Publications by authors named "Aishah Siddiqah Alimuddin"

Background: Migrant children and adolescents face a significantly increased risk of mental health issues. Focusing on this population's mental health issues is fundamental and requires more attention to detect and reduce these burdens in adulthood. Nevertheless, life skills intervention can improve mental health.

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  • This policy brief analyzes Malaysia's health plans, regulations, and guidelines related to postnatal depression (PND).
  • A review of 13 documents found that while PND is recognized in clinical practices, it is not mentioned in other policy documents.
  • Recommendations include improving PND care resources, increasing advocacy to combat stigma, providing better training for healthcare providers, and developing user-friendly mental health intervention modules for volunteers.
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Background: Paraphilias are recurrent and arousing fantasies, thoughts, and behaviors that cause distress to sufferers and surrounding people. This case report details the challenge of managing multiple paraphilias with compulsive sexual behavior.

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old Malay man presented with compulsive sexual behavior, encompassing voyeuristic, frotteurism, and exhibitionistic behavior, increasing progressively over the years, with accompanying overvalued ideas of erotomania.

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Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) is the most prevalent mental health disorder after childbirth, notably during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, PPD is known to have a long-term influence on the mother and the newborn, and the role of social support network is crucial in early illness recognition. This study aims to evaluate the social support networks' level of knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding PPD and examine their sociodemographic variables and exposure to the public information relating to PPD during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.

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