Journal of Psychiatric Practice

19/02/2024

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15/02/2024

sessed to what extent gender differences may characterize a large population of psychiatric inpatients. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in 2 Italian teaching medical centers, which included 2358 patients who were consecutively admitted to the psychiatric emergency units. We explored an...

13/02/2024

ave been done usually focus on only a small number of possible factors. Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate the predictability of some psychological factors on depression in patients with schizophrenia. For this purpose, patients with high and low depression scores were compared. Me...

12/02/2024

nificant reduction in smoking prevalence among patients with mental illness. Smoking is a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality among psychiatric patients who smoke at 1.7 to 3.3 times the rate of the general population. Among those with serious mental illness, tobacco-related illness account...

08/02/2024

frontal cortex. Thus, we hypothesized that these 2 drugs would have different efficacy in improving ToM task performance in patients with schizophrenia. Methods: Patients with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) diagnosis of schizophrenia matched for s*x,...

06/02/2024

05/02/2024

This review provides an overview of research evidence from the past 5 years concerning cognitive behavioral therapy for su***de prevention. The authors then discuss the clinical implementation of this approach in patients with chronic suicidal behavior.

01/02/2024

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30/01/2024

t-ever stroke. Demographic and clinical data, stroke severity (NIH Stroke Scale score), functional outcome (Barthel Index), and residual disability (modified Rankin Score) were documented. Using the self-reported Patient Health Questionnaire-9, we screened patients and caregivers for depressive symp...

29/01/2024

and contextualize the relevant neurocircuitry associated with alcohol withdrawal, maladaptive fear and anxiety, and chronic stress. By integrating these perspectives, they provide a comprehensive approach for assessing and treating patients with complex psychiatric histories, particularly those pres...

25/01/2024

the context of psychiatric care. Methods: This was a retrospective study of safety events that had been reported to a hospital-based psychiatry department during a 4-year period. The authors reviewed each incident, developed new and more precise event categories, and assigned each report to a catego...

23/01/2024

8 years, leading to a loss of more than $100,000. We also discuss approaches to managing such patients in the outpatient setting. Susceptibility to scams is considered an increasing threat to the well-being of aging societies. The complexity of the problem and the scarcity of available studies make....

07/12/2023

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05/12/2023

eived physical health, depression, and eating disorder psychopathology. Methods: Four study groups were created: those with Ow/Ob who self-identified as having Ow/Ob (Ow/Ob+), those with Ow/Ob who did not self-identify as having Ow/Ob (Ow/Ob–), those with core features of binge-eating disorder (BE...

04/12/2023

to provide specific examples of these methods. We searched PubMed, Embase, and PsycInfo using the terms “reproductive control” or “reproductive coercion” and “human trafficking” or “s*x trafficking,” including papers that contained original, specific examples of reproductive control ...

30/11/2023

of a 6-month, multifactorial cardiovascular risk intervention to reduce cardiovascular risk (CVR) in people with schizophrenia. Methods: We conducted a 2-arm, parallel, randomized clinical trial in a regional mental health center. Participants with at least 1 poorly controlled cardiovascular risk fa...

28/11/2023

a specific patient can be used to personalize treatment to optimize the likelihood of efficacy (ie, maximum benefit to risk ratio). The approach described in this column considered: (1) the patient’s diminished ability to clear CIMI and its major metabolite, desmethlyclomipramine due to a genetic ...

27/11/2023

This column explores the challenges involved in providing psychotherapy through artificial intelligence. It reviews artificial intelligence’s capacity across schools of therapy to address relevant issues related to privacy, the use of technical interventions, and the therapeutic relationship.

23/11/2023

d medical professionals serving in this capacity. Clinicians are in need of more clear guidance, given an emerging role that comes without clear evidence or practice standards to inform individualized clinical decision-making, and which potentially pits public safety interests against patient care n...

20/11/2023

specific neuropsychiatric presentation of cerebral venous thrombosis involving psychosis, catatonia, and delirium, which, to our best knowledge, has not been reported in the neurological or psychiatric literature. However, it reminds us of mental status and behavioral abnormalities which are not inf...

16/11/2023

catatonia. A literature review of previous similar cases highlighting significant points is also included. A 48-year-old female presented to the emergency department with catatonic symptoms that had worsened over the previous 5 days. A similar condition was reported to have occurred and resolved spo...

14/11/2023

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13/11/2023

a Focused Integrated Team-based Treatment Program for Bipolar Disorder (FITT-BD). The purpose of this paper is to describe how we developed this clinic and the lessons we learned. Methods: We developed FITT-BD by integrating strategies from stepped care, collaborative care, and learning health care....

09/11/2023

is descriptive cross-sectional study, we sent surveys to gay fathers who had children who were 0 to 12 months of age and were born through surrogacy. Surveys were sent through 3 major surrogacy agencies in Israel and through the media. Data were collected concerning sociodemographic, medical, and li...

07/11/2023

eptability of the Lock to Live decision aid with hospitalized adults at increased risk of su***de. Methods: Subjects provided demographic information and completed the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale after which they completed the Lock to Live program followed by a survey. Results: Twenty par...

06/11/2023

An abstract is unavailable.

02/11/2023

disorders have been conducted or are underway. While discussing psychedelics in general, the focus of this paper is on psilocybin and its mechanism, how it exerts a psychedelic effect, dosing, and a review of the treatment studies of psilocybin, which were primarily for treatment-resistant depressio...

31/10/2023

nly a minority of patients. Randomized controlled trial evidence in adults indicates the superiority of haloperidol over ondansetron in alleviating the acute symptoms of CHS, but safe and effective treatment for adolescents with the disorder is currently unknown. The successful use of topical capsai...