Last. Jibril Abdulmalik(University College Hospital, Ibadan)H-Index: 18
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OBJECTIVES: Anti-police (#EndSARS) protests took place in October 2020 across several Nigerian cities, resulting in deaths, injuries and loss of property, but the psychological sequelae of these protests have not been studied. METHOD: In a cross-sectional online survey, we collected data on psychiatric morbidity and potential risk factors from 426 Nigerian social media users, who self-identified as participants or non-participants in a recent anti-police protest. RESULTS: We found elevated rates...
Background:Community reintegration from prison is typically stressful, with several health and social outcomes impacting psychiatric well-being during this time, often exacerbated among individuals...
OBJECTIVE Anxiety and depression are the most common mental health disorders experienced by Australians. These disorders are commonly found in people who use methamphetamine; however, much of this research has involved participants recruited from treatment settings who inject methamphetamine. We therefore explored (1) the prevalence of moderate to severe anxiety and depression in a community-recruited cohort who smoked methamphetamine and (2) examined potential factors associated with moderate t...
Last. Chian Jue Kuo(TMUH: Taipei Medical University Hospital)H-Index: 19
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Objective:Medical comorbidities are prevalent in patients with bipolar disorder. Evaluating longitudinal trends of the incidence of medical illnesses enables implementation of early prevention stra...
Objective:People living with severe and persistent mental illness experience poorer physical health, often due to medication and preventable lifestyle factors, and exacerbated by barriers to access...
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the role of private psychiatry, which responded to the crisis with expanded outpatient/telehealth practice and ongoing private hospital care, complementary to public sector care. Despite the significance of the private sector, it has been largely overlooked in recent reports from the Productivity Commission, the Royal Commission into Victorian Mental Health Services and the Fifth National Mental Health Plan. We highlight research findings that demonstrate th...