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Gambling: Petry, 2015

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Pathological gamblers have decreased ventromedial prefrontal cortex and striatal activity (decision-making areas) than healthy controls

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Gambling: Loraines et al, 2011

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Pathological gambling comorbidities include substance abuse 57.5%, mood disorders 37.9%, anxiety disorders 37.4%, antisocial personality disorder 28.8%

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Gambling: Lahti et al, 2010; Ward et al, 2018

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Naltrexone decreases relapse in abstinent pathological gamblers

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Drugs: King et al, 2008

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Deaths per million users: 20k heroin, 170 cocaine, 70 amphetamine, 50 MDMA, 5 cannabis

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Drugs: Gore et al, The Lancet, 2011

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Alcohol is the biggest global cause of disability in 15-24 year olds

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Drugs: Hickman et al, 2007

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Cannabis use increased 20x in last 40 years

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Drugs: Kohn et al, 2004

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<10% of patients with alcohol dependence are treated, 92% don’t present

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Drugs: Heather et al, 2010

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Only 50% of alcoholics want to be abstinent

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Drugs: NICE, 2011

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One quarter of the UK consumed alcohol in a harmful way and 5% are dependent

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Drugs: Obernier et al, 2002

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Alcohol activates microglia, with activated microglia present for 14 days after last dose in alcohol-dependent rats

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Drugs: He and Crews, 2008

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Post-mortem, the brains of alcoholics have more microglia and inflammatory cytokines in their cingulate cortex, midbrain, VTA, and amygdala than non-alcoholics

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Drugs: Weaver et al, 2003

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75% of addicts have a co-morbid mental health condition - 26% major depression, 8% psychosis

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PTSD: Kessler et al, 1995

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Lifetime PTSD prevalence 8%

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PTSD: Yehuda et al, 1991

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PTSD associated with impaired HPA axis sensitivity and decreased hippocampal volume

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ARFID: Bryant-Waugh et al, 2010

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3 ARFID subtypes - restricted, phobic, sensory

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ARFID: Katzman et al, 2014

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63% of Canadian paediatricians surveyed in Canada unaware of ARFID as a diagnosis

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Eating disorders: Smink et al, 2016

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During adolescence, anorexia incidence 26.7 per 100k (50 in girls) and bulimia incidence 25.8 per 100k (50 in girls)

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Eating disorders: Hunger et al, 2018

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Being labelled as fat aged 14 increases unhealthy weight control behaviours and disordered eating over next 5 years, regardless of original BMI

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Eating disorders: Patton et al, 1999

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Dieting increases eating disorder risk 18x

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CAMH: Kim-Cohen et al, 2003

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75% of adults with a mental health diagnosis had a previous MH diagnosis under 18

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CAMH: Hankin et al, 1998

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Depression incidence pre-puberty equal in boys and girls, at puberty increases in both but more in girls, by 15 incidence 2x greater in girls

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CAMH: Gore et al, The Lancet, 2011

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45% of the worldwide disease and disability in young people can be attributed to depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and alcohol abuse

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Conduct disorder: Meltzer et al, 2000

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Conduct disorder prevalence 4% in 5-10y/o, 6% in 10-15y/o

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Conduct disorder: Scott et al, 2001

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Children with conduct disorder cost society 10x as much as children without it

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Conduct disorder: Jusyte et al, 2019
Childhood conduct disorder associated with rule-breaking even in the absence of gain
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Conduct disorder: Biederman, 2005
ADHD comorbid with conduct disorder in 30-50% of cases
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ODD: Demmer et al, 2017
ODD M:F ratio 1.6:1
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ADHD: Neumann, 2007
Smoking during pregnancy increases ADHD risk in offspring 9x only in presence of DAT1 transporter risk allele
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ADHD: Demontis et al, 2018
GWAS implicated genetic loci include those for tyrosine hydroxylase, dopamine receptors D2,D3,D5, COMT, nicotinic receptors, and SNAP-25
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ADHD: Jahad et al, 2000
Medication (methylphenidate, dexamphetamine, atomoxetine) efficacious for ADHD but efficacy decreases over time
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CAMH: Carballo et al, 2010
Childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders have temporal stability - highest for phobic and social anxiety disorders
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CAMH: Walkup et al, 2008
Combination CBT and SSRI most effecitive for child/adolescent anxiety (80% response), each individually 55% response, placebo <25%
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PD: Brodsky et al, 1995
60% of those diagnosed with borderline PD experienced childhood physical or sexual abuse
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PD: Lewis and Appleby, 1989
Patients with PD seen as more demanding, less deserving of care, attention-seeking, annoying, in control of their suicidal urges
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PD: Bateman and Fonagy, 2009
Mentalisation based treatment - 18 months 2x week, focus on living in here and now - more effective than standard treatment for PD (reduced self-harm and suicide attempts, improved social functioning)
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PD: Linehan et al, 2006
Dialetical behaviour therapy for PD - focusing on mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance
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PD: McMain et al, 2009
DBT for PD produced a marked reduction in self-harm, with some evidence of reduction in emotional distress
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PD: Newton-Howes, 2010
PD patients make up 40% of those in contact with secondary mental health services
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PD: Frogley et al, 2013
Clozapine improves PD symptoms, especially aggression, but is associated with significant increase in weight
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ID: Broman et al, 1987
14% of mildly intellectually disabled have concurrent major CNS disorder compared to 72% of severe
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ID: Vicari et al, 2013
Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability, responsible for 33% of cases
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CAMH: Wolfe et al, 2014
Siblings of those with severe childhood mental illness receive less education and are more likely to be unemployed than those without a severely mentally ill sibling
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Scizophrenia: Liddle, 1990
3 syndromes of schizophrenia: psychomotor poverty, disorganisation syndrome, reality distortion
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Schizophrenia: Saha et al, 2007
Risk of death in schizophrenics 2.5x that of general population
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Schizophrenia: Correll et al, 2017
Link between schizophrenia and cardiovascular disease: HPA dysfunction, mitochondrial dysfunction, peripheral immune activation, neuroinflammation, oxidative and nitrosative stress, genetic links, epigenetic interactions
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Schizophrenia: Jablensky & Cole, 1997
Gender difference in age of onset (younger in males, biphasic in females)
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Schizophrenia: Sakar et al, 2016
Schizophrenia associated with genetic variation in MHC class II and complement C4
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Schizophrenia: Carlborg, 2010
Suicide 12x more common in schizophrenics than general population
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Schizophrenia: Leucht et al, 2012
Antipsychotic drugs increase response in acute psychosis from 24% (placebo) to 41%, for maintenance reduce relapse rates from 57% to 22%
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Schizophrenia: Siskind et al, 2016
Clozapine is superior to other antipsychotics in reducing positive symptoms in the short and long-term; superior for negative symptoms only in short-term
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Schizophrenia: Dahoun et al, 2017
In animal models, DISC1 causes increased locomotion and nucleus accumbens dopamine release after amphetamine administration, and inconsistent basal dopamine levels, dopamine receptor levels, and binding potential
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Schizophrenia/PWS: Aman et al, 2018
Individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome have an increased risk of psychosis if their PWS is due to chromosome 15 maternal uniparental disomy, rather than 15q11-13 deletions of paternal origin
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Schizophrenia/PWS: Boer et al, The Lancet, 2002
62% of individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome due to chromosome 15 maternal uniparental disomy have symptoms of psychosis
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Schizophrenia: Purcell et al, 2014
No evidence from next generation sequencing of increased frequency of de novo mutations in schizophrenia, but mutations more common in synaptic pathways (ARC, MNDAr, FMRP)
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Schizophrenia: Barnes et al, 2011
Zinc transporter gene ZnT3 implicated in schizophrenia (4 SNPs) with a dominant model for disease penetrance

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