Current Psychiatry Research and Reviews - Volume 18, Issue 3, 2022

Aims: The study investigated the effects of cognitive behavioral and reality group therapies in fostering human immunodeficiency virus/ voluntary counseling and testing among school-going adolescents in Benin Metropolis, Edo State, Nigeria. Methods: A pre- and post-test true experimental control group design was observed. 120 school-going adolescents from three randomly selected schools were recruited and randomly a Read More

Introduction: Cognitive flexibility and resilience may influence academic achievement. These cognitive functions may be affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Only a few studies have been conducted to examine these relationships. Objective: This study examined college students' cognitive flexibility and resilience and their relationships with academic achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: In this cross-sectio Read More

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the different demographic variables and other social, and health-related factors, and the coping styles used by the general population in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 5,514 participants was conducted online over two weeks. An online questionnaire was distributed among attendees of a public Read More

Background: Independence in community living is an important aspect of rehabilitation in schizophrenia. Previous studies investigating relationships of cognitive, symptomatic, and demographic factors in community living ability of schizophrenia showed inconsistent findings. These findings may be due to variations in functional measures used or a heterogenous sample of participants recruited. Aim: To investigate the relationship Read More

Background: Burnout syndrome is a clinical entity that can negatively affect healthcare workers, especially frontline medical staff. Objective: Determine the prevalence of burnout in emergency physicians at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The Maslach Burnout Inventory was administered to 150 emergency physicians in 2020 during the first months of the pandemic in a Venezuelan hospital. There are two Read More

Background: The global pandemic which the world has been facing for the past two years has demonstrated the need to study the effects of this virus on mental health. Various studies showed that COVID-19 could be a threat to people's mental health and physical health, yet the findings are still very limited. The purpose of the study was to fill an existing gap in the corresponding literature by analyzing Post Traumatic Stress Di Read More

Aim: This study aims to determine the effect of skin-to-skin contact between father and baby within the first three hours following childbirth on the level of paternal attachment. Methods: Data were collected from 69 fathers between May-July 2018 with paternal infant attachment scale in Antalya Medical Park Hospital in Turkey in this quasi-experimental study. Results: Total score of the fathers who established skin-to-skin c Read More

Background: Psychiatric manifestations due to space-occupying lesions, although not uncommon, are generally misdiagnosed, leading to unfavorable outcomes. A colloid cyst is a slow-growing, benign tumor in the anterior part of the third ventricle, which frequently presents with neurological complaints like headaches and gait disturbances. However, a patient with a colloid cyst may also present with OPD with a s Read More

Background: Opioid agonist treatment, as the most effective treatment for opioid dependency, requires patient adherence for its effectiveness in the long run. Previous studies on psychiatric and nonpsychiatric patients indicated that the patient`s temperament has had an effect on their treatment compliance. Some studies on different types of addiction have attributed special temperament and character traits to these p Read More