Supported by Research Project of the Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare of Japan.
BACKGROUND The management of offenders with mental disorders has been a significant concern in forensic psychiatry.In Japan,the introduction of the Medical Treatment and Supervision Act in 2005 addressed the issue.How...
Psychiatrists require frequent contact with and treatment of patients with mental illnesses.Due to the influence of associative stigma,psychiatrists may also be targets of stigma.Occupational stigma warrants special c...
An important factor in the course of daily medical diagnosis and treatment is understanding patients’ emotional states by the caregiver physicians. However, patients usually avoid speaking out their emotions when exp...
Background: Psychiatrists and nurses are anticipated to prevent suicide behaviour, but their limited experience and lack of knowledge of patients with suicidal attempts have influenced their perception. A significant ...
In 1980,the American Psychiatric Association published the third edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM-Ⅲ,1980).This departed radically from its two previous editions(DSM-Ⅰ,1952&DSM...
Objective The purpose of this study was to explore the views of patients with personality disorder on their experiences of prescribing practices by general practitioners(GPs)and psychiatrists,and their expectations of...
The collaborative effort of an international research team from the Early Career Psychiatrists section of the World Psychiatry Association has brought about an easy-to-use,quick and stepwise mental health care toolkit...
This work was supported by Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Mental Health,Shanghai,China(SCRC-MH(19MC1911100)).
Background Patients with C0VID-19 are at high risk of developing mental health problems;however,the prevalence and management of mental disorders and how psychiatrists coordinate the treatment are unclear.Aims We aime...
Background: Psychotherapy education is one of the essential components of specialist training in psychiatry according to the Royal College of Physicians of Canada. How psychiatry trainees perceive psychotherapy has ma...
Objective: To explore the relationship between social support and self-efficacy in women psychiatrists. Methods: A survey was conducted in four hospitals in Shandong province using the Social Support Scale and the G...