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Psychosocial treatment for incarcerated methamphetamine users: the Philippines experience
Type: Journal Article
Year: 2020
Publication Place: England
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Psychosomatic disorders in developing countries: Current issues and future challenges
Type: Journal Article
Year: 2006
Publication Place: United States
Abstract: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This paper focuses on understanding of the concept, recent advances, and challenges to be faced in the field of psychosomatic disorders by the developing countries. RECENT FINDINGS: Changing health scenario in developing countries has led to imminent epidemic of noncommunicable diseases along with the unmet agenda of controlling infectious diseases. Psychosomatic medicine has a role to play in curtailing the upcoming epidemic. Research studies on psychosomatic disorders from developing countries are very few. Most of the publications are in nonpsychiatric medical journals covering explorative to intervention studies. Traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines such as ayurveda are already playing their role in the area of psychosomatic disorders in developing countries. SUMMARY: The role and responsibility of the psychiatrist is changing from treating major mental disorders to preventing and treating psychosomatic disorders. In this regard, developing countries have to meet various challenges such as development of manpower, training of medical and paramedical staff, funding resources for clinical practice and research, coordinating with complementary and alternative medicines, and networking with policy makers in combating the imminent epidemic.
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Psychosomatic medicine in primary care: influence of training
Type: Journal Article
Year: 2009
Publication Place: Austria
Abstract: BACKGROUND: General practitioners (GPs) are often confronted with patients presenting somatic symptoms presumed to be decisively modulated by psychosocial factors. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to explore GPs' reported clinical routine in dealing with these patients according to the GPs' level of training in psychosomatic medicine. METHODS: A structured postal questionnaire survey was conducted among all Austrian GPs with a standardized training background in psychosomatic medicine (three levels of training; duration between one and six years) as well as in a random national sample of Austrian GPs without such training, resulting in four study subgroups. RESULTS: Respondents estimated that between 20% and 40% of their patients presenting somatic symptoms need psychosocial factors to be addressed. Study subgroups differed significantly concerning their reported diagnostic and therapeutic routine behavior patterns. Some diagnostic approaches such as clarification of lay etiology increased linearly with the level of training. The proportion of patients receiving corresponding treatment in the GP's own practice was also reported to increase with the level of training (no training: 35%, levels one and two: 46%, level three: 54%), although all subgroups estimated that over 20% of patients do not receive any corresponding treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Results point at the clinical relevance of a general training in psychosomatic medicine in primary care. They also suggest specific training effects that need to be substantiated in observational studies.
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Medically Unexplained Symptoms
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Psychosomatic medicine is a comprehensive field, not a synonym for consultation liaison psychiatry
Type: Journal Article
Year: 2010
Publication Place: United States
Abstract: There is controversy surrounding the term psychosomatic. If it is used as an equivalent of consultation liaison psychiatry, there is little justification for retaining it. Psychosomatic medicine, however, may be defined as a comprehensive interdisciplinary framework for the assessment of psychosocial factors affecting individual vulnerability, course, and outcome of any type of disease; holistic consideration of patient care in clinical practice; and integration of psychological therapies in the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of medical disease. Psychosomatic medicine has developed several clinimetric tools for assessing psychosocial variables in the setting of medical disease and has raised the need for specific evaluations in medical assessment. The term psychosomatic medicine today seems to be more timely than ever and provides a home for innovative and integrative thinking at the interface of behavioral and medical sciences.
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Psychosomatics: a current overview
Type: Journal Article
Year: 2011
Publication Place: England
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Psychotherapy for depression in primary care: a panel survey of general practitioners' opinion and prescribing practice
Type: Journal Article
Year: 2014
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: PURPOSE: Psychotherapy is recommended as first-line treatment in patients presenting with mild-to-moderate depression. Although this disorder is mostly managed in primary care, little is known about General Practitioners' (GPs) practice of prescribing psychotherapy. The objectives were to explore GPs' opinion on psychotherapy for depression, and the personal and professional characteristics associated with reported strategies for prescribing psychological therapy and/or an antidepressant in mild-to-moderate depression. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was carried out among participants in a panel of randomly selected GPs (2,114/2,496 participated: 84.7%). GPs were interviewed using a standardized questionnaire covering their professional and personal characteristics, their practices and opinions in the area of depression management. A multi-model averaging approach was used to explore the characteristics associated with practice of prescribing psychological therapy in mild-to-moderate depression. RESULTS: Most GPs had a favourable opinion regarding the efficacy of psychotherapy in depression. Slightly more than one out of four reported prescribing psychological therapy alone often/very often in mild-to-moderate depression. These GPs were more likely to be female (OR = 1.56, 95% CI 1.24; 1.97), to have a personal history of psychotherapy (OR = 1.76, 95% CI 1.31; 2.38), no history of depression in someone close (OR = 0.80, 95% CI 0.65; 0.99), and to consider that antidepressants are over-prescribed (OR = 2.02, 95% CI 1.63; 2.49). No association was found with professional characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: GPs' personal experience has a greater impact on psychological therapy prescription than professional characteristics. This finding suggests that educational efforts are required for providing GPs decision-making skills regarding psychological therapy prescription, based upon evidence-based medicine rather than subjective factors.
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Psychotherapy in a resource-constrained setting: Understanding context for adapting and integrating a brief psychological intervention into primary care
Type: Journal Article
Year: 2021
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Psychotic symptoms in an urban general medicine practice.
Type: Journal Article
Year: 2002
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The authors� goals were to estimate the prevalence of psychotic symptoms among adults attending an urban general medical practice that serves a low-income population and to describe the mental health, social and occupational functioning, and mental health treatment of these patients. METHOD: Data were drawn from a recent study of adult primary care patients (N=1,005) in a large, urban, university-affiliated general medicine practice. During a medical visit, patients completed the psychotic disorders section of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders, a drug use disorders screen, the Sheehan Disability Scale, and a questionnaire that probed demographic characteristics, health status, and mental health treatment. RESULTS: Two hundred ten (20.9%) patients reported one or more psychotic symptoms, most commonly auditory hallucinations. There was an inverse correlation between family income and the prevalence of psychotic symptoms and a positive association between prevalence and Hispanic ethnicity. Compared with patients without psychotic symptoms, patients with psychotic symptoms were significantly more likely to have major depression (42.4% versus 12.6%), panic disorder (24.8% versus 4.0%), generalized anxiety disorder (38.6% versus 8.4%), and alcohol use disorder (12.9% versus 5.0%). They were also more likely to report current suicidal ideation (20.0% versus 3.5%), recent work loss (55.0% versus 35.6%), and marital distress (28.6% versus 13.0%). Approximately one-half of the patients with psychotic symptoms (47.6%) had taken a prescribed psychotropic medication during the last month. CONCLUSIONS: Psychotic symptoms were highly prevalent in this primary care practice. These patients were at risk for several common mental disorders and often reported impaired work and social functioning. Future research should clarify the extent to which psychotic symptom reports among Hispanic patients are affected by culturally patterned idioms of distress. Clinicians who work in primary care practices that serve low-income patient populations should routinely inquire about psychotic symptoms.
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Healthcare Disparities
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Psychotropic medication discussions in older adults' primary care office visits: So much to do, so little time
Type: Journal Article
Year: 2011
Publication Place: England
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To examine discussions of psychotropic medications during the older patient's visit to primary care physicians, identify how physician's competing demands influence these discussions, describe different scenarios physicians utilize to address mental health complaints of older adults, and recommend best practices for diagnosing and treating such patients. METHOD: Convenience sample of 59 videotapes of primary care office visits involving mental health discussions in the United States complemented by patient and physician surveys. Videotaped visits were examined using logistic regression for grouped-level data to explore contributions of physician's competing demands to the likelihood of having psychotropic medication discussions. Tape transcripts were selected to provide examples of prescribing and referral behaviors. RESULTS: One-third of these visits contained no psychotropic medication discussions despite its important role in treating mental illnesses. When prescribing psychotropic medicines, physicians presented information about the medication's purpose and brand name more often than adverse effects or usage. More competing demands (i.e., more topics discussed or more leading causes of disability addressed during the visit) were associated with less psychotropic medication discussions. Selected case scenarios illustrate the importance of acknowledging mental illness, prescribing psychotropic medications, explaining the medications, and/or referring patients to mental health providers to address their mental health complaints. CONCLUSION: Competing demands may constrain discussions of psychotropic medications. Given the seriousness of mental illness in late life, system-level changes may be needed to correctly diagnose mental illness, take more proactive actions to improve mental health, and enhance information exchange concerning psychotropic medication in a manner that meets patients' needs.
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PTSD in primary care-an update on evidence-based management
Type: Journal Article
Year: 2013
Publication Place: United States
Abstract: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in primary care but it is frequently not detected or treated adequately. There is insufficient evidence to recommend universal screening for PTSD in primary care, but clinicians should remain alert to PTSD among patients exposed to trauma, and among those with other psychiatric disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, multiple somatic symptoms and chronic pain. A two-stage process of screening (involving the PC-PTSD), and, for those with a positive screen, a diagnostic evaluation (using the PTSD-Checklist), can detect most patients with PTSD with few false positives. Evidence-based recommendations are provided for treatment in primary care or referral to mental health.
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