Premature mortality and disparities in kidney healthcare for people with chronic kidney disease and severe mental health difficulties.

Background: People with severe mental health difficulties, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and psychosis, have higher risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Little was known regarding clinical outcomes and utilisation of kidney care for people with CKD and severe mental health difficulties.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of individuals with CKD attending a tertiary renal unit in London, between 2006 and 2019.

Absolute Abstinence as a Treatment Outcome in Servicemen with Alcohol Dependence: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

: Within India's military medical framework, alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS) is deemed a treatable medical illness incompatible with military service, and complete abstinence is the only acceptable successful treatment outcome. : This study was designed to identify factors which were able to differentiate treatment outcomes of abstinence and relapse among ADS patients in a military framework. : Recognizing personal incentives to misrepresent alcohol consumption, abstinence, and relapse outcomes were established using official reports from a patient's parent unit, in combination with biochemical parameters and clinical examination.

Psychiatric comorbidity in multiple sclerosis.

Aim: To study the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in patients of multiple sclerosis and their association to the degree of disability.

Method: Psychiatric symptoms were assessed in 90 patients of multiple sclerosis using GHQ-12, MMSE, HADS, Beck Depression Inventory and AUDIT. Neurological disability was assessed using Expanded Disability Status Scale.

Psychiatric Advance Directives in India: What will the future hold?

Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) have been incorporated into India's Mental Health Care Bill, 2013. This is the first time any form of Advance Directive stands to receive legal sanction in India. PADs have numerous theoretical and empirically tenable therapeutic and financial advantages.