An EBE group (self-titled ‘the CARMers’) contributed to the development of CARMS throughout the lifecycle of the project. The CARMers had lived experience of psychosis and/or suicidality and were recruited via their involvement in previous studies with the research team. The CARMers attended ...
What is mass psychosis? When a mass hysteria causes physical symptoms, it is calledmass psychogenic illnessor epidemic hysteria. The symptoms are caused by the stress and anxiety people experience due to the perceived threat [19]. Mass hysteria is infectious [20] and may be a contributing and ...
I began to learn basic psychiatric information such as the difference between a neurosis and a psychosis. A patient with a neurosis comes to you asking for help because they are distressed by their symptoms. Perhaps they can’t go outside, or stop worrying, or stop checking things or stop ...
The main dilemmas exposed by a patient's suicide, especially if the patient suffers from psychosis, are difficult to deal with in the usual clinical settings and call for resources beyond it. The authors propose that these can be found in philosophical and theological insights....
Currently, there is a rise in COVID-19 cases nationwide. Therefore, I decided to write an update to my post that I did 1.5 years ago. Let's find out what is new in the COVID-19 and brain research area and how to deal with long-term COVID-19. ...
to identify and integrate data from published studies of patient perspectives of psychotherapy for psychosis to understand essential elements across approaches, differences between approaches, and how psychotherapy impacts recovery. We aimed to understand further: what are the perceptions about individual ...
than 50 years of age were invited to participate. Exclusion criteria were: insufficient command of the German language; lack of provision of informed consent; and presence of an acute psychiatric illness, e.g., schizophrenic psychosis. 2.2. Study Design...
We also have a lot of research into how people with depression can get the most out of their medicines. When taking any antidepressant, you have to be patient. Some people start an antidepressant and expect that it will work right away. But that's just not how antidepressants work. No on...
Emergency responders may give it to an agitated patient who, for example, they have rescued from asuicideattempt. That’s how Ken Stewart, MD, says doctors began to realize that the drug had powerful effects against depression and suicidal thoughts. ...
(ii) A single-item assessment may not provide enough information to make a comprehensive diagnosis of PmD. Reducing this phenomenon to single items #8 and #9 may not fully capture the nuances of the patient’s experience. A full diagnostic evaluation typically requires a broader assessment of ...