Assessment of knowledge and perceptions of Tunisian psychiatrists regarding telepsychiatry.

Introduction: Telemedicine has become a fundamental pillar of the evolution of healthcare worldwide. In Tunisia, the challenges of the health system, amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, have highlighted the urgency to adopt innovative solutions. In this regard, the publication of Presidential Decree No.

Development and initial validation of the cannabis-related psychosis risk literacy scale (CPRL): a multinational psychometric study.

Background: Public education efforts to address and reduce potential harms from cannabis use in Arab countries are either slow or inexistent, and do not follow the steadily increasing trends of cannabis use in Arab youth. Several decades of research on substance use, it can be suggested that being aware of, and knowing about, psychosis risk related to cannabis can at least limit the consumption of the substance. Motivated by a lack of measures specifically designed to measure literacy about cannabis-related psychosis risk in younger populations, and based on an extensive literature review, we aimed to create and validate a new self-report scale to assess the construct, the Cannabis-related Psychosis Risk Literacy Scale (CPRL), in the Arabic language.

Moderating effect of alexithymia between problem gambling and psychotic experiences in university students.

Background: Most of the young individuals with problem gambling (PG) or psychotic experiences (PEs) are less prone to seek medical help. Therefore, community-based studies investigating the relationship between these entities in non-clinical young people across a continuum of severity are warranted. To this end, the present study proposes to advance knowledge on the mechanisms that potentially underlie the association between PG and PEs, by examining the role of a potential moderator, i.

Schizotypal traits in a large sample of high-school and university students from Tunisia: correlates and measurement invariance of the arabic schizotypal personality questionnaire across age and sex.

Background: The main goal of the present study was to examine the characteristics of schizotypal traits and their correlations with genetic (i.e., family history of mental illness), demographic (i.

Sexual dysfunction in the elderly: Prevalence and impact on quality of life.

Background: Sexual functioning is a major component of the overall human wellbeing. However, data on the sexual disorders among the elderly remain few.

Aim: Determine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction among 100 elderly Tunisian subjects and evaluate the impact on quality of life and depression.

Hospitalizations in psychiatry during the month of Ramadan: A study at the Tunisian mental health hospital.

Background: Muslims fast each year during the Holy Month of Ramadan. This rite has major socio-cultural consequences. The circadian rhythms, energy expenditure, body temperature and biological clock are also influenced by Ramadan fasting.

Evaluation of Religious Coping in Tunisian Muslim Women with Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer.

Studies evaluating religious coping in Arab-Muslim populations are few. We aimed to evaluate religiosity and religious coping in a sample of breast cancer women, and to analyze the association between religiosity, religious coping, depression, anxiety, cancer clinical data, and sociodemographic data in our patients. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted over a 4-month period in 61 newly diagnosed breast cancer women.

[Cannabis use in subjects at ultra high risk for psychosis].

Cannabis use is widespread among people at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis. The causal link as well as the temporal link between cannabis use and further occurrence of psychosis in UHR people remain inconclusive. Current science data supported an increased risk of transition to psychosis in cannabis users who are genetically predisposed to psychosis.

Hopelessness is associated with poor sleep quality after breast cancer surgery among Tunisian women.

Background: Sleep disorders are a common complaint in breast cancer patients. These women suffer from fear of death, fear of suffering, treatment complications as well as social devaluation; all leading to feelings of hopelessness. The objectives of this work were to evaluate the quality of sleep in a group of breast cancer women, and to analyze the association between sleep quality, depression, and hopelessness.

[Childhood trauma in subjects at ultra high risk for psychosis].

Childhood adversity rates would be higher in subjects at ultra-high risk of psychosis than in the general population. In addition to reference ideas, magical thoughts and social dysfunction, subjects at ultra-high risk of psychosis with a history of childhood trauma would experience more severe and specific symptoms. Childhood trauma, especially sexual abuse, was associated with the transition to psychosis.