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
Analysis of the trends of polypharmacy and high ‐dose prescriptions in Japan
DiscussionThe Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription Patterns surveys demonstrated that science plays a limited role in the decision-making process for prescriptions of psychotropic medications. Such prescriptions are influenced by a wide range of factors, such as the national mental health policy, prescription-financing systems, the history of psychiatry in each country, and the prevailing culture. Hospital-based national mental health policies and mental health financing systems have been the primary obstacles to reducing polypharmacy in Japan. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - September 14, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Naotaka Shinfuku Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
A quarter of century after: The changing ecology of psychiatric emergency services
This study aims to survey the current epidemiology and the changing ecology of emergency psychiatry services in Taiwan.MethodsA total of 804 psychiatry consultations were initiated at the ED during the 1-year period from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 in a medical center in northern Taiwan. Clinical data of gender, age, chief complaints, tentative diagnoses, dispositions, and ED staying hours were compared to a previous report in the same hospital in 1988.ResultsPsychiatry consultation was initiated in 0.72% of all ED visits (804/111,923). Among these visits, females were 1.73 times of the males. The most common chief compl...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - September 12, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wen ‐Hao Chen,
Ming H. Hsieh,
Shih‐Cheng Liao,
Chen‐Chung Liu,
Chih‐Min Liu,
Chi‐Shin Wu,
Yi‐Ting Lin,
Tzung‐Jeng Hwang,
Yi‐Ling Chien Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Resilience and its inter ‐relationship with symptomatology, illness course, psychosocial functioning, and mediational roles in schizophrenia: A systematic review
DiscussionViewed within the context of various resiliency models (compensatory, challenge, protective factor models), suggestions were made to enhance resilience and balance risk versus protective factors in order to improve disease management. Future research should seek to better elucidate associated biomarkers, inter-relationships with carer resilience, and evaluate the efficacy of suitable resilience-targeted interventions in schizophrenia. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - August 26, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jerry Jay Yeo,
Qian Hui Chew,
Kang Sim Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - August 11, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: CORRIGENDUM Source Type: research
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Language disorder as a marker for schizophrenia
AbstractA language disorder is a significant symptom of schizophrenia. A psychiatrist can find this disorder when interviews with a patient. Screening and diagnosis in patients with schizophrenia alone rely heavily on interviews conducted on patients and any instructions captured from patients both verbally and nonverbally. A psychiatrist can also analyze the language aspects in schizophrenia from a language level perspective ranging from phonetic to pragmatic. This analysis paves the way for the process of interference detection since the prodromal phase. Language disorder in schizophrenia is often associated with impaire...
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - July 31, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dhenni Hartopo,
Royke Tony Kalalo Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
Comprehensive approaches to youth suicide prevention
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - July 2, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Andres J. Pumariega Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research
Suicide prevention is everybody's business
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - July 2, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gabriel Ivbijaro Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research
Suicide prevention and COVID ‐19
DiscussionIncrease in suicide is not inevitable and suicide prevention during pandemics and post COVID 19 pandemics requires a collaborative whole system approach. We require real time data to inform dynamic action planning. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - June 11, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gabriel Ivbijaro,
Lucja Kolkiewicz,
David Goldberg,
Isatou N. S. N'jie,
Todd Edwards,
Michelle B. Riba,
Igor Švab,
Jeffrey Geller,
Yaccub Enum Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research
Suicide prevention in older adults
ConclusionsSuicide prevention in older adults should broaden its focus and pay attention to the many socio-environmental conditions that may be relevant in older age, especially social isolation, financial security and physical health. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - June 11, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Carlos Augusto Mendon ça Lima,
Diego De Leo,
Gabriel Ivbijaro,
Igor Svab Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research
The role of internet gaming in the association between anxiety and depression: A preliminary cross ‐sectional study
ConclusionFindings suggest a dual role of Internet gaming in the association between anxiety and depression, depending on the intensity of one's disordered gaming symptoms. Depression prevention and intervention protocols should be optimized by considering the effects of Internet gaming among anxious gamers by focusing on the intensity of a gamer's involvement and any gaming disorder symptoms. Further research should include clinical samples to better understand this interaction. (Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry)
Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - May 26, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Vasileios Stavropoulos,
Jeremy Vassallo,
Tyrone Leonard Burleigh,
Rapson Gomez,
Michelle Colder Carras Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry - May 19, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
