Randomized Clinical Trial on the Comparison of Effect of Asynchronous Mobile Application and Guided Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Managing Anxiety among Medical Students.

Introduction: Medical students are a population at increased risk for anxiety due to their demanding schedule and concerns about potential stigmatization, which often leads to discouragement when seeking help. COVID-19 pandemic has been reported to worsen this issue by restricting social interaction and mobility. To address this problem, an innovative method known as Asynchronous Digital Cognitive Education GAMA-AIMS (DCE GAMA-AIMS) has been introduced.

The principles of recovery-oriented mental health services: A review of the guidelines from five different countries for developing a protocol to be implemented in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Background: Recovery-oriented mental health service has become the focus of global change in mental health services. Most of North industrialized countries have adopted and implemented this paradigm in the last two decades. Only recently that some developing countries are trying to follow this step.

Usability, Acceptability, and Adherence Rates of Mobile Application Interventions for Prevention or Treatment of Depression: A Systematic Review.

Mobile health applications (apps) have been growing as a new frontier in mental health care delivery. The objective of the current systematic review was to summarize the evidence regarding usability, acceptability, and adherence rates of mobile app interventions for prevention or treatment of depression. A literature search was conducted in relevant databases, including PubMed, PsycINFO, and Embase, for articles published between January 1, 2009, and August 1, 2019.

Cultural explanations of psychotic illness and care-seeking of family caregivers in Java, Indonesia.

The cultural understanding of illness among caregivers of first-episode psychotic persons is a crucial issue. Not only does it influence caregivers' care-seeking behavior and length of time until receiving medical treatment (known as the 'duration of untreated psychosis' or DUP), but it also predicts the outcome of the illness. This article aims to explore cultural understanding and care-seeking behavior among caregivers of psychotic patients in Java, Indonesia.

Development and Evaluation of a Mental Health Training Program for Community Health Workers in Indonesia.

The treatment gap in mental health care in Indonesia is a critical issue due in large measure to the dearth of professional mental health staff. In response to this need, our team designed a mental health training program for existing community health workers. The training program was offered to 65 participants at 2 (two) community primary care center (Puskesmas); we evaluated the training program with quantitative and qualitative methods.

Early psychosis in Indonesia: reflections on illness and treatment.

This paper provides an overview of more than 22 years of research conducted in the central Javanese province of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, by teams of researchers associated with Gadjah Mada University and Harvard University, led by the authors of this essay. This work is placed in the context of the very limited literature on early psychosis and mental health services in Indonesia. It provides an overview of mental health services in Indonesia and of this team's research trajectory, then addresses four key domains: the cultural phenomenology of early experiences of psychotic illness; patterns of onset, with a particular focus on extremely rapid onset psychoses; patterns of care-seeking for first episode illness; and mental health services and patterns of utilization.

Managing information gaps on caregivers of psychotic patients in primary health settings of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Information gaps hinder the management of psychotic patients. Incorporating mental health services into primary care might solve the problem. Health workers can be trained to provide psycho-education for caregivers of psychotic patients.

Brief interactive psychoeducation for caregivers of patients with early phase psychosis in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Aim: Brief psychoeducation for families of psychotic patients has been shown to significantly increase family members' knowledge of the disorder. This increase is associated with reductions in relapse and rehospitalization. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of brief psychoeducation about schizophrenia to caregivers of patients in early phases of psychotic disorders in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

The association between duration of untreated psychosis in first psychotic episode patients and help seeking behaviors in Jogjakarta, Indonesia.

Help seeking is predictor of prognosis in the first episode of psychotic disorders. Caregivers play a key role in deciding from whom to seek help. In Indonesia, caregivers often seek help from alternative healers first and health professionals later, which is believed to result in delayed psychiatric treatment and risk for poor prognosis.