Computational psychiatry approach to stigma subtyping in patients with mental disorders: explicit and implicit internalized stigma.

Background: Psychiatric stigma has potentially controversial effects on patients health-related behaviors. It appears that both stigmatization and motivation in psychiatric patients are heterogeneous and multi-dimensional, and that the relationship between stigma and treatment motivation may be more complex than previously believed.

Aim: To determine psychiatric stigma subtypes as they relate to treatment motivation among inpatients with various mental disorders.

Determinants of Stress Levels and Behavioral Reactions in Individuals With Affective or Anxiety Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Russia.

Introduction: Individuals with affective and anxiety disorders are among those most vulnerable to the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aim: This study aims to analyze the determinants of stress levels and protective behavioral strategies associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Russian-speaking people with affective or anxiety disorders (AADs).

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional online survey, the psychological distress and behavioral patterns of respondents with self-reported AAD ( = 1,375) and without disorders ( = 4,278) were evaluated during three periods of restrictive measures in Russia (March-May 2020).

Mental State of Inpatients With COVID-19: A Computational Psychiatry Approach.

Background: The overload of healthcare systems around the world and the danger of infection have limited the ability of researchers to obtain sufficient and reliable data on psychopathology in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The relationship between severe acute respiratory syndrome with the coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and specific mental disturbances remains poorly understood.

Aim: To reveal the possibility of identifying the typology and frequency of psychiatric syndromes associated with acute COVID-19 using cluster analysis of discrete psychopathological phenomena.

Behavioral and Emotional Reactions of the Russian Population to the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An On-Line Survey Results.

Background: The study aimed to identify the patterns of adaptive and behavioral strategies in different population groups, also to evaluate their association with the infection prevention strategies and the distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: The data were obtained from the on-line survey of 1958 respondents (mean age 31±12 years) from March 30, 2020 to April 5, 2020. 578 respondents reported a history of affective disorders; 884 respondents - a history of somatic disease.

Revisiting Drug Compliance: The Need for a Holistic Approach in the Treatment of Severe Mental Disorders.

Introduction: The limited practice of depot antipsychotics and psychoeducation use, recommended for overcoming the noncompliance of patients with severe mental disorders, is linked to a high incidence of treatment violation. Therefore, the development of personalized mental healthcare approaches is a crucial healthcare task.

Aim: To describe and differentiate the role of clinical, social and psychological factors that lead to different level of treatment engagement of psychiatric inpatients.

Stress and Stigmatization in Health-Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: The health-care workers showed the highest risks of the adverse psychological reactions from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the structure and severity of psychological distress and stigmatization in different categories of health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Materials And Methods: This study included two phases of online survey in 1800 Russian-speaking health-care workers (March 30 - April 5 and May 4 - May 10, 2020).