Publications by authors named "V Peritogiannis"
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- The study focuses on how Mobile Mental Health Units (MMHUs) in rural Greece manage patients with their first episode of schizophrenia.
- Over 200 patients were analyzed, with a significant portion being male and an average age of 34.9 years at first presentation, highlighting the duration of untreated psychosis and engagement in treatment.
- Despite a high treatment engagement rate, the study finds a low overall percentage of schizophrenia patients seeking help, suggesting the need for improved outreach and research in rural mental health care.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the mental health and treatment engagement of patients, leading to significant declines in voluntary attendance at psychiatric services.
- A study in Corfu, Greece, analyzed psychiatric ward attendance and admissions over a 12-month period post-pandemic compared to pre-pandemic data, revealing a 26.5% drop in voluntary patient attendance.
- Additionally, while the length of hospital stays increased by 13.2%, involuntary commitments and overall admission rates remained stable, highlighting differentiated effects on various psychiatric diagnoses.
: Depressive and anxiety syndromes are associated with elevated disability and are more prevalent in women. Data on the prevalence of depressive and anxiety disorders in the rural context are limited and contradictory. It is relevant to study common mental disorders in rural areas in the most vulnerable population of women, particularly in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Modified Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in rural settings may be effective in the care of patients with severe mental illness (SMI) that are difficult to engage in community care. The objective of the present study was to explore the impact of the care by a hybrid ACT team on SMI patients' hospitalizations, length of hospital stay, symptomatology and functioning in a rural community treatment setting in Greece. : The hybrid ACT team is an expansion of the services of the well-established generic Mobile Mental Health Unit in a rural area of Northwest Greece, and delivers home-based care for patients with SMI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLength of hospital stay in involuntary admissions in Greece: a 10-year retrospective observational study.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
October 2024
Purpose: The treatment of mental disorders has shifted from inpatient wards to community-based settings in recent years, but some patients may still have to be admitted to inpatient wards, sometimes involuntarily. It is important to maintain the length of hospital stay (LoS) as short as possible while still providing adequate care. The present study aimed to explore the factors associated with the LoS in involuntarily admitted psychiatric patients.
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