia among people with schizotypal disorder.
Joseph Firth, PhD; Josh A. Firth, DPhil; Brendon Stubbs, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(7):740-746. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0503
This population-based study evaluates the use of handgrip strength as a measure of cognitive function in people with major depression and bipolar disorder.