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Academic Psychiatry : the Journal of... Jun 2024
Topics: Humans; Prisoners; Psychiatry
PubMed: 37704881
DOI: 10.1007/s40596-023-01869-4 -
AMA Journal of Ethics Sep 2023
Topics: Humans; Psychiatry; Palliative Care
PubMed: 37695865
DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.653 -
Missouri Medicine 2024Technologies in the 21st century provide increasingly detailed and accurate maps of brain structure and function. So why don't psychiatrists order brain imaging on all... (Review)
Review
Technologies in the 21st century provide increasingly detailed and accurate maps of brain structure and function. So why don't psychiatrists order brain imaging on all our patients? Here we briefly review major neuroimaging methods and some of their findings in psychiatry. As clinicians and neuroimaging researchers, we are eager to bring brain imaging into daily clinical practice. However, to be clinically useful, any test in medicine must demonstrate adequate test statistics, and show proven benefits that outweigh its risks and costs. In 2024, beyond certain limited circumstances, we have no imaging tests that can meet those standards to provide diagnosis or guide treatment. This cold fact explains why for most psychiatric patients, neuroimaging is not currently recommended by professional organizations or the National Institute of Mental Health.
Topics: Humans; Mental Disorders; Brain; Neuroimaging; Psychiatry; Psychiatrists
PubMed: 38404436
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Australasian Psychiatry : Bulletin of... Apr 2024
Topics: Humans; Psychiatry
PubMed: 38342996
DOI: 10.1177/10398562241232749 -
Current Opinion in Neurobiology Jun 2024Studying the intricacies of individual subjects' moods and cognitive processing over extended periods of time presents a formidable challenge in medicine. While much of... (Review)
Review
Studying the intricacies of individual subjects' moods and cognitive processing over extended periods of time presents a formidable challenge in medicine. While much of systems neuroscience appropriately focuses on the link between neural circuit functions and well-constrained behaviors over short timescales (e.g., trials, hours), many mental health conditions involve complex interactions of mood and cognition that are non-stationary across behavioral contexts and evolve over extended timescales. Here, we discuss opportunities, challenges, and possible future directions in computational psychiatry to quantify non-stationary continuously monitored behaviors. We suggest that this exploratory effort may contribute to a more precision-based approach to treating mental disorders and facilitate a more robust reverse translation across animal species. We conclude with ethical considerations for any field that aims to bridge artificial intelligence and patient monitoring.
Topics: Humans; Animals; Psychiatry; Ethology; Mental Disorders; Artificial Intelligence
PubMed: 38696972
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2024.102881 -
Psychodynamic Psychiatry Sep 2023The authors provide an overview of psychiatry and psychodynamic psychotherapy in Thailand, including a discussion of practice patterns, trends, and the cultural context...
The authors provide an overview of psychiatry and psychodynamic psychotherapy in Thailand, including a discussion of practice patterns, trends, and the cultural context of the delivery of psychotherapy services in this Southeast Asian country. They discuss a way forward in psychodynamic psychotherapy training that is collaborative, self-sustaining, and leads to competence. They address how to culturally adapt psychodynamic psychotherapy and suggest areas of research that would advance the field. Lastly, they discuss psychodynamic pedagogical strategies that may be acceptable and effective in underserved areas.
Topics: Humans; Psychoanalysis; Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic; Thailand; Internship and Residency; Psychiatry; Psychotherapy
PubMed: 37772868
DOI: 10.1521/pdps.2023.51.3.261 -
Behavioral Sciences & the Law 2024The neuropsychiatric contribution to capital sentencing proceedings has grown substantially in recent decades as the consideration of neurological and psychiatric... (Review)
Review
The neuropsychiatric contribution to capital sentencing proceedings has grown substantially in recent decades as the consideration of neurological and psychiatric factors in criminal behavior has been increasingly accepted as relevant to the quest for justice. This review article will focus on the legal theories underlying neuropsychiatric input into capital sentencing decisions, as well as some of the investigative techniques and resulting data which may be offered by forensic neuropsychiatrists in this context. The death penalty is unique in its severity and irreversibility, as the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have noted repeatedly. "Death is different," and the recognition of this has generated a set of court decisions and statutes pertinent specifically to capital proceedings, both procedural and substantive.
Topics: Humans; Neuropsychiatry; Capital Punishment; Psychiatry; Law Enforcement; Criminal Law
PubMed: 38163822
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2643 -
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue... Mar 2024
Review
Topics: Humans; Forensic Psychiatry; Canada; Psychiatry; Writing
PubMed: 37769295
DOI: 10.1177/07067437231200843 -
JAMA Psychiatry May 2024
Topics: Psychiatry; Humans; Periodicals as Topic
PubMed: 38506797
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.0138 -
The International Journal of Social... Feb 2024This contribution responds to three articles (we refer to all three as 'editorials') concerning something called 'geopsychiatry'.
BACKGROUND
This contribution responds to three articles (we refer to all three as 'editorials') concerning something called 'geopsychiatry'.
AIMS
To evaluate claims made in these editorials for 'geopsychiatry' as a new field of inquiry at the interface between geography and psychiatry.
METHOD
Close critical reading of two editorials in the - entitled 'Geographical determinants of mental health' and 'Political determinants of mental health' - and one in the - entitled 'What is geopsychiatry?'
RESULTS
While this geopsychiatry initiative is to be applauded, disquiet can be expressed about the almost complete neglect of a pre-existing domain of inquiry - 'mental health geography' or 'the geography of mental health' - that has long been researched by academic geographers and cognate scholars. Key trajectories in this field can be identified and related to the proposed foci for geopsychiatry.
CONCLUSIONS
The hope is voiced that future developments in geopsychiatry will proceed in dialogue with the literature and practitioners of mental health geography.
Topics: Humans; Geography; Mental Health; Psychiatry
PubMed: 37843025
DOI: 10.1177/00207640231195289