Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Factors of Bipolar Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Identifying the Principal Predictors by Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Seyyed Salman Alavi, Hossein Gharaati Sotoudeh, Ali Khaleghi, Nastaran Ahmadi, Zahra Hooshyari, Soroush Mohammadi Kalhori

“…Also, after controlling the effective variables (sex and age), location (rural or urban), the father’s education, and the psychiatric hospitalization of the mother or the father, none predicted BMD significantly. …”
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Worsening psychosis associated with administrations of buspirone and concerns for intranasal administration: A case report by Samuel Apeldoorn, Rebecca Chavez, Freshta Haschemi, Kareem Elsherif, David Weinstein, Tyler Torrico, Tyler Torrico

“…We present a case of buspirone worsening psychosis for a patient psychiatrically hospitalized for an episode of decompensated schizoaffective disorder. …”
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Workplace Violence Against Nurses Working In Mental Hospitals In Oman: a cross-sectional study by M. S. Alkalbani

“…Conclusions Current study revealed a relatively high prevalence of WPV among nurses working at psychiatric hospitals in Oman. Future studies needed to explore the predictors of violent among nurse. …”
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Technology use and attitudes towards digital mental health in people with severe mental health problems: a survey study in China by Xiaolong Zhang, Xiaolong Zhang, Shôn Lewis, Shôn Lewis, Xu Chen, Xu Chen, Natalie Berry, Sandra Bucci, Sandra Bucci

“…To capture a diverse sample of people with SMI, the survey was distributed across psychiatric hospitals, general hospitals with a psychiatric unit, secondary hospitals, and community healthcare centres.ResultsIn total, 447 survey respondents completed the survey. …”
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“Setting up and Tailoring Early Intervention Teams in a Already Established Healthcare System: the Experience of the Greater Lyon” by F. Haesebaert, N. Franck, J. Haesebaert

“…The Greater Lyon agglomeration (2.4 million inhabitants) is composed of several psychiatric sectors administered by 3 psychiatric hospitals and a psychiatric emergency system administered by a University Hospital. …”
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Psychiatric care or protection of the mental health of the nation: new approaches in reforming psychiatry by I. V. Chekhovska, S. V. Knysh, H. V. Muliar

“…The organizational structure of the mental health care system of the secondary level of psychiatric care in Ukraine has been proposed, which should include: a) consultation centers, where psychiatric and psychological assistance and rehabilitation support should be provided; b) day hospital in polyclinics; c) psychiatric hospitals. The expediency of the development and adoption of the Law of Ukraine “On the mental health care system”, the approval of the Regulation on the procedure for providing psychiatric care based on the principle of a multidisciplinary team, the Procedure for the interaction of subjects which are service providers in the field of mental health care has been substantiated. …”
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Effects of Integrated Violence Intervention on Alexithymia, Cognitive, and Neurocognitive Features of Violence in Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Mei-Chi Hsu, Wen-Chen Ouyang

“…Sixty recruited patients were aged ≥20 years, diagnosed with schizophrenia for >2 years, had repetitive violent behavior within one year, and were psychiatrically hospitalized. The vSZ patients were randomly allocated to two groups and received either the intervention or treatment as usual. …”
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Perception of risk of relapse among patients with first episode and recurrent schizophrenia: a descriptive phenomenological study by Hong Yu, Yu-jing Sun, Meng-nan Qin, Jia-xin Ren, Kai Yu, Jin Song, Yu-qiu Zhou, Li Liu

“…Data were collected at two psychiatric hospitals in China. In total, 22 patients with schizophrenia were recruited through purposive sampling. …”
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Second-Generation Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics and the Risk of Treatment Failure in a Population-Based Cohort by Donica Janzen, James M. Bolton, Christine Leong, Christine Leong, I fan Kuo, I fan Kuo, Silvia Alessi-Severini

“…Real-world studies using linked administrative databases play an important role in assessing the comparative effectiveness of antipsychotic medications.Methods: We used a prevalent new-user design in a population-based cohort of antipsychotic users with diagnosis of a psychotic disorder to compare the primary outcome of treatment failure, defined as psychiatric hospitalization, completed suicide, incarceration, or treatment discontinuation. …”
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Shared decision making, aggression, and coercion in inpatients with schizophrenia by Johannes Hamann, Miriam John, Fabian Holzhüter, Spyridon Siafis, Peter Brieger, Stephan Heres

“…Methods We used data from the cluster-randomized SDM-PLUS trial in which patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in 12 acute psychiatric wards of 4 German psychiatric hospitals either received an SDM-intervention or treatment as usual. …”
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Zero violence or zero seclusion. Which is more acceptable in our hospitals? by K. Tong, A. Gibbons, O. Byrne, T. Conlon, H. Kennedy, M. Davoren

“…Restrictive practices, used in accordance with the law, are necessary at times to prevent serious harm to patients and staff in psychiatric hospitals. Disclosure No significant relationships. …”
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Technology Implementation for Mental Health End Users: A Model to Guide Digital Transformation for Inpatient Mental Health Professionals by Jessa Lin Westheimer, Nidal Moukaddam, Jan A Lindsay, Ashutosh Sabharwal, Bijan Najafi, Peter A Iacobelli, Robert J Boland, Michelle A Patriquin

“…In mental health care, digital transformation entails technology implementation to improve the quality of care and mental health outcomes. Most psychiatric hospitals rely heavily on “high-touch” interventions or those that require in-person, face-to-face interaction with the patient. …”
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Experiences of coercion amongst involuntary mental health care users in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Zinhle Shozi, Shamima Saloojee, Sibongile Mashaphu

“…The aim of this study was to describe the patient’s experiences of involuntary admission at two psychiatric hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal.MethodsA cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study of patients admitted involuntarily was conducted. …”
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Current Trends in Mental Health Financing by Dombrovskyi Vladyslav S.

“…They move away from providing services based on psychiatric hospitals and transfer them to the level of individual communities, including them in the overall package of medical services. …”
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Problematic socio-economic-ecological issues of modern activity of the management system of the public health service of Vinnytsia region by O.O., Yu.Yu., O.V.

“…For the real development of the medical industry in Ukraine, it is necessary to allocate at least 5 % of the gross domestic product for its financing and to finance the following sections: salaries of medical workers, full funding of specialized tertiary hospitals (psychiatric hospitals, TB dispensaries, infectious diseases facilities, etc.) and the provision of external and emergency care to the population, «take over» primary funding and, in case of failure of local authorities self-government, co-finance the second and third levels of medical services, create a financial reserve in case of pandemics, environmental disasters, etc. …”
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Completed suicide in bipolar ii patients after their first hospitalization by E. Nieto, A. Palau, C. Russo, P. Alvarez

“…The average age at CS was 45.3 years (range between 33 and 57 years old) so there was a 2 years gap on average between the first psychiatric hospitalization and suicide. CS was characterized by a violent act (5 out of 6 cases, 83 %). …”
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The Effect of Reminiscence Therapy on Elderly Mental Health by Sepideh Moradinejad, Faezeh Sahbaee, Mehrandokht Nakavand, Mohammad Zare

“…Inclusion criteria were: 1) 65 years of age or more, 2) Mental health score between 0-66.6, 3) Speaking in Farsi, 4) Listening and speaking ability acceptable to participate in meetings, 5) Full-time life in nursing home, 6) No history of psychiatric hospitalization and psychiatric treatment and grief experience during the past 6 months, 7) Willingness to participate in research, 8) orientation of data/place/person, 9) At least six months staying in the nursing home, 10) Not receiving any treatment that disturbed the mental ability or memory, or thought Mental health level of subjects was assessed with the use of the 28-item Goldberg General Health Questionnaire. …”
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Religious affiliation as a predictor of involuntary psychiatric admission: A Brazilian one-year follow-up study by Caio Borba Casella, Alexandre Andrade Loch

“…Having any religious affiliations was significantly related to an IA status as well (OR=4-6.48).Conclusion: Our results suggest that cultural factors related to religious affiliations might play an important role in determining psychiatric hospitalization legal status. Religion might possibly influence someone’s judgment and insight about his/her psychiatric disorder. …”
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Oculogyric Crisis after Initiation of Aripiprazole: A Case Report of an Active Duty Service Member by Nicole L. Hadler, Yevin A. Roh, David A. Nissan

“…This case report is of a 19-year-old male who was psychiatrically hospitalized for first episode psychosis and initiated on low-dose oral aripiprazole. …”
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COVID-19 vaccination rates in hospitalized mentally ill patients compared to the general population in Germany: Results from the COVID Ψ Vac study by Hauke F. Wiegand, Birgit Maicher, Mike Rueb, Paula Wessels, Bianca Besteher, Sabine Hellwig, Andrea Pfennig, Henrik Rohner, Stefan Unterecker, Lars P. Hölzel, Alexandra Philipsen, Katharina Domschke, Peter Falkai, Klaus Lieb, Kristina Adorjan

“…Reports are conflicting on whether vaccination rates comparable to those of the general population can be achieved and which variables represent risk factors for nonvaccination in people with mental illness.MethodsThe COVID Ψ Vac study collected routine data on vaccination status, diagnostic groups, sociodemographics, and setting characteristics from in- and day-clinic patients of 10 psychiatric hospitals in Germany in August 2021. Logistic regression modeling was used to determine risk factors for nonvaccination.ResultsComplete vaccination rates were 59% (n = 776) for the hospitalized patients with mental illness versus 64% for the regionally and age-matched general population. …”
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