Artificial Intelligence and Chatbots in Psychiatry
AbstractThe utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) in psychiatry has risen over the past several years to meet the growing need for improved access to mental health solutions. Additionally, shortages of mental health providers during the COVID-19 pandemic have continued to exacerbate the burden of mental illness worldwide. AI applications already in existence include those enabled to assist with psychiatric diagnoses, symptom tracking, disease course prediction, and psychoeducation. Modalities of AI mental health care delivery include availability through the internet, smartphone applications, and digital gaming. Here...
Source: Psychiatric Quarterly - February 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Post-traumatic Growth and Resilience among American Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
AbstractThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant psychological impact on medical professionals, including medical students, many who have been caring for patients on the frontlines. Understanding how medical students perceive their stressful life experiences is important as the mental health of these future physicians directly impacts their ability to care for patients. We assessed for post-traumatic growth and resilience in the face of traumatic events among a cohort of medical students that attended a medical school located in an early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between October 29, 2020 and December ...
Source: Psychiatric Quarterly - February 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Understanding Distribution of Gender and Race across Consultation Liaison Psychiatry in USA
This study reviewed the gender and racial distribution and its temporal trends among fellows in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (CLP) within the USA. A retrospective analysis was performed to evaluate the gender and race of fellows in CLP fellowship programs in the USA from 2007 to 2019. Data was retrieved from publicly available Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Resource Books. According to ACGME data, races were categorized as White (non-Hispanic), Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black (non-Hispanic), Native American/Alaskan, Others, and Unknown. Gender was self-reported as male, female, and ...
Source: Psychiatric Quarterly - February 23, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
An Update of Peer Support/Peer Provided Services Underlying Processes, Benefits, and Critical Ingredients
AbstractThe purpose of this article is to delineate the current state-of-the-knowledge of peer support following the framework employed in the 2004 article (Solomon, Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2004;27(4):392 –4011). A scoping literature was conducted and included articles from 1980 to present. Since 2004, major growth and advancements in peer support have occurred from the development of new specializations to training, certification, reimbursement mechanisms, competency standards and fidelity assessment. Peer support is now a service offered across the world and considered an indispens able mental health service. As the fie...
Source: Psychiatric Quarterly - February 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Gender and Racial Trends among Geriatric Psychiatry Fellows in the USA: A Call to Action
ConclusionThere are critical gaps in racial and gender representation in geriatric psychiatry fellowship programs in the USA. An inclusive workforce is required to address diverse communities and bridge gaps in physician workforce gender and racial disparities. (Source: Psychiatric Quarterly)
Source: Psychiatric Quarterly - January 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Gender and Racial Disparity among Addiction Psychiatry Fellows in the United States
AbstractThe United States (US) has a culturally diverse population. However, the percentage of underrepresented minorities (URMs) and women in healthcare does not fully reflect their current and future demographics. Our objective was to explore and forecast the gender and racial trends in the US addiction psychiatry fellowship programs. A retrospective analysis was performed using data from Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Resource Books which encompassed US addiction psychiatry fellows from 2007 to 2020. Simple linear and multiple regression were used to predict the 2030 addiction psychiatry wo...
Source: Psychiatric Quarterly - January 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Citizenship, Social Justice and Collective Empowerment: Living Outside Mental Illness
AbstractCitizenship is emerging as one of the world ’s leading models to shift mental health care from artificial psychiatric settings into more natural community settings by incorporating human rights. This paper describes a four-session roundtable series entitled Citizenship, Social Justice, and Collective Empowerment: Living Outside Mental Illne ss. These roundtables were part of the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). They were built on the conviction that people who have lived experiences of mental health challenges and engaged in making community connections should be at the center...
Source: Psychiatric Quarterly - January 20, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Adjunctive Nonconvulsive Electrotherapy for Patients with Depression: a Systematic Review
Abstract
The efficacy and safety of adjunctive nonconvulsive electrotherapy (NET) for patients with depression are undetermined. This systematic review was conducted to examine the efficacy and safety of adjunctive NET for patients with depression. Chinese (WanFang and Chinese Journal Net) and English (PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Library) databases were systematically searched from their inception until Jan 27, 2021 by three independent investigators. One randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 3 treatment arms (n = 108) and two observational studies (single-group, before-after design, n = 31) were...
Source: Psychiatric Quarterly - November 3, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
