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Exploring the co-occurrence of depression, anxiety and insomnia symptoms, diagnoses and treatments in primary care: observational study using UK primary care data
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Background Depression, anxiety and insomnia often co-occur. However, there is a lack of research regarding how they cluster and how this is related to medication used to treat them. Aims To describe the frequencies and associations betw...
Publication · August 20, 2025
Defining Mental Health Conditions Within Primary Care Data: A Validation Study With a Mixed Qualitative and Quantitative Approach
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ABSTRACT Objectives To validate codelists for defining a range of mental health (MH) conditions with primary care data, using a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach and without requiring external data. Methods We validated Read c...
Publication · August 20, 2025
The Association Between Outdoor Ambient Temperature and Depression and Mania: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study
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Aims Heat exposure can negatively impact mental health. Evidence for the effect of temperature on mood disorders is inconsistent. Current studies exploring the link between temperature and mood disorders are limited by poor temporal and...
Publication · August 20, 2025
The Chicken or the Egg? Understanding the Temporal Relationship Between Severe Mental Illness and Neurological Conditions in a UK Primary Care Cohort
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Aims A significantly higher prevalence of neurological conditions has been found both before and after a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychotic illnesses compared with the general population. We aimed to unders...
Publication · August 20, 2025
The association between outdoor ambient temperature and depression and mania: an ecological momentary assessment study
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Background Environmental heat exposure can negatively impact mental health. Evidence for its effect on mood disorder symptoms is inconsistent. Current studies are limited by poor temporal and geographical resolution. Methods We used eco...
Publication · August 20, 2025
An overview of antipsychotic drug prescribing trends (initiation/prevalence) in UK primary care from 1995 to 2018: analysis of electronic health records from over 790 general practices.
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BACKGROUND
Initially prescribed for schizophrenia and psychosis, antipsychotics are increasingly prescribed for other indications. Since the late 1990s, prescribing shifted from first-generation to second-generation antipsychotics.
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Publication · August 20, 2025
Green Supply Chain Management for Construction: Challenges and Prospects.
Publication · August 20, 2025
‘Them’ in an Abnormal World: Media Construction and Responsibility Attribution of Left-behind Children in Rural China
Publication · August 20, 2025