Editorial: Personality disorder(s) across diagnostic systems: what to assess and how
No abstract available (Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry)
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - December 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: PERSONALITY DISORDERS: Edited by Aleksandar Janca and Charles B. Pull Source Type: research
Addressing psychological resilience during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a rapid review
Purpose of review
The mental health toll on populations exposed to COVID-19 is alarming, and there is a need to address this with urgency. This current review provides insights on how individuals, communities, and specific populations, such as healthcare workers and patients are leveraging pre-COVID-19 and peri-COVID-19 factors to reinforce their psychological resilience during the global public health crisis.
Recent findings
Examination of the extant literature indicated that populations around the world rely often on support from their loved-ones, closed significant others, outdoor and physical activities, and...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - December 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS: Edited by Sidney H. Kennedy and Hans-Ulrich Wittchen Source Type: research
Functional neuroimaging biomarkers of resilience in major depressive disorder
Purpose of review
In this review we provide an overview of definitions and determinants of resilience in the context of neuroimaging research in major depressive disorder (MDD). We summarize emerging literature on functional neuroimaging biomarkers of resilience in MDD and discuss their clinical relevance and implications for future research.
Recent findings
Resilience in MDD is characterized by dissociable profiles of activation and functional connectivity within brain networks involved in cognitive control, emotion regulation, and reward processing. Increased activation of frontal cortical brain regions implic...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - December 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS: Edited by Sidney H. Kennedy and Hans-Ulrich Wittchen Source Type: research
Measuring resilience in children: a review of recent literature and recommendations for future research
Purpose of review
Understanding variability in developmental outcomes following exposure to early life adversity (ELA) has been an area of increasing interest in psychiatry, as resilient outcomes are just as prevalent as negative ones. However, resilient individuals are understudied in most cohorts and even when studied, resilience is typically defined as an absence of psychopathology. This review examines current approaches to resilience and proposes more comprehensive and objective ways of defining resilience.
Recent findings
Of the 36 studies reviewed, the most commonly used measure was the Strengths and Diff...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - December 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS: Edited by Sidney H. Kennedy and Hans-Ulrich Wittchen Source Type: research
Central and peripheral stress-induced epigenetic mechanisms of resilience
Purpose of review
Resilience is an adaptation process presented by an individual despite facing adversities. Epigenetic changes, such as histone acetylation/methylation and DNA methylation, have been demonstrated to mediate stress response. In this review, we summarize recent findings on epigenetic mechanisms contributing to stress resilience.
Recent findings
: Epigenetic modifications of genes involved in synaptic plasticity, endocrine, immune, and vascular systems are linked to resilience. For instance, increased DNA methylation of the nonneuronal growth factor Gdnf in specific brain regions promotes stress re...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - December 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS: Edited by Sidney H. Kennedy and Hans-Ulrich Wittchen Source Type: research
Editorial introductions
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Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - December 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: EDITORIAL INTRODUCTIONS Source Type: research
Optimizing the delivery of interventions for harmful alcohol use in primary healthcare: an update: Erratum
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Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - October 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ERRATUM Source Type: research
Advances in early identification of children and adolescents at risk for psychiatric illness
This article reviews current advances in the field.
Recent findings
Converging developmentally focused and predictive approaches are rapidly expanding in the field of early identification of children and adolescents at risk for psychiatric illness. Although the former emphasizes early phenotypic trajectories emerging in childhood and adolescence, the latter operate in terms of clinical risk staging. Decisive advances in the field include the metaanalytical evidence of the predictive value of clinical high-risk criteria in childhood–adolescence; the systematization of premorbid manifestations of psychotic vulnerability...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - October 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY: Edited by Richa Bhatia Source Type: research
Eating disorders in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Purpose of review
Eating disorders represent one of the most common psychiatric disorders in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), with a prevalence twice as high as in individuals without diabetes. The increased risk for acute and long-term medical complications and a three-fold mortality rate with this dual condition makes it extremely important to screen adolescents for eating disorders as soon as possible.
Recent findings
A number of 13 surveys in the last two years focussed on prevalence rates of disordered eating and associations with sociodemographic, eating disorder-specific and diabetes-related fa...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - October 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY: Edited by Richa Bhatia Source Type: research
Emotion-focused parenting interventions for prevention and treatment of child and adolescent mental health problems: a review of recent literature
Purpose of review
To review recent studies on emotion-focused parenting interventions to provide clinicians with knowledge about how these approaches might be used in prevention and treatment of mental health difficulties for children, adolescents and their families.
Recent findings
A number of emotion-focused parent interventions are reported in the literature, including emotion coaching/communication parenting programs, emotion-focused family therapy, attachment-focused parenting interventions (including those that address parental reflective functioning/mentalization), mindfulness parenting programs and behavioral ...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - October 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY: Edited by Richa Bhatia Source Type: research
Updates in technology-based interventions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Purpose of review
Technological advancement has led to the development of novel treatment approaches for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This review aims to review recent studies which employ the use of technology to treat ADHD, with particular focus on studies published during a 1-year period from February 2019 to February 2020.
Recent findings
Most recent studies involved children aged 12 years and below. Interventions included cognitive training through games, neurofeedback and a combination of several approaches. More novel approaches included trigeminal nerve stimulation and brain–computer inte...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - October 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY: Edited by Richa Bhatia Source Type: research
The role of stigma in children and adolescents with mental health difficulties
This article aims to provide an update on the literature pertaining to mental health-related stigma in children and adolescents.
Recent findings
Recent studies have investigated public stigma, self-stigma and affiliate stigma related to child and adolescent mental health difficulties. Research has typically employed a cross-sectional design. Significant variation was identified in both study methodology and study findings. Qualitative studies offer a unique perspective of stigma from the point of view of the stigmatized individual. Significantly, quantitative analysis has found different variables to be associated with ...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - October 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY: Edited by Richa Bhatia Source Type: research
Editorial: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health
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Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - October 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY: Edited by Richa Bhatia Source Type: research
Emerging trends in eating disorders among sexual and gender minorities
Purpose of review
To review the recent literature on eating disorders, disordered eating behaviors (DEB), and body image dissatisfaction among sexual and gender minority populations, including, but not limited to, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.
Recent findings
Overall, eating disorders, DEB, and body dissatisfaction are common among sexual and gender minority populations. Lifetime prevalence for anorexia nervosa (1.7%), bulimia nervosa (1.3%), and binge-eating disorder (2.2%) diagnoses are higher among sexual minority adults compared with cisgender heterosexual adults in the United States. Lifetime pr...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - October 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: EATING DISORDERS: Edited by Hans W. Hoek and Anna Keski-Rahkonen Source Type: research
The relationship between eating disorder psychopathology and sexuality: etiological factors and implications for treatment
Purpose of review
There is a remarkable overlap between eating disorders and sexual problems, both in terms of sexual dysfunctions and risky sexual behaviors. This systematic review of the recent literature aimed at clarifying the nature of this relationship in terms of psychopathological meaning.
Recent findings
Body image disturbance, and particularly body dissatisfaction and embodiment disorder, emerged as shared psychopathological dimensions between eating disorder symptoms and sexual dysfunctions. Interpersonal difficulties, a disturbed intimacy and insecure attachment style, but not a history of sexual abuse per...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - October 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: EATING DISORDERS: Edited by Hans W. Hoek and Anna Keski-Rahkonen Source Type: research
