Seri Abraham
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Infant Health and Development
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Empathy and Medical Education
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
Manchester Metropolitan University
2021-2024
Health Education North West
2021-2024
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
2020-2024
Royal Oldham Hospital
2021-2022
University of Bolton
2022
Health Education England
2022
Newcastle University
2015-2021
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
2018
National Health Service
2018
Manchester Royal Infirmary
2016-2017
Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has brought untold tragedies. However, one outcome been the dramatically rapid replacement of face-to-face consultations and other meetings, including clinical multidisciplinary team with telephone calls or videoconferencing. By large this form remote consultation received a warm welcome from both patients clinicians. To date, human, technological institutional barriers may have held back integration such approaches in routine practice, particularly UK. As we...
Abstract Background The prevalence of medical illnesses is high among patients with psychiatric disorders. current study aimed to investigate multi-comorbidity in disorders comparison the general population. Secondary aims were factors associated metabolic syndrome and treatment appropriateness mental Methods sample included 54,826 subjects (64.73% females; 34.15% males; 1.11% nonbinary gender) from 40 countries (COMET-G study). analysis was based on registration previous history that could...
Antipsychotics and severe mental illness (SMI) are associated with weight gain, obesity increases the risks of cardiometabolic disease premature death. These present management liability issues for psychiatrists. Physical healthcare people SMI is poor, this may partly be owing to training limitations lack proactiveness by Ethically legally, psychiatrists have a duty avoid unnecessary harm maintain an acceptable standard care. This would apply particularly patients receiving compulsory...
Background It is estimated that 1 in 10 people have a personality disorder. People with emotionally unstable disorder are at high risk of suicide. Despite being frequent users mental health services, there often no clear pathway for patients to access effective treatments. Aims To describe the characteristics who died by suicide, examine clinical care pathways and explore whether adhered National Institute Health Care Excellence guidance. Method consecutive case series (1 January 2013 31...
We conducted a cross-sectional survey to examine how undergraduate psychiatry is taught and assessed across medical schools in the UK that have at least one cohort of graduated students.
We present the case of a 28-year-old Afghan woman who presented perinatally with concerns being possessed by jinns. She was noted to have third person auditory hallucinations, delusions control and somatic passivity. diagnosed schizophrenia treated antipsychotic medications positive outcome. Her husband also believed that his wife her jinns talked through on occasions. He did not experience any psychotic symptoms himself. In Muslim faith, beliefs about are widely held people without signs...
The COVID‐19 pandemic presents psychiatrists with new challenges in delivering safe and effective care, reduced face‐to‐face contact patients. To try to address this the Royal College of Psychiatrists has encouraged clinicians review patients remotely reinforce protection staff. This article aims provide a structured approach for conduct remote psychiatric assessments considers future developments telepsychiatry globally.
Communication is the cornerstone of mental healthcare. In UK, many people who will need access to health services do not possess English as their first language. this editorial, we seek examine current policy and guidance with respect interpreting in healthcare, explore benefits challenges interpretation ethical implications consider. We focus on how could better engage interpreters cultural brokers understand expressions distress. conclude by suggesting an education research agenda which...
The topic of patients recording healthcare consultations has been previously debated in the literature, but little consideration given to risks and benefits such recordings context mental health assessments treatment. This issue is growing importance increasing use technology recent increase online services, largely accelerated by COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss clinical, ethical legal considerations relevant audio or visual patients, with reference existing UK guidance inclusion a patient's...
Aims and method To develop pilot a clinician-rated outcome scale to evaluate symptomatic outcomes in liaison psychiatry services. Three hundred sixty patient contacts with 207 separate individuals were rated using six subscales (mood, psychosis, cognition, substance misuse, mind–body problems behavioural disturbance) plus two additional items (side-effects of medication capacity consent for medical treatment). Each item was on five-point from 0 5 (nil, mild, moderate, severe very severe)....
Psychiatrists all over the world are being presented with unique challenge of continuing to deliver mental health care during, and after first wave COVID-19 pandemic. Telepsychiatry has emerged as a potential solution this challenge, especially when physical distancing become norm in social discourse. India, its vast rural population technological prowess, been one early adopters telepsychiatry. However, given reach mobile telephony usage is not widespread anticipated. In post world, rapid...
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