European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience OnlineFirst articles

28.05.2024 | Original Paper

Neuropsychological profiles in first-episodes psychosis and their relationship with clinical, metacognition and social cognition variables

An increasing interest in the assessment of neuropsychological performance variability in people with first-episode psychosis (FEP) has emerged. However, its association with clinical and functional outcomes requires further study. Furthermore …

verfasst von:: Victoria Espinosa, Alana Bagaeva, Raquel López-Carrilero, Ana Barajas, María Luisa Barrigón, Irene Birulés, Eva Frígola-Capell, Luciana Díaz-Cutraro, Fermín González-Higueras, Eva Grasa, Alfonso Gutiérrez-Zotes, Ester Lorente-Rovira, Trinidad Pélaez, Esther Pousa, Isabel Ruiz-Delgado, Marina Verdaguer-Rodríguez, Susana Ochoa, Spanish Metacognition Group

Open Access 28.05.2024 | Original Paper

Reduced contrast sensitivity, pattern electroretinogram ratio, and diminished a-wave amplitude in patients with major depressive disorder

The electroretinogram (ERG), a non-invasive electrophysiological tool used in ophthalmology, is increasingly applied to investigate neural correlates of depression. The present study aimed to reconsider previous findings in major depressive …

verfasst von:: Evelyn B. N. Friedel, Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Malina Beringer, Dominique Endres, Kimon Runge, Simon Maier, Jürgen Kornmeier, Michael Bach, Katharina Domschke, Sven P. Heinrich, Kathrin Nickel

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27.05.2024 | Original Paper

Exploring the latent cognitive structure in schizophrenia: implications for antipsychotic treatment responses

Schizophrenia, a severe mental illness affecting over 20 million individuals, is characterized by positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and cognitive impairment [ 1 ]. The clinical efficacy during the acute stage of schizophrenia exhibits …

verfasst von:: Weiyan Wang, Xingjie Peng, Gangrui Hei, Yujun Long, Jingmei Xiao, Tiannan Shao, Li Li, Ye Yang, Xiaoyi Wang, Chuhan Song, Yuyan Huang, Jingda Cai, Jing Huang, Dongyu Kang, Ying Wang, Jingping Zhao, Hui Tang, Renrong Wu

23.05.2024 | Original Paper

Long-term ayahuasca use is associated with preserved global cognitive function and improved memory: a cross-sectional study with ritual users

Although several studies have been conducted to elucidate the relationship between psychedelic consumption and cognition, few have focused on understanding the long-term use influence of these substances on these variables, especially in …

verfasst von:: Arilton Martins Fonseca, Rafael Guimarães dos Santos, Lívia Soman de Medeiros, Thiago André Moura Veiga, Fernando Cassas, Carla Poleselli Bruniera, Giordano Novak Rossi, José Carlos Bouso, Jaime E. Cecílio Hallak, Fabiana Pereira Santos, Beatriz Aparecida Passos Bismara Paranhos, Mauricio Yonamine, Eliana Rodrigues

Open Access 23.05.2024 | Invited Review

Effectiveness of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder interventions: a European and international data synthesis

This data synthesis examined the effectiveness of behavioural and pharmacological approaches for cannabis treatment. We integrated findings from high level evidence studies and prioritised data from Europe when available. The synthesis found that …

verfasst von:: Jason P. Connor, Jakob Manthey, Wayne Hall, Daniel Stjepanović

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22.05.2024 | Original Paper

Facial emotion recognition function and white matter microstructural alterations in drug-naive, comorbidity-free autism

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder have deficits in facial emotion recognition and white matter microstructural alterations. Nonetheless, most previous studies were confounded by different variables, such as psychiatric comorbidities and …

verfasst von:: Xing Su, Siuching Kat, Hui Wang, Zenghui Ma, Tingni Yin, Liyang Zhao, Shuchen Peng, Xiaoyun Gong, Qinyi Liu, Gangqiang Han, Xue Li, Yanqing Guo, Jing Liu

Open Access 21.05.2024 | Original Paper

Applying machine learning to international drug monitoring: classifying cannabis resin collected in Europe using cannabinoid concentrations

In Europe, concentrations of ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in cannabis resin (also known as hash) have risen markedly in the past decade, potentially increasing risks of mental health disorders. Current approaches to international drug monitoring …

verfasst von:: Tom P. Freeman, Edward Beeching, Sam Craft, Marta Di Forti, Giampietro Frison, Christian Lindholst, Pieter E. Oomen, David Potter, Sander Rigter, Kristine Rømer Thomsen, Luca Zamengo, Andrew Cunningham, Teodora Groshkova, Roumen Sedefov

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Open Access 21.05.2024 | Original Paper

Oral ketamine effects on dynamics of functional network connectivity in patients treated for chronic suicidality

The underlying brain mechanisms of ketamine in treating chronic suicidality and the characteristics of patients who will benefit from ketamine treatment remain unclear. To address these gaps, we investigated temporal variations of brain functional …

verfasst von:: Zack Y. Shan, Adem T. Can, Abdalla Z. Mohamed, Megan Dutton, Daniel F. Hermens, Vince D. Calhoun, Leanne M. Williams, Maxwell Bennett, Jim Lagopoulos

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20.05.2024 | Original Paper

Assessing the joint effects of mitochondrial genes and physical activity on the psychiatric phenotype of subjective well-being based on the UK Biobank data

Subjective well-being (SWB) is an important measure for mental health status. Previous research has shown that physical activity can affect an individual’s well-being, yet the underlying molecular mechanism remains to be clarified. In this study …

verfasst von:: Panxing Shi, Bingyi Wang, Sirong Shi, Xiaoge Chu, Chen Liu, Meijuan Kang, Jingni Hui, Yifan Gou, Ruixue Zhou, Ye Liu, Yumeng Jia, Feng Zhang, Yan Wen

16.05.2024 | Original Paper

Glutamate imbalance in key structure of the default mode network in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

The default mode network (DMN) is atypically active in patients with ADHD, likely contributing to the inattention patterns observed in patients with the disorder. Nonetheless, magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) studies have rarely targeted the …

verfasst von:: Marcos Vinícius Vidor, Eduardo Schneider Vitola, Cibele Edom Bandeira, Alexandre Ribeiro Martins, Maria Eduarda de Araujo Tavares, Renata Basso Cupertino, Alana Castro Panzenhagen, Bruna Santos da Silva, Isabel Ghirardi Falkenberg, Pedro Olavo Barreto, Stefania Pigatto Teche, Felipe Almeida Picon, Luis Augusto Rohde, Diego L. Rovaris, Claiton Henrique Dotto Bau, Eugenio Horacio Grevet

Open Access 16.05.2024 | Correction

Correction: The association between childhood trauma and tobacco smoking in patients with psychosis, unaffected siblings, and healthy controls

verfasst von:: Justine de With, Heleen S. van der Heijden, Therese van Amelsvoort, Maud Daemen, Claudia Simons, Behrooz Alizadeh, Daphne van Aalst, Lieuwe de Haan, Jentien Vermeulen, Frederike Schirmbeck

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Open Access 13.05.2024 | Original Paper

Characterization of cognitive symptoms in post COVID-19 patients

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel condition caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Due to its rapid global spread after first being described in Wuhan, China in 2019, COVID-19 was declared a …

verfasst von:: Michael Ruzicka, Simone Sachenbacher, Fides Heimkes, Aline Olivia Uebleis, Susanne Karch, Fabienne Grosse-Wentrup, Gerardo Jesus Ibarra Fonseca, Nora Wunderlich, Johannes Bogner, Julia Mayerle, Michael von Bergwelt-Baildon, Peter Falkai, Marion Subklewe, Thomas Ruzicka, Christopher Benesch, Elisabeth Valdinoci, Anna Pernpruner, Anabel Thomas, Bernhard Heindl, Hans Christian Stubbe, Kristina Adorjan

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13.05.2024 | Original Paper

Effects of web-based adapted physical activity on hippocampal plasticity, cardiorespiratory fitness, symptoms, and cardiometabolic markers in patients with schizophrenia: a randomized, controlled study

Among the lifestyle interventions, the physical activity (PA) has emerged as an adjuvant non-pharmacological treatment improving mental and physical health in patients with schizophrenia (SZPs) and increasing the hippocampus (HCP) volume.

verfasst von:: E. Leroux, M. Tréhout, E. Reboursiere, R. de Flores, R. Morello, O. Guillin, G. Quarck, S. Dollfus

Open Access 13.05.2024 | Correction

Correction: Deciphering the interplay between psychopathological symptoms, sensorimotor, cognitive and global functioning: a transdiagnostic network analysis

verfasst von:: Stefan Fritze, Geva A. Brandt, Sebastian Volkmer, Jonas Daub, Maria Krayem, Jacqueline Kukovic, Emanuel Schwarz, Urs Braun, Georg Northoff, Robert Christian Wolf, Katharina M. Kubera, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Dusan Hirjak

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Open Access 10.05.2024 | Original Paper

Three distinct patterns of mental health response following accidents in mountain sports: a follow-up study of individuals treated at a tertiary trauma center

The restorative effect of physical activity in alpine environments on mental and physical health is well recognized. However, a risk of accidents and post-accident mental health problems is inherent to every sport. We aimed to characterize mental …

verfasst von:: Hanna Veronika Salvotti, Piotr Tymoszuk, Mathias Ströhle, Peter Paal, Hermann Brugger, Martin Faulhaber, Nicola Kugler, Thomas Beck, Barbara Sperner-Unterweger, Katharina Hüfner

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Open Access 07.05.2024 | Original Paper

Advising activity—knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors regarding the recommendation of physical activity in clinical psychologists

Regular physical activity has a large positive effect on health [ 1 , 2 ] and physical inactivity is one of the leading risk factors for noncommunicable chronic diseases [ 3 ] and global mortality [ 4 ]. While research has initially focused mainly …

verfasst von:: Moritz Bruno Petzold, Felix Betzler, Jens Plag, Andreas Ströhle, Antonia Bendau

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Open Access 06.05.2024 | Original Paper

Persistent increased severity of cannabis use disorder symptoms in adolescents compared to adults: a one-year longitudinal study

Adolescence is a developmental period characterised by increased vulnerability to cannabis use disorder (CUD). However, previous investigations of this vulnerability have relied on cross-sectional comparisons and lack a detailed assessment of …

verfasst von:: Rachel Lees, Will Lawn, Kat Petrilli, Amelia Brown, Katie Trinci, Anya Borissova, Shelan Ofori, Claire Mokrysz, H. Valerie Curran, Lindsey A. Hines, Tom P. Freeman

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03.05.2024 | Original Paper

Smoking may increase the usage of antidepressant: evidence from genomic perspective analysis

This study uses the two-sample Mendelian randomization (TSMR) method to explore the causal relationships between smoking initiation (SMKI), never smoking (NSMK), past tobacco smoking (PTSMK), and the usage of antidepressants (ATD).

verfasst von:: Yucai Qu, Zhiqiang Du, Yuan Shen, Qin Zhou, Zhenhe Zhou, Ying Jiang, Haohao Zhu

02.05.2024 | Letter to the Editor

All available diagnostic and therapeutic options should be fully exploited in order to quickly identify and optimally treat neuropathic pain in long-COVID

verfasst von:: Josef Finsterer

Open Access 26.04.2024 | Original Paper

Persistent negative symptoms in young people at clinical high risk of psychosis treated with an Italian early intervention program: a longitudinal study

Negative symptoms in CHR-P people are generally not responsive to treatments and commonly related to poorer functional outcome. However, less research attention has been dedicated to Persistent Negative Symptoms (PNS), defined as clinically stable …

verfasst von:: Camilla Ricci, Emanuela Leuci, Emanuela Quattrone, Derna Palmisano, Pietro Pellegrini, Marco Menchetti, Simona Pupo, Lorenzo Pelizza

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