Exploring cause-specific strategies for suicide prevention in India: A multivariate VARMA approach
This study investigates time-series data with multiple variables to model and forecast suicide events in India. Utilizing official suicide statistics (2001-2021), results highlight the superiority of the multivariate VARMA model over VAR and univariate ARIMA models. This approach uncovers overlooked patterns and a concerning upward trend in future Indian suicide incidents. The research provides insights that aid public health professionals in targeting high-need areas and enhancing readiness and suggests cause-specific preventive strategies to counter this trend.PMID:38160524 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103871 (Source: Asian ...
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 31, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: None Anjali Rushi Kumar B Source Type: research
A novel approach to modulating response inhibition: Multi-channel beta transcranial alternating current stimulation
CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate that in-phase beta-tACS over rIFG-preSMA network can effectively improve response inhibition in healthy adults and provides a new potential treatment for patients with deficits in response inhibition.PMID:38159441 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103872 (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Qiujian Meng Ying Zhu Ye Yuan Jiafang Liu Lin Ye Weimin Kong Chenxi Yan Zhen Liang Fei Yang Kai Wang Junjie Bu Source Type: research
Public health and mental health in the south and east of Asia: Review of opportunities for collaborative research and public health action
Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Dec 20;92:103886. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103886. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38159446 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103886 (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Connie Svob Christopher A Lemon Yvonne A Bonomo Source Type: research
Feeling out of synchrony: Investigating the vulnerability of self in subclinical realms
Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Dec 14;91:103859. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103859. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38157633 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103859 (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Andrea Scalabrini Michelangelo De Amicis Agostino Brugnera Marco Cavicchioli Yasir Çatal Kaan Keskin Javier Gomez Pilar Jianfeng Zhang Bella Osipova Angelo Compare Andrea Greco Francesco Benedetti Clara Mucci Georg Northoff Source Type: research
Evaluation of the psychometric indicators of the Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory in Iranian adults
CONCLUSION: The CATI-I demonstrates satisfactory reliability and validity in measuring autism traits. It is an appropriate model for the second-order social and non-social factors, and it also shows measurement invariance across genders.PMID:38157634 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103885 (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mohammadreza Kordbagheri Alireza Kordbagheri Natalie Tayim Mohammadreza Davoudi Source Type: research
Mechanistic account of the left auditory cortex for tone-matching in schizophrenia: A pilot transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) sham-controlled study
CONCLUSION: The findings contribute to our understanding of hf-tRNS effects on early auditory processing in schizophrenia.PMID:38157711 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103879 (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Cl ément Dondé Laure Fivel Fr éderic Haesebaert Emmanuel Poulet Marine Mondino J érôme Brunelin Source Type: research
Neuroscience in pictures:1. History of psychiatric neuroscience
Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Dec 14;92:103869. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103869. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOur understanding of the brain basis of mental illness has evolved over three and half millennia. Early insights into the role of the brain in relation to the mind faded during the middle ages as mental illness became the province of religion, spirituality, and philosophy. Psychiatry became a medical discipline again as medical and scientific thinking evolved during the 17th century. However, progress in neuroscience and astute clinical observations were punctuated by setbacks due to lingering dualism, reductionistic thi...
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Matcheri S Keshavan Seo Ho Michael Song Yelu Zhang Paulo Lizano Source Type: research
Electroconvulsive therapy in South Asia: Past, present, and future
Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Dec 17;92:103875. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103875. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe practice of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) varies both between and within countries. We aimed to review historical and current trends in ECT practices, perceptions, and legislations in South Asia, a region with a high burden of mental illness and suicide. We searched MEDLINE (PubMed) and Google Scholar databases for relevant literature on ECT from each country. Additionally, a team of country-specific investigators performed supplemental searches and contacted key country contacts for relevant information. Relevant ...
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Vikas Menon Sujita Kumar Kar Snehil Gupta Anuradha Baminiwatta Ali Burhan Mustafa Pawan Sharma Bandita Abhijita S M Yasir Arafat Source Type: research
Range adaptive value representations in schizophrenia and major depression
This study aimed to examine range adaptation in SCZ patients and MDD patients. Fifty SCZ, 46 MDD patients and 56 controls completed the Effort-based Pleasure Experience Task to measure EV and OV adaptation. SCZ and MDD patients showed altered range adaptation, albeit in different patterns. SCZ patients exhibited over-adaptation to OV and reduced adaptation to EV. By contrast, MDD patients exhibited diminished OV adaptation but intact EV adaptation. Both OV and EV adaptation were correlated with anhedonia and amotivation in SCZ and MDD. Taken together, our findings suggest that range adaptation is altered in both SCZ and MD...
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ling-Ling Wang Simon S Y Lui Jane W L So Hui-Xin Hu Min-Yi Chu Koi-Man Cheng Shuai-Biao Li Bei-Lin Le Qin-Yu Lv Zheng-Hui Yi Raymond C K Chan Source Type: research
Effect of metformin on the risk of depression: A systematic review and meta-regression of observational studies
Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Dec 23;92:103894. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103894. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38157715 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103894 (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yin Zhang Vivien Kin-Yi Chan Sandra Sau Man Chan Esther Wai Yin Chan Chi Ho Lee Ian Ck Wong Xue Li Source Type: research
Addressing sexual harassment in psychiatry: Urgent actions to ensure safety and well-being of healthcare professionals
Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Dec 19;92:103881. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103881. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38157716 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103881 (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yu Xiao Ting-Ting Chen Na Du Xiao-Hong Wu Source Type: research
Examining the clinical effectiveness of continuation and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in schizophrenia
CONCLUSION: In schizophrenia, C/M ECT preserves effects on illness severity for at least upto 6 months following an acute course of ECT. Bitemporal ECT vis a vis other electrode positions differentiated clinical severity over time.PMID:38157717 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103895 (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rachna George Vijay Krishnan Daniel Talbot James Elhindi Prashanth Mayur Anthony Harris Source Type: research
Urgent attention needed for the mental health of people in Gaza: A call for global action
Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Nov 30;91:103851. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103851. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38154351 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103851 (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Karzan Qurbani Sirwan Khalid Ahmed Safin Hussein Rukhsar Muhammad Omar Source Type: research
The smoldering pandemic: Prevalence of prolonged grief disorder. A cross-sectional study of bereaving adults during the COVID pandemic in Pakistan
Discussions about grief and measures to curb its psychological effects are crucial in the post-pandemic world.PMID:38154352 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103870 (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ayesha Siddiqua Shaaf Ahmad Iqra Nawaz Muhammad Zeeshan Amina Rao Source Type: research
A prospective cohort study to assess the prevalence and risk factors of antepartum depression and its effect on maternal and fetal outcome
This study was designed to determine i) the prevalence rate of APD in the Indian population and its associated risk factors, ii) the impact of APD on maternal and fetal outcomes. A retrospective cohort study was conducted among antenatal women in the third trimester and screened for antepartum depression between October 2021 and March 2022 by adopting the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). In the study population, 36.6 % had mild to moderate level of depressive symptoms (EPDS score of 8-12) and 28 % had high levels of depressive symptoms (EPDS score of ≥13). An unplanned pregnancy, a history of abortion, and a ...
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ushma Roy Dharitri Swain Source Type: research
