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Suicide among Psychiatrists: From Healers to Seekers of Mental Health Care Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Sheikh shoib, Fahimeh Saeed, Saeed Ahmed, chan park, Thiago Henrique Roza, Sardar khan Nazari, Aishatu Yusha’u Armiya’u, Domenico De Berardis, Rizwan Ahmed, Miyuru Chandradasa
Addressing suicide and mental health issues among psychiatrists, particularly during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic is important. several factors contribute to this risk, such as long duty hours, burnout, emotional exhaustion, exposure to secondary trauma, and the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers. This paper emphasizes the urgent need for interventions at individual
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Considering people at clinical high risk for psychosis with normodopaminergia: Clinical case of progression to treatment-resistant schizophrenia in three years Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Tae Young Lee, Nahrie S, Kim Aram Im
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Role of Adjunctive Cariprazine for Treatment-Resistant Depression in patients with Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Eman Ali, Fakhar Latif, Yusra Mashkoor, Ayesha Sheikh, Amna Iqbal, Rabia Owais, Jawad Ahmed, Sadiq Naveed, Abdul Moeed, Irfan Ullah, Sanila Mughal
Cariprazine is an orally active dopamine D3-preferring D3/D2 receptor and serotonin 5-HT1A receptor partial agonist, being considered as a treatment for refractory MDD. Therefore, we aim to perform the first meta-analysis of current literature, to collate changes in depression from baseline and assess tolerability of adjunctive cariprazine in MDD populace. PubMed, Embase, Google Scholar, ClinicalTrials
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The Evaluation Study for Social Cognition Measures in Japan: Psychometric properties, relationships with social function, and recommendations Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Hisashi Akiyama, Ryo Okubo, Atsuhito Toyomaki, Akane Miyazaki, Sachiko Hattori, Mariko Nohara, Yohei Sasaki, Ryotaro Kubota, Hiroki Okano, Kanami Takahashi, Yumi Hasegawa, Izumi Wada, Takashi Uchino, Kazuyoshi Takeda, Satoru Ikezawa, Takahiro Nemoto, Yoichi M Ito, Naoki Hashimoto
Patients with schizophrenia can have significant subjective difficulties in social cognition, but few undergo testing or treatment for social cognition. The Social Cognition Psychometric Evaluation (SCOPE) study recommends six social cognitive measures; however, the reliability and validity of these measures in different cultural and linguistic areas has not been adequately examined. We examined the
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The Potential Role of tACS in Improving Cognitive Dysfunction Associated with Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Yang Su, Zhiyin Wang, Yi Li, Minjin Wang
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From Past Famines to Present Crises: The Epigenetic Impact of Maternal Malnutrition on Offspring Health Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Mohamed Adil Shah Khoodoruth, Widaad Nuzhah Chut-kai Khoodoruth
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Efficacy and safety of esketamine for perioperative depression in patients undergoing elective surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Xue-jie Lou, Di Qiu, Zhuo-yu Ren, Kenji Hashimoto, Guang-fen Zhang, Jian-jun Yang
Depression is a prevalent mood disorder during the perioperative period, with both preoperative concurrent depression and new-onset postoperative depression impacting postoperative recovery. Recent studies have indicated that the dissociative anesthetic esketamine may alleviate perioperative depressive symptoms. This meta-analysis aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of esketamine in treating perioperative
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Corrigendum to “Suicide during pandemic requires deeper engagement” [Asian J. Psychiatry 73 (2022) 103161] Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Biswamitra Sahu, Sathyanarayana Tamysetty, Giridhara R. Babu, Suresh Shapeti, Simon Queeny, Hima Bindu Dubasi, R. Deepa, Nolita Dolcy Saldanha, Rajesh Bhatia, Sonalinee Khetrapal
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Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Suicidal Narrative Inventory in Major Depression: A multicentric evaluation Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Vikas Menon, Ilambaridhi Balasubramanian, Megan L Rogers, Sandeep Grover, Bhavesh Lakdawala, Rajeev Ranjan, Sujit Sarkhel, Naresh Nebhinani, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, Vijaya Raghavan, Kshirod Kumar Mishra, Jitender Aneja, Niteen Abhivant, Raman Deep, Lokesh Kumar Singh, Avinash De Sousa, Arvind Nongpiur, Alka A Subramanyam, Debadatta Mohapatra, Sujita Kumar Kar, Vishal Dhiman, PN Suresh Kumar, Umesh
The Suicidal Narrative Inventory (SNI) is a 38-item self-report measure developed to assess elements of the suicidal narrative, a subacute, predominantly cognitive, presuicidal construct. Our objectives were to assess the factor structure, validity, and reliability of the SNI-38 among adults with major depressive disorder (MDD). Using a cross-sectional design, we administered the Hindi version of the
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Pathways to care and barriers in treatment among patients with Dissociative Disorders Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Pooja Shakya, Mamta Sood, Rahul Mathur, Nisha Prajapati, Vaibhav Patil
Dissociative disorder patients often present with sudden and embarrassing symptoms, and it is difficult for the patient and care giver to understand initially, recognize the need for help and reach for appropriate treatment timely. This can result in high risk of engaging in dangerous behaviors such as self-harm and suicidal acts, impaired global functioning, and poor quality of life. Knowledge about
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The efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in adolescent major depressive disorder with suicidal ideation: a propensity score-matched, retrospective cohort study Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Xinglian Wang, Hao Ren, Zheng Zhang, Xiufen Zhong, Qinghua Luo, Yan Huang, Haitang Qiu
More evidence is needed to validate the use of ECT in adolescent depression. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to conventional medication therapy for adolescents with major depression with suicidal ideation. In this retrospective cohort study, we reviewed inpatient records from the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University spanning December
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Acute aerobic exercise at different intensities modulates inhibitory control and cortical excitability in adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Yu-Han Wang, Shur-Fen Gau, Li-Kuang Yang, Jung-Chi Chang, Pou-Leng Cheong, Hsiao-I. Kuo
This study aimed to investigate the effects of different aerobic exercise intensities on inhibitory control and cortical excitability in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The study was conducted in a within-subject design. Twenty-four adults with ADHD completed a stop signal task and received cortical excitability assessment by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) before
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The trends of mental disorders mortality in China over a 33-year period Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Yanan Luo, Yu Wu, Binbin Su, Chen Chen, Xiaoying Zheng
We investigated the variations in the trends of mental disorders mortality by age, period, and cohort, over a 33-year period from 1987 to 2020, to reveal the relationship between age, period, cohort, and mental disorders mortality, as well as providing guidance for resource allocation to prevent mental disorders-related deaths in vulnerable target populations. The data of mental disorders mortality
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Mental Health Concerns Among Asian American Pacific Islander and Sexual or Gender Minority Youth Amidst Growing Social Violence: A Call for the Development of Best Practice Guidelines Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Rachel G. Kasdin, Mary Sun, Timothy Rice
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A case report of LAI two injection start in a 16-year-old adolescent with severe manic episode and comorbid cannabinoid use disorder Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Laura Orsolini, Sofia Pacini Biagiotti, Lorenzo Maria Martino, Umberto Volpe
There is a lack of randomized clinical trials and few studies regarding long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) in adolescents. Non-adherence, aggressiveness, comorbid substance use disorder and lack of insight may represent the main reasons for starting LAIs. Hereby we describe a 16-year-old male adolescent subject with bipolar type I disorder and comorbid cannabinoid use disorder, successfully
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Insula-cortico-subcortical networks predict interoceptive awareness and stress resilience Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Alan S.R. Fermin, Takafumi Sasaoka, Toru Maekawa, Kentaro Ono, Hui-Ling Chan, Shigeto Yamawaki
Interoception, the neural sensing of visceral signals, and interoceptive awareness (IA), the conscious perception of interoception, are crucial for life survival functions and mental health. Resilience, the capacity to overcome adversity, has been associated with reduced interoceptive disturbances. Here, we sought evidence for our Insula Modular Active Control (IMAC) model that suggest that the insula
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The evaluation of frequency and predictors of delirium and its short-term and long-term outcomes in hospitalized older adults’ Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Yamini Ajmera, Karandeep Paul, Maroof Ahmad Khan, Bharti Kumari, Nand Kumar, Prasun Chatterjee, Aparajit Ballav Dey, Avinash Chakrawarty
Delirium is a common complication in hospitalized older adults with multifactorial etiology and poor health outcomes. To determine the frequency and predictors of delirium and its short-term and long-term outcomes in hospitalized older adults. A prospective observational study was performed in patients aged ≥60 years consecutively admitted to geriatric ward. Potential risk factors were assessed within
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Compulsive programming in a patient with deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Sneha V. Ganaraja, Lavanya P. Sharma, Shyam Sundar Arumugham, Sandeep Vaishya, Dwarakanath Srinivas
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Can motor decline be a modifiable marker of clinical progression in subjective cognitive decline? A national prospective cohort study Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Ran An, Xiuxiu Huang, Shifang Zhang, Yajing Gao, Linghan Li, Qiaoqin Wan
Subjective cognitive decline represents a critical stage for preventing mild cognitive impairment and dementia, but the links between clinical progression in the subjective cognitive decline stage and various motor functions remain inconclusive. This cohort study aimed to elucidate the independent and joint associations between the clinical progression of subjective cognitive decline and motor functions
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Experience of patients on methadone maintenance treatment receiving take-home methadone doses during COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-site study from India Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Preethy Kathiresan, Vinit Patel, Jaswant Jangra, Ankita Chattopadhyay, Sabir Abdus, Monali Jadhav, Ravindra Rao, Amit Arya, Pir Dutt Bansal, Chinggouman Chinggouman, Roshan Bhad, Atul Ambekar, Alok Agrawal, Biswadip Chatterjee, Deepak Yadav
Methadone take-home doses for opioid dependence treatment are strictly regulated due to diversion and overdose concerns, so patients must visit the clinic daily for dispensing. This was also done in India until the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdown restriction compelled take- home dispensing of methadone. This study examined experience of patients who received take- home methadone during COVID-19 pandemic
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Mental health benefits of pilgrimage Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Siddharth Sarkar, Parvender S. Negi
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Asian Journal of Psychiatry, State of the Journal 2024: Forging Ahead Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 R, a, j, i, v, , T, a, n, d, o, n
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Citations to a retracted psychometric assessment scale for interpersonal mindfulness applied to Iran Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
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Repeated dosing with oral racemic ketamine as a successful rescue intervention for coping with life events in recurrent major depressive disorder Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Vikas Menon, Akshayee Kale, Ilambaridhi Balasubramanian, Chittaranjan Andrade
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Artificial intelligence GPT-4: A game changer in the advancement of psychiatric rehabilitation in the new millennium Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Sunny Garg, Alka Chauhan
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G20 and Mental Health: Overcoming Obstacles in Developing Nations Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Om Prakash
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Prevalence of Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorders in South Asian Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Surveys from 1980 to 2023 Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Jay Kumar Ranjan, Rajbala Kumari, Amrita Choudhary
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Developing a machine learning-based short form of the positive and negative syndrome scale Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Gong-Hong Lin, Jen-Hsuan Liu, Shih-Chieh Lee, Bo-Jian Wu, Shu-Qi Li, Hsien-Jane Chiu, San-Ping Wang, Ching-Lin Hsieh
The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) consists of 30 items and takes up to 50minutes to administer and score. Therefore, this study aimed to develop and validate a machine learning-based short form of the PANSS (PANSS-MLSF) that reproduces the PANSS scores. Moreover, the PANSS-MLSF estimated the removed-item scores. The PANSS-MLSF was developed using an artificial neural network, and the
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AI Syndrome: an intellectual asset for students or a progressive cognitive decline Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Owais Ahmad, Hafsah maliha, Isra Ahmed
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Unveiling the silent struggle: Lack of awareness about PMDD and its unseen impact on women’s health in Pakistan Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Maheen Asif
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Analysis of the adverse events of Aristada:A real-world study based on FAERS database Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Mengmeng Ou, Qin Zhou, Haohao Zhu, Zhiqiang Du, Yuan Shen, Peipei Luan, Ying Jiang
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Subcortical neural mechanisms of childhood trauma impacts on personality traits Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Zhaosong Chu, Xin Wang, Yuqi Cheng, Lijin Yuan, Mengyun Jin, Yi Lu, Zonglin Shen, Xiufeng Xu
This study aims to explore the relationships between childhood trauma (CT), personality traits, and subcortical structures. 171 healthy individuals completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), the Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), and underwent 3D T1-weighted MRI scans. Linear regression analyses indicated the complex relationship between CT, personality traits
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Computational simulation of transcranial magnetic stimulation-induced electric fields in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of heavy cannabis using individuals Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Jack Jiaqi Zhang, Zhongfei Bai, Dalinda Isabel Sánchez Vidaña, Janna Cousijn, Kenneth N.K. Fong
We aimed to investigate the influence of demographic and clinical modulators on the strength of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)-induced electric fields (EFs) in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (lDLPFC) in heavy cannabis using individuals. Structural T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging scans of 20 heavy cannabis using individuals and 22 non-cannabis users (the controls) in the age
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Childhood adversities and psychotic symptoms among high school students in China: The role of dissociation Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Hong Wang Fung, Fulei Geng
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are well-established risk factors for psychotic symptoms. This study replicated the relationship between ACEs and positive symptoms of psychosis in the Asian context and explored the moderating effect of dissociation. We analyzed data from 1439 high school students in China who completed validated measures of ACEs, positive symptoms of psychosis, and dissociative
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COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION PROTOCOLS FOR OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: A NETWORK META-ANALYSIS Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Pratibha Vinod, Navya Spurthi Thatikonda, Palash Kumar Malo, Binukumar Bhaskarpillai, Shyam Sundar Arumugham, Y. C Janardhan Reddy
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been found to be helpful for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, the relative efficacy of different rTMS protocols is unclear. To conduct a systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) of published literature to compare the relative efficacy of different rTMS protocols for decreasing Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive
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Efficacy and safety of combined deep brain stimulation with capsulotomy for comorbid motor and psychiatric symptoms in Tourette’s syndrome: Experience and evidence Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Shu Wang, Shiying Fan, Yifei Gan, Yuan Zhang, Yuan Gao, Tao Xue, Hutao Xie, Ruoyu Ma, Quan Zhang, Baotian Zhao, Yanwen Wang, Guanyu Zhu, Anchao Yang, Yin Jiang, Fangang Meng, Jianguo Zhang
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combined deep brain stimulation (DBS) with capsulotomy for comorbid motor and psychiatric symptoms in patients with Tourette’s syndrome (TS). This retrospective cohort study consecutively enrolled TS patients with comorbid motor and psychiatric symptoms who were treated with combined DBS and anterior capsulotomy at our center. Longitudinal motor, psychiatric,
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Prioritizing mental health equity in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta
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Prescription patterns for attention−deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications in Japan: A retrospective claims analysis Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Kanako Ishizuka
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The sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of non-suicidal overdose: Retrospective study Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Hye Jin Kim, Duk Hee Lee
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Geriatric mental health practice with dementia patients in Bangladesh: Challenges and future directions Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Rifat B. Alam, Teresa Ostler
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Statement on use of generative artificial intelligence by adolescents Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Asuka Sakuraya, Masayo Matsumura, Shohei Komatsu, Kotaro Imamura, Mako Iida, Norito Kawakami
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Standards for medical devices: Electroconvulsive therapy machine Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Bangalore N. Gangadhar, Vanteemar S. Sreeraj, Preeti Sinha, Jagadisha Thirthalli
The manuscript calls for establishing a standard for electroconvulsive devices by manufacturers for better regulation in India. This is most relevant in the context of two recent developments, (a) Notification of medical devices rules, 2017 with classification of ECT as Class C and (b) Recent change in classification of ECT devices by US-FDA in 2018. The establishment of standards would help in upregulating
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Mental health, ethnicity and the UK armed forces: Historical lessons for research and policy Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Edgar Jones, Laura Palmer, Kamaldeep Bhui
UK armed forces have recruited from other races and ethnicities at times of crisis. To meet diversity targets, they have also recruited indigenous groups of non-White British heritage. Considered at greater risk of mental health problems generally, these populations are likely to suffer more in combat and in transition to civilian life. Yet, there is little data on how they fare. A scoping review was
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Effects of parenting styles on adult personality traits, depressive trait, and brain structure Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Haihua Jiang, Xiao Zhang, Yuyanan Zhang, Hao Yan, Hao Yu, Hao Yang Tan, Dai Zhang, Weihua Yue
This study explored the complex triangular relationships between parenting styles, personality traits, and depressive trait in Chinese Han adults (N = 490; Mean age=24.25; 51.0% women), and examined the relationship between parenting styles and brain structure. The data indicated that depressive trait in adulthood were negatively correlated with a favorable parenting style (emotional warmth) and positively
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World Psychiatric Association-Asian Journal of Psychiatry Commission on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of International Medical Graduates Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Dinesh Bhugra, Alexander J. Smith, Antonio Ventriglio, Nyapati Rao, Roger Ng, Afzal Javed, Margaret S. Chisolm, Gin Malhi, Anindya Kar, Egor Chumakov, Michael Liebrenz
Historically, doctors have migrated for a range of personal, educational, economic, and political reasons. Likewise, medical students from many countries have moved abroad to complete their training and education and may or may not return to their country of origin. Within this context, globalisation has had a major impact on medical education and healthcare workforces, contributing to recent migration
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The prevalence and clinical correlates of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar disorder misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder: Results from a national survey in China Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Lin Chen, Yu-Yu Xu, Jing-Yu Lin, Zhen Peng Ji, Fude Yang, Shuping Tan, Gang Wang, YiRu Fang, Zheng Lu, HaiChen Yang, Jian Hu, ZhiYu Chen, Yi Huang, Jing Sun, Xiaoping Wang, Huichun Li, Jinbei Zhang, Ying Wang, Yunai Su, Yanli Zhao, Tianmei Si
Suicide is nearly always associated with underlying mental disorders. Risk factors for suicide attempts (SAs) in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) remain unelucidated. This study was to evaluate the prevalence and clinical risk factors of SAs in Chinese patients with BD misdiagnosed with MDD. A total of 1487 patients with MDD from 13 mental health
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Effects of yoga on clinical symptoms, quality of life and social functioning in patients with schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Jingyu Yin, Yuqi Sun, Yikang Zhu, Hairulajiang Alifujiang, Yi Wang, Siyao An, Huiqun Huang, Xi Fu, Hong Deng, Ying Chen
Yoga is gradually being explored as a potential complementary intervention in addition to psychiatric drugs for schizophrenia. However, there are conflicts on the efficacy of yoga for schizophrenia. This meta-analysis was aimed to evaluate the association of yoga intervention with reductions on clinical symptoms and improvements in quality of life (QoL) as well as social functioning among schizophrenia
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Treatment refractory Tourette syndrome in adolescents: Assessment and application of deep brain stimulation Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Anyi Zhang, Tinghong Liu, Jinshan Xu, Qing Zhao, Xianbin Wang, Zhongliang Jiang, Shuli Liang, Yonghua Cui, Ying Li
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Gepirone-the latest antidepressant on market state-of-the-art or run-of-the-mill? Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Ahmed Naguy
Gepirone was recently launched and FDA-approved for MDD. It belongs to azapirones group of psychotropics that is in popular use in Japan and China. Here, author wraps up current knowledge on gepirone contrasted with the older and cheaper anxiolytic buspirone.
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Altered spontaneous neurological activity in methamphetamine use disorders and its association with cognitive function Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Yanan Zhou, Winson Fu Zun Yang, Qiuxia Wu, Yuejiao Ma, Jun Zhou, Honghong Ren, Yuzhu Hao, Manyun Li, Yunfei Wang, Pu Peng, Ning Yuan, Yifan Xiong, Yizhuo Wang, Qianjin Wang, Tieqiao Liu
Methamphetamine (MA) is a widely used and detrimental drug, yet the precise mechanisms by which MA affects cognitive function remain unclear. This study aims to investigate the relationship between cognitive function and brain functional imaging in individuals with MA use disorder (MUD). This study involved 45 patients diagnosed with MUD and 43 healthy controls (HC). Cognitive function assessment utilized
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Introducing the Chen-HAgiwara Mood Test (CHAMT): A novel, brief scale developed in Japanese populations for assessing mood variations Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Chong Chen, Kosuke Hagiwara, Shin Nakagawa
Understanding and assessing mood are pivotal in psychological and psychiatric research, yet existing scales often exhibit limitations such as focusing on singular dimensions of mood and introducing comparative bias through Likert scales. To address these issues, the Chen-HAgiwara Mood Test (CHAMT), a novel three-item scale, was developed. Grounded in the valence-arousal two-dimensional theory of affect
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False-positive urine drug screen for oxycodone among opioid-dependent patients on oral naltrexone: A case series study Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Barnali Majumdar, Biswadip Chatterjee
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How LGBTQ+ informed is Indian psychiatric training? An analysis of postgraduate exam questions across three universities Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Jithin Thekkelkuthiyathottil Joseph, A.M. Miller, Sreya Mariyam Salim
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Changes in attitudes toward persons with mental disorders after attendance of a psychiatric curriculum among medical students in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Luisa Eilinghoff, Văn Tuân Nguyên, Eric Hahn, Văn Phi Nguyên, Công Thiên Lê, Thi Thu Há Lê, Kerem Böge, Selin Mavituna, Marco Matthaeus Zierhut, Georg Schomerus, Linn Kristina Kuehl, Thi Minh Tam Ta
This study aimed to determine the influence of psychiatric training and hands-on learning with individuals with mental illness on increasing medical students' benevolent attitudes towards psychiatry and psychiatric patients. The cross-sectional study compares medical students' attitudes before and after a compulsory psychiatry curriculum and psychiatric bedside training at Hanoi Medical University
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Psychiatric manifestations of neurosyphilis over past two decades: Findings from a tertiary care neuropsychiatric hospital in south India Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Logesh Kanakaraj, Harkishan Mamtani, Ajit Bhalchandra Dahale, Netravathi M., Nagarathna S., Sanjib Sinha, Harish Thippeswamy
To assess presentation of neurosyphilis with a focus on the psychiatric aspects. File review of the cases with a positive cerebrospinal fluid venereal disease research laboratory test between 1999 to 2020. Medical records of 143 neurosyphilis patients were analysed. Hallucinations, delusions, and catatonia were the commonest psychiatric symptoms. Brain atrophy was the commonest neuroimaging finding
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A new neural diathesis-stress model of cannabis addiction based on the diurnal cortisol pattern and childhood maltreatment in users Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Bijan Pirnia, Ali Soleimani, Ali Farhoudian, Alireza Zahiroddin
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The bidirectional relationship between depression and dissociation: A longitudinal investigation Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Hong Wang Fung, Cherry Tin Yan Cheung
Depression is a major public health concern. Recent studies suggest that dissociative symptoms are associated with depressive symptoms, and the concept of “dissociative depression” has been proposed. Yet, only cross-sectional evidence is available in the literature. This study examined the bidirectional relationship between dissociative and depressive symptoms through the use of screening tools in
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Childhood abuse influences clinical features of major depressive disorder by modulating the functional network of the right amygdala subregions Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Suzhen Chen, Yingying Yin, Yuqun Zhang, Wenhao Jiang, Zhenghua Hou, Yonggui Yuan
Childhood trauma and the amygdala play essential roles in major depressive disorder (MDD) mechanisms. However, the neurobiological mechanism among them remains unclear. Therefore, we explored the relationship among the amygdala subregion's abnormal functional connectivity (FC), clinical features, and childhood trauma in MDD. We obtained resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in
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Cross-cultural adaptation and inter-rater reliability of the Schizophrenia proneness instrument adult version (SPI-A) in the Indonesian context Asian J. Psychiatry (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Tri Kurniati Ambarini, Endang Surjaningrum, Achmad Chusairi, Frauke Schultze-Lutter
This study aims to adapt the Schizophrenia Proneness Instrument, Adult Version (SPI-A) for the assessment of basic symptoms to the Indonesian context (culturally and linguistically) and analyze the inter-rater reliability of the translated version. Following a specific methodology for cultural adaptation, direct and back-translations were conducted together with cognitive interviews to analyze the