Stigma in Mexican patients with Lung Cancer: Psychometric Properties of the Cataldo Lung Cancer Stigma Scale (CLCSS) - Brief version.

Introduction: Stigma in lung cancer patients may be associated with various negative outcomes such as increased psychosocial symptoms, severity of physical symptoms, and may act as a barrier to medical help-seeking behavior. The Cataldo Lung Cancer Stigma Scale (CLCSS) is one of the most widely used instruments for assessing health-related stigma in lung cancer patients.

Objectives: To determine the psychometric properties of the CLCSS in a Mexican sample of lung cancer patients.

Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Cognitive Problems and Strategies Assessment in Patients with Bipolar Disorder.

Cognitive deficits play an important role in Bipolar Disorder (BPD). The Cognitive Problems and Strategies Assessment (CPSA) is a measure that evaluates the patient's perception of cognitive difficulties, and the spontaneous use of compensatory strategies and could thus have potential utility for clinical practice in patients with BPD. Our aim was to determine the validity and reliability of the Cognitive Problems and Strategies Assessment (CPSA) in Bipolar Disorder (BPD).

Development and content validity of EVAD: A novel tool for evaluating and classifying the severity of adverse events for psychotherapeutic clinical trials.

Objective: Develop and obtain content validity of a new tool for Evaluating and Classifying the Severity of Adverse Events for Psychotherapeutic Clinical Trials (EVAD).

Method: Study of the development process of EVAD in four stages: (1) identify the domain and concept definition through a literature review, (2) instrument design, (3) expert judgment of the EVAD items through Gwent's concordance coefficient, and (4) applicability.

Results: In the absence of a consistent conceptual framework of adverse events in psychotherapeutic clinical trials, we have developed a framework and defined it.

The role of personality traits on self-medicated cannabis in rheumatoid arthritis patients: A multivariable analysis.

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients commonly report medicinal cannabis use (MCU). Personality has been independently associated with both RA-related outcomes and MCU, but there is no information available on how they interact in RA patients. This study aimed to investigate a potential association between personality traits and MCU in RA outpatients, as well as to identify additional factors associated with its use.

Self-Perceived Mental Health and Perceived Discrimination in Family Physicians and Residents: A Comparative Study Between Men and Women.

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Validity and reliability of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fatigue Scale in Mexican patients.

Introduction: Fatigue is an extra-intestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Objective: To determine the construct validity, discriminant validity and reliability of an instrument for evaluating the Fatigue Scale for IBD in Mexican patients.

Methods: Two hundred patients with an IBD confirmed diagnosis were included.

Evaluation of an anti-stigma intervention for Mexican psychiatric trainees.

Background: There is research evidence regarding the presence of stigmatising attitudes in psychiatrists towards people with mental illness, but a lack of studies and interventions focused on this issue in low and middle-income countries.

Aims: To assess the feasibility of implementing an anti-stigma intervention for Mexican psychiatric trainees, and its potential effects.

Methods: This study comprised a pre-post design with outcome measures compared between baseline and 3-month follow-up.

Looking for factors affecting functioning in euthymic patients with bipolar I disorder: the importance of cognitive complaints and BDNF's Val66Met polymorphism.

Introduction: Functioning in Bipolar Disorder (BD) is affected in a substantial proportion of patients. The impact of demographic, clinical, cognitive, and genetic factors on functioning has been shown individually; however, as a complex phenomenon, a global approach to identify the most relevant as well as possible interactions is needed.

Methods: 102 patients with type I BD in euthymia were invited for evaluation of demographic, clinical, and cognitive characteristics as well as genotype for Val66Met polymorphism of BDNF gene to determine those associated with poor functioning according to the FAST scale cut-off score.

Depression and Anxiety Disorders Impact in the Quality of Life of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Objective: Anxiety and depression have a negative influence in the quality of life. The aim of the study was to determinate the levels of sensitivity and specificity of the Anxiety and Hospital Depression Scale (HADS) and compare the quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and depression or anxiety.

Methods: This study included 104 patients with diagnosis of IBD.

Mexican Psychiatric Trainees' Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study.

Despite their training, psychiatrists have been found to have negative attitudes towards people with mental illness, including the patients they treat. Similarly, studies focused on service users have identified psychiatrists as a source of stigma. Even though negative attitudes in psychiatrists have been identified in different countries and settings, in Mexico the attitudes of these professionals have never been assessed.

Ten-year course of treated bipolar I disorder: The role of polarity at onset.

Introduction: Early-stage predictors of illness course are needed in bipolar disorder (BD). Differences among patients with a first depressive versus maniac/hypomanic episode have been stated, although in most studies, memory bias and time from onset to start of specialized treatment might interfere. The aim was to compare the first 10 years of illness course according to polarity at onset.

Mental Health Service Users' Perceptions of Stigma, From the General Population and From Mental Health Professionals in Mexico: A Qualitative Study.

Negative attitudes towards people with mental health disorders have been widely studied and identified in the general population, and even within health care professionals. Moreover, studies focused on service users have also identified mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, as a source of stigma. However, in Mexico and Latin America few studies have been conducted addressing this issue.

Psychiatric beds and prison populations in 17 Latin American countries between 1991 and 2017: rates, trends and an inverse relationship between the two indicators.

Background: In 1990, Latin American countries committed to psychiatric reforms including psychiatric bed removals. Aim of the study was to quantify changes in psychiatric bed numbers and prison population rates after the initiation of psychiatric reforms in Latin America.

Methods: We searched primary sources to collect numbers of psychiatric beds and prison population rates across Latin America between the years 1991 and 2017.

Mental Health Factors Associated With Fatigue in Mexican Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Goals: The aim of this study was to describe mental health factors associated with the development of fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients.

Background: IBD includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Patients with chronic diseases can present fatigue differently and qualitatively more severely than those typically represented by healthy populations.

The ICD-11 classification of gender incongruence of adolescence and adulthood: adequacy among transgender people in Lebanon.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of the then proposed International Classification of Diseases version 11 (ICD-11) diagnostic guidelines for Gender Incongruence of Adolescence and Adulthood in a sample of transgender people accessing multi-disciplinary health care services at specialised organisations in Lebanon. The cross-sectional study reported here was part of the ICD-11 field test studies that took place in several countries. Twenty-eight Arab transgender adults residing in Lebanon were recruited after giving consent to participate in a structured interview with a mental health professional.

Psychometric evaluation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Mexican adults with ischemic and hypertensive cardiomyopathy.

Background: Depression and anxiety are frequent comorbid conditions in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs); they are related to poor prognosis and higher mortality risk. Health providers need a clinical tool to identify these psychiatric conditions. The 14-item hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) is a screening tool used in patients with different medical conditions.

Psychometric evaluation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Mexican adults with ischemic and hypertensive cardiomyopathy.

Background: Depression and anxiety are frequent comorbid conditions in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs); they are related to poor prognosis and higher mortality risk. Health providers need a clinical tool to identify these psychiatric conditions. The 14-item hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) is a screening tool used in patients with different medical conditions.

Validación de Belief Medicines Questionnaire y Self-efficacy for Appropriate Medication Use Scale para medir adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico en pacientes con enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal.

Introduction: Treatment adherence is crucial in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to prevent relapses and complications. In Mexico, there is not a validated tool to assess adherence in patients with IBD.

Objective: To translate the beliefs about medicines questionnaire (BMQ) and self-efficacy for appropriate medication use scale (SEAMS) instruments, as well as to determine their validity, reliability and sensitivity in IBD-diagnosed Mexican patients.

Work motivation in patients with bipolar disorder: Associated factors.

Background: Occupational functioning is severely impaired in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). Work motivation (WM), defined as the psychological processes that determine the direction, intensity, and persistence of action within the work, is an essential component of work-related functioning.

Aim: To assess whether WM is affected in patients with BD and which clinical and sociodemographic factors are related to low WM.

Psychometric properties and cross-cultural comparison of the cognitive complaints in bipolar disorder rating assessment (COBRA) in Mexican patients with bipolar disorder.

Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a serious and frequent mental health condition that is sometimes fatal. Several longitudinal studies have found an important correlation between cognition and functionality in BD. Despite the known importance of cognitive symptoms in BD, evaluation of cognitive deficits is not routinely done in clinical settings, as assessment is time-consuming and requires neuropsychological testing.

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS): Validation in Mexican Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Introduction: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a self-administered instrument for outpatients, but its behaviour differs according to the clinical population to which it is applied. In Mexico it is not validated in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

Objectives: To validate the HADS scale in the Mexican population with IBD.

Combining Adobe Forms and Dropbox to Obtain a Low-Cost Electronic Data Collection System.

Background: The method used to collect, store, and analyze data can affect the quality of data obtained. Many studies have shown the advantages of electronic systems over paper. Numerous tools are available for this purpose; however, they tend to be implemented only in high-budget protocols as they tend to be expensive.

Validity and reliability of a novel Color-Risk Psychiatric Triage in a psychiatric emergency department.

Background: Classification of Psychiatric Emergency Presentations (PEP) is not sufficiently clear due to their inherent high inter-subjectivity and lack of validated triage instruments. In order to improve current classification of psychiatric emergency presentations (PEP) at Emergency Departments, we implemented and validated the Color-Risk Psychiatric Triage (CRPT), an instrument for classifying PEP risk by sorting one to five color/risk levels and one to thirty-two possible conditions arranged by risk.

Methods: Users who visited the Emergency Department (ED) of a Mexican psychiatric hospital from Dec 1st, 2008 to Dec 1st, 2009 were included.