CONCLUSION: The low prescription of lithium for BD in this study is concerning, despite the long-standing evidence for lithium's efficacy and effectiveness in the literature. This highlights the need to remind clinicians about the South African BD guidelines.

CONCLUSION: Telemedicine applications in mental health services can play an effective role in reducing the burden of chronic mental illness and improving patient outcomes.

Physical activity is associated with better global functioning in the general population and in people with physical conditions. However, there is no meta-analytic evidence on the associations between daily physical activity levels and global functioning in people with mental disorders. The objective of the present meta-analysis therefore was to evaluate the associations between daily physical […]

Dear Editor, Next to focal neurological symptoms, epileptic seizures and head aches, brain tumors can less frequently bring about cognitive changes, slowed speech, difficulty sustaining mental functioning and psychiatric symptoms of personality changes and. loss of interest in daily activities, these symptoms may be evaluated as anxiety or depression. Depression is known to be a […]

CONCLUSION: Lower educational attainment, long hospital stay, past pyschiatric illness, and African-American race appear to predispose to social dysfunction after trauma, which in turn is associated with a positive post-traumatic stress disorder screen, functional limitations, and delayed return to work.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ahead of Print. Objective:To identify latent profiles of psychological distress in the Brazilian academic community and analyze their association with sociodemographic inequalities.Methods:A nationwide online survey was conducted with 3,770 participants, including …

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ahead of Print.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ahead of Print.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ahead of Print. There is a pressing need to address the unique challenges of managing Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), where mental health resources are scarce and unevenly distributed. To develop this evidence-based …

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ahead of Print. Background:Perceived stigma in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a well-established barrier to help-seeking, social functioning, and quality of life. However, little is known about how stigma is shaped by cultural context and which psychosocial resources …