Family Presence During Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Qualitative Study About Its Feasibility From a Patient, Family Member, and Healthcare Worker Perspective.

Objective: This study aims to explore perspectives of patients, family, and healthcare professionals on feasibility of family presence during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

Methods: This qualitative study used semistructured interviews. Eleven patients and 12 healthcare workers participated in small focus groups.

[Neurosteroids as treatment of postpartum depression: a critical literature review].

Background: Brexanolone (Zulresso) and zuranolone (Zurzuvae) are two synthetic neuroactive steroids that were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March 2019 (as an intravenous treatment) and August 2023 (as an oral treatment) respectively, for the treatment of postpartum depression.

Psychological Distress and Relational Intimacy following Sexual Violence: A Longitudinal Study.

Increasing evidence shows how distress following sexual violence might spill over to victims' romantic relationship functioning. However, studies investigating the reverse spillover between relationship functioning and psychological distress following sexual violence are lacking. The current study therefore aimed to investigate the bidirectional association between victims' psychological distress (posttraumatic stress, depression, anxiety and stress) and emotional and sexual intimacy using a three-wave yearly survey study of a community sample of sexual violence victims ( = 274, 89% women, 3% men and 8% trans persons, = 32 years, = 10.

Has Family Engagement Finally Gained Foothold in Forensic Mental Healthcare?

Despite advancements in promoting family engagement in mental health settings, limited involvement of family members persists in forensic mental healthcare. Forensic mental healthcare professionals face various barriers in engaging families, including a patient-centered approach and resource constraints. However, limited understanding exists of professionals' experiences with family engagement, which is crucial for improving care practices in this setting.

How Do People With Schizophrenia Manage Their Daily Life? A Qualitative Study.

Due to the rising number of long-term mental health conditions, there has been a shift in therapeutic focus from curing these conditions, to living a meaningful life with them. Self-management is described as the ability to live with the emotional, life role and medical consequences of long-term conditions such as schizophrenia. However, the perspective of people with schizophrenia on self-management in current literature is missing.

Relatives' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences Toward Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Systematic Review.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for patients with severe psychiatric disorders. Stigma and lack of knowledge surrounding ECT are major obstacles for both patients and their caregivers, who play an important role as shared decision-makers. Insight in caregivers' perspectives on ECT can support the consent process and patient compliance with ECT.

The role of emotion regulation in perinatal depression and anxiety: a systematic review.

Background: Major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and comorbid during the perinatal period. Although research and clinicians agree that emotion regulation (ER) is an important transdiagnostic factor underlying both disorders in the general population, ER during the perinatal period has received less research attention. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the literature regarding the role of ten commonly studied ER strategies in the onset and maintenance of perinatal depression and anxiety in pregnant women and young mothers, using the Process Model of Gross (1998) as a theoretical framework.

Coping with sexual violence as a post-assault formed couple: A dyadic phenomenological interview analysis.

Increasing evidence shows that survivors of sexual violence frequently experience relationship difficulties following their victimization. Little is known regarding how couples which formed post-assault cope with the impact of the prior assault. Hence, the aim of the current study was to gain insight into post-assault formed couples' experiences in coping with the impact of sexual violence.

Effectiveness and Safety of Flumazenil Augmentation During Electroconvulsive Therapy.

Introduction: Benzodiazepines are considered to negatively affect seizure quality and duration during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Several researchers have advocated the use of flumazenil, a competitive benzodiazepine receptor antagonist, for patients treated with benzodiazepines during ECT. However, clinical evidence regarding flumazenil use in ECT remains sparse.

Protective factors enhancing resilience in children of parents with a mental illness: a systematic review.

Objectives: A systematic review was conducted to (1) investigate protective factors enhancing resilience in children of parents with a mental illness (COPMI), and (2) examine theoretical and methodological issues in the existing literature.

Method: Following guidelines for systematic reviews, searches were performed using Web of Science, Pubmed and Embase. After screening 5,073 articles 37 fulfilled inclusion criteria and were extracted for review.

"In the End You Keep Silent": Help-Seeking Behavior Upon Sexual Victimization in Older Adults.

Sexual violence is considered a prominent mental health problem. Exposure to sexual victimization during lifetime has been linked to mental health problems in old age. Research in adult victims has shown that they experience many barriers for disclosure and seeking professional help upon sexual victimization.

[The vision of interdisciplinary teams on an ambulatory nursing consultation].

Background: Several European countries are reforming their mental healthcare program. This implies an increase of pressure on outpatient care and also in Flanders are waiting times long in the outpatient care and patients don’t receive timely care. Hitherto, a nursing consultation in mental health care is a fairly new concept of care.

An ecological approach to understanding the impact of sexual violence: a systematic meta-review.

Aim: A systematic meta-review was conducted to examine (1) the broad range of negative and positive individual and interpersonal changes following adult sexual violence, as well as (2) the risk/protective factors at multiple levels of the social ecology (e.g., individual, assault, and micro/meso/exo/macro/chronosystem factors)-influencing the impact of sexual violence.

Combining transcranial direct current stimulation with group cognitive behavioral therapy developed to treat rumination: a clinical pilot study.

Background: As part of repetitive negative thinking (RNT), rumination is a maladaptive cognitive response style to stress or negative mood which can increase the risk of depression and may prohibit complete recovery. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) both proved to be effective in decreasing rumination. However, the combined effects of tDCS and CBT interventions on rumination have not yet been explored.

COVID-19-related consultation-liaison (CL) mental health services in general hospitals: A perspective from Europe and beyond.

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic posed new challenges for integrated health care worldwide. Our study aimed to describe newly implemented structures and procedures of psychosocial consultation and liaison (CL) services in Europe and beyond, and to highlight emerging needs for co-operation.

Methods: Cross-sectional online survey from June to October 2021, using a self-developed 25-item questionnaire in four language versions (English, French, Italian, German).

Facial Allograft Donation: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Experiences of Family Members.

Facial allograft transplantation can be regarded as a particular and complex type of donation because of its perceptibility and the importance of the face as an identity characteristic. As research on this topic is currently lacking, the objective of this study is to explore the experiences of the family members of the donor in facial allograft donation. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted separately with the donor's family members and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

[Autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia: a challenging differential diagnosis].

Autism spectrum disorder and psychotic disorders/schizophrenia are separate disorders in the DSM-5. Due to overlapping symptoms and increased frequency in comorbidity they can be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in clinical practice. Relevant literature regarding the correlation between these disorders is discussed and linked to a case-report.

The effects of left dorsolateral prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation on episodic future thinking following acute psychosocial stress.

Introduction: Research on stress-related disorders and brain imaging suggests that (acute) stress might impact the capacity to mentally simulate specific episodic future events (EFT) through the effects of cortisol on brain regions supporting this cognitive function, such as the prefrontal cortices. This study aims to examine the mechanisms underlying this link, using transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

Methods: 60 healthy participants were subjected to the Montreal Imaging Stress Task (MIST), followed by either active or sham tDCS.

[Depression and intermittent hypercortisolism: a difficult differential diagnostic process].

Both Cushing’s and pseudo-Cushing’s syndrome involve a state of hypercortisolism. Cushing’s syndrome is a progressive multisystemic disease, caused by either the administration of corticosteroids, or the overproduction of cortisol by a tumoral process. In pseudo-Cushing’s syndrome the HPA-axis is hyperactive due to a pathophysiological process, most frequently caused by depression.

A Psychoeducational CBT-based Group Intervention ("Drop It") for Repetitive Negative Thinking: Theoretical Concepts and Treatment Processes.

Repetitive negative thinking (RNT)-such as worry and rumination-is an important transdiagnostic factor in the onset, course, and recurrence of depressive and anxiety disorders. This article describes a psychoeducational cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based group intervention entitled "Drop It" that focuses exclusively on treating RNT in patients with major depressive disorder and/or generalized anxiety disorder. The theoretical concepts and treatment goals of the intervention are outlined.

"Time Does Not Heal All Wounds": Sexual Victimisation Is Associated with Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD in Old Age.

Sexual violence (SV) has an important impact on mental health. Childhood sexual abuse is linked to internalising disorders in later life. In older adults, SV occurs more often than previously believed.