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Post-partum depression in the community: A qualitative study from rural south India.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Many social and cultural factors have a major impact on post-partum depression. Post-partum depression, when viewed from a biomedical framework, fails to acknowledge the role of context in the production of emotional distress in the post-partum period. PMID: 19906768 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - November 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Savarimuthu RJ, Ezhilarasu P, Charles H, Antonisamy B, Kurian S, Jacob KS Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Negotiating the pathways into care in a globalizing world: help-seeking behavior of ultra-Orthodox Jewish parents.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Strategies are suggested to enhance the accessibility of services. PMID: 19906769 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - November 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Schnitzer G, Loots G, Escudero V, Schechter I Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Clinical characteristics of self-mutilating behavior in Turkish male subjects with antisocial personality disorder: relationship to psychopathy.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Considerably high rates of SM and psychopathy were found in Turkish males with APD. The features of SM were associated with comorbidity of psychopathy. These results showed the importance of exploring the self-injurious behavior and psychopathy when diagnosed with APD. PMID: 19906770 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - November 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alpay Ates M, Algul A, Semiz UB, Gecici O, Basoglu C, Ebrinc S, Cetin M Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Acute psychiatric disorders in foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong: a pilot study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: FDWs constitute a vulnerable group in terms of psychiatric morbidity. Concerted political, social and psychological efforts would be require to alleviate the distress faced by this particularly disadvantaged subset of female expatriates. PMID: 19861344 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 31, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lau PW, Cheng JG, Chow DL, Ungvari GS, Leung CM Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Determinants of mental health stigma among pharmacy students in Australia, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, India and Latvia.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The extent to which students held stigmatizing attitudes was similar in each country, however, the determinants of stigma were different. Pharmacy education may need to be tailored to address the determinants of stigma in each country. PMID: 19861340 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bell JS, Aaltonen SE, Airaksinen MS, Volmer D, Gharat MS, Muceniece R, Vitola A, Foulon V, Desplenter FA, Chen TF Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Hallucinations and related perceptual disturbance in a non-clinical Spanish population.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The relevance of these results with regard to the differences that might exist in hallucinations in clinical and normal populations is discussed. PMID: 19861341 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Cangas AJ, Langer AI, Moriana JA Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Perception of mental illness: preliminary exploratory research at a cross cultural outpatient psychiatric clinic.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This descriptive study presented an overview of culturally sensitive mental health services and potential barriers for immigrant Canadians. A semi-structured question-naire was developed and administered to 173 patients who attended a large cross-cultural psychiatry outpatient clinic in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. RESULTS: indicated that only 21% of patients were able to state their diagnosis or were able to describe the symptoms of their diagnosis that met the DSM-IV criteria given by a psychiatrist. Examination of patient ethnicity showed that more South Asian (25%) or Southeast Asian (24%) patients had more...
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ganesan S, Mok H, McKenna M Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

The role of environmental influences on schizophrenia admissions in Israel.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated significant monthly variability in admission rates and a possible protective effect of a widely celebrated public religious holiday. A consistent effect of season upon rates of admission was not found. Future studies need to identify which specifi c social factors exert a protective or harmful effect and study how knowledge of these effects can be translated into clinical practice. PMID: 19833676 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Aviv A, Bromberg G, Baruch Y, Shapira Y, Blass DM Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Franco Basaglia (1924-1980): Three decades (1979-2009) as a bridge between the Italian and Brazilian mental health reform.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19833677 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fusar-Poli P, Bruno D, Machado-de-Sousa J, Crippa J Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Determinants of psychological distress among migrants from Ecuador and Romania in a Spanish city.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: It is important to analyze female migration patterns in order to reduce mental health problems, stress the importance of economic income, and examine how social support offered by those living in one's home culture is an effective buffer against mental distress. PMID: 19833678 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: González-Castro JL, Ubillos S Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Not just an individual journey: social aspects of recovery.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The authors consider the implications of these social factors for transforming psychiatric research and theory as well as for recovery-orientated practice. PMID: 19833679 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Topor A, Borg M, Di Girolamo S, Davidson L Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Psychological impact of obsessive compulsive disorder on patients and their caregivers: a comparative study with depressive disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: OCD patients, when compared with depressed subjects, have a better QOL and are less disabled, but their caregivers are more burdened and have to accommodate more. PMID: 19833680 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Vikas A, Avasthi A, Sharan P Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Stressors and reactions to stressors among university students.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed that stressors among university students come from 'self-imposed' stressors and 'pressures'. Stress management, assertiveness skills, time management and counselling sessions will be effective in reducing stress experienced by students. PMID: 19833681 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hamaideh SH Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Factors associated with care burden and quality of life among caregivers of the mentally ill in Chinese society.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that care burden has a significant impact on caregivers' quality of life. Daily care hours with the patient are the unique deter-minant of caregivers' burden in Taiwan. Measures to reduce daily care hours should be considered. PMID: 19833682 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fan CC, Chen YY Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

The psychiatric profession an expertise under siege?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The patient is definitely the expert on how their illness affects their life, but it is the psychiatrist who is the expert on the illness rather than simply focusing on disease. It is time for the profession loudly to proclaim itself for what it is and what it can and cannot do. PMID: 19822539 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: de Waal H, Malik A, Bhugra D Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Farmers' suicide in India: implications for public mental health.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Farmers' suicide in India is a cause of concern and government figures, though conservative, predict an impending epidemic. Various measures to curb this calamity are being made in a piecemeal manner. Considering it as an issue of social and mental health concern, this article attempts to evaluate the situation based on the tenet that health and illness are the result of a complex interplay between bio-logical, psychological, social, environmental, economic and political factors. Thus in India the agrarian crisis, among other causes, has been largely debated as the major reason for the current state of farmers. It is i...
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - October 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Das A Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Assessment and comparison of culturally based explanations for mental disorder among Singaporean Chinese youth.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: While groups differed in their endorsement of supernatural explan-ations, psychological perspectives had the strongest endorsement among this population. Regression analysis showed that individuals who endorsed supernatural explanations more strongly tended to have no exposure to psychology courses and heightened religiosity. PMID: 19762409 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - September 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mathews M Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Dissociative disorders in a psychiatry institute in India - a selected review and patterns over a decade.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Dissociative disorders are still commonly diagnosed in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Dissociative motor disorders and dissociative convulsions are the most common disorders. Unlike in the West, dissociative identity disorders were rarely diagnosed; instead, possession states were commonly seen in the Indian population, indicating cross-cultural disparity. PMID: 19762410 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - September 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chaturvedi SK, Desai G, Shaligram D Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Access to social capital and social support amongst South East Asian women with severe mental health problems: a cross-sectional survey.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Intervening to help this vulnerable group to enhance their social skills and to develop their social networks may improve their access to social capital and promote their recovery from mental illness. PMID: 19734179 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - September 3, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dutt K, Webber M Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

The outcome of two family interventions for the mothers of schizophrenia patients in Iran.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Family interventions for Iranian mothers of schizophrenia patients can substantially benefit from family functioning. PMID: 19734180 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - September 3, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Khodabakhshi Koolaee A, Etemadi A Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Involving patients in research: the challenge of patient centredness.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: While there is some agreement between professionals and service users as to what constitutes patient-centred research, other process-related factors are important. Patient-centred research is valued by both service users and doctors and should be incorporated into future studies. PMID: 19734181 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - September 3, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tischler V, D'Silva K, Cheetham A, Goring M, Calton T Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Community beliefs about causes and risks for mental disorders: A mental health literacy survey in a rural area of Maharashtra, India.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Enhancing mental health literacy of both VHWs and community members using approaches that are sensitive to local conceptualizations of mental health and illness will contribute to improved treatment and care for people with mental disorders. Further investigation of mental health among the elderly in this community is indicated. PMID: 19734182 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - September 3, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kermode M, Bowen K, Arole S, Joag K, Jorm AF Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Psychopathology, defence mechanisms, and the psychosocial work environment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Psychopathology and defences were significantly associated with work conditions, which could suggest that adaptation mechanisms and psychopathology are two independent forms of adjustment to the rapidly changing world of work. PMID: 19734183 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - September 3, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Larsen A, Bøggild H, Mortensen JT, Foldager L, Hansen J, Christensen A, Arendt M, Rosenberg N, Munk-Jørgensen P Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

The economic burden of psychiatric disorders in Sweden.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The number of beds in specialized psychiatric care decreased by 11% between 1998 and 2001 but the indirect costs increased dramatically (e.g. the number of days of sick leave almost doubled during the same period). PMID: 19734184 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - September 3, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tiainen A, Rehnberg C Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Examining student perspectives on suicidal behaviour and its prevention in sri lanka.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Participants identified pathways to suicidal behaviour and emphasized experiential aspects and the variability of fatal intent. Suggestions for prevention tended to emphasize the strengthening of community-oriented actions in order to better realize lethal means restrictions. PMID: 19700482 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ratnayake R, Links P Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Development and validation of a self-reported questionnaire on users' opinions about schizophrenia: a participatory research.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: This questionnaire may be useful to assess patients' beliefs about schizophrenia and to target psychosocial interventions for this mental disorder. PMID: 19700483 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Magliano L, Fiorillo A, Del Vecchio H, Malangone C, De Rosa C, Bachelet C, Cesari G, D'Ambrogio R, Fulgosi Cigala F, Veltro F, Zanus P, Pioli R, Maj M Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Validation of the armenian center for epidemiological studies depression scale (ces-d) among ethnic armenians in Lebanon.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The Armenian CES-D is likely measuring two distinct aspects of mental health, depression and well-being, and the depression factor may be as adequate in measuring the Armenian depressed mind as the 20-item Armenian CES-D Scale. PMID: 19700484 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kazarian SS Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Understanding and addressing psychological and social problems: the mediating psychological processes model.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The implications for policy, and implementation of policy, are discussed. PMID: 19700485 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kinderman P Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Self-concept in adult children of schizophrenic parents: an exploratory study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The results provide evidence for poor self-concept in adult children of schizophrenic parents compared to children of normal parents. PMID: 19700486 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Manjula M, Raguram A Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Increasing rates of psychiatric publication from low- and middle-income countries.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The overall increase in the number of publications about mental disorder in the last decade probably reflects an increase in psychiatric research in LAMI countries. The increase in rates of publication was greatest in middle-income countries with the largest populations. PMID: 19651690 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Large M, Nielssen O, Farooq S, Glozier N Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

The relationship between general population suicide rates and mental health funding, service provision and national policy.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Cross-national ecological studies using national-level aggregate data are not helpful in establishing a causal relationship (and the direction of this relationship) between suicide rates and mental health funding, service provision and national policies. The impact of introducing national policies on mental health, increasing funding for mental health services and increasing mental health service provision on suicide rates requires further examination in longitudinal within-country studies. PMID: 19651691 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Shah A, Bhandarkar R, Bhatia G Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Public knowledge and beliefs about depression among urban and rural Malays in Malaysia.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Principal components analysis (PCA) showed that beliefs about the causes of depression factored into five components, of which stressful life events was most strongly endorsed by both groups. PCA of treatment items revealed four stable components, of which religious factors were most strongly endorsed. There were also a number of significant between-group differences in the endorsement of these factors (etap(2) = .03-.11), with rural participants generally rating supernatural and religious factors more strongly than urban Malays. These results are discussed in relation to mental health literacy programmes in Ma...
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Swami V, Loo PW, Furham A Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Stigmatisation of mental illness among Nigerian schoolchildren.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The results suggest that, similar to findings elsewhere, stigmatization of mental illness is highly prevalent among Nigerian children. This may be underpinned by lack of knowledge regarding mental health problems and/or fuelled by the media. Educational interventions and encouraging contact with mentally ill persons could play a role in reducing stigma among schoolchildren. PMID: 19651693 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ronzoni P, Dogra N, Omigbodun O, Bella T, Atilola O Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Perceptions of illness in self and in others among patients with bipolar disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study show that during periods of remission, patients can clearly see the relationship between their own illness and that de-scribed in others, suggesting that insight is state dependent and may be related to psychopathology with good recovery of insight during periods of remission. These findings also argue for the fact that the current multi-dimensional models of insight which focus on biomedical explanations and treatments are not culturally sensitive. The assessment of insight demands universal conventions with comparison to the local cultural standards rather than universal definitions...
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mathew AJ, Samuel B, Jacob KS Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Changes in the sociocultural reality of Chinese immigrants: Challenges and opportunities in help-seeking behavior.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: There are varied socio-cultural factors that need to be considered in mental health outreach services in immigrant communities. PMID: 19651695 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chung I Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Tattooing and body piercing - what motivates you to do it?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Body piercing is significantly more popular among women while tattooing is more popular in men. Among adolescents, body piercing is performed considerably earlier than tattooing. The main reasons for body ornamenting in the Polish population are the desire to enhance one's individuality and the need to increase sexual attractiveness. PMID: 19651696 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Antoszewski B, Sitek A, Fijalkowska M, Kasielska A, Kruk-Jeromin J Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Use of coercive physical measures in a psychiatric ward of a General Hospital in Greece.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Involuntary admissions were associated with statistically significant higher levels of restraint and seclusion in this patient sample. Strategies that will enhance patients' follow-up are expected to prevent involuntary admissions and reduce the use of coercive measures. PMID: 19628555 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bilanakis N, Kalampokis G, Christou K, Peritogiannis V Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Gender differences in needs and care of severely mentally ill persons: Findings from a Swedish cross-sectional and longitudinal study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: It seems urgent to have a gender perspective in a needs-led mental healthcare service. PMID: 19628556 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Arvidsson H Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Perceptions of User Involvement: A User-Led Study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: This is a pilot study. Further work should examine perceptions of the outcomes of user involvement by other stakeholders, for example, front-line workers, managers, carers and commissioners. PMID: 19628557 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rose D, Fleischmann P, Schofield P Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Interventions to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint in inpatient psychiatric settings: what we know so far. A review of the literature.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The development of new seclusion and restraint reduction pro-grammes should include strong leadership from local management; external seclusion and restraint review committees or post-incident debriefing and analysis; broad-based staff training and programme changes at a local level. Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural programmes appear to be very useful in child and adolescent services. Further systematic research should be conducted to more fully understand which elements of successful programmes are the most powerful in reducing incidents of seclusion and restraint. PMID: 19617275 [PubMed - as supplied...
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Scanlan JN Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Does "No pesticide" Reduce Suicides?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Restriction of pesticide availability and accessibility by NPM has the potential to reduce pesticide suicides, in addition to psychosocial and health interventions. PMID: 19617276 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Vijayakumar L, Kumar RS Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic literacy: Attitudes to, and knowledge of, psychotherapy.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Lay people show a curious pattern on insight, ignorance and naivety with regard to the cause and cure of mental disorders. They appear to have a modestly realistic but somewhat naive view of the process and efficacy of psychotherapy. This may influence how they react to their own and others' mental illness. It has clear implications for education in psychiatric literacy. PMID: 19617277 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Furnham A Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

What stops us from healing the healers: A survey of help-seeking behaviour, stigmatisation and depression within the medical profession.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Stigma associated with depression in doctors is endemic in the medical profession and the level of perceived stigma is related to reduced help-seeking behaviour. Efforts need to be made by the profession to reduce the stigma anticipated by those who become depressed, to enable appropriate help-seeking and support. PMID: 19617278 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Adams EF, Lee AJ, Pritchard CW, White RJ Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Re-framing the problem of workplace violence directed towards nurses in mental health services in the UK: A work in progress?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The influence of these frames has influenced the nature of responses to the problem but the recent dominance of the individualizing frame is being challenged by the emergence, or perhaps re-emergence, of co-creationism. PMID: 19617279 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Paterson B, Leadbetter D, Miller G, Bowie V Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Crisis intervention and acute psychiatry in Amsterdam: 20 years of change.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The front-line outreach service of 1983 has changed into a specialist psychiatric emergency department with a less pronounced outreach component. Voluntary admissions to psychiatric hospitals have almost disappeared as a feature of the crisis service. PMID: 19617280 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: van der Post LF, Jonkers JF, Beekman AT, Mulder CL, de Haan L, Mulder WG, Schoevers RA, Dekker JJ Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Low Cultural Identification, Low Parental Involvement, and Adverse Peer Influences as Risk Factors for Delinquent Behavior among Filipino Youth in Hawai'i.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Although further studies are warranted, to be effective, efforts to prevent delinquency by enhancing Filipino youths' cultural connectedness may also need to enhance family connectedness and address adverse peer influences. PMID: 19617281 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Guerrero AP, Nishimura ST, Chang JY, Ona C, Cunanan VL, Hishinuma ES Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Quality of life of residents of the community hostels of Leros - Greece. Clinical and social functioning profile of the ex-patients.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that even the most chronic psychiatric population of Greece is able to give valid and reliable responses concerning the manner in which they perceive their present life. PMID: 19617282 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Paxinos I, Kalantzi-Azizi A Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Belonging and Doing: Important Factors for Satisfaction with Sexual Relations as Perceived by People with Persistent Mental Illness.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Previous research indicates that the mental health care services largely neglect sexual problems among people with mental illness, and the findings may provide additional knowledge that may be used in the support of this target group. PMID: 19617283 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Eklund M, Ostman M Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Integration of nidotherapy into the management of mental illness and antisocial personality: a qualitative study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Nidotherapy is an acceptable form of management and was per-ceived in this study to have largely positive results for both patients and clinical teams as it offered intervention beyond that provided by conventional teams. It was felt to require more than six months of treatment and was less successful when there was inadequate communication between the nidotherapist and clinical teams and when the philosophy of care was not congruent. PMID: 19592427 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Spencer SJ, Rutter D, Tyrer P Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Migration and Mental Health: A Study of Low-Income Ethiopian Women Working in Middle Eastern Countries.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Mental health of migrant domestic workers may be jeopardized by stressors, leading to experience of social defeat. PMID: 19592428 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Anbesse B, Hanlon C, Alem A, Packer S, Whitley R Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: journals