Unsuccessful Self-Enucleation in a Schizophrenic Patient by Noam Bar-Yaakov, Romi Noy Achiron, Michael Paul, Asaf Achiron

“…Self-enucleation is a very unusual form of self-mutilation directly linked to mental illness. In this case we present a 26-year-old schizophrenic patient who attempted to enucleate his eye with a rollerball pen. …”
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Depression, anxiety and its predictor among internally displaced person in metekel Ethiopia, 2023: using a structural equation model by Solomon Debela Bekeko, Teshome Demis Nimani, Samuel Demissie Darcho, Feyisa Shasho Bayisa

“…Structural equation modeling was employed to assess the relationship.ResultThe overall prevalence of depression and anxiety was 79.64% (95% CI: 77.02 82.03) and 74.62% (95% CI =71.83%, 77.23%) respectively. age (adjusted β = 0.0034, 95% CI: 0.0012, 0.0056), history of the death of a loved one (adjusted β = 0.132, 95% CI: 0.0803, 0.185), had formal education (β = -0.164, 95% CI: -0.229, -0.098) occupation other (adjusted β = -0.183, 95% CI: -0.261, -0.105), Not having medically confirmed mental illness (adjusted β = -0.185, 95% CI: (-0.325, -0.045), PTSD score (adjusted β = 0.0082, 95% CI: 0.0048, 0.012) associated with anxiety.ConclusionDisplacement medically confirmed mental illness, death of a loved one, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) significantly impact anxiety. …”
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ALTERNATIVES FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL ILLNESS TREATMENT AND PREVENTION IN MALAYSIA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SHARIAH by Muneer Ali Abdul Rab, Abdul Manan Ismail, Hamidin Awang, Mesbahul Hoque, Nasser Ahmad Aljabri, Abdullah Ali Salim AlShibli

“…The study concluded that psychiatrists have not clarified the exact causes of mental illness, but they suggested that they are the result of genetic, biological, environmental and psychological factors. …”
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Socio-Cultural Factors Delaying Treatment in a Patient with Late-Onset Schizophrenia by Ho Teck Tan, Manu Lal

“…We conclude that more can be done to improve mental health awareness and reduce the social stigma associated with mental illness.…”
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The survey of the status of self-stigma of depression and its relationship with demographic factors in Gonabad, Iran by Hadi Tehrani, Hadi Tehrani, Fatemehzahra Naddafi, Mahbobeh Nejatian, Alireza Jafari

“…IntroductionDepression is a common mental illness. Depression stigma can reduce individuals’ desire to seek mental health services. …”
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Assessment of stigmatization in people with epilepsy by G. Pociuvienė, D. Streckytė, R. Mameniškienė

“…Lack of knowledge about epilepsy is possibly the main reason for epilepsy stigmatization at the average level: a quarter of respondents with epilepsy believe that epilepsy is a mental illness, more than a fifth believe that epilepsy cannot be controlled and two-thirds believe that it cannot be cured. …”
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Risk of suicide in a sample of Egyptian high school adolescent students: a cross-sectional study by Eman S. Rabie, Marwa Soltan, Hanan Elrassas, Atteya Khairy, Moatazbellah I. Ali

“…Results from the Arabic version of GHQ_28 survey showed that 17.54% of the assessed students had a moderate to high risk of having a mental illness issue (scores < 7). There was a significant positive correlation among the total GHQ-28 score and various SPS score components for students in their first, second, and third grades level. …”
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Resisting epistemic violence in global mental health: Listening to local understandings of mental health and emotional distress among victims and ex-guerrilla members in Southern C... by María Cecilia Dedios Sanguineti, Laura Fonseca, Rochelle A. Burgess, Natalia Concha, Mónica González, Norha Vera San Juan, Mónica Carreño, Kely Johana Palacio, María Fernanda Sotto, Sandra Jovchelovitch

“…In this paper, we explore local understandings of mental health, mental illness, well-being and emotional distress building dialogical spaces that enable community perspectives to inform academic knowledge and health systems. …”
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Someone is to blame: the impact of suicide on the mind of the bereaved (including clinicians) by Rachel Gibbons

“…These narratives have a profound impact on well-being, increase the risk of mental illness and elevate the likelihood of death by suicide. …”
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Hérétique ou dément ? Autour du procès de Thomas d’Apulie à Paris en 1388 by Maud Ternon

“…The naturalistic medical causality used to characterize mental illness receives in that distinction a growing place. …”
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Insights on historical milestones of mental health in Nepal: Country profile by Gayatri Khanal, Y. Selvamani, Prabhat Sapkota

“…Furthermore, this article throws insights on the main challenges to overcome the current situation on mental health and the associated treatment gap due to stigma toward mental illness, lack of appropriate budget allocation, shortage of human resources, and fear of discrimination.…”
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Isotretinoin-Induced Delusional Disorder, Somatic Subtype by Katharine V. Jensen, Adam Abba-Aji

“…Here, we report a case of isotretinoin-induced psychosis, which was diagnosed as delusional disorder somatic subtype, in a young male in the absence of any prodromal symptoms, previous psychiatric history, or family history of mental illness. The onset of psychosis was in the context of a dosage increase from 40 mg/day to 80 mg/day. …”
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Le suicide est-il une folie ? Les lectures médicales du suicide en France au XIXe siècle by Marc Renneville

“…This article proposes to shed light on the main positions held by the French medical community, between Pinel’s theory of mental illness and Durkheim’s book on this subject, published in 1897.…”
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Patient-reported outcome measures to assess mental and physical health status, functionality, and quality of life in patients with major depression or schizophrenia by Luis San, Belen Arranz, Carlota Romans, Berta García, Marta Coromina, Sonia Ortiz, Miriam Vilaplana, Víctor Soto, Ruth Villaescusa, Joan Alvaros

“…Although 93.9% of patients recognized having a mental illness, 15.7% did not know their diagnosis. When asked if they considered that during the last year their treatment had offered some type of improvement, 83.9% answered affirmatively. …”
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Pathways to care for psychosis in rural Uganda: Mixed-methods study of individuals with psychosis, family members, and local leaders by Yang Jae Lee, Kayera Sumaya Nakaziba, Sophie Waimon, Grace Agwang, Kailash Menon, Sam Samuel, Aaron Damon Dyas, Travor Nkolo, Haba Ingabire, Jason Wykoff, Olivia Hobbs, Rauben Kazungu, Job Basiimwa, Robert Rosenheck, Scholastic Ashaba, Alexander C. Tsai

“… Abstract Background Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a disproportionate burden of mental illness, with limited access to biomedical care. …”
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Association Between GABRG2 and Self-Rating of the Effects of Alcohol in a French Young Adult Sample by Moe JS, Bramness JG, Bolstad I, Mørland JG, Gorwood P, Ramoz N

“…Jenny Skumsnes Moe,1,2 Jørgen G Bramness,1– 4 Ingeborg Bolstad,1,5 Jørg Gustav Mørland,3,6 Philip Gorwood,7,8 Nicolas Ramoz7,8 1Research Center for Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illness, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Brumunddal, Norway; 2Institute for Clinical Medicine, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; 3Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; 4Section for Clinical Addiction Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 5Department of Health and Social Science, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway; 6Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; 7Université Paris Cité, Inserm U1266, Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), Team Vulnerability of Psychiatric and Addictive Disorders, Paris, France; 8GHU PARIS Psychiatrie & Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, CMME, Paris, FranceCorrespondence: Jenny Skumsnes Moe, Research Center for Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illness, Innlandet Hospital Trust, P.O. …”
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« Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria » by Florence Ashley

“…The term ‘rapid-onset gender dysphoria’ (ROGD) was coined in 2016 to describe an alleged epidemic of youth coming out as trans ‘out of the blue’ due to social contagion and mental illness. The term reflects a deliberate attempt to weaponise scientific-sounding language to dismiss mounting empirical evidence of the benefits of transition. …”
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Perception of undergraduate emergency medical services students about mental health by Abdullah Alruwaili, Ahmed Alanazy, Fatimah Alyousif, Kawthar Alnajjad, Asrar Alali

“…Mental illness significantly impacts morbidity and mortality; however, research on paramedic students' perceptions and attitudes toward individuals with mental health presentations is limite. …”
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Symptoms of depression and anxiety and stress among postgraduate trainees in Sri Lanka: Risk factors and implications for practice by Prasangika S. Alles, Luckshika Amarakoon, Yasodha M. Rohanachandra

“…Being female, having a past or current mental illness, not being supported by the trainers, being unfairly treated by trainers, dissatisfaction with the work environment, difficulty in coping with long working hours, and poor peer support were significantly associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety, and stress (P < 0.01). …”
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