Age-stratified norms for Raven's standard progressive matrices for Sri Lankan adults.

Objective: The aim of this study was to create age-stratified norms for the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) for Sri Lankan adults.

Methods: A sample of 610 adults (age: 18-72 years; education: 1-19 years), underwent the 60-item version of the SPM under individual supervision of a test administrator. The sample was stratified into 5-year age bands, and the norms are presented as percentile tables and percentile curves.

Improving psychological well-being among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic with an online mindfulness intervention: A randomised waitlist-controlled trial.

The high prevalence of psychological problems observed among healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic called for interventions to safeguard their mental health. We assessed the effectiveness of a 6-week online mindfulness-based intervention in improving well-being and reducing stress among HCWs in Sri Lanka. Eighty HCWs were recruited and randomised into two groups: waitlist-control (WLC) and intervention groups.

Historical developments, hotspots, and trends in tardive dyskinesia research: a scientometric analysis of 54 years of publications.

Background: Since being recognized as an important drug-induced clinical entity during the 1960s, tardive dyskinesia (TD) has generated an extensive body of research seeking to understand its clinical characteristics, epidemiology, pathophysiology and management. Modern scientometric approaches allow interactive visualization of large bodies of literature to identify trends and hotspots within knowledge domains. This study thus aimed to provide a comprehensive scientometric review of the TD literature.

Trait Mindfulness, Compassion, and Stigma Towards Patients with Mental Illness: A Study Among Nurses in Sri Lanka.

Objectives: Stigma towards persons with mental illness is widespread. Mindfulness may protect against stigma by cultivating accepting attitudes, non-reactivity, and prosocial emotions. This study aimed to assess whether higher trait mindfulness among nurses was linked to lower stigma towards psychiatric patients, and whether compassion mediated this relationship.

Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychiatric Training Among Final-Year Medical Undergraduates in Sri Lanka: an Online Survey of Students from Eight Universities.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on undergraduate psychiatry training in Sri Lanka and to explore several potentially associated factors.

Methods: An online survey was distributed among students from eight medical schools who recently faced their final exam. Their perceptions on the impact of the pandemic on the psychiatry training and exam performance were rated on a 10-point scale.

Global trends of machine learning applications in psychiatric research over 30 years: A bibliometric analysis.

This bibliometric analysis aimed to identify active research areas and trends in machine learning applications within the psychiatric literature. An exponential growth in the number of related publications indexed in Web of Science during the last decade was noted. Document co-citation analysis revealed 10 clusters of knowledge, which included several mental health conditions, albeit with visible structural overlap.

Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of frontline and non-frontline healthcare workers in Sri Lanka.

Introduction: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of mental health problems during a pandemic. Being stationed at the frontline or not may have implications on their mental health.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to assess depression, anxiety and stress among HCWs, to explore differences between frontline and non-frontline workers, and to investigate associated factors.

Regression-based, demographically adjusted norms for Victoria Stroop Test, Digit Span, and Verbal Fluency for Sri Lankan adults.

Objective: Lack of test norms is a major limitation in neuropsychological assessment in many non-English-speaking countries. Our objective was to generate sex-, age-, and education-adjusted, regression-based norms for three pen-and-paper-based executive function/working memory tests, viz. Victoria Stroop Test (VST), Digit Span, and Verbal Fluency, for Sinhala-Speaking Sri Lankan adults.

Trends and Developments in Mindfulness Research over 55 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications Indexed in Web of Science.

Objectives: This study aimed to identify historical developments, active research areas, and emerging trends within scientific literature on mindfulness published so far, using bibliometric methods. We also aimed to identify prominent journals, authors, organizations, and countries in the field of mindfulness.

Methods: Articles or reviews which mention mindfulness in the title, abstract, or keywords were identified using the Web of Science.

Revisiting the ATP 30: the Factor Structure of a Scale Measuring Medical Students' Attitudes Towards Psychiatry.

Objective: Among the scales developed for assessing medical students' attitudes regarding psychiatry, "attitude towards psychiatry-30" (ATP-30) is probably the most widely used. Although this scale was originally deemed to form a unitary dimension without any meaningful subscales, the authors sought to re-examine its factor structure and the viability of subscales.

Method: Secondary data from a survey of 743 final-year medical students from nine medical schools in Sri Lanka were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with promax rotation and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), to assess the underlying factor structure of ATP-30.