Effect of Continuation-Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy on Hospitalization: A Retrospective Mirror-Image Study by Sombatcharoen-non N, Yamnim T, Jullagate S, Ittasakul P

“…Nujaree Sombatcharoen-non, Thidarat Yamnim, Sudawan Jullagate, Pichai Ittasakul Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, ThailandCorrespondence: Pichai Ittasakul, Tel +662-2011478, Fax +662-200-3277, Email pichai118@gmail.comObjective: To examine the effect of continuation-maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on psychiatric hospitalization in Thai patients.Methods: This retrospective mirror-image study reviewed medical records of Thai patients who received continuation-maintenance ECT at Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, between September 2013 and December 2022. …”
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Electroconvulsive Therapy Practice in Thailand: A Nationwide Survey by Kittayarak K, Ittasakul P

“…Modified ECT was always used in 25 hospitals (73.5%), including all university hospitals, 6 psychiatric hospitals (17.6%) and 10 general hospitals (29.4%). …”
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Feasibility of Hospitalized Treatment of Inpatients' Mental Disorders in General Hospitals by DUAN Yanping, GENG Wenqi, WEI Jing, HONG Xia, SHI Lili, CAO Jinya, LI Tao, JIANG Yinan, ZHAO Xiaohui

“…Objective  To analyze the feasibility of hospitalized treatment of inpatients' mental disorders in a general hospital by an innovative consultation-liaison psychiatric hospitalized treatment mode.  Methods  Retrospective study involved the patients in the department of physical diseases of Peking Union Medical College Hospital who received hospitalized treatment in the Department of Psychological Medicine from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021(study group). …”
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Factors associated with the quality of life in family caregivers of people with dementia in Taiwan by Teng- Yin Yeh, Jian- An Su, Chih- Cheng Chang

“…Patients with a past history of psychiatric hospitalization (β = 0.11, p < 0.05) and longer caregiving time (β = 0.13, p < 0.05) were significantly related to better QoL in environment domain. …”
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Assessment of violence risk in 440 psychiatric patients in China: examining the feasibility and acceptability of a novel and scalable approach (FoVOx) by Zhong, S, Yu, R, Cornish, R, Wang, X, Fazel, S, FoVOx group

“…<br><strong>Background<br></strong> Violence risk assessment is a routine part of clinical services in mental health, and in particular secure psychiatric hospitals. The use of prediction models and risk tools can assist clinical decision-making on risk management, including decisions about further assessments, referral, hospitalization and treatment. …”

Trends in telemedicine utilization for mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of a nationwide database in Korea by Kyoung Hoon Kim, Sang Min Lee, Minha Hong, Kyu-Man Han, Jong-Woo Paik

“…The proportion of patients receiving telemedicine in long-term care hospitals was high (22.6%), with the highest odds ratio (OR) (5.84), compared with that in tertiary or general hospitals, followed by that in psychiatric hospitals and clinics. The proportions were high in the departments of internal medicine, neurology, and psychiatry. …”
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Epidemiology of treatment resistant depression among major depressive disorder patients in Israel by Sarah Sharman Moser, Gabriel Chodick, Shulamit Gelerstein, Nava Barit Ben David, Varda Shalev, Orit Stein-Reisner

“…In the year after index, patients with TRD had a significant increased number of visits to primary care physicians, psychiatrists, emergency room visits, general hospitalizations, and psychiatric hospitalizations. Conclusion Our study shows that prevalence of MDD in Israel is low compared to other countries, however once diagnosed, patients' are likely to receive drug treatment. …”
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The South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) and SASOP State Employed Special Interest Group (SESIG) position statements on psychiatric care in the public sector by Bernard Janse van Rensburg

“…Forensic psychiatry: an important and significant field within the scope of state-employed psychiatrists, with 3 recognised groups of patients (persons referred for forensic psychiatric observation, state patients, and mentally ill prisoners), each with specific needs, problems and possible solutions. Security in psychiatric hospitals and units: it is necessary to protect public sector mental healthcare practitioners from assault and injury as a result of performing their clinical duties by, among others, ensuring that adequate security procedures are implemented, appropriate for the level of care required, and that appointed security staff members are appropriately trained and equipped.…”
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Psychiatric Nurses&rsquo; Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Regarding Physical Restraint in China: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study by Chong Y, Wang C, Zhi T, Fang S, Min H, Zhang L, Wu X, Wang Y

“…A convenience sampling method was used to recruit 345 staff from three psychiatric hospitals in Shanghai. A psychiatric nurses’ physical restraint use status questionnaire was administered to examine their knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding physical restraint. …”
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Evaluation of COVID-19 Effect on Mental Health, Self-Harm, and Suicidal Behaviors in Children and Adolescents Population by Jagoda Grzejszczak, Dominik Strzelecki, Agata Gabryelska, Magdalena Kotlicka-Antczak

“…The frequency of seeking help because of mental health problems increased during the pandemic among children and adolescents, while no changes were observed in the prevalence of psychiatric hospitalizations in either of the populations (<i>p</i> = 0.317 and <i>p</i> = 1.00, respectively). …”
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Risk factors for hospitalizations associated with depression among women during the years around a birth: a retrospective cohort study by Jennifer Christine Fairthorne, Tim F Oberlander, Rollin Brant, Gillian E Hanley

“…Objectives To assess whether socio-economic status (SES) was related to the risk of a medical or psychiatric hospitalization associated with depression (HAWD) and the risk of a HAWD by anti-depressant (AD) use during the years around a birth Methods This retrospective cohort study used linked birth, hospitalization, prescription and tax-file records of the study cohort. …”
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Pharmacological management of visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy body – A case presentation by P. Tirlea, R. Tipa, L. Ignat

“…The patient had no psychiatric hospitalization history. Her comorbidities include hypertension, dyslipidemia and osteoporosis, for which she received specific treatment. …”
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Serious Mental Illness Exacerbation Post-Bereavement: A Population-Based Study of Partners and Adult Children by Tay DL, Thygesen LC, Kozlov E, Ornstein KA

“…The odds of SMI exacerbation (ie, attempt or completion of suicide or psychiatric hospitalization) among partners and children in the first two years after death in 3-month intervals were estimated with generalized estimating equations.Results: 12.8% of partners and 15.0% of adult children with a history of SMI experienced any SMI exacerbation two years after bereavement. …”
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Social deprivation and the use of healthcare services over one year by children less than 18 years of age in 2018: A French nationwide observational study. by Jeanne Pergeline, Sébastien Rivière, Sylvie Rey, Jeanne Fresson, Antoine Rachas, Philippe Tuppin

“…Approximately 9% of children were admitted for a short stay and 4.5% for a stay > 1 night (rQ5/Q1 = 1.44). Psychiatric hospitalization was more frequent for children with CMUc (rCMUc/Not = 3.5, 0.7% vs 0.2%). …”
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The Association of Borderline Personality Features and Self-Injury Among Adolescents with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: The Mediating Role of Alexithymia by Liu J, Zhao K, Kang W, Tong S, Xu Y, Jin W, Qiao M, Li Y, Hong L, Yao K, Zheng T

“…The aims of this study were to 1) explore the associations between borderline personality features, alexithymia and NSSI and 2) examine if alexithymia mediates the relationships between borderline personality features and both the severity of NSSI and the various functions that maintain NSSI in adolescents.Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 1779 outpatient and inpatient aged 12– 18 years from psychiatric hospitals. All adolescents completed a structured four-part questionnaire including demographic items, the Chinese version of the Functional Assessment of Self-Mutilation, the Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale.Results: The structural equation modelling results indicated that alexithymia partially mediated the associations between borderline personality features and both the severity of NSSI and the emotion regulation function of NSSI (B = 0.058 and 0.099, both p < 0.001), after controlling for age and sex.Discussion: These findings suggest that alexithymia may play a role in the mechanism and treatment of NSSI among adolescents with borderline personality features. …”
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Empirical evaluation of internal validation methods for prediction in large-scale clinical data with rare-event outcomes: a case study in suicide risk prediction by R Yates Coley, Qinqing Liao, Noah Simon, Susan M. Shortreed

“…Abstract Background There is increasing interest in clinical prediction models for rare outcomes such as suicide, psychiatric hospitalizations, and opioid overdose. Accurate model validation is needed to guide model selection and decisions about whether and how prediction models should be used. …”
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The impact of China's urban and rural economic revitalization on the utilization of mental health inpatient services by Yu Yan, Yongqian Tu

“…We used electronic health data from the major psychiatric institutes for 15 years (2005–2020) to assess the influence of health insurance systems on Chinese public preferences for mental health treatments. These psychiatric hospitals serve almost 10% of all mental health patients every year in Shandong and accept patients from all over the country. …”
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The biosocial correlates and predictors of emotion dysregulation in autistic adults compared to borderline personality disorder and nonclinical controls by Doha Bemmouna, Amine Lagzouli, Luisa Weiner

“…The occurrence of ED behavioural correlates (i.e. self-harm, history of suicide attempts, and psychiatric hospitalizations) was collected. In addition, between-groups analyses, linear regressions and machine learning (ML) models were used to identify ED predictors in each group. …”
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Would you choose to be a psychiatrist again? A large-sample nationwide survey of psychiatrists and psychiatry residents in China by Mengyue Gu, Liucheng Zheng, Jingyang Gu, Song Wang, Yudong Shi, Feng Jiang, Huanzhong Liu, Yi-lang Tang

“…Methods We conducted an anonymous survey of psychiatrists in 41 tertiary psychiatric hospitals in China. We collected demographic data, work-related information, the sense of professional identity, job satisfaction, and burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory), and we specifically asked each participant whether they would choose to be a psychiatrist again if they could. …”
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‘Main the gap!’ The view of healthcare professionals on gains and pitfalls of traditional and innovative models for providing mental health care to imprisoned persons with a severe... by J. Antón Basanta, S. Paz Ruiz, V. P. Estévez Closas, Á. López López, L. F. Barrios, A. Calcedo-Barba

“…Methods 21 healthcare professionals (13 physicians, 5 nurses, 3 pharmacists) working in prisons, penitentiary psychiatric hospitals and a psychiatric in-prison unit took part in 5 online, 2 hours focus groups and one in-deep interview between 31st May and 20th July 2022. …”
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