{"title":"Perinatal and child and adolescent mental health: steps towards integration and inclusion from around the world.","authors":"Marinos Kyriakopoulos","doi":"10.1192/bji.2025.12","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bji.2025.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"22 2","pages":"27"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12131044/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Child and adolescent mental health services in Aotearoa New Zealand.","authors":"Edward Miller, Anthony James","doi":"10.1192/bji.2025.5","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bji.2025.5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper aims to give an overview of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in Aotearoa New Zealand. We provide a brief overview of the demographics of the country and include the most up-to-date epidemiological data on child and adolescent mental health. To meet these psychiatric needs, we consider the present workforce, governance, funding and structure of CAMHS. Current psychiatric practice is heavily influenced by the country's unique history and cultural mix. Aotearoa New Zealand is noted for outstanding epidemiological research.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"22 2","pages":"32-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12131043/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BJPsych InternationalPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-30DOI: 10.1192/bji.2024.44
Susmita Pandey
{"title":"Impact of ethnicity on the relevance of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in Nepal.","authors":"Susmita Pandey","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.44","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bji.2024.44","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is a ten-item standardised questionnaire to assess an individual's vulnerability to alcohol use disorders. Three of these ten questions are related to alcohol consumption. Nepal has a distinct alcohol culture, where alcohol use is socially and religiously acceptable in some caste/ethnic groups and is prohibited in others, thereby influencing the scores of AUDIT questions related to all three conceptual domains. Identifying and endorsing subsets of AUDIT questions relevant to different ethnic groups could be the way forward for effective screening of alcohol use disorders in Nepal.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"22 2","pages":"52-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12131042/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BJPsych InternationalPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1192/bji.2024.39
Salim Al-Huseini, Mohammed Al Alawi, Naser Al-Balushi, Hamed Al Sinawi, Hassan Mirza, Rola Al Balushi, Manal Al Balushi, Sachin Jose, Angie Cucchi, Nasser Al-Sibani, Samir Al-Adawi, Nagina Khan
{"title":"Prevalence and predictors of occupational burnout among first-year medical residents in Oman: the role of trait emotional intelligence.","authors":"Salim Al-Huseini, Mohammed Al Alawi, Naser Al-Balushi, Hamed Al Sinawi, Hassan Mirza, Rola Al Balushi, Manal Al Balushi, Sachin Jose, Angie Cucchi, Nasser Al-Sibani, Samir Al-Adawi, Nagina Khan","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.39","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bji.2024.39","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research has focused on the significance of occupational burnout and the role of emotional intelligence and poor coping abilities among physicians. Our study aimed to assess the prevalence of occupational burnout among first-year medical residents in Oman, exploring the relationship between trait emotional intelligence subscales and the three dimensions of burnout syndrome, and examining the association between sociodemographic covariates and the three dimensions of burnout syndrome. The outcome measures included various indices of the abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory. The Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEI) and its subscales were examined. The data showed a high burnout rate of 25.8%. Specifically, among the residents, 57.5% reported high levels of emotional exhaustion, 50.8% reported high depersonalisation and 49.2% reported a low sense of personal achievement. Age was significantly associated with depersonalisation (P < 0.003) and personal achievement (P < 0.0001). Marital status was the only variable significantly associated with emotional exhaustion (P = 0.001). Single residents had considerably lower emotional exhaustion than married residents (P = 0.001). The global mean score for the TEI was 4.77 (±0.64). A statistically significant relationship was found between personal achievement and emotional intelligence (r = 0.203, P = 0.026).</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"22 2","pages":"43-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12131040/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BJPsych InternationalPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-10DOI: 10.1192/bji.2025.3
Shalini Singh, Rakesh Chadda
{"title":"Drug control: initiatives from India.","authors":"Shalini Singh, Rakesh Chadda","doi":"10.1192/bji.2025.3","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bji.2025.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The South Asian region, including India, faces an increased prevalence of illicit drug use. Key challenges include rising opioid use, injecting drug use and spread of stimulant use from some pockets to other regions of the country. Challenges faced are poor surveillance, lack of evidence-based and structured prevention programmes, wide treatment gaps and inadequate social capital for reintegration of substance users into society. The drug control efforts in India have resulted in an improved drug offence surveillance system, increased community awareness, a growing network of drug treatment centres and resource-building measures. India has made pioneering efforts in the field of harm reduction in the South Asian region. The steps taken have the potential of applicability across other South Asian, as well as most low- and middle-income, countries around the world.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"22 2","pages":"55-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12131045/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of current status and ongoing reforms of the mental health system in Uzbekistan.","authors":"Evgeniy Smekhov","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2024.27","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Uzbekistan's mental health system is undergoing significant reform aimed at improving care and service delivery. This article provides a comprehensive evaluation of the current state of Uzbekistan's mental health system using the WHO 2010 monitoring and evaluation framework. It also details ongoing reforms designed to address systemic issues, enhance mental healthcare and ensure better health outcomes for the population.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"22 1","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12022853/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143999975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System for rare events and disorders: highlighting the need for an international network for surveillance.","authors":"Muthukrishnan Venkatesan, Eleanor Smith, Marinos Kyriakopoulos, Aditya Narain Sharma","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2024.36","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Commonly occurring mental health disorders have been well studied in terms of epidemiology, presentation, risk factors and management. However, rare or uncommon mental health disorders and events are harder to study. One way to do this is active surveillance. This article summarises how the Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System was developed, as well as the key studies that have used the system and their impact, to make the case for a wider international surveillance unit for child and adolescent psychiatry. Keeping this surveillance active in different populations across the globe will add to existing knowledge and understanding of these uncommon disorders and events. This will in turn help in developing better frameworks for the identification and management for these disorders and events. It will also facilitate the sharing of ideas regarding current methodology, ethics, the most appropriate means of evaluating units and their potential applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"22 1","pages":"15-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12022850/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144037582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M I Singh Sethi, Rakesh C Kumar, Narayana Manjunatha, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Suresh Bada Math
{"title":"Mental health apps in India: regulatory landscape and future directions.","authors":"M I Singh Sethi, Rakesh C Kumar, Narayana Manjunatha, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Suresh Bada Math","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2024.20","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mental health apps (MHAs) are increasingly popular in India due to rising mental health awareness and app accessibility. Despite their benefits, like mood tracking, sleep tools and virtual therapy, MHAs lack regulatory oversight. India's framework, including the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and Medical Device Rules 2017, does not cover standalone health apps, raising concerns about data privacy and accuracy. Establishing a centralised regulatory body with guidelines for MHAs is essential for user safety and efficacy. This paper examines the current regulatory landscape, compares international approaches and proposes a tiered regulatory framework to foster responsible innovation while safeguarding user interests in digital mental health services.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"22 1","pages":"2-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12022849/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144052063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stepping into 2025: highlights of the February issue.","authors":"Hussien Elkholy","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2024.41","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"22 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12022885/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144039171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}