Psychiatric Advance Directives and their relevance to improving psychiatric care in Asian countries
AbstractPeople with mental illness may be unable to provide critical input about the care they wish to receive during a psychiatric crisis because of altered mental states. It is therefore imperative that clinicians seek to understand service users ’ wishes for care while they are well and able to provide meaningful input into the discussion. Achieving such an end may be done by discussing and completing a psychiatric advance directive. However, very few Asian countries have legislation that supports such advance directives. The present arti cle seeks to give physicians more information about advance psychiatric directiv...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Daniel Poremski,
Mark Alexander,
Tina Fang,
Giles Ming ‐Yee Tan,
Samantha Ong,
Alex Su,
Daniel Fung,
Hong Choon Chua Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research
Safety and effectiveness of lurasidone for the treatment of schizophrenia in Asian patients: Results of a 26 ‐week open‐label extension study
This study was designed to evaluate the long ‐term safety and effectiveness of lurasidone in the treatment of schizophrenia among Asian patients.MethodsPatients (N = 281) with schizophrenia who had completed a randomized, double ‐blind (DB), 6‐week comparison of lurasidone (40 and 80 mg/day) and placebo were enrolled in a 26‐week extension study in which all patients received open‐label (OL), flexible doses of lurasidone (40 or 80 mg/day). Effectiveness was measured using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PA NSS) scale.ResultsFifty ‐seven percent of patients completed the OL extension study; 16.7% disco...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Teruhiko Higuchi,
Jun Ishigooka,
Masaomi Iyo,
Katsuhiko Hagi Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Issue Information
No abstract is available for this article. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - November 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
An update to “Care for the seafarers: A review of mental health in Austronesia,” with specific recommendation to address climate change
Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, EarlyView. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - November 16, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Anthony P.S. Guerrero,
Daniel Fung,
Tamasailau Suaalii ‐Sauni,
Tjhin Wiguna Tags: LETTER TO THE EDITOR Source Type: research
Speech in Catatonia —A Terra Incognita!
Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, EarlyView. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - November 11, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ahmed Naguy Tags: LETTER TO THE EDITOR Source Type: research
Preventing suicide, promoting resilience: Is this achievable from a global perspective?
AbstractSuicide continues to be a major health concern globally despite many initiatives to identify risk factors and methods for suicide prevention. We have carried out a detailed narrative review of the literature from 2016 to 2019 using the headings of Personal resilience (P1), People (P2), Places (P3), Prevention (P4), Promoting collaboration (P5), and Promoting research (P6) in order to support an integrated approach to suicide prevention and the promotion of personal and population resilience. We have made 10 key recommendations on how this can be moved forward. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - November 10, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gabriel Ivbijaro,
Lucja Kolkiewicz,
David Goldberg,
Michelle B. Riba,
Isatou N.S. N'jie,
Jeffrey Geller,
Roy Kallivayalil,
Afzal Javed,
Igor Švab,
Paul Summergrad,
Sumaya Laher,
Yaccub Enum Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
Stigmas toward psychosis ‐related clinical features among the general public in Taiwan
DiscussionOur respondents posed a differentiable attitude towards PLE, APS, and schizophrenia, while exhibiting no difference between APS and depression. Certain personal attributes were correlated with stigma levels. Further investigation about mental health literacy and attitudes towards subjects with psychotic symptoms in the general public is warranted. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - November 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yen ‐Chin Wang,
Yi‐Ting Lin,
Chih‐Min Liu,
Tzung‐Jeng Hwang,
Ming H. Hsieh,
Yi‐Ling Chien,
Hai‐Gwo Hwu,
Chen‐Chung Liu Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Schizophrenia neuro exam: The oft ‐times‐overlooked motor symptom domain
Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, EarlyView. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - October 27, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ahmed Naguy Tags: LETTER TO THE EDITOR Source Type: research
Brief Report. A qualitative study of maternal mental health services in New Zealand: Perspectives of M āori and Pacific mothers and midwives
ConclusionThere are gaps in MMH services, and service improvements need to be targeted at patient, provider, and systems levels. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gabrielle Holden,
Arden L. Corter,
Susan Hatters ‐Friedman,
Ian Soosay Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Issue Information
No abstract is available for this article. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - August 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Mindfulness ‐based cognitive therapy is associated with distinct resting‐state neural patterns in patients with generalized anxiety disorder
In this study, we examined the potential neural mechanisms through which MBCT may reduce anxiety in patients with mild‐to‐moderate GAD.MethodsEight weekly group MBCT sessions (2 h each) were conducted with 32 GAD patients. Resting ‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used, along with clinical and mindfulness profiles. A regional homogeneity (ReHo) approach was applied, and resting‐state functional connectivity in the default mode network (DMN) using the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) seed was examined .ResultsMBCT reduced the anxiety and increased the mindfulness abilities of patients. After MB...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - July 27, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Xing ‐Rong Zhao,
Zhuang‐Fei Chen,
Chuan‐Yuan Kang,
Rui‐Xiang Liu,
Jun‐Yun Bai,
Yu‐Ping Cao,
Yu‐Qi Cheng,
Xiu‐Feng Xu,
Ya‐Lin Zhang Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Fluoxetine ‐related mania in an adolescent girl diagnosed with selective mutism: A case report
Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, EarlyView. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - June 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: İsmail Akaltun,
Hamza Ayaydin Tags: CLINICAL CASE CONFERENCE Source Type: research
A structured review of psychiatric rehabilitation for individuals living with severe mental illness within three regions of the Asia ‐Pacific: Implications for practice and policy
DiscussionConsideration of the six themes and their implications should help raise awareness of the issues involved in the provision of psychiatric rehabilitation in the Asia ‐Pacific region and may improve outcomes for people living with severe mental illness. Suggested strategies include: developing a shared understanding of psychiatric rehabilitation; establishing quality legislation that's well implemented; adapting evidence‐based models to develop culturally app ropriate services; implementing stigma reduction and empowerment‐based interventions; and, ensuring coordinated action among all stakeholders, combined ...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - June 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Harry Hill,
Helen Killaspy,
Padmavati Ramachandran,
Roger Man Kin Ng,
Nicole Bulman,
Carol Harvey Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
Issue Information
No abstract is available for this article. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - June 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
