COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Substance Misuse: A Social Media Listening, Mixed Method Analysis by Davide Arillotta, Amira Guirguis, John Martin Corkery, Norbert Scherbaum, Fabrizio Schifano

“…Four main themes of discussion (e.g., lockdown-associated immunity and drug intake issues; drug-related behaviour/after-quarantine plans’ issues; lockdown-related psychopathological issues; and peer-to-peer advice at the time of COVID-19) and four categories of Redditors (e.g., those continuing the use of drugs despite the pandemic; the “couch epidemiologists”; the conspirationists/pseudo-science influencers; and the recovery-focused users) were tentatively identified here. …”
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What Does Personality Mean in the Context of Mental Health? A Topic Modeling Approach Based on Abstracts Published in Pubmed Over the Last 5 Years by Raffaele Sperandeo, Giovanni Messina, Daniela Iennaco, Francesco Sessa, Vincenzo Russo, Rita Polito, Vincenzo Monda, Marcellino Monda, Antonietta Messina, Lucia Luciana Mosca, Laura Mosca, Silvia Dell'Orco, Enrico Moretto, Elena Gigante, Antonello Chiacchio, Chiara Scognamiglio, Marco Carotenuto, Nelson Mauro Maldonato

“…Deepening the link between personality traits and psychopathological drifts, it seems increasingly essential for the often dramatic repercussions that PDs have on social contexts. …”
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Mood symptoms and suicidality across the autism spectrum by L. Dell'Osso, B. Carpita, D. Muti, V. Morelli, G. Salarpi, A. Salerni, J. Scotto, G. Massimetti, C. Gesi, M. Ballerio, M.S. Signorelli, M. Luciano, P. Politi, E. Aguglia, C. Carmassi, M. Maj

“…Background: Autism spectrum is a psychopathological dimension which encompasses a wide range of clinical presentations: from subthreshold forms and autistic traits (AT), that can be found in the general population, to full-blown autism spectrum disorder (ASD). …”
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Pre-treatment Resting-State Functional MR Imaging Predicts the Long-Term Clinical Outcome After Short-Term Paroxtine Treatment in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder by Minlan Yuan, Minlan Yuan, Changjian Qiu, Changjian Qiu, Yajing Meng, Yajing Meng, Zhengjia Ren, Zhengjia Ren, Cui Yuan, Cui Yuan, Yuchen Li, Yuchen Li, Meng Gao, Meng Gao, Su Lui, Su Lui, Hongru Zhu, Hongru Zhu, Qiyong Gong, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang

“…Twenty patients were followed up using the same psychopathological assessments 2 years after they underwent the second MRI scan. …”
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Gamified cognitive bias modification interventions for psychiatric disorders : review by Zhang, Melvyn, Ying, Jiangbo, Song, Guo, Smith, Helen, Fung, Daniel S. S.

“…Articles were included if they described a gamified cognitive bias modification task and included participants with underlying psychopathological symptoms. Data were systematically extracted from the identified articles, and a qualitative synthesis was performed. …”
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Is melancholia a distinct syndrome? Recurrence, chronicity, and severity give evidence in the 50 year follow-up of the Lundby Study by Linnéa Nöbbelin, Mats Bogren, Cecilia Mattisson, Sofie Westling, Louise Brådvik

“…Although our use of retrospective diagnosis might limit interpretation of results, the findings indicate that melancholia may be useful in determining prognosis and may be a valid psychopathological syndrome.…”
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Dukungan Sosial dan Kebahagiaan Lansia Penghuni Panti Sosial di Medan by Ummu Khuzaimah, Yenni Anggraini, Zahrotur Rusyda Hinduan, Hendriati Agustiani, Ahmad Gimmy Prathama Siswadi

“…It involves 40 respondents with good hearing of both sexes aged >/= 60 years, free of diagnosis of depression, dementia or neurological or psychopathological disorders. The sample is selected by a purposive technique. …”
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Insomnia and Alexithymia in Chinese Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study of Sex Differences and Associations by Yang X, Liu L, Tian Y, Yang C, Ling C, Liu H

“…Binary logistic regression analyses showed that, alexithymia was significantly associated with insomnia in female patients (OR = 1.050, p < 0.05) but not male patients.Conclusion: In female adolescent patients, alexithymia is a risk factor of insomnia, which is of great importance in the understanding of the psychopathological mechanisms, treatments and psychological interventions of insomnia in adolescents with major depressive disorder.Keywords: adolescents, major depressive disorder, insomnia, alexithymia…”
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation for catatonia: case series by G. Mamedova, N. Zakharova

“…Objectives to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TMS in the treatment of catatonia in patients with mental disorders Methods Four patients were diagnosed with catatonia as part of schizophrenia spectrum disorders in three cases (P1,4,7) and in one case within the structure of recurrent depression phase (P8). Psychopathological examination includes PANSS, SAS, NSA-4, BFCRS, NCRS, and BACS. …”
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Emotional Impact on Healthcare Professions by Concetta De Pasquale, Concetta De Pasquale, Daniela Conti, Carmela Dinaro, Rosa Alessia D'Antoni, Elena La Delfa, Santo Di Nuovo

“…The study aims to analyze the psychopathological aspects associated with PTSD, focusing on the emotional impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare professionals compared with a control group. …”
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The influence of family system and individual psychological characteristics of the caregiver on the effectiveness of socio-psychological adaptation in patients with schizophrenia by Yana A. Getmanenko, Anna V. Trusova, Alla E. Dobrovol’skaya, Alexandr G. Sofronov

“…The results indicate that the possibilities of social adaptation in patients with schizophrenia are determined by both objective factors (the severity of psychopathological symptoms) and the character of family dysfunctions that are closely associated with the emotional and communicative competence of main caregivers. …”
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Healthy mental higher education students’: Presentation of a project by A. Torres, J. Costa, P. Carvalho, M. Loureiro

“…Methods The project proposes to perform the following methods: a) training in mental health open to the academic community, which will aim to train volunteers to be Gatekeepers, in order to promote awareness, detection and referral of students in need of professional psychological support; b) implementation of a Student Observatory, with tracking of psychopathological symptoms, supported on the Web; c) implementation of a psychological intervention program based on a stepped care model, which will include the following progressive phases by severity: 1) digital self-help manual; 2) web-based self-help groups; 3) psychological intervention groups supported by the Web; 4) face-to-face intervention groups and 5) individual psychological intervention. …”
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The Relationship between Attachment to God, Perception of God and Emotional State, and Psychological Well-being: The Sample of Chronic Diseases by Fatma Sağlam Demirkan

“…In this process, patients are informed about the ways of coping with the problems brought about by the disease and psychological support is provided to them as necessary. If a psychopathological condition has developed due to the disease, psychological treatment can be started for the patient. …”
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Severe Sleep Deprivation Causes Hallucinations and a Gradual Progression Toward Psychosis With Increasing Time Awake by Flavie Waters, Flavie Waters, Vivian Chiu, Vivian Chiu, Amanda Atkinson, Jan Dirk Blom, Jan Dirk Blom, Jan Dirk Blom

“…Since sleep deprivation exceeding 48 h is considered unethical today, an examination of historical studies with extreme sleep-loss duration is needed to obtain information about what happens during prolonged sleep loss.Methods: A systematic-review approach was used to identify experimental and observational studies of sleep deprivation in healthy people which describe the effects of prolonged sleep loss on psychopathological symptoms, without any date restriction.Results: A total of 476 articles were identified. …”
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Analysis of the current state and prospects for the development of sedatives in the modern Ukrainian pharmaceutical market by S. A. Hladyshevа, Al Nasir Eiad, V. V. Luts, O. P. Hudzenko

“…Modern research has shown that cognitive impairments are directly related to behavioral disorders and psychopathological syndromes. Nootropic drugs used for pharmacotherapy of cognitive impairments demonstrate low clinical efficiency for the treatment of psychoemotional disorders. …”
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Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review by Mamun MA

“…Significant risk factors concerning suicidal behavior included the factors related to (i) socio-demographic variables: female gender, being divorced or widows or widowers or single in marital status, having lower levels of education, being urban residence, belonging to higher socioeconomic class, being unemployed, and having no children, (ii) behavior and health-related variables: lack of physical exercise, cigarette smoking, alcohol consuming, abnormal sleep status, more exposure to social media, and suffering from the higher number of physical health problems; (iii) COVID-19 pandemic-related variables: lower knowledge of COVID-19, lack of preventive COVID-19 behaviors, higher levels of COVID-19 fear, living in highly COVID-19 infected area, higher economic loss due to the pandemic, and experiencing relatives or acquaintances&rsquo; death by the COVID-19; (iv) psychopathological variables: depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, suicidal thought history, suicide attempt history, and family with a history of suicide.Conclusion: Implementing cost-effective mental health strategies along with social and community awareness for increasing help-seeking behaviors of suicide risky individuals is highly suggested.Keywords: COVID-19 and psychological impact, pandemic and suicide, prevalence and risk factors, suicide and self-harm, suicide deaths in Bangladesh, hanging in Bangladesh, systematic review…”
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Combined Fainting and Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures as Significant Therapy Hurdles in Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia: A Mini-Review and Case Report by Iven-Alex von Mücke-Heim, Iven-Alex von Mücke-Heim, Isabelle Walter, Sandra Nischwitz, Angelika Erhardt, Angelika Erhardt

“…Family history was positive for circulation problems and BII fears. Psychopathological evaluation confirmed BII phobia symptoms and diagnosis was made according to the DSM-5. …”
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Epidemiology of gastrointestinal symptoms in young and middle-aged Swiss adults: prevalences and comorbidities in a longitudinal population cohort over 28 years by Maria Avramidou, Felix Angst, Jules Angst, André Aeschlimann, Wulf Rössler, Ulrich Schnyder

“…The participants were assessed using a semi-structured interview, the “Structured Psychopathological Interview and Rating of the Social Consequences of Psychological Disturbances for Epidemiology” (SPIKE). …”
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Deficits of perceived spatial separation induced prepulse inhibition in patients with schizophrenia: relationships to symptoms and neurocognition by Ning-Bo Yang, Qing Tian, Yu Fan, Qi-Jing Bo, Liang Zhang, Liang Li, Chuan-Yue Wang

“…Conclusions The acoustic perceived spatial separation-induced PPIs may bring to light the psychopathological symptoms, especially for thought disorder, and the mechanism(s) of the novel PPI paradigm was associated with attention function.…”
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Gene‒environment interaction effect of hypothalamic‒pituitary‒adrenal axis gene polymorphisms and job stress on the risk of sleep disturbances by Min Zhao, Yuxi Wang, Yidan Zeng, Huimin Huang, Tong Xu, Baoying Liu, Chuancheng Wu, Xiufeng Luo, Yu Jiang

“…Background Studies have shown that chronic exposure to job stress may increase the risk of sleep disturbances and that hypothalamic‒pituitary‒adrenal (HPA) axis gene polymorphisms may play an important role in the psychopathologic mechanisms of sleep disturbances. However, the interactions among job stress, gene polymorphisms and sleep disturbances have not been examined from the perspective of the HPA axis. …”
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