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

CONCLUSION: It was concluded that the disease burden of diabetic patients is intense and that the participants of the study were not effective in coping with the disease through symptom management and found spirituality important in coping.

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. Background:Recent research suggests that externalizing behaviors may influence the severity of delinquent behavior and may also be associated with low affective empathy and sensitivity to the well-being of others, as well as a decreased ability to …

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ahead of Print. Background:The modified NAVIGATE program for early schizophrenia, called the Recovery program, was implemented in the Minhang district of Shanghai, China, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, representing 11% of the city’s population of about …

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ahead of Print. Background:Subclinical Hikikomori and depression are common among college students, yet gender differences in their prevalence and interrelationships are under-explored. This study evaluated gender differences in prevalence and symptom networks of these …

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ahead of Print. Background:The health of African migrants in Australia is a largely under-researched topic despite the steadily increasing size of the population and its uniqueness. In particular, few studies have explored the mental health of African migrants in …

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ahead of Print. Background:Adolescents living in war-affected areas are more likely to suffer from depression than adolescents living outside war-affected areas. However, there is limited evidence from Northern Ethiopia that was affected by armed conflicts. This study …