Profiling mentally ill offenders in Hong Kong: A 10 ‐year retrospective review study
This study aimed to analyze the estimated prevalence of mental disorders among offenders and compare the estimated crime rate between mentally ill patients and the total population in Hong Kong.MethodsService data of offenders referred to psychiatrists at the Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre from January 2011 to December 2020 were analyzed. Demographic data of gender, age on admission, educational level, principal psychiatric diagnosis, index offense, and assessment outcome were collected.ResultsData of 7535 offenders (74.8% males) aged 14 to 97 (mean: 41.3  ± 13.7) years were analyzed. More than 60% (66.2%) had a diagnosab...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bonnie Wei Man Siu, Eric Shek Kin Lai, Jessica Pui Yan Lam, Clement Chan, Anita Wai Lan Chan, Kin Yan Chu, Sek Lim Leong, Sing Heung Lui, Amy Ching Yung Liu, Dorothy Yuen Yee Tang, Wai Lam So, Hon Wah Leung, Cycbie Ching Man Mok, Ming Lam Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Interpersonal psychotherapy for complex posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood physical and emotional abuse with great severity of depression: A case report
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yuko Toshishige, Masaki Kondo, Tatsuo Akechi Tags: CLINICAL CASE CONFERENCE Source Type: research

Use of modern technology in psychiatry training in a middle ‐income country
AbstractRecent advances in information technology (IT) provided us with novel teaching solutions, with the potential of a new enhanced learning experience, that is, more adapted to the needs and preferences of the younger generations of psychiatric trainees. These tools include the use of online/virtual whiteboards, live surveys/polls, live quizzes, virtual classrooms, and virtual reality. In the present paper, we describe the implementation of modern technology in psychiatric training in Tunisia, a North-African middle-income country. We discuss the potential benefits arising from this implementation, and we report the ch...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sami Ouanes, Amine Larnaout, Lamia Jouini Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

Training and retaining mental health professionals: The Romanian experience in the European Union
ConclusionAlthough in a trend toward improvement of health services, "brain drain" has been and continues to be a massive phenomenon among Romanian psychiatrists, mainly driven to Western-European countries due to financial reasons, various shortcomings in overall infrastructure, and because of the lack of continuous professional and personal development opportunities. As the world is currently facing an unprecedented mental health crisis, steps must be taken to improve psychiatric training, retain psychiatrists in Romania, and provide better national mental health services. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ana Giurgiuca, Catalina Giurgi ‐Oncu, Valentin Petre Matei Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

How to improve the quality of World Psychiatric Association educational activities? Results from an online survey with World Psychiatric Association zonal representatives
ConclusionsThese findings represent the first step in the continuing promotion of education carried out by the WPA. We aim to run these kinds of initiatives from time to time in order to adapt themes and topics of these materials to the real educational needs of all mental healthcare professionals worldwide. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gaia Sampogna, Andrea Fiorillo, Danuta Wasserman Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

How to overcome barriers to publication in low ‐ and middle‐income countries: Recommendations from early career psychiatrists and researchers from around the world
AbstractThere is an increasing movement toward international collaboration and global discussion in mental health. If provided with the right opportunities, early career psychiatrists (ECPs) and researchers in mental health can contribute meaningfully to this discussion. However, they often experience multiple barriers when attempting to add their voices via academic publications. We represent a diverse group of ECPs and researchers from all six World Health Organization regions. In this piece, we discuss these barriers, grounded in our first-hand experiences, and put forth a series of recommendations. The most potentially...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sarah El Halabi, Zargham Abbas, Fisayo Adesokun, Frances Adiukwu, Agah Ashrafi, Renato de Filippis, Jibril Handuleh, Florence Jaguga, Ruta Karaliuniene, Ozge Kilic, Sachin Nagendrappa, Margaret Ojeahere, Oluseun Peter Ogunnubi, Dorottya Ori, Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

Training and education in digital psychiatry: A perspective from Asia ‐Pacific region
ConclusionImplementing psychiatry training programs may significantly improve the level of knowledge and use of digital tools in mental healthcare. Moreover, mental health services and infrastructures should be properly adapted to the digital era, considering the overall weak and heterogeneous technical support and equipment, issues of internet connectivity, and other administrative-related challenges observed in APAC. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Laura Orsolini, Chonnakarn Jatchavala, Isa Multazam Noor, Ramdas Ransing, Yuto Satake, Sheikh Shoib, Bigya Shah, Irfan Ullah, Umberto Volpe Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

Training the trainers: Finding new educational opportunities in the virtual world
AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted scientific gatherings and conferences, opening up opportunities for virtual learning platforms. Realizing the potential of online academic exchanges, the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) also developed virtual avenues and information systems for capacity building of mental health professionals across the world. Among its first such initiatives, the WPA organized a virtual Train the Trainers workshop, where 123 psychiatrists, psychiatric trainees, and educators from 45 countries participated. The innovative and interactive workshop allowed participants to get to know each other...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Franziska Baessler, Norman Sartorius, Afzal Javed, Allan Tasman, Bulent Coskun, Dorota Frydecka, Olga Kazakova, Gaia Sampogna, Olena Zhabenko, Katja Koelkebeck, Cenan Hepdurgun, Ali Zafar, Andrea Fiorillo Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

Education and training on addiction psychiatry in low and middle income countries: Observations from existing literature and recommendations going ahead
ConclusionsStrengthening of the training on addictive disorders shall not only help bridge the gap of the unmet need for the evidence-based interventions of addictive disorders across these countries it shall also help enhance the research capacity on addictive disorders in these countries. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Pawan Sharma, Nishtha Chawla Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

Education and training in psychiatry in low ‐ and middle‐income countries during and after the COVID‐19 pandemic
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Andrea Fiorillo, Afzal Javed Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research

Implementing competency ‐based medical education curriculum in undergraduate psychiatric training in India: Opportunities and challenges
AbstractMedical education in India is undergoing a landmark transformation under the National Medical Commission implementing competency-based medical education (CBME). The CBME approach intends to ensure that medical graduates acquire the competencies needed to fulfill the health needs of the patient and society. This outcome-based approach shifts the focus from the traditional knowledge-based training to skill-based training valued on attitude, ethics, and communication (AETCOM) competencies. CBME thus aims to create medical professionals capable of providing holistic care with compassion and excellence embracing the glo...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sreeja Sahadevan, Neetu Kurian, Anu Mary Mani, Manohar Rao Kishor, Vikas Menon Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

Education and training in psychiatry in South Asian countries
This article will look to explore education and training in psychiatry in some of the South Asian countries with a special focus on India. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, Arun Enara Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

Training of psychiatry and mental health in a low ‐ and middle‐income country: Experience from Thailand before and after COVID‐19 outbreak
AbstractSince the start of COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, training of psychiatry and mental health has been impacted considerably. We illustrated the change of academic and clinical psychiatric residency training procedure at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, a developing country situated in South East Asia which is categorized in the low and middle income category of countries. The training setting has set up a task force responsible to set various strategies in response to the COVID-19 measure of social and physical distancing to maintain standard of care for psychiatric patients and educational experience...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - December 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rasmon Kalayasiri, Sorawit Wainipitapong Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

A comparison of child and adolescent psychiatry in the Far East, the Middle East, and Southeast Europe
This study compared CAP training programs and CAMHS workforce using the World Psychiatric Association, CAP Section's regional studies data.ResultsThis study included data from 44 countries: 18 countries in the Far East, 15 countries in the Middle East, and 11 countries in Southeast Europe. There were significant differences both within, and between, the three included regions with regards to availability and infrastructure of CAP training programs. Besides Greece, all included countries reported the need for more child and adolescent psychiatrists and allied child and adolescent mental health professionals.DiscussionThere ...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - October 19, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Martine Stecher Nielsen, Carolyn E. Clausen, Tomoya Hirota, Hojka Kumperscak, Anthony Guerrero, Hitoshi Kaneko, Norbert Skokauskas Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Predictors of prolonged grief disorder in Chinese elderly shidu parents: The role of perceived stigma and perceived stress
This study aimed to investigate predictors of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) among Chinese elderly shidu parents.MethodsTwo hundred and ninety-eight elderly shidu parents from Shenyang were included in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed a questionnaire including the Prolonged Grief questionnaire-13 (PG-13), the PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scales (CES-D), the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10). Multiple linear regression was used to examine socio-demographic, bereavement-related and...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - October 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Shuang Zhao, Longfei Ren, Qiong Wang, Meijun Long, Hui Wu, Yang Wang Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research