Assessment of knowledge and perceptions of Tunisian psychiatrists regarding telepsychiatry.

Introduction: Telemedicine has become a fundamental pillar of the evolution of healthcare worldwide. In Tunisia, the challenges of the health system, amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, have highlighted the urgency to adopt innovative solutions. In this regard, the publication of Presidential Decree No.

Cultural Variations in Public Beliefs about Mental Disorders: A Comparison between Tunisia and Germany.

Background: In recent years there is a growing interest in public beliefs about mental disorders. Numerous representative population-based studies have been conducted around the globe, also in European countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. However, relatively little is known about public beliefs in countries in Northern Africa.

Inflammatory profile in depression and associated clinical and sociodemographic features in a Middle-Eastern North-African population.

Background: Evidence of the presence of an inflammatory syndrome in depressive disorders has aroused great interest among researchers but results were heterogeneous and almost all previous studies involved patients from Europe or North America. The objectives of the current study were to determine the prevalence of biological inflammatory syndrome among patients with depression in a Middle-Eastern/North-African population and to examine the associated sociodemographic and clinical factors.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive and comparative study including 65 patients and 30 healthy controls.

[The Usefulness of Clonazepam as an Augmentative Treatment in a Case of Severe Childhood Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder].

The goal of this study is to report on the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a chronic disabling condition that often presents during childhood and adolescence. Reports on adults using clonazepam for the treatment of OCD are more numerous than on children. Clonazepam as an augmentative treatment in OCD is still controversial.

Psychiatric disorders following the Tunisian revolution.

Background: During the Tunisian Revolution, the constant threat of death and the feeling of insecurity brought about psychological reactions that tended to be excessive in some individuals, thus leading to genuine psychiatric disorders.

Objectives: This study aimed to outline the different psychiatric disorders which occurred following the Tunisian Revolution and to determine the social, demographic and clinical features associated with these disorders.

Method: A cross-sectional study was undertaken.

[The practice of traditional therapies in psychiatric environment: about 100 cases].

Background: In all the communities, parallel forms of healing continue to be practised by the population in addition to the services offered by the "modern" psychiatry.

Aim: The aim is to examine the current state of the traditional therapy in Tunisia and to try to deal with its scope, profile and determinants surveying the population of mentally ill patients.

Methods: It is about a specific study carried out on 100 consecutive patients having consulted the service of psychiatry "C" of Hospital "RAZI" in Tunis.