The silent epidemic: Death by suicide among physicians
AbstractSuicidal deaths among physicians have been on a steady rise in the past few decades, despite being a part of the healthcare system, training for early identification and easy access to treatment services. While there is no doubt that this warrants concern at individual, institutional, and community levels, physician suicide remains an under-researched topic. We examine the correlates of suicidal deaths among physicians along with risks and protective factors conferred to physicians as a population and emphasize the need for preventive and risk-reduction initiatives that are specifically tailored for physicians and ...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gayatri Bhatia,
Pawan Sharma,
Arghya Pal,
Arpit Parmar Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - November 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Low mental health literacy and its association with depression, anxiety and poor sleep quality in Chinese elderly
ConclusionGiven the low MHL and its association with poor mental health in the Chinese elderly, policymakers and health professionals should improve the older adults' MHL, which could be conducive to the prevention and control of their mental health problems. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - October 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kai ‐Rong Ding,
Shi‐Bin Wang,
Wen‐Qi Xu,
Li‐Hua Lin,
Dan‐Dan Liao,
Hong‐Bei Chen,
Wen‐Yan Tan,
Jia‐Hao Huang,
Cai‐Lan Hou,
Fu‐Jun Jia Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - August 19, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
A 5 ‐year community program in Singapore to prevent cognitive decline
DiscussionIn summary, a CSA intervention improved cognition. MCI and those involved in two CSAs gained greater benefits from the CSAs. These sustained improvements in cognitive functions could have a significant impact on delaying or preventing dementia. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - August 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ted Kheng Siang Ng,
Lei Feng,
Ru Yuan Chua,
Lee Gan Goh,
Ee Heok Kua,
Rathi Mahendran Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
“It seemed like my fault for wanting to become a mother …”—Experiences and perceptions related to motherhood in women with severe mental illness
ConclusionMothers with SMI prize motherhood but navigate through it with various adverse experiences. The results of this study, grounded in their voices, provide critical insights for service and policy provisions in perinatal psychiatry. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - August 3, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Debanjan Banerjee,
Rashmi Arasappa,
Prabha S. Chandra,
Geetha Desai Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
A comparative review of the epidemiology of mental disorders in Australia and India
This article provides a comparative review of the epidemiology of mental disorders in Australia and India, summarizing and comparing prevalence rates in both countries based upon available data. Overall, it is evident that Australia has higher prevalence rates of mental disorders than India, across most diagnostic groups. Australia has the highest prevalence of anxiety disorders whereas India has the highest prevalence of substance use disorders; including tobacco use disorders. The next most prevalent mental disorders in India are depressive disorders. However, there are demographic parameters such as gender and age as we...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - June 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nagesh Pai,
Shae ‐Leigh Vella,
David Castle Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
Replication of the abnormal niacin response in first episode psychosis measured using laser Doppler flowmeter
DiscussionThese data represent the NRA in patients with FEP, defining a small subgroup of patients with early-phase psychosis possessing a clinically significant phospholipid-signaling defect. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - June 3, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: RanPiao Gan,
YuanQiao Zhao,
GuiSen Wu,
JiaHui Zeng,
YeGang Hu,
LiHua Xu,
YanYan Wei,
XiaoChen Tang,
XiaoHua Liu,
HaiChun Liu,
Tao Chen,
JiJun Wang,
TianHong Zhang Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - April 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
A century of Morita therapy: What has and has not changed
AbstractWe review the history of Morita therapy (MT), which has existed for over 100 years, and examine what has changed over that period and what has not. Classic MT, which was dependent on a highly strict therapeutic approach, gradually lost its pre-eminence, but at the same time, the fundamental theory of MT was refined. This theory came to be applied to current outpatient MT and adapted to inpatient MT. As MT was refined, a standard training system for therapists was established, adaptations to modern conditions were made and expanded, and comparisons to and dialogs with other psychotherapeutic concepts such as mind...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - April 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mitsuhiro Nakamura,
Hidehito Niimura,
Kenji Kitanishi Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
An international medical education perspective on training in child and adolescent psychiatry
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - February 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Paul Robertson Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research
Piloting online training in the Pacific ‐Ophelia project for child and adolescent mental health
ConclusionThis program offers an integration of research and practice. This regional approach to understanding telehealth capacity for Pacific Island mental health services is valuable for informing decision-making with respect to clinical care, management, workforce training and policy. It also provided an opportunity to improve health inequalities, by improving access to CAMH training via telehealth. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - February 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Odille Chang,
Brigid Ryan,
Elaine Liebetrau,
Paul Robertson Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - February 16, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Romanian psychiatric residents' opinions on factors that influence their decision to emigrate: A 5 ‐year follow‐up study
ConclusionsThe factors (better training in psychiatry and psychotherapy, better supervision, more involvement in research) that influence the residents' decision to emigrate represent the starting points for future reforms in educational and medical system in psychiatry. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 30, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Adriana Mihai,
Silvia Maria Trandafir,
Lavinia Duica,
Alex Mihai,
Cosmin Lungu,
Mihail Cristian Pirlog Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
