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“It takes time to see the whole picture”: patients’ views on improvement in cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy after three years Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Anders Malkomsen, Jan Ivar Røssberg, Toril Dammen, Theresa Wilberg, André Løvgren, Randi Ulberg, Julie Evensen
IntroductionThere is a lack of qualitative research that retrospectively explores how patients with major depressive disorder view their improvement in psychotherapy.MethodsFifteen patients who received short-term cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy were individually interviewed approximately three years after completing therapy.ResultsSome patients had altered their views on therapy
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Mobile health for mental health support: a survey of attitudes and concerns among mental health professionals in Poland over the period 2020-2023 Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Monika Dominiak, Adam Gędek, Anna Z. Antosik, Paweł Mierzejewski
IntroductionMobile health (mHealth) has emerged as a dynamic sector supported by technological advances and the COVID-19 pandemic and have become increasingly applied in the field of mental health.AimThe aim of this study was to assess the attitudes, expectations, and concerns of mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychotherapists, towards mHealth, in particular
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Case report: Environmental adjustment for visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies based on photo assessment of the living environment Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Daiki Ishimaru, Hideki Kanemoto, Maki Hotta, Yuma Nagata, Fuyuki Koizumi, Yuto Satake, Daiki Taomoto, Manabu Ikeda
BackgroundVisual hallucinations (VH) are associated with visual prediction error in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Given this relationship, environmental adjustments have been suggested, but detailed contents for implementing such environmental adjustments and assessments are poorly documented. This case report preliminarily demonstrates methods for improving VH through our experience
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Enuresis in young offenders – a study on prevalence and mental health comorbidity Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Roman A. Koposov, Andrew Stickley, Johan Isaksson, Vladislav Ruchkin
BackgroundEnuresis is a common disorder in the school-age period, and is often associated with a variety of behavioral, psychological, and social problems. While early studies suggested an association between enuresis and delinquent behavior, there has been no recent research assessing the prevalence of enuresis and its comorbid psychopathology in young offenders. The aim of this study was to therefore
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Understanding suicidal ideation disparity between sexual minority and heterosexual Chinese young men: a multiple mediation model of social support sources, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Yiting Huang, Jiayu Liu, Gang Huang, Dejia Zhu, Yunfei Zhou, Jingchu Hu
ObjectivesAlthough sexual minorities have reported higher levels of suicidal ideation than heterosexuals across cultures, the role of various psychosocial factors underlying this disparity among young men has been understudied, particularly in China. This study examined the multiple mediating effects of psychosocial factors between sexual orientation and suicidal ideation in Chinese sexual minority
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Short- and long-term effects of Covid-19 pandemic on health care system for individuals with eating disorders Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Margherita Boltri, Federico Brusa, Emanuela Apicella, Leonardo Mendolicchio
IntroductionThe Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences have negatively impacted the incidence of EDs, determining a substantial burden on patients, caregivers and healthcare systems world-wide. This literature review aims to investigate the short- and long-term effects of the pandemic on care provider systems, exploring the possibility of “rethinking” ED care programs.MethodsRecords were systematically
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Differences in attentional function between experienced mindfulness meditators and non-meditators Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Xiaohui Luo, Jia Zhao, Dongfang Zhao, Li Wang, Yi Hou, Yong Liu, Jing Zeng, Hong Yuan, Xu Lei
IntroductionAttentional enhancement has often been identified as the central cognitive mechanism underlying the benefits of mindfulness meditation. However, the extent to which this enhancement is observable in the neural processes underlying long-term meditation is unclear. This current study aimed to examine differences in attentional performance between meditators and controls (non-meditators) using
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Social perceptions and the stigmatization towards fifteen mental illnesses in France: a preliminary study on the role of vital force and burden Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Michael Dambrun, Gaétan Marinho, Laurie Mondillon, Maélys Clinchamps, Frédéric Dutheil, Nadia Chakroun, Frédérique Teissedre, Ladislav Motak, Maya Corman, Isabelle Cuchet, Juliette Fargheot, Marie Izaute, Julia Daugherty, Roxane de la Sablonnière, Brittany L. Lindsay, Andrew C. H. Szeto
IntroductionThis study examined social perceptions and rejection towards fifteen mental illnesses, as well as a preliminary test of the SUBAR model, that hypothesized perceptions of both vital forces and burden would be negatively and positively related to social rejection, respectively.MethodsUsing an online survey with participants from France (n = 952), social rejection was assessed using a feeling
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A systematic review and narrative synthesis of prevalence rates, risk and protective factors for suicidal behavior in international students Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Maria Veresova, Michelle Lamblin, Jo Robinson, Samuel McKay
International students are a crucial group for suicide prevention efforts. However, no comprehensive review of the prevalence, risk or protective factors for international student suicide has been conducted, complicating prevention efforts. The current systematic review addresses this issue by identifying the prevalence, risk, and protective factors for suicidal thoughts and behavior in international
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Attitude towards mental help-seeking, motivation, and economic resources in connection with positive, negative, and general psychopathological symptoms of schizophrenia: a pilot study of a psychoeducation program Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Qasir Abbas, Khawar Bilal Baig, Urooj Sadiq, Hina Ayaz Habib, Sumayah Aljhani, Zoobia Ramzan
IntroductionSchizophrenia is typically treated with medication as the first approach, but additional strategies are necessary to enhance the effectiveness of this treatment for better outcomes. However, it is crucial to explore methods, alongside medication, that promote a positive attitude towards seeking mental health support and alleviate symptom severity among non-institutionalized individuals
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Former smoking, but not active smoking, is associated with delirium in postoperative ICU patients: a matched case-control study Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Maria Angeliki Komninou, Simon Egli, Aurelio Rossi, Jutta Ernst, Michael Krauthammer, Reto A. Schuepbach, Marcos Delgado, Jan Bartussek
ObjectiveTo examine the relationship between current and former smoking and the occurrence of delirium in surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.MethodsWe conducted a single center, case-control study involving 244 delirious and 251 non-delirious patients that were admitted to our ICU between 2018 and 2022. Using propensity score analysis, we obtained 115 pairs of delirious and non-delirious patients
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Exploring subgroups of acceptance prediction for e-mental health among psychotherapists-in-training: a latent class analysis Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Robert Staeck, Miriam Stüble, Marie Drüge
Theoretical backgroundResearch of E-Mental Health (EMH) interventions remains a much-studied topic, as does its acceptance in different professional groups as psychotherapists-in-training (PiT). Acceptance among clinicians may vary and depend on several factors, including the characteristics of different EMH services and applications. Therefore, the aims of this study were to investigate the factors
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Differential predictors of expressed emotion toward individuals with schizophrenia between families and halfway houses Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Panagiotis Ferentinos, Stamatina Douki, Eleni Kourkouni, Dimitra Dragoumi, Nikolaos Smyrnis, Athanassios Douzenis
BackgroundThis study investigated patient- and caregiver-related predictors of expressed emotion (EE) toward individuals with schizophrenia in families and halfway houses and yet understudied differential effects across settings.MethodsWe included 40 individuals with schizophrenia living with their families (“outpatients”) and 40 “inpatients” in halfway houses and recorded the EE of 56 parents or 22
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Evaluating the rate of reversal of fentanyl-induced respiratory depression using a novel long-acting naloxone nanoparticle, cNLX-NP Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Saadyah E. Averick, Andrew J. Kassick, Daihyun Song, Borui Zhang, Jennifer Vigliaturo, Diego Luengas, Pedro Silva-Ortiz, Marco Pravetoni, Michael D. Raleigh
IntroductionFentanyl and fentanyl analogs (F/FA) have become increasingly common adulterants in counterfeit prescription pills and illicit street drug mixtures due to their ease of synthesis and exceedingly high potency. The ongoing epidemic of fatal overdoses fueled by F/FA continues to highlight the need for longer-acting therapies than naloxone (NLX), the current gold-standard for reversing opioid
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The effect of yin yoga intervention on state and trait anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Kristīne Somere, Maris Munkevics, Ronalds Krams, Gunta Rača, Severi Luoto, Indrikis Krams
IntroductionAlthough some findings indicate that yoga can reduce stress and anxiety, many studies present mixed results. The potential of yoga interventions to alleviate anxiety, including the mechanisms and boundary conditions by which it does so, is an under-researched topic. Anxiety is often divided into “state anxiety” and “trait anxiety,” the former being a temporary reaction to stressful events
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Prospective associations of family conflict with alcohol expectancies in the adolescent brain cognitive development study: effects of race and ethnicity Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Skye C. Bristol, Micah E. Johnson, Wesley K. Thompson, Matthew Albaugh, Alexandra Potter, Hugh Garavan, Nicholas Allgaier, Masha Y. Ivanova
IntroductionAlcohol expectancies predict subsequent alcohol use and related problems among adolescents, although predictors of alcohol expectancies remain unclear. This study examined the longitudinal association between family conflict, a sociocultural factor strongly implicated in adolescent alcohol use, and positive and negative alcohol expectancies of adolescents of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds
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State of perinatal mental health care in the WHO region of Europe: a scoping review Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Anna Horakova, Hana Nemcova, Kristyna Hrdlickova, Stefani Kalli, Alina Davletova, Mario Filipe Rodrigues Saraiva Duarte, Darya Molodina, Tiina Riekki, Antonin Sebela
BackgroundAlthough perinatal mental disorders are the most common health complication among women in the perinatal period, there is a huge gap in the implementation of related research findings in the health care system. We mapped the state of perinatal mental health (PMH) care in the WHO Europe region with aim to identify leading countries, which can serve as models for countries with less developed
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Temporal patterns of sleep latency in central hypersomnia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a cluster analysis exploration using Multiple Sleep Latency Test Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Takashi Maruo, Shunsuke Takagi, Sunao Uchida, Hidehiko Takahashi, Genichi Sugihara
IntroductionExcessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a crucial symptom that diminishes the quality of life. The primary causes of EDS are central hypersomnia, including narcolepsy type 1 (NT1), type 2 (NT2), and idiopathic hypersomnia (IH). EDS is often associated with other psychiatric disorders, particularly attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) is the
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Perceptions of perinatal alcohol use and treatment needs in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Petal Petersen Williams, Lesley-Ann Erasmus-Claassen, Shantae Taylor, Felicia A. Browne, Wendee M. Wechsberg, Bronwyn Myers, Charles D. H. Parry, Yukiko Washio
BackgroundSouth Africa has one of the world’s highest rates of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Recent evidence also showed that alcohol use during lactation significantly compromises child development in children exposed to alcohol through breastfeeding, independent of prenatal alcohol exposure. This study explored perceptions of perinatal alcohol use and treatment needs in Cape Town, South
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A link between ghrelin and major depressive disorder: a mini review Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Michał Lis, Tymoteusz Miłuch, Maciej Majdowski, Tomasz Zawodny
Ghrelin is primarily responsible for regulating energy balance, as it increases appetite. However, in recent years, its new physiological functions have been discovered—it regulates lipogenesis, plays a role in the development of insulin resistance, and even acts protectively on heart muscle. Moreover, ghrelin was associated with many psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD)
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Incidence and risk factors for psychological distress in adult female patients with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Lin Tao, Yuping Xiang, Xiaohong Zeng, Lan Fu, Junying Li, Hong Chen
IntroductionCancer-related distress can be described as a complex and unpleasant combination of psychological (such as cognitive, behavioral, and emotional), social, and spiritual challenges that may impact an individual’s ability to effectively cope with the physical symptoms of cancer and its treatment. Existing literature has confirmed psychological distress (PD) as an important sequela of breast
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Examining a sentiment algorithm on session patient records in an eating disorder treatment setting: a preliminary study Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Sophie M. Huisman, Jannis T. Kraiss, Jan Alexander de Vos
BackgroundClinicians collect session therapy notes within patient session records. Session records contain valuable information about patients’ treatment progress. Sentiment analysis is a tool to extract emotional tones and states from text input and could be used to evaluate patients’ sentiment during treatment over time. This preliminary study aims to investigate the validity of automated sentiment
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Access and cost of services for autistic children and adults in Italy: a carers’ perspective Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Martina Micai, Francesca Fulceri, Tommaso Salvitti, Giovanna Romano, Maria Luisa Scattoni
BackgroundLimited information exists on autistic service access and costs in Italy.ObjectivesThis study aims to investigate access to educational, healthcare, social, and related services for autistic individuals in Italy as part of the Autism Spectrum Disorder in the European Union (ASDEU) project.MethodsItalian carers of autistic individuals completed an online survey regarding services and costs
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A network analysis of ICD-11 Complex PTSD, emotional processing, and dissociative experiences in the context of psychological trauma at different developmental stages Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Zahra Mohammadi, Mahmood Dehghani, Fahimeh Fathali Lavasani, Hojjatollah Farahani, Ahmad Ashouri
ObjectiveTraumatic experiences are a significant risk factor for psychological disturbances, including disorders such as complex posttraumatic stress disorder, emotion-processing problems, and trauma-related dissociative experiences. The present investigation examined the coexistence of these symptoms using a network analysis model.MethodThis study included a sample of 406 people referred to comprehensive
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Causal associations between severe mental illness and sepsis: a Mendelian randomization study Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Ruhao Yang, Hongyu Xiang, Ting Zheng
ObjectiveSMI (severe mental illness) has been identified as a risk factor for sepsis in observational studies; however, the causal association between them has yet to be firmly established. We conducted MR (mendelian randomization) to unveil the causal relationship between SMI and sepsis as well as sepsis mortality.MethodsGWAS (Genome-wide association) data for major depression and schizophrenia were
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A theory of the neural mechanisms underlying negative cognitive bias in major depression Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Yuyue Jiang
The widely acknowledged cognitive theory of depression, developed by Aaron Beck, focused on biased information processing that emphasizes the negative aspects of affective and conceptual information. Current attempts to discover the neurological mechanism underlying such cognitive and affective bias have successfully identified various brain regions associated with severally biased functions such as
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Multicultural personality traits of Chinese university students and their effects on the psychological adjustment in the aftermath of COVID-19 in Shanghai: a scale validation Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Hanzhi Fu, Muhammad Umar Nadeem, Steve J. Kulich
ObjectiveThis study aims to explore Chinese university students’ multicultural personalities and examine how they predict the psychological adjustment of students in Shanghai. In addition, the validation of Multicultural Personality Questionnaire Short Form (MPQ-SF) scale developed to assess the multicultural personality traits of individuals is also aimed in Chinese context. Data were collected after
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Sleep quality and associated factors among university students in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis study Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Girum Nakie, Girmaw Medfu Takelle, Gidey Rtbey, Fantahun Andualem, Techilo Tinsae, Mulat Awoke Kassa, Gebresilassie Tadesse, Setegn Fentahun, Yilkal Abebaw Wassie, Tesfaye Segon, Getasew Kibralew, Mamaru Melkam
BackgroundPoor sleep quality significantly impacts academic performance in university students. However, inconsistent and inconclusive results were found in a study on sleep among university students in several African nations. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence and associated factors of poor sleep quality among university students in Africa.MethodsThe databases PubMed, Scopus
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Long-term low-dose lamotrigine for paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia: a two-year investigation of cognitive function in children Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Dong-dong You, Yu-mei Huang, Xiao-yu Wang, Wei Li, Feng Li
ObjectiveWhile low-dose lamotrigine has shown effectiveness in managing paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) in pediatric populations, the cognitive consequences of extended use are yet to be fully elucidated. This study seeks to assess the evolution of cognitive functions and the amelioration of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms following a two-year lamotrigine treatment
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Spirituality and anxiety in pastoral care workers and physicians in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Anna C. Culmann, Andreas M. Baranowski, Julia-K. Matthias, Simone C. Tüttenberg, Wilfried Belschner, Yesim Erim, Eva Morawa, Petra Beschoner, Lucia Jerg-Bretzke, Christian Albus, Susann Steudte-Schmiedgen, Martin Reuter, Franziska Geiser
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic had serious impact on the well-being of health care workers and highlighted the need for resources to help hospital staff to cope with psychologically negative consequences. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potentially protective effect of spirituality, as measured by the construct of transpersonal trust, against anxiety in physicians and in hospital
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COVID-19 restrictions promoted the newly occurring loneliness in older people – a prospective study in a memory clinic population Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Michaela Defrancesco, Timo A. Schurr, Alex Hofer
IntroductionA high burden and many negative outcomes for older people were associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Social isolation and loneliness are prevalent health problems impacting well-being and quality of life and may have increased due to pandemic-related restrictions. Methods: This study investigate the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on loneliness in people visiting a mem40ory clinic between
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Biopsychosocial determinant of quality of life of older adults in Pakistan and Canada Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Syeda Shahida Batool, Samra Tanveer, Sarvjeet Kaur Chatrath, Syeda Azra Batool
BackgroundThe rapidly rising average age of the older adults has brought various global healthcare challenges. A core challenge is how to enhance their quality of life (QoL).ObjectiveThe objective of the current study was to test the significance of biopsychosocial determinants of quality of life of older adults in Pakistan and Canada.MethodologyA cross-sectional survey was carried out on a conveniently
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Virtual focus groups among individuals with use disorders: assessing feasibility and acceptability in an underserved clinical population Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Cecilia L. Bergeria, Brandon Park, Prem Umang Satyavolu, Kelly E. Dunn, Robert H. Dworkin, Eric C. Strain
ObjectiveThere are substantial barriers to conducting research among individuals with stigmatized and complicated health conditions like substance use disorders. These barriers slow progress when developing, refining, and assessing interventions to better treat underserved populations. Virtual focus groups are an innovative method for collecting data from individuals via a discreet and accessible platform
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Harmonising outcome measurement for child focused domestic abuse interventions. Reflections on the development and implementation of a core outcome set Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Emma Howarth, Gene Feder, Christine Barter, Claire Powell
There is appetite in the UK to better measure the impact of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) interventions on children. The spread of outcomes-based commissioning means outcome measurement is no longer just the territory of academic researchers but is now firmly within the purview of practitioners and policy makers. However, outcomes measured in trials only partially represent the views of those delivering
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Assessing anxiety symptom severity in Rwandese adolescents: cross-gender measurement invariance of GAD-7 Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Lisa Cynthia Niwenahisemo, Su Hong, Li Kuang
BackgroundAnxiety disorders are among the most common mental health problems experienced by adolescents worldwide because of their evident significant impact on their quality of life and functioning. The generalized anxiety disorder item (GAD-7) was manufactured to identify the severity of self-reported anxiety symptoms. Efforts to address and screen for mental health problems in Rwanda have been limited
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World addiction medicine reports: formation of the International Society of Addiction Medicine Global Expert Network (ISAM-GEN) and its global surveys Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Hamed Ekhtiari, Arash Khojasteh Zonoozi, Parnian Rafei, Fateme Sadat Abolghasemi, Dan Pemstein, Tarek Abdelgawad, Sophia Achab, Hamad Al Ghafri, Mustafa Al’Absi, Michaël Bisch, Aldo Alberto Conti, Atul Ambekar, Shalini Arunogiri, Roshan Bhad, Rabia Bilici, Kathleen Brady, Gregory Bunt, Anja Busse, Jenna L. Butner, Ahmad Danesh, Joseph El-Khoury, Fatima El Omari, Darius Jokūbonis, Cor de Jong, Geert
Addiction medicine is a dynamic field that encompasses clinical practice and research in the context of societal, economic, and cultural factors at the local, national, regional, and global levels. This field has evolved profoundly during the past decades in terms of scopes and activities with the contribution of addiction medicine scientists and professionals globally. The dynamic nature of drug addiction
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National Survey on bladder and bowel dysfunctions in Autism Spectrum Disorder population Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Marilena Gubbiotti, Matteo Balzarro, Leonardo Zoccante, Gianfranco Di Gennaro, Moreno Marchiafava, Chiara Bedetti, Emanuele Rubilotta
IntroductionTo evaluate lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and bowel disorders in a population of young subjects with autism spectrum disorder (ADS) by a national survey and to assess the relationship between the occurrence, frequency, and type of LUTS and the severity of behavioral and neuropsychiatric characteristics.Materials and methodsA survey on LUTS and bowel disorders in the ASD population
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Measurement invariance of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 across sex Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Geneviève Rivard, Yann Le Corff, Mélanie Lapalme, Karine Forget
IntroductionThere has been an international movement towards dimensional models of personality disorders (PDs) in the last decades, which culminated in the publication of the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) in the Emerging Measures and Models section of the DSM-5. This model was accompanied by a APA-sanctioned Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) for the assessment of the AMPD
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Associations between pregnancy loss and common mental disorders in women: a large prospective cohort study Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Qiaoqiao Shen, Wenfang Zhong, Xiaomeng Wang, Qi Fu, Chen Mao
BackgroundIncreasing evidence suggests that pregnancy loss can lead to negative emotional outcomes, such as anxiety and depression, for women. However, limited knowledge exists regarding the long-term risk of mental disorders among individuals who have experienced pregnancy loss.ObjectiveTo investigate the associations between pregnancy loss and the risk of common mental disorders.MethodsIn the UK
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Psychological distress among individuals with a suicide attempt or suicidal ideation and suicide attempts patterns: first two years of the pandemic Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Annekatrin Groh, Lydia Bahlmann, Lejla Colic, Alexandra Schulz, Ulrich W. Kastner, Udo Polzer, Martin Walter, Thomas Sobanski, Gerd Wagner
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions may have led to increased stress, particularly in people with mental health problems. Since stress factors play important role in the emergence of suicide attempts (SA) and suicidal ideation (SI), they may have been exacerbated by the pandemic, which could have led to an increased number of suicide attempts. Thus, we first investigated whether
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Efficacy and executive function of solution-focused brief therapy on adolescent depression Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Haisi Chen, Mengmeng Zhou, Li Han, Advaith Manoharasetty, Zhenghe Yu, Hong Luo
ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy and impact on executive function of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in treating Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in adolescents.MethodsA total of 129 adolescents diagnosed with MDD were enrolled in the study. Out of these, 28 adolescents were assigned to the SFBT group, while 25 were part of the Active Control group (AC group), receiving psychodynamic psychotherapy
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Dissecting the causal relationship between neuroticism and osteoarthritis: a univariable and multivariable Mendelian randomization study Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Shuren Zhang, Junhui Ji, Zexia Zhang, Zhichao Cui, MeiHua Su
BackgroundMental health has been found to be associated with risk of osteoarthritis (OA), but the causal relationship was not fully clarified.MethodsTwo-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study was conducted to investigate the causal relationship between neuroticism (n = 329,821) and the two most frequently affected parts of osteoarthritis (OA) (knee OA: case/control =24,955/378,169; hip OA: case/control
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Hype or hope? High placebo response in major depression treatment with ketamine and esketamine: a systematic review and meta-analysis Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Alexandros Matsingos, Marcel Wilhelm, Laila Noor, Cüneyt Yildiz, Winfried Rief, Stefan G. Hofmann, Irina Falkenberg, Tilo Kircher
BackgroundKetamine and esketamine offer a novel approach in the pharmacological treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). This meta-analysis aimed to investigate the placebo response in double-blind, randomized controlled studies (RCTs) on patients with MDD receiving ketamine or esketamine.MethodsFor this systematic review and meta-analysis Medline (PubMed), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled
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Bilirubin and postpartum depression: an observational and Mendelian randomization study Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Yi Liu, Zhihao Wang, Duo Li, Bin Lv
BackgroundPostpartum depression (PPD) is one of the most common complications of delivery and is usually disregarded. Several risk factors of PPD have been identified, but its pathogenesis has not been completely understood. Serum bilirubin has been found to be a predictor of depression, whose relationship with PPD has not been investigated.MethodsObservational research was performed followed by a
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A scoping review of utilization of the verbal fluency task in Chinese and Japanese clinical settings with near-infrared spectroscopy Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Yufei Ren, Gang Cui, Kun Feng, Xiaoqian Zhang, Chenchao Yu, Pozi Liu
This review targets the application of the Verbal Fluency Task (VFT) in conjunction with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for diagnosing psychiatric disorders, specifically in the contexts of China and Japan. These two countries are at the forefront of integrating fNIRS with VFT in clinical psychiatry, often employing this combination as a complementary tool alongside traditional psychiatric
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Beyond Discrimination: Generative AI Applications and Ethical Challenges in Forensic Psychiatry Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Leda Tortora
The advent and growing popularity of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) holds the potential to revolutionise AI applications in forensic psychiatry and criminal justice, which traditionally relied on discriminative AI algorithms. Generative AI models mark a significant shift from the previously prevailing paradigm through their ability to generate seemingly new realistic data and analyse and
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Post-traumatic stress and future substance use outcomes: leveraging antecedent factors to stratify risk Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Henri M. Garrison-Desany, Jacquelyn L. Meyers, Sarah D. Linnstaedt, Stacey L. House, Francesca L. Beaudoin, Xinming An, Donglin Zeng, Thomas C. Neylan, Gari D. Clifford, Tanja Jovanovic, Laura T. Germine, Kenneth A. Bollen, Scott L. Rauch, John P. Haran, Alan B. Storrow, Christopher Lewandowski, Paul I. Musey, Phyllis L. Hendry, Sophia Sheikh, Christopher W. Jones, Brittany E. Punches, Robert A. Swor
BackgroundPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use (tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis) are highly comorbid. Many factors affect this relationship, including sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics, other prior traumas, and physical health. However, few prior studies have investigated this prospectively, examining new substance use and the extent to which a wide range of factors
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Frontiers | Experiences of clinicians and managers in the implementation of a family focused model in child and adult psychiatry Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Camilla Linderborg, Anne Grant, Bente Margrethe Weimand, Adrian Farrel Falkov, Margareta Östman
Introduction This paper describes the process of implementing a family focused model, The Family Model, in child and adolescent and adult mental health services in Sweden. Additionally, it describes a service development project carried out in both services within a defined geographical area of Region Stockholm. The Family Model is a communication tool designed to assist clinicians in both services
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Analysis of preoperative and postoperative depression and anxiety in patients with osteochondral lesions of the talus Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 ShiHang Cao, Qiang Zan, Jun Lu, Yi Li, BingBing Li, Hang Zhao, Tao Wang, JunKui Xu
PurposeThis study aims to investigate the psychological status of patients with Hepple V osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLT) and evaluate the effect of autologous osteoperiosteal transplantation (AOPT) on their psychological well-being.MethodsFifty patients with Hepple V OLT who underwent AOPT at the Comprehensive Foot and Ankle Surgery Ward of Xi’an Honghui Hospital from November 2021 to May
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Predictor of smoking cessation among school-going adolescents in Indonesia: a secondary analysis based on the transtheoretical model of behavioral change Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Omid Dadras
IntroductionThis study elucidates the complex journey of adolescents toward smoking cessation, investigating the association of relevant demographic factors, advertising, promotion, anti-cigarette messages, and individual knowledge and attitudes with being in different smoking cessation stages.MethodsUtilizing data from the 2019 Indonesia Global Youth Tobacco Survey, this secondary analysis included
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Posterior cingulate cortex hyperactivity in conversion disorder: a PET/MRI study Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Safiye Zeynep Tatlı, Mine Araz, Elgin Özkan, Elif Peker, Mehmetİlhan Erden, VesileŞentürk Cankorur
IntroductionSeveral neuroimaging studies have been conducted to demonstrate the specific structural and functional brain correlations of conversion disorder. Although the findings of neuroimaging studies are not consistent, when evaluated as a whole, they suggest the presence of significant brain abnormalities. The aim of this study is to investigate brain metabolic activity through F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose
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Nature-based virtual reality intervention to manage stress in family caregivers of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: a two-phase pilot study protocol Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Lena J. Lee, Elisa H. Son, Nicole Farmer, Chantal Gerrard, Ralph Thadeus Tuason, Li Yang, Julie Kohn-Godbout, Cory Stephens, Eun-Shim Nahm, Leslie Smith, Steve Risch, Gwenyth R. Wallen
Millions of family members and/or friends in the U.S. serve as unpaid caregivers for individuals with chronic conditions, such as cancer. Caregiving for someone undergoing an intense allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) is particularly demanding, with accompanying physical and psychological stress. Increased stress and stress-related symptoms could make it difficult for caregivers to
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Current status and influencing factors of family resilience in families of children with epilepsy: a cross-sectional study Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Wenjing Wei, Lianlian Dong, Jinghua Ye, Zhitian Xiao
PurposeThe study was designed to describe the level of family resilience and identify the protective factors and vulnerability factors of family resilience in families of children with epilepsy. So as to provide theoretical guidance for implementing intervention programs to promote family resilience.MethodsFrom November 2020 to July 2021, 258 parents of children with epilepsy were investigated using
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Efficacy of eHealth interventions to reduce depression symptoms in individuals with obesity: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Dilara Kocol, Alexander Bäuerle, Theresa Schadendorf, Sheila Geiger, Julia Barbara Krakowczyk, Eva-Maria Skoda, Martin Teufel
IntroductionObesity and depression are inter-related health concerns, demanding a high level of treatment and costs in the health care system. The development of eHealth interventions that simultaneously address obesity and mental health can be supportive in this regard. However, evidence of the efficacy of eHealth interventions in the treatment of depression symptoms in individuals with obesity is
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Methylome-wide and meQTL analysis helps to distinguish treatment response from non-response and pathogenesis markers in schizophrenia Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Binithamol K. Polakkattil, Neetha N. Vellichirammal, Indu V. Nair, Chandrasekharan M. Nair, Moinak Banerjee
Schizophrenia is a complex condition with entwined genetic and epigenetic risk factors, posing a challenge to disentangle the intermixed pathological and therapeutic epigenetic signatures. To resolve this, we performed 850K methylome-wide and 700K genome-wide studies on the same set of schizophrenia patients by stratifying them into responders, non-responders, and drug-naïve patients. The key genes
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Prevalence and factors associated with fear of COVID-19 in military personnel during the second epidemic wave in Peru Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Danai Valladares-Garrido, Helena Dominguez-Troncos, Cinthia Karina Picón-Reátegui, Christopher Valdiviezo-Morales, Víctor J. Vera-Ponce, Virgilio E. Failoc-Rojas, César Johan Pereira-Victorio, Darwin A. León-Figueroa, Mario J. Valladares-Garrido
IntroductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, the mounting workload and heightened stress may contribute to exacerbated mental health challenges, including an increased fear of COVID-19, among military personnel. Despite the potential influence of these factors, there remains a scarcity of studies addressing mental health issues, particularly the fear of COVID-19, within this specific population. We aimed
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Genetic background determines synaptic phenotypes in Arid1b-mutant mice Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Hyosang Kim, Eunjoon Kim
ARID1B, a chromatin remodeler, is strongly implicated in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Two previous studies on Arid1b-mutant mice with the same exon 5 deletion in different genetic backgrounds revealed distinct synaptic phenotypes underlying the behavioral abnormalities: The first paper reported decreased inhibitory synaptic transmission in layer 5 pyramidal neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex
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Anxiety in Polish adult patients with inborn errors of immunity: a cross-sectional study Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Kinga Grochowalska, Marcin Ziętkiewicz, Katarzyna Nowicka-Sauer, Mariusz Topolski, Ewa Więsik-Szewczyk, Aleksandra Matyja-Bednarczyk, Katarzyna Napiórkowska-Baran, Zbigniew Zdrojewski
BackgroundPatients with inborn errors of immunity (IEI) experience recurrent infections, autoimmunity, and malignancies. Owing to repeated medical procedures, the need for constant treatment and surveillance, and the unpredictable course of the disease, patients with IEI are prone to develop mental health disorders, including anxiety. In this study, we aimed to assess the prevalence and level of anxiety
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When do drugs trigger criminal behavior? a machine learning analysis of offenders and non-offenders with schizophrenia and comorbid substance use disorder Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Ewa-Maria Bender, Lena Machetanz, Roland von Känel, Sebastian Euler, Johannes Kirchebner, Moritz Philipp Günther
IntroductionComorbid substance use disorder (SUD) is linked to a higher risk of violence in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD). The objective of this study is to explore the most distinguishing factors between offending and non-offending patients diagnosed with SSD and comorbid SUD using supervised machine learning.MethodsA total of 269 offender patients and 184 non-offender patients
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Tracing the paths: a systematic review of mediators of complex trauma and complex post-traumatic stress disorder Front. Psychiatry (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Joseph Harris, Eva Loth, Vaheshta Sethna
Complex trauma is associated with complex-posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). While dissociative processes, developmental factors and systemic factors are implicated in the development of CPTSD, there are no existing systematic reviews examining the underlying pathways linking complex trauma and CPTSD. This study aims to systematically review evidence of mediating factors linking complex trauma