Article
Psychiatry
Sunita Jena, Aron Zieger, Kerem Boege, Gayatri Salunkhe, Georg Schomerus, Kripalini Patel, Bijaya Kumar Padhi, Thi Minh Tam Ta, Aditya Mungee, Eric Hahn
Summary: This study found that education level and urban-rural comparison significantly influenced attitudes toward psychiatric hospitals among the urban and rural population in India. Gender, age, and religious beliefs did not show any significant effect. Negative attitudes towards psychiatric hospitals were more prevalent in rural areas and among those with lower education levels.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Lars Haukali Omland, Jacob Bodilsen, Malte Mose Tetens, Jannik Helweg-Larsen, Jens Otto Jarlov, Morten Ziebell, Svend Ellermann-Eriksen, Ulrik Stenz Justesen, Niels Frimodt-Moller, Preben Bo Mortensen, Niels Obel
Summary: Patients with brain abscess are not at increased risk of psychiatric disorders, but have an increased receipt of psychiatric medication.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Justin Tyndall
Summary: The impact of marijuana dispensaries on home values is not significant, with evidence of a negative price effect for homes located within 100 meters of a dispensary.
REAL ESTATE ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Anita Acai, Godfrey Zari Rukundo, Sheila Harms, Scholastic Ashaba
Summary: Absconding is common among patients in psychiatric hospitals, with factors such as stigma, relationships with caregivers, resource scarcity, and mental illness symptoms influencing patients' decisions to escape. For many patients, absconding is seen as the only option in a mental health system that perpetuates stigma and lacks basic services. All stakeholders should work together to rethink how psychiatric facilities operate to improve the recovery journey for patients.
Article
Psychiatry
Ibrahem Hamdey Rashed Elkalla, Abdel-Hady El-Gilany, Mohamed Baklola, Mohamed Terra, Mostafa Aboeldahab, Samir El Sayed, Mohammed ElWasify
Summary: The study aimed to assess the perceived stigma among individuals with substance use disorders and its correlation with their socio-demographic characteristics and clinical history parameters. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 552 patients with substance use disorders, and the results showed that almost half of the participants were aged 29 or younger, married, and had a median stigma score. The majority of participants were male, had no previous legal problems, and had a median stigma score.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Habtam Gelaye, Atsedemariam Andualem
Summary: Mental illnesses not only burden patients, but also their families and communities. This study in Ethiopia aimed to assess the quality of life of family caregivers of patients with mental illness at Dessie Referral Hospital. The findings showed that a significant number of caregivers had poor quality of life, which was associated with factors such as divorce, low education level, lack of social support, and perceived stigma.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Michael Buesselmann, Larissa Titze, Maximilian Lutz, Manuela Dudeck, Judith Streb
Summary: The study adapted a questionnaire to measure the quality of life in forensic psychiatric hospitals in Germany, demonstrating good internal consistency and construct validity. Results showed that patient's quality of life was significantly associated with age and duration of accommodation. The adapted questionnaire can be used in the future to compare hospitals and identify strengths and weaknesses.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jan Wolff, Gudrun Hefner, Claus Normann, Klaus Kaier, Harald Binder, Katharina Domschke, Christoph Hiemke, Michael Marschollek, Ansgar Klimke
Summary: The study successfully predicted polypharmacy and drug-drug interactions using routine data at patient admission, demonstrating the potential to effectively manage the benefits and risks of drug prescriptions.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shufang Sun, Simon B. Goldberg, Danhua Lin, Shan Qiao, Don Operario
Summary: The study found that university students experienced psychological health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly anxiety, depression, and traumatic stress. Various factors impact mental health, including mindfulness, perceived COVID-19 threat, and COVID-19 societal stigma. Interventions are needed to improve mental health, especially in promoting mindfulness, social support, and reducing public stigma related to COVID-19.
GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Seena Fazel, Mark Toynbee, Howard Ryland, Maria Vazquez-Montes, Hasanen Al-Taiar, Achim Wolf, Omar Aziz, Vivek Khosla, Gautam Gulati, Thomas Fanshawe
Summary: In psychiatric inpatients, factors contributing to violence risk include a total dynamic score of > 1, a 10-year increase in age, and female sex. The study found that modifiable factors added little incremental value in predicting violence risk in a psychiatric inpatient setting.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Malte M. Tetens, Rasmus Haahr, Ram B. Dessau, Karen A. Krogfelt, Jacob Bodilsen, Nanna S. Andersen, Jens K. Moller, Casper Roed, Claus B. Christiansen, Svend Ellermann-Eriksen, Jette M. Bangsborg, Klaus Hansen, Christian o. Andersen, Anne-Mette Lebech, Niels Obel, Lars H. Omland
Summary: The study found no association between Lyme neuroborreliosis and an increased risk of psychiatric disease or hospital contact, but an increase in psychiatric medication receipt in the short term. The importance of this association remains debated.
Article
Geography
Cara Clancy, Fiona Cooke, Zoe Raw
Summary: Donkeys have played a vital role in human society for thousands of years, but the emergence of free-roaming populations poses new challenges. Research suggests that reframing the debate around the status of these donkeys and reexamining their 'entangled autonomy' within cultural historical landscapes is crucial.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Eileen Yu, Alexis Adams-Clark, Alison Riehm, Caroline Franke, Ryoko Susukida, Melissa Pinto, Steven Arenberg, Dominique Tosi, Abbey Hughes, Amanda Montague, Anu Kumar, Kay Jamison, Adam Kaplin
Summary: The study found that multiple sclerosis patients were more willing to share non-psychiatric medical information compared to psychiatric information. Despite stigma decreasing patient willingness to share medical records, those with psychiatric co-occurring disorders showed greater willingness to electronically share their health records. Societal stigma was associated with non-psychiatric medication sharing, while self stigma was associated with psychiatric medication sharing.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kabtamu Nigussie, Alemu Lemma, Addisu Sertsu, Henock Asfaw, Habtamu Kerebih, Tilahun Abdeta
Summary: This study found a relatively high prevalence of depression and anxiety among people with epilepsy. Using two or more antiepileptic medications and experiencing perceived stigma were statistically associated with both depression and anxiety. Screening, early identification, and appropriate intervention for depression and anxiety in epilepsy patients should be a major focus for healthcare providers.
Article
Nursing
Melisa Duque, Margo Annemans, Sarah Pink, Lisa Spong
Summary: This article highlights the importance of comfort in psychiatric hospital environments and the role of everyday caring practices in promoting individual and organizational wellbeing. It emphasizes the value of implicit gestures of courtesy and small intentional acts of care in creating comforting experiences. Design anthropology plays a crucial role in uncovering the dynamics between explicit and implicit modes of delivering comfort in psychiatric care settings.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Kurt Buhagiar, Stefan Priebe, Justyna Klingemann, Antonio Lasalvia, Pablo Nicaise, Bettina Soltmann, Domenico Giacco
Summary: Objective and subjective social relationship indicators were weakly correlated concepts among patients with severe mental illness. While patients with psychotic disorders initially reported less social contact with friends, this difference disappeared when confounders were taken into account, suggesting that interventions targeting social relationships do not necessitate diagnosis-specific adaptations.
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Emma Millard, Jessica Cardona, Jane Fernandes, Stefan Priebe, Catherine Carr
Summary: Patient preferences play a critical role in engagement with psychosocial interventions. This study conducted semi-structured interviews with 17 participants in order to understand their preferences and expectations of arts therapies. The findings revealed that past experiences of the art forms, social interactions in the groups, and expectations of helpfulness were key factors influencing decision-making and engagement with the arts therapies.
ARTS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Developmental
Kimberley Anderson, Stefan Priebe
Summary: The study examined the concept of resilience in adolescent mental health literature and identified three dimensions capturing various resilience concepts. Each dimension has two endpoints, aiding in comparing and clarifying different concepts of adolescent resilience.
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Mina Bishay, Petar Palasek, Stefan Priebe, Ioannis Patras
Summary: The study analyzed facial behavior of 91 outpatients with schizophrenia using a novel neural network architecture called SchiNet, which showed significant correlations between automatically detected facial expressions and schizophrenia symptoms. The proposed network for estimating symptom severity showed promising results for patient-independent prediction of schizophrenia symptoms.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AFFECTIVE COMPUTING
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Eleni Petkari, Stefan Priebe
Summary: A two-factor structure of subjective quality of life (SQoL) was established for patients with schizophrenia, and this study investigated whether the same structure applies in patients with mood and anxiety disorders. Through Confirmatory Factor Analyses, the study found that the two-factor structure also applies across mood and anxiety disorders. The study also found that the dimension scores differ significantly between the three diagnostic groups, with the lowest scores in patients with anxiety disorders and the highest in patients with schizophrenia.
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Carlos Gomez-Restrepo, Maria Jose Sarmiento-Suarez, Magda Alba-Saavedra, Victoria Jane Bird, Stefan Priebe, Francois van Loggerenberg
Summary: This research aims to adapt the patient-centered digital intervention DIALOG+ from a clinical setting to an educational setting. The study will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and estimated effect of implementing this intervention as a tool for identifying and mobilizing personal and social resources to mitigate the impact of social difficulties and promote mental well-being. The research will be conducted in public schools in postconflict areas in Tolima, Colombia.
JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Carlos Gomez-Restrepo, Jose Alejandro Rumbo Romero, Martha Rodriguez, Laura Ospina-Pinillos, Diliniya Stanislaus Sureshkumar, Stefan Priebe, Victoria Bird
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness, acceptability, and feasibility of the DIALOG-A intervention for adolescents with depression and anxiety in Colombia. The trial recruited 18 clinicians and 108 adolescents, with 12 clinicians and 72 adolescents in the intervention group and 6 clinicians and 36 adolescents in the control group. The results of this study can provide valuable insight for other middle-income countries.
JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Psychiatry
Stefan Priebe
Summary: Financial incentives for medication adherence in mental healthcare are controversial, but often misunderstood. They are not intended to influence treatment decisions, but to bridge the intention-behavior gap and help patients adhere to agreed-upon treatment. Patients' positive views suggest that financial incentives can actually support the therapeutic relationship rather than undermine it.
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Eleni Petkari, Elena Nikolaou, Sandra Oberleiter, Stefan Priebe, Jakob Pietschnig
Summary: This study conducted a meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) to examine the impact of different interventions on the quality of life (QoL) in individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. The findings suggest that psychological interventions can improve patients' QoL, with psychoeducation having the largest effect on objective QoL and combined interventions having the largest effect on subjective QoL.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Psychiatry
Mattia Marchi, Giulia Venturi, Chiara Visentini, Margherita Pinelli, Stefan Priebe, Gian Maria Galeazzi
Summary: This systematic review examines the therapeutic relationship (TR) between mental health professionals (MHPs) and their patients in community mental health services (CMHS). The findings suggest that patients and MHPs generally agree on TR ratings, although patients give lower ratings. Factors such as a recovery-oriented service, shared decision-making, and recognition of patient needs contribute to more positive TR ratings.
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Carlos Gomez-Restrepo, Maria Jose Sarmiento-Suarez, Magda Alba-Saavedra, Maria Gabriela Calvo-Valderrama, Carlos Javier Rincon-Rodriguez, Victoria Jane Bird, Stefan Priebe, Francois van Loggerenberg
Summary: This study aimed to adapt and evaluate the effectiveness of the DIALOG+ intervention in promoting mental well-being and resilience in the school context. The results showed that the intervention has the potential to improve aspects of mental health, especially quality of life, resilience, and emotional symptoms. Teachers and students found the intervention to be feasible, acceptable, and beneficial in improving mental health and behavior.
JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
N. P. Maric, L. J. B. Lazarevic, S. Priebe, L. J. Mihic, M. Pejovic-Milovancevic, Z. Terzic-Supic, O. Toskovic, O. Vukovic, J. Todorovic, G. Knezevic
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between Covid-19-related stressors and mental disorders, depressive and anxiety symptoms. The results showed significant associations between Covid-19-related stressors and various mental disorders and symptom levels.
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Marcelo Santos Cruz, Eliana Sousa Silva, Zivile Jakaite, Miriam Krenzinger, Leandro Valiati, Dalcio Goncalves, Eduardo Ribeiro, Paul Heritage, Stefan Priebe
Summary: This study examined the personal experiences and fears of residents in favelas in Brazil, and found that higher levels of neighborhood violence experiences and fear predicted increased mental health symptoms and poorer quality of life. Even within a context of violence and poverty, individual variations in experiences of violence significantly impact mental distress and quality of life.
LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-AMERICAS
(2021)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Robert Freudenthal, Louise Marston, Jacki L. Stansfeld, Stefan Priebe, Joanna Moncrieff
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the clinical relevance of reducing antipsychotic drugs in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or psychosis. The trial sample resembled the wider population in terms of past admissions, legal detentions, and perceived risk levels, but had a lower proportion of people from minority ethnic backgrounds. This suggests that trial recruits were similar to the wider population in terms of condition severity, rather than being a highly selective sample of individuals with milder issues.
CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Jade Donaghy, Kurt Buhagiar, Penny Xanthopoulou, Kayonda Ngamaba, Stefan Priebe, Domenico Giacco
Summary: The study found that only about one-fifth of patients with psychotic disorders completed >=150 minutes of fitness activities in the previous week. Participants who were female, older, in a relationship, unemployed and had fewer social contacts were less likely to meet these recommendations.
MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2021)