Thirty-year trends of anxiety disorders among adolescents based on the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study by Jing Guo, Fan Yang, Shan Zhang, Xiaohan Liu, Ning Huang

“…The burden of anxiety disorders was positively correlated with the average number of psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses in the mental health sector (per 100 000), and quality of life and the correlation coefficients were 0.58, 0.67, 0.43 and 0.53, respectively.Conclusions The incidence and global burden of anxiety disorders in adolescents have continued to decrease over the past 30 years. …”
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New role of platelets in schizophrenia: predicting drug response by Tao Li, Wei Wei, Qiang Wang, Yamin Zhang, Wei Deng, Rui Xue, Wanjun Guo, Xiaojing Li, Hua Yu, Yanghao Zheng, Peiyan Ni, Sugai Liang, Xueyu Qi, Xueli Yu, Liansheng Zhao

“…Given PLTc’s easy measurement and clinical relevance, it warrants increased attention from psychiatrists.Trial registration number ChiCTR-TRC-10000934.…”
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Side effects of psychotropic drugs on eye by A.A. Petukhova, A.A. Panov, Ya.V. Malygin, M.A. Kazanfarova

“…The association between phenothiazines and anticonvulsants and retinopathy, chlorpromazine and cataract, anticonvulsants and poor color vision and reduced contrast sensitivity is also important. Psychiatrists and ophthalmologists should consider potenti al ocular side effects in patients receiving psychotropic drugs. …”
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Évaluation de la prescription et de l’utilisation des benzodiazépines dans la ville de Sidi Bel-Abbès by Derouicha Matmour, Mounia Medjeber, Yassine Merad

“…The prescription was the prerogative of psychiatrists, in monotherapy (07.42%), the molecule most frequently prescribed was Bromazepam (31.07%) and night intake was the most important (49.01%). …”
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Évaluation de la prescription et de l’utilisation des benzodiazépines dans la ville de Sidi Bel-Abbès by Derouicha Matmour, Mounia Medjeber, Yassine Merad

“…The prescription was the prerogative of psychiatrists, in monotherapy (07.42%), the molecule most frequently prescribed was Bromazepam (31.07%) and night intake was the most important (49.01%). …”
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Hospital and physician-based mental healthcare during 12 months of opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder: Exploring costs and factors associated with acute care. by Tea Rosic, Glenda Babe, Myanca Rodrigues, Brittany B Dennis, Richard Perez, Claire de Oliveira, Andrew Worster, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan

“…Outpatient mental health visits to primary care providers and psychiatrists were ascertained by examining the diagnostic codes of physician billing claims. …”
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Health Care Experience in Those With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Sydora BC, Wilke MS, Ghosh M, Vine DF

“…Because of its complexity, PCOS requires a multidisciplinary health care approach including endocrinologists, gynecologists, dietician, exercise specialists, and psychologists/psychiatrists. In this paper, we describe the findings of a self-administered survey in those who self-reported having PCOS. …”
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Enhancing Access to Mental Health Services for Antepartum and Postpartum Women Through Telemental Health Services at Wellbeing Centers in Selected Health Facilities in Bangladesh:... by Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Md Hafizur Rahman, Ridwana Maher Manna, Ema Akter, SM Hasibul Islam, Md Alamgir Hossain, Tasnu Ara, Nasimul Ghani Usmani, Pradip Chandra, Maruf Ahmed Khan, SM Mustafizur Rahman, Helal Uddin Ahmed, Muhammad Kamruzzaman Mozumder, Jesmin Mahmuda Juthi, Fatema Shahrin, Sadia Afrose Shams, Fahmida Afroze, Mukta Jahan Banu, Shafiqul Ameen, Sabrina Jabeen, Anisuddin Ahmed, Mohammad Robed Amin, Shams El Arifeen, Mohammad Sohel Shomik, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman

“…ConclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the first implementation research assessing telemental health in public health facilities involving trained psychologists and psychiatrists. Our study highlighted the increased accessibility, feasibility, acceptability, and utility of Wellbeing Centers for antepartum and postpartum women in Bangladesh, supporting their scale-up in similar settings.…”
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Googling Patients by Emily Beer

“…One article describes the patient experience as possibly a “perceived privacy” that stems from an assumption that clinicians will not conduct online searches for information about them just like they may assume “their psychiatrists would not eavesdrop on their conversations in restaurant.”[6] Another acknowledges that there is a difference between legal definitions of privacy and confidentiality and “the layperson’s notion.”[7] So, though looking up a patient’s Facebook profile does not legally violate the patient’s privacy, the patient may still consider it “private” in a layperson’s sense. …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…Varekamp, "Ulysses Directives in the Netherlands: Opinions of Psychiatrists and Clients," Health Policy 70, no. 3 (2004): 291-301, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.03.003…”
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