Adult neurodevelopmental services in Singapore: A sociodemographic and clinical profile at a tertiary psychiatric hospital
In this study, adults with ASD had a unique social profile with different clinical needs compared to adults with only ID or to adults with co ‐occurring ASD and ID. Adults with only ID and those with co‐occurring ASD shared many of the same social characteristics and high clinical needs. The analysis of these profiles will be useful in developing services that better meet the needs of this complex group. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - April 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: James Patrick Moon,
Ho Teck Tan,
Kwok Foong Lam,
Jan Mei Lim,
Ching Cheng Cheak,
Ker ‐Chiah Wei,
Sreedharan Geetha Sajith,
Suet Bin Chai,
Giles Ming Yee Tan Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Does loneliness, self ‐esteem and psychological distress correlate with problematic internet use? A Bangladeshi survey study
ConclusionsThe present study highlights that PIU among Bangladeshi university students is an issue of concern and that targeted prevention is needed among emerging adults to help overcome the potentially negative effects of problematic internet use. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - April 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mohammed A. Mamun,
Md. Sharif Hossain,
Mst. Sabrina Moonajilin,
Mohammed Tanvir Masud,
Jannatul Mawa Misti,
Mark D. Griffiths Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Association between arterial hypertension and depressive symptoms: Results from population ‐based surveys in Peru
ConclusionsThere is an association between hypertension and depressive symptoms, but this varies depending on time since diagnosis. Thus, individuals with<1 year since diagnosis had the highest probability of having depressive symptoms; after that, that probability decreased as the time since diagnosis increased. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - March 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: David Villarreal ‐Zegarra,
Antonio Bernabe‐Ortiz Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Using therapeutic drug monitoring to personalize clozapine dosing in Asians
AbstractThis narrative review on clozapine blood levels or therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) includes sections focused on drug clearance and TDM, personalized dosing with TDM, clinical applications of TDM in Asians, and areas needing further study. Asian patients need half the clozapine dose (D) used in the United States to get the same blood concentrations (C). The concentration ‐to‐dose (C/D) ratio measures drug clearance. In the United States, the average clozapine patient usually needs from 300 to 600 mg/day to reach 350 ng/mL. US male smokers reach this therapeutic C with a D of 600 mg/day (C/D ratio of 0.60...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - March 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jose Leon,
Georgios Schoretsanitis,
John M. Kane,
Can ‐Jun Ruan Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
Gender differences and the correlates of violent behaviors among high school students in a post ‐conflict area in Indonesia
This study highlighted the interconnectedness between community violence exposure and violent behaviors among adolescents living in a post ‐conflict area. The study also emphasizes the association between problem behaviors and violent behaviors. The results demonstrate the importance of both reducing community violence exposure and identifying adolescents with behavioral problems in the prevention of violent behaviors. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - February 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fitri Fausiah,
Sherly Saragih Turnip,
Edvard Hauff Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - February 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Measurement invariances of the PHQ ‐9 across gender and age groups in Chinese adolescents
DiscussionThe results support the claim that the PHQ ‐9 is a reliable and valid scale and can be used to assess and compare depressive severity across ages and genders during the period of adolescence. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - February 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Doris Y.P. Leung,
Yim Wah Mak,
Sau Fong Leung,
Vico C.L. Chiang,
Alice Yuen Loke Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Validation of the Brief Negative Symptom Scale in Korean patients with schizophrenia
DiscussionOur findings confirm that the K ‐BNSS is a promising instrument for assessing negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and that negative symptoms are best conceptualized in the form of five domains. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - January 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Eunju Jeakal,
Kiho Park,
Eunbyeol Lee,
Gregory P. Strauss,
Kee ‐Hong Choi Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research
Moral injury from war and other severe trauma
AbstractMoral injury (MI) is a relatively new syndrome among military personnel with symptoms of post ‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While MI has received considerable attention in the psychological sciences, the syndrome has received relatively little notice within psychiatry. MI has been defined as the negative emotions that emerge from transgressing moral boundaries by military personnel du ring combat such as killing enemy combatants or innocent civilians, failing to protect innocents or fellow combatants, or observing others transgress moral boundaries. MI may also be frequent among civilians and health professi...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - January 12, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Harold G. Koenig,
Faten N. Al ‐Zaben Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research
Stigma in mental illness: Perspective from eight Asian nations
ConclusionThe causes of stigma tend to be similar across various nations, and this perhaps suggests that international collaboration and a concerted global effort to combat this problem might thus be a possibility. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - January 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kundadak Ganesh Kudva,
Samer El Hayek,
Anoop Krishna Gupta,
Shunya Kurokawa,
Liu Bangshan,
Maria Victoria C. Armas ‐Villavicencio,
Kengo Oishi,
Saumya Mishra,
Saratcha Tiensuntisook,
Norman Sartorius Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Seeking for potential pathogenic genes of major depressive disorder in the Gene Expression Omnibus database
DiscussionThe deregulated genes could be used as potential pathological factors of MDD. In addition, EEF2, RPL26L1, RPLP0, PRPF8, LSM3, DHX9, RSRC1, and AP2B1 might be therapeutic targets for MDD. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jianfei Feng,
Qing Zhou,
Wenquan Gao,
Yanying Wu,
Ruibin Mu Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Short stay unit for patients in acute mental health crisis: A case ‐control study of readmission rates
DiscussionSSP reduced repeated hospitalizations for patients in acute crisis by 42%. An identification of factors related to future admissions can inform future tailoring of this model of care to subgroups of patients. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 26, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jerneja Sveticic,
Kathryn Turner,
Shailendhra Bethi,
Ravikumar Krishnaiah,
Lee Williams,
Alice Almeida ‐Crasto,
Nicolas J. C. Stapelberg,
Samit Roy Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
