A5084209151- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Homelessness and Social Issues
Columbia University
2015-2025
University of Cagliari
2013-2024
World Health Organization
2024
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
2022-2024
United Food and Commercial Workers
2023
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2022
University of Chile
2022
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2022
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2022
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Cagliari
2015-2016
This study investigated the prevalence of suicidal behavior and psychological distress in university students across 12 nations. A total 5,572 from countries were surveyed about suicide ideation, attempts, by means a self-administered questionnaire. Almost 29% samples reported having contemplated 7% attempting suicide. Of sample, 51.1% scored above General Health Questionnaire-12 ≥ 3 cut-off points, 41.6% GHQ-12 4 33.8% 5 points. While odds ideation elevated Austria UK, reduced ORs detected...
Abstract Background Persons with disabilities experience health inequities in terms of increased mortality, morbidity, and limitations functioning when compared to the rest population. Many poor outcomes experienced by persons cannot be explained underlying condition or impairment, but are driven unfair societal system factors. A synthesis global evidence is needed identify factors that hinder equitable access healthcare services for disabilities, interventions remove these barriers promote...
Since February 2020, when coronavirus disease began to spread in Italy, general practitioners (GPs) were called manage a growing number of health situations. The challenges experienced by Italian GPs remained unrevealed. This study aimed at exploring GPs' care experiences and practices associated with critical incidents during the first wave pandemic. A qualitative design involving incident technique through an online survey was applied. Sociodemographic data open-ended responses collected....
Italy is one of the high-income countries hit hardest by Covid-19. During first months pandemic, Italian healthcare workers were praised media and public for their efforts to face emergency, although with limited knowledge resources. However, soon had new challenges at a time when national health system was working hard recover. This study focuses on this difficult period assess impact COVID-19 pandemic mental workers.Healthcare from all regions [n = 5,502] completed an online questionnaire...
Abstract Healthcare workers (HCWs) were at increased risk for mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, with prior data suggesting women may be particularly vulnerable. Our global study aimed to examine factors associated gender differences in psychological distress and depressive symptoms among HCWs COVID-19. Across 22 countries South America, Europe, Asia Africa, 32,410 participated HEalth caRe wOrkErS (HEROES) between March 2020 February 2021. They completed General Health...
The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between religion, suicidal behavior, attitudes and psychological distress in 5572 students from 12 countries by means a self-report questionnaire. Our results showed that an affiliation with Islam associated reduced risk for suicide ideation, however affiliating Orthodox Christianity no religion related increased ideation. While Buddhism, Catholic lowered attempting suicide, heightened suicide. Affiliation Hinduism, Christianity,...
The aim of this study was to determine the risk for Bipolar Disorder (BD) in Wilson's disease (WD) and measure impaired Quality Life (QL) BD with WD using standardized psychiatric diagnostic tools a case control design. This study. cases were 23 consecutive patients treated at University Hospital Cagliari, Italy, controls 92 sex- age-matched subjects no diagnosis who randomly selected from database used previously an epidemiological Psychiatric diagnoses according DSM-IV criteria determined...
This paper reports the results of a comparative investigation attitudes to suicide and suicidal persons in 5,572 university students from 12 countries. Participants filled out two scales measuring towards persons, measure psychological distress together with questions about behavior. Results showed that highest acceptance scores were observed Austrian, UK, Japanese Saudi Arabian samples lowest noted Tunisian, Turkish, Iranian Palestinian samples. While social for friend US, Italian Tunisian...
Summary Psychiatrists have an essential role to play in promoting human rights mental healthcare. The World Health Organization's QualityRights initiative, partnership with different stakeholders, is improving the quality of psychiatric care countries.
Background: The increased use of antidepressant drugs (ADs) improved the response to needs care although some community surveys have shown that subjects without lifetime psychiatric diagnosis (anxiety/depression) used ADs.
Background: The aim is to measure the association between fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mood anxiety disorders using reliable psychiatric diagnoses according Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV) with a case–control design. Methods: Case–control study cases (71 consecutive female patients FMS) controls (284 subjects without FMS), randomly drawn after gender- age-matching technique from database an epidemiological survey....
The prevalence of eating disorders (ED) in the community is still under debate, as well measure their impact on well-being individuals. It was decided to evaluate an Italian sample burden quality life people and compare it those attributable other chronic illnesses. A survey 4,999 using a questionnaire health services utilization, Advanced Neuropsychiatric Tools Assessment Schedule (ANTAS), semi-structured clinical interview derived from non-patient version DSM-IV (SCID/NP) Short Form Health...
Abstract Background In 2012, Ghana ratified the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and enacted a Mental Health Act to improve quality mental health care stop human rights violations against people conditions. line these objectives, Ghanaian stakeholders collected data services respect for in psychiatric facilities identify challenges gather useful information development plans aimed offered. This study assess from different regions provide evidence services....
To compare the six-month outcome on mood, cognition and quality of life (QoL) in patients with severe carotid atherosclerosis (CA) who underwent endarterectomy (CEA) subjects refused treatment.Cohort study consecutive inpatients CA (stenosis ≥ 50 %) (N = 46; age 72.56 ± 7.26; male 65.2 %). Intervention cohort: decided to undergo CEA 35); Control cohort 11). DSM-IV-Psychiatric diagnosis made by clinicians using interviews, QoL measured Short Form Health Survey (SF-12); cognitive performance...