{"title":"Adaptation of a mobile app for early anxiety and depression intervention in university students in Chile: participatory study.","authors":"Daniela Lira, Patricio Caviedes, Vania Martínez","doi":"10.1192/bji.2023.1","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bji.2023.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The high prevalence of mental health problems among university students poses a challenge when developing effective interventions, with digital technologies emerging as a potential resource to address this problem. The inclusion of student input in the design and development of such interventions is critical to improving their impact. This study contributed to the initial phase of a research project that aims to adapt and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an early intervention for anxiety and depression based on digital technologies for university students. Three participatory workshops were conducted with 13 university students in Chile to inquire about the features and content that a mental health mobile app should include to meet their needs and preferences. The workshop transcripts were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. The results of this study highlight the value of modifications such as the personalisation of some features of the app. The students recommended incorporating topics related to university life and the possibility of contacting a mental health professional, as well as the inclusion of peer interaction or other forms of support.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"20 1","pages":"37-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10895481/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44352307","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":"Staying sane in psychiatric residency during COVID times.","authors":"Maryam Ayub","doi":"10.1192/bji.2023.2","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bji.2023.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article gives a junior psychiatry resident's personal story of burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: what led to it, what helped her get through it and the continual process of working to avoid burnout in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"20 1","pages":"47-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10895485/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43623044","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":"Pandora's Box","authors":"","doi":"10.1192/bji.2023.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2023.6","url":null,"abstract":"An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button.","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135278183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"List of reviewers 2022","authors":"","doi":"10.1192/bji.2023.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2023.7","url":null,"abstract":"An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button.","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135529038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Practising psychiatry in Sri Lanka: challenges and opportunities.","authors":"David Skuse","doi":"10.1192/bji.2022.28","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bji.2022.28","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This month's issue of <i>BJPsych International</i> focuses on psychiatry in Sri Lanka, with articles on suggested improvements in education and training, the country's outdated legislation regarding involuntary psychiatric treatment, and the misuse of prescription medications.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"20 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909413/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10816803","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}
Aruni Hapangama, K A L A Kuruppuarachchi, Raveen Hanwella
{"title":"Achievements and challenges in psychiatric education and training in Sri Lanka.","authors":"Aruni Hapangama, K A L A Kuruppuarachchi, Raveen Hanwella","doi":"10.1192/bji.2021.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.35","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When compared with other Asian countries, psychiatric education and training in Sri Lanka has made significant developments during the past two decades, such as introducing psychiatry as a separate final year subject in the undergraduate medical curricula. However, further developments in psychiatric training in medical education are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"20 1","pages":"2-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909409/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10760905","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}
Nagina Khan, Wolfgang Gilliar, J S Bamrah, Subodh Dave
{"title":"Post-COVID-19: can digital solutions lead to a more equitable global healthcare workforce?","authors":"Nagina Khan, Wolfgang Gilliar, J S Bamrah, Subodh Dave","doi":"10.1192/bji.2022.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2022.12","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An unintended consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the exponential growth of telemedicine, with automation of healthcare becoming more common. Face-to-face meetings and training events have been replaced relatively seamlessly with online versions, taking clinical or academic expertise to distant parts of the world and making them more accessible and affordable. The wide reach of digital platforms offering remote healthcare offers the opportunity of democratising access to high-quality healthcare, However, certain challenges remain: (a) clinical guidance developed in one geographical area may need adaptation for use in others; (b) regulatory mechanisms from one jurisdiction need to offer patient safety across other jurisdictions; (c) barriers created by disparity in technology infrastructure and the variation in pay for services across different economies, leading to brain drain and an inequitable workforce. The World Health Organization's Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel could offer the preliminary framework on which solutions to these challenges could be built.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"20 1","pages":"18-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/da/f9/S2056474022000125a.PMC9909439.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10760903","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":"Sri Lanka's response to prescribed drug misuse: is it enough?","authors":"Aruni Hapangama, K A L A Kuruppuarachchi","doi":"10.1192/bji.2021.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.54","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A wide range of medications are being misused by people the world over and Sri Lanka is no exception. Reasons for this misuse are manyfold. Regulatory bodies, prescribers, dispensers, as well as the general public, have significant roles to play in mitigating the misuse of prescribed medications and their harmful consequences.</p>","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"20 1","pages":"7-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909435/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10816808","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}