Factors associated with presentation to the emergency department during an intensive post-discharge intervention in patients with substance use disorders.

Background: Early identification of patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) with a higher risk of emergency department (ED) presentations after being discharged can be useful. We performed a chart review of patients from the Intensive Recovery Discharge Team (IRDT) program, which provides two weeks of outpatient support for patients with SUDs discharged from a mental health hospital.

Method: Demographic, service utilization, and clinical data from 716 patients enrolled in IRDT from February 2021-February 2023 were extracted from electronic health records.

Comparison between cytisine and Nicotine Replacement Therapy in smoking cessation among inpatient psychiatric patients.

Introduction: Smoking is more common among people with mental disorders and is associated with adverse effects. Some compounds, including nicotine and cytisine, have been used in many individuals to increase success in smoking cessation. In this study, the effect of cytisine on the smoking status of patients hospitalized in the psychiatry department was investigated.

Results from the first inpatient alcohol withdrawal management program in Iran: An observational study.

Background And Aims: The consumption of alcohol is prohibited in Iran; however, concerns regarding alcohol-related harm have led to the development of national policies supporting the establishment of officially endorsed alcohol treatment settings. As a part of these policies, the Iranian Ministry of Health supported the establishment of the first alcohol withdrawal management unit in the psychosomatic unit of Taleghani Hospital in 2015. The purpose of this study is to report on this pilot project.

Smoking Ban in Psychiatric Inpatient Unit: An Iranian Study on the Views and Attitudes of the Mental Health Staff and Psychiatric Patients.

Although the move to smoke-free mental health inpatient settings is an internationally common and popular trend, these policies are neither implemented nor supported by any national program in Iran. This study investigates the attitude of mental health staff and psychiatric patients toward smoking cessation in 2 psychiatric inpatient units (psychosomatic and adult general psychiatry) in the Taleghani general hospital in Tehran. One hundred and twenty participants of this cross-sectional study consist of 30 mental health staff and 90 psychiatric patients.

Effect of Telephone-Based Support on Postpartum Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) is one public health issue that affects both maternal and child health. This research studies the effect of health volunteers' telephone- based support on decreasing PPD.

Materials And Methods: This randomized controlled trial evaluated 203 women who had uncomplicated deliveries.

Physicians' attitudes toward integrating consultation-liaison psychiatric services in four major general hospitals in Tehran.

Objective: Our objective was to validate a scale for the evaluation of attitudes of physicians toward integrating consultation-liaison psychiatric services and then apply it among the nonpsychiatrist attending physicians of four major general hospitals in Tehran.

Method: The eight-item Doctors' Attitudes toward Collaborative Care for Mental Health (DACC-MH) Scale was translated to Persian and back-translated to English by nonphysician translators and was presented for expert opinion to four psychiatrists for assessment of face validity. The validated questionnaires were presented to nonpsychiatrist attending physicians of four major general university-affiliated hospitals with consultant-liaison psychiatric services in Tehran, and the returned questionnaires were analyzed using the 21st version of SPSS software.

Memantine in the prevention or alleviation of electroconvulsive therapy induces cognitive disorders: A placebo controlled trial.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of memantine administration on the adverse cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Forty patients diagnosed with a major depressive disorder for which ECT was indicated as a treatment for their current episode were randomly allocated to either the memantine (5mg/day) group or the placebo group. All patients underwent the same protocol for anaesthesia and ECT procedures.

Prevalence of QTc interval changes in acute psychiatric care: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: In a case series we examined the prevalence and incidence of QT changes during a 1-week interval in hospitalized patients in a general psychiatry ward during a 6-month period.

Method: This cross-sectional study was done on electrocardiographic QT interval of patients admitted to the Psychiatric Department of Taleghani Hospital during a 6-month period excluding subjects with underlying cause of QT prolongation.

Results: Admission and follow-up electrocardiograms of 27 men and 47 women were studied, there was significant QT prolongation during hospitalization (P value 0.

Sudden cardiac death after treatment with low dose risperidone in combination with cotrimoxazole.

Unlabelled: Risperidone as an antipsychotic drug raises the risk of serious ventricular tachyarrhythmias and sudden cardiac death; co-administered with other potentially arrhythmogenic drugs the risk escalates. There are some electrocardiographic markers which may help predict such events.

Case Report: We describe a 47-year-old woman with acute psychosis, who died suddenly subsequent to refractory ventricular arrhythmia, while on low dose risperidone combined with cotrimoxazole.