Pub Date : 2024-02-24DOI: 10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.447
Indu P. V.
{"title":"Retraction of “Psychosomatic problems in caregivers of patients with major mental illnesses.”","authors":"Indu P. V.","doi":"10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.447","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31047,"journal":{"name":"Kerala Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"50 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140433915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-30DOI: 10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.441
Praharaj S. K., A. S.
{"title":"Letters commenting on published articles: Last but not the least","authors":"Praharaj S. K., A. S.","doi":"10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.441","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31047,"journal":{"name":"Kerala Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"111 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140482206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-26DOI: 10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.444
Kumar K. A.
{"title":"Lithium memoirs","authors":"Kumar K. A.","doi":"10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.444","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31047,"journal":{"name":"Kerala Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"13 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140494283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-25DOI: 10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.443
Antony J. T.
{"title":"Holism is central to psychiatric practice","authors":"Antony J. T.","doi":"10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.443","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31047,"journal":{"name":"Kerala Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140495623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-07DOI: 10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.366
Rajula K. P., Narayan D.
{"title":"Cognitive dysfunction in male inpatients with alcohol dependence: A comparative cross-sectional study from South India","authors":"Rajula K. P., Narayan D.","doi":"10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30834/kjp.36.2.2024.366","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31047,"journal":{"name":"Kerala Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"27 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140512946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.421
Pankajakshan Vijayanthi Indu
{"title":"Medical education and medical profession: are we headed the right way?","authors":"Pankajakshan Vijayanthi Indu","doi":"10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.421","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31047,"journal":{"name":"Kerala Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46949347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-25DOI: 10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.416
Samir Kumar Praharaj, S. Ameen
{"title":"Authorship to contributorship: issues related to credit in research publications","authors":"Samir Kumar Praharaj, S. Ameen","doi":"10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.416","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31047,"journal":{"name":"Kerala Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43543265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-24DOI: 10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.347
Jerin Mathew Jose, Joice Geo, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil
Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mental illness which leads to considerable difficulties and challenges. The neurobiology of BD has complex underpinnings of gene–environment interactions. One such environmental factor, stressful life events (SLEs) can have adverse impacts on the course and prognosis of BD, however, this is underexplored. Aims and objectives: 1) To estimate the frequency and severity of SLEs in patients with BD-current episode depression 2) To determine the association of severity of depression with SLE, sociodemographic and illness-related factors. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done on 100 consecutive patients diagnosed to have BD-current episode of depression (ICD-10), attending Psychiatry department at Pushpagiri Medical College, Thiruvalla, Kerala. A semi-structured proforma, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale were used. Results: About 73% of patients reported SLEs – of which 65% had mild/moderate and 8% had severe stress. A statistically significant association was found between SLEs and ‘very severe’ depressive episode. Past suicide attempt, the first episode as depression and lesser duration of the last episode also showed a statistically significant association with severity of depression. Conclusion: As the stressful life experiences have been linked to 'very severe' depressive episodes in a major way, understanding the association of stressful life events and BD can help in predicting further relapses and complications like suicide. It can aid in both symptom reduction and improving quality of life as well.
{"title":"Stressful life events and other associated factors in patients with bipolar disorder current episode depression - a cross-sectional study","authors":"Jerin Mathew Jose, Joice Geo, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil","doi":"10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.347","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mental illness which leads to considerable difficulties and challenges. The neurobiology of BD has complex underpinnings of gene–environment interactions. One such environmental factor, stressful life events (SLEs) can have adverse impacts on the course and prognosis of BD, however, this is underexplored. Aims and objectives: 1) To estimate the frequency and severity of SLEs in patients with BD-current episode depression 2) To determine the association of severity of depression with SLE, sociodemographic and illness-related factors. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done on 100 consecutive patients diagnosed to have BD-current episode of depression (ICD-10), attending Psychiatry department at Pushpagiri Medical College, Thiruvalla, Kerala. A semi-structured proforma, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale were used. Results: About 73% of patients reported SLEs – of which 65% had mild/moderate and 8% had severe stress. A statistically significant association was found between SLEs and ‘very severe’ depressive episode. Past suicide attempt, the first episode as depression and lesser duration of the last episode also showed a statistically significant association with severity of depression. Conclusion: As the stressful life experiences have been linked to 'very severe' depressive episodes in a major way, understanding the association of stressful life events and BD can help in predicting further relapses and complications like suicide. It can aid in both symptom reduction and improving quality of life as well.","PeriodicalId":31047,"journal":{"name":"Kerala Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135466031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-27DOI: 10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.358
M. R. Athirarani, D. Jija, K. V. Asha
{"title":"Resilience and experiences of nursing students during COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed method study","authors":"M. R. Athirarani, D. Jija, K. V. Asha","doi":"10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.358","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31047,"journal":{"name":"Kerala Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48894021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-27DOI: 10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.350
T. A. Sameera, Leji K. Jose, Varsha Vidyadharan, T. K. Saleem
Background: Caregivers of patients with serious mental illness suffer from poor sleep quality and quality of life due to strong dependency of patients on caregivers. Addressing the caregiver burden and its effect on their physiological and psychological aspect of well-being can improve patient outcomes. Objectives : The study aimed to assess the correlation between sleep quality and psychological well-being among caregivers of patients with mental illness. The study also examined the association between the sleep quality of caregivers and selected variables such as age, gender, education, and occupation. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was used. Data were collected from 112 caregivers, who attended the outpatient psychiatry clinics of Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala. Socio-personal data of caregivers as well as socio-personal and clinical data of patients were collected using a semi-structured interview schedule and record review. Sleep quality was assessed using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and psychological well-being was assessed using Ryff’s Psychological Wellbeing Scale (RPWBS). Data were subjected to descriptive and inferential analysis. Results: Findings revealed that 59 (52.6%) caregivers experienced poor sleep quality (global PSQI score >5). A significant negative correlation was observed between the sleep quality index (PSQI score) and the psychological well-being (RPWBS score) of the caregivers. Findings also showed that the male gender, higher educational level, Above Poverty Line socioeconomic status, absence of lifestyle diseases, and joint/extended family were associated with better sleep quality. Conclusion: It is important to understand various psychological and physiological effects of caregiver burden in mental illness. Interventions targeting families where relatives experience mental health problems are important to prevent relapse and promote recovery in the patients. The psychological health of caregivers is affected by insufficient sleep, which can negatively impact patient outcomes. These results suggest close monitoring of the caregivers’ mental health and the provision of family - focused interventions.
{"title":"Relationship between sleep quality and psychological well-being among caregivers of patients with mental illness","authors":"T. A. Sameera, Leji K. Jose, Varsha Vidyadharan, T. K. Saleem","doi":"10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30834/kjp.36.1.2023.350","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Caregivers of patients with serious mental illness suffer from poor sleep quality and quality of life due to strong dependency of patients on caregivers. Addressing the caregiver burden and its effect on their physiological and psychological aspect of well-being can improve patient outcomes. Objectives : The study aimed to assess the correlation between sleep quality and psychological well-being among caregivers of patients with mental illness. The study also examined the association between the sleep quality of caregivers and selected variables such as age, gender, education, and occupation. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was used. Data were collected from 112 caregivers, who attended the outpatient psychiatry clinics of Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala. Socio-personal data of caregivers as well as socio-personal and clinical data of patients were collected using a semi-structured interview schedule and record review. Sleep quality was assessed using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and psychological well-being was assessed using Ryff’s Psychological Wellbeing Scale (RPWBS). Data were subjected to descriptive and inferential analysis. Results: Findings revealed that 59 (52.6%) caregivers experienced poor sleep quality (global PSQI score >5). A significant negative correlation was observed between the sleep quality index (PSQI score) and the psychological well-being (RPWBS score) of the caregivers. Findings also showed that the male gender, higher educational level, Above Poverty Line socioeconomic status, absence of lifestyle diseases, and joint/extended family were associated with better sleep quality. Conclusion: It is important to understand various psychological and physiological effects of caregiver burden in mental illness. Interventions targeting families where relatives experience mental health problems are important to prevent relapse and promote recovery in the patients. The psychological health of caregivers is affected by insufficient sleep, which can negatively impact patient outcomes. These results suggest close monitoring of the caregivers’ mental health and the provision of family - focused interventions.","PeriodicalId":31047,"journal":{"name":"Kerala Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49116959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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