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A Qualitative Investigation Into Faith and LGBTQ Identities in a Nonclinical Sample of Readers of the Dear Abby Column: The Dear Abby Project
To better understand the relationship between faith and LGBTQ+ identity, we conducted a qualitative analysis of 86 respondents to a general question posed through the Dear Abby column. Responses were anonymized and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Analysis revealed six themes, reflecting a diversity of lived experience from community rejection to acceptance, and self-rejection to feelings of acceptance by God. Despite frequent media portrayals of conflict between faith and LGBTQ+ identity, the reality is more complex, and faith and LGBTQ+ identity development can be complementary. (Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - December 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Poststroke Bipolar Disorder
Various diseases that impact different systems and organs in the body may trigger manic episodes. Strokes are often associated with psychiatric symptoms, particularly depressive and, more rarely, manic. We herein report a case of bipolar disorder secondary to cerebrovascular disease in a 67-year-old man with no personal or family history of psychiatric illness who, at the age of 64, had a bilateral ischemic stroke in the middle cerebral artery territory. About 20 days after this stroke, he experienced a manic episode. Three years later, he experienced a second manic episode, with another hospitalization in a psychiatric wa...
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Brief Reports Source Type: research

Client and Clinical Utility of the Assessment of Personality Disorders
This study reports on four focus groups followed up by a Delphi study among clinicians working with clients with personality disorders (PD) and clients with PD themselves to harness both user groups' perspectives on the utility of PD diagnosis. Our findings show that the client and clinician views of the concept of utility were closely aligned and include aspects of transparency of communication and the ability of an assessment to enhance hope, curiosity, motivation, and insight into a client's personality patterns. Unique to clinicians' appraisal was the ability of an assessment to capture both vulnerabilities and resilie...
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Brief Reports Source Type: research

The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: A Narrative Review of Evidence
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are characterized by a recurrent and maladaptive use of drugs and/or alcohol. Cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs) comprise different types of interventions: traditional CBT and the more recent “third wave” behavior therapies, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), and schema therapy (ST). We searched English-language articles published between 2014 and present. This review includes randomized controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-RCTs, pilot studies, and reviews of CBTs for SUDs available on PubMed. Resu...
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

The Relationship of Comorbid Overweight-Obesity With Cold Executive Functions, Verbal Short-Term Memory, and Learning in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
This study show that overweight/obesity comorbid with ADHD may not be associated with cold executive functions, verbal short-term memory, learning, or ADHD symptom severity. (Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Obsessive Thought, Compulsive Behavior, and Their Associations With Suicide Ideation and Attempts and Major Depressive Disorder: A Nationwide Community Sample of Korean Adults
In this study, we defined obsessive thoughts (OT) as bothersome, unpleasant thoughts about oneself that keep entering the mind against one's will, and compulsive behavior (CB) as behavior that a person repeats against his or her wishes. The study included 12,532 adults selected randomly through a one-person-per-household method. Each subject selected underwent a face-to-face interview using the Korean version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview with a questionnaire that examines lifetime suicide attempts (LSAs). Among the participants, 341 (2.74%) had OT and 639 (5.14%) had CB. The highest LSA rate was in s...
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Effect of Recorded Maternal Voice on Emergence Delirium in Children Under General Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
To determine the effect of recorded maternal voice on emergence delirium (ED) in children under general anesthesia, a three-group randomized trial was conducted. A total of 102 children were randomly assigned to mother recording group (n = 34), stranger recording group (n = 34), and control group (n = 34). All subjects were assessed for ED with the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium Scale; pain with the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability Scale; and various recovery durations and hemodynamic parameters at six time points. One-way analysis of variance showed that the ED score was significantly lower in the mot...
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Mental Health, Social Support, and Death Anxiety in Patients With Chronic Kidney Failure
Conclusion: Mental health and social support constructs can relatively predict the variations of death anxiety in patients with chronic kidney failure. (Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Hypertension and Its Associated Mental Health Challenges Among Female African Refugees in Durban, South Africa
Hypertension is a serious medical condition that leads to various adverse health complications when left untreated. In addition to psychological challenge that female migrant refugees are exposed to premigration, they encounter barriers to care postmigration from xenophobia that affects their hypertension. We investigated the extent and mental health drivers of hypertension in refugees in Durban, South Africa. We interviewed 178 adult female African help-seeking refugees/migrants for hypertension (blood pressure ≥130/90 mm Hg) and mental health challenges (e.g., adverse childhood experience [ACE] and depression using the...
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Mindfulness and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Neuropsychological Perspective
Understanding the underlying mechanisms of mindfulness has been a hot topic in recent years, not only in clinical fields but also in neuroscience. Most neuroimaging findings demonstrate that critical brain regions involved in mindfulness are responsible for cognitive functions and mental states. However, the brain is a complex system operating via multiple circuits and networks, rather than isolated brain regions solely responsible for specific functions. Mindfulness-based treatments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have emerged as promising adjunctive or alternative intervention approaches. We focus on ...
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Implicit and Explicit Beliefs About the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy vs. Medication: A Large-Scale Examination and Replication
One exploratory study (N = 10,335) and one preregistered replication and extension study (N = 6648) evaluated implicit and explicit beliefs in the effectiveness of psychotherapy versus medication, and whether these beliefs vary as a function of demographics, mental health difficulties, and treatment experiences. Data were collected from a sample of visitors to a mental health research website who completed the Therapy vs. Medication Effectiveness Implicit Association Test (IAT). The IAT demonstrated evidence of convergent validity with two measures of explicit therapy versus medication effectiveness beliefs. Across both st...
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Psychiatry in the Time of COVID: Credibility, Uncertainty, and Self-Reflection
Public trust in the credibility of medicine and physicians has been severely tested amid the COVID-19 pandemic and growing sociopolitical fissures in the United States. Physicians are being asked to be ambassadors to the public of scientific information. Psychiatrists have an opportunity to help the public understand and accept a “new normal” during a time of such uncertainty. Using a case example, we review the impact of uncertainty and fear on scientific and medical credibility. Although the pandemic provides an opportunity for systemic change, the consequences of any change remain unknown. To help patients navigate ...
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

How Mindfulness and Acceptance Could Help Psychiatrists Predict Alexithymia Among Students: Erratum
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Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Erratum Source Type: research

Textbook of Medical Psychiatry. Paul Summergrad, MD, David A. Silbersweig, MD, Philip R. Muskin, MD, MA, and John Querques, MD, Eds. (2020) Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association Publishing. 768 pp.
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Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Book Review Source Type: research

Discrimination and Sympathy for Violent Radicalization Among College Students in Quebec (Canada): The Protective Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Religiosity
The present study examines the moderating role of total, intrinsic, and extrinsic religiosity in the relation between perceived discrimination and sympathy for violent radicalization (VR) among college students in Quebec, Canada. A total of 931 students responded to an online questionnaire and were included in this study. Linear mixed-effects models were conducted to account for the clustered nature of the data, and moderation was assessed via interaction analysis using cross-product terms in the models. Findings indicated that both intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity had a protective role in the link between perceived dis...
Source: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - October 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research