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{"title":"Exploring risk factors for depression: a network analysis","authors":"Jonatan Baños-Chaparro","doi":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Depression is a frequent psychological problem in the general population. There are no single conclusive causes for its development; on the contrary, it arises from the interaction of other emotional disorders. Determining risk factors is a primary objective to identify vulnerable individuals and optimize prevention.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To analyze risk factors of the depression through network analysis in Peruvian adults from the general population.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. A total of 567 Peruvian adults who answered several instruments assessing depressive symptoms, insomnia, suicidal ideation and anxiety participated. An undirected network model with all psychological variables and a predictive path diagram was estimated to identify risk factors for depression. Measures of centrality, precision and stability were also analyzed. Results: The network structure showed that depression, insomnia, suicidal ideation, and anxiety were mutually associated. In terms of expected influence and predictability, depression obtained the highest value, followed by anxiety. In the prediction plot, all psychological variables were directly connected with depression, with anxiety having the highest connection. The tests of accuracy and stability (CS = 0,75), were robust.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The results of the study suggest that problems with insomnia, suicidal ideation, and anxiety, are considerable risk factors for depression. Identifying and intervening early on those risk factors in adults in the general population could help to prevent the development of depressive symptoms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74702,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)","volume":"53 3","pages":"Pages 347-354"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549340","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}

{"title":"Pathophysiological relationships between cognitive deficit in bipolar affective disorder and metabolic syndrome","authors":"Natalia Piedrahíta Palacio ,&nbsp;Jenny García Valencia ,&nbsp;Cristian David Vargas Upegüi ,&nbsp;Carlos López Jaramillo","doi":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction and objectives</h3><div>Bipolar disorder (BD) has been related to various cognitive dysfunctions as well as to a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS), which seems to influence the cognitive performance of patients with BD. Therefore, different hypotheses have been generated to try to explain the pathophysiological relationship between cognitive deficit in BD and MS. The objective was to review the current literature regarding the possible pathophysiological explanation of the relationship between BD and MS and its effect on cognitive performance of patients with BD.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A bibliographic search was carried out using MEDLINE, ClinicalKey, EMBASE, Literatura Latino-Americana y del Caribe en Ciencias de la Salud [Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences] (LILACS), APA PsycNet, Scopus and Scielo databases, and the Pan-American Medical Electronic Library; using the following search terms: “bipolar disorder”[MeSH Terms] OR “bipolar disorder”[All Fields] OR “mood disorders”[All Fields] AND “cognitive deficit”[MeSH Terms] OR “cognitive deficit”[All Fields] OR “cognitive dysfunction”[All Fields] OR “cognitive impairment”[All Fields] OR “cognitive decline”[All Fields] AND “metabolic syndrome” [MeSH Terms] OR “metabolic abnormalities”[All Fields] OR “metabolic effects”[All Fields] OR “obesity” [All Fields] OR “abdominal obesity” [All Fields] OR “overweight” [All Fields] OR “diabetes” [All Fields] OR “hypertension” [All Fields] AND “antipsychotics” [MeSH Terms] OR “antipsychotics”[All Fields] AND “antidepressants” [MeSH Terms] OR “antidepressants”[All Fields] AND “mood stabilizers” [MeSH Terms] OR “mood stabilizers”[All Fields]. Filters: free full text, full text, from 2001 to 2022. A total of 80 articles in Spanish and English, of any type of design, were selected. Selection and reading were carried out by all the authors.</div></div><div><h3>Results and conclusions</h3><div>The various pathophysiological hypotheses proposed, inflammatory, endocrine, drug, environmental and social, suggest that a series of changes at the macro and microcellular level are correlated in patients with BD and MS with a negative effect on cognition of patients both globally and in specific domains, mainly executive function, memory, attention, and perceptual motor skills. Research processes should be continued to explore the various hypotheses that support the relationship between BD, MS and cognition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74702,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)","volume":"53 3","pages":"Pages 376-384"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549341","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}

{"title":"Prevalence of Anxiety Symptoms Among Health Care Workers in Colombia During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Joaquín O. Ruiz-Villa ,&nbsp;Sergio A. Ochoa-Orozco ,&nbsp;Andrés Gaviria-Mendoza ,&nbsp;Juan D. Castrillón-Spitia ,&nbsp;Luis F. Echeverri-Cataño ,&nbsp;Jorge E. Machado-Alba","doi":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2023.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2023.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to determine the prevalence of anxiety symptoms in a Colombian HCW sample during the COVID-19 pandemic.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A cross-sectional study was carried out by means of an online survey (May–June 2020). Respondents were HCWs in Colombia reached by a nonprobability sample. Zung's self-rating anxiety scale allowed the estimation of prevalence and classification of anxiety symptoms.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 568 HCWs answered the questionnaire, 66.0% were women, the mean age was 38.6<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->11.4 years. 28.9% presented with anxiety symptoms, of whom 9.2% were moderate–severe. Characteristics such as living with relatives at higher risk of mortality from COVID-19 infection (OR: 1.90; 95% CI: 1.308–2.762), female sex (OR: 2.16; 95% CI: 1.422–3.277), and personal history of psychiatric illness (OR: 3.41; 95% CI: 2.08–5.57) were associated with higher levels of anxiety. Access to sufficient personal protective equipment (OR: 0.45; 95% CI: 0.318–0.903) and age &gt;40 years (OR: 0.53; 95% CI: 0.358–0.789) were associated with lower anxiety levels.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Anxious symptoms are common in the population of HCWs faced with patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Different strategies are required to intervene with subgroups at risk of developing higher levels of anxiety during the pandemic.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74702,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)","volume":"53 3","pages":"Pages 302-309"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142634355","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}

{"title":"Relationship between alcohol consumption and cognitive impairment in the adult population over 60 years of age: A systematic review","authors":"Josep Deví-Bastida ,&nbsp;Meritxell Xifré-Passols ,&nbsp;Lina María Oviedo-Penuela ,&nbsp;M. Teresa Abellán-Vidal ,&nbsp;M. Dolores López-Villegas","doi":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Alcohol is the most consumed substance in Western culture and its use is a causal factor in more than 200 diseases and disorders. Our objective was to determine the relationship between alcohol consumption and cognitive impairment in people aged ≥60, and identify which cognitive functions are most affected by prolonged alcohol consumption.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Search in MEDLINE, PsycInfo, Psicodoc, Cochrane and Web of Science databases. The search was limited to articles published from 2010 to 2020. A total of 8716 articles were obtained. Those repeated and unrelated to the topic were eliminated, leaving a total of seven articles: five longitudinal studies, covering the relationship between alcohol and cognitive impairment; and two cross-sectional studies, which helped identify which cognitive functions are more affected. This systematic review was carried out in accordance with the criteria of the PRISMA statement.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Most of the studies found conclude that no or excessive alcohol consumption is associated with a higher risk of cognitive impairment, compared to moderate consumption. In addition, excessive and prolonged alcohol consumption can evolve into secondary alcoholic dementia such as Marchiafava–Bignami disease, Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome or pellagra. In people with alcohol use disorder, the cognitive functions that are most affected are executive functions, visuospatial skills, attention and memory.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74702,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)","volume":"53 3","pages":"Pages 385-395"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549342","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}

{"title":"Dilemmas and ethics of care: conserving and caring for the autonomy of the person with dementia","authors":"Habib Georges Moutran Barroso","doi":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Dementias constitute a group of diseases that notoriously affect people who suffer from them, especially in terms of their independence and decision-making, leading the caregiver to assume or make various decisions about the patient. However, in the past this was explained by the fact that there was a theoretical and narrative insufficiency around patients with dementia, which led us to ignore that they still conserved their decision-making capacity as well as their autonomy.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This text proposes to defend the existence of autonomy in these patients and a way about how we can take care of it and preserve it in the medical field, through an ethical position based on the care and recognition of vulnerability.</div></div><div><h3>Methodology</h3><div>An approach focused on the ethics of care and vulnerability by Ronald Dworkin, Emmanuel Levinas and Corine Pelluchon focused on the person with dementia. I introduced a scale that allows assessing autonomy and decision-making in people with dementia.</div></div><div><h3>Results and discussion</h3><div>To guarantee the dignity of the person with dementia, it is necessary to understand how they are autonomous, in terms of self-governance and seeking to reduce asymmetries in relationships. In addition, always include caregivers and family members in decision-making.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>People with dementia are autonomous in an individual or personal sense and deserve respect; Although they are in a state of vulnerability, there are different mechanisms focused on their care.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74702,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)","volume":"53 3","pages":"Pages 295-301"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549339","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}

{"title":"Assessment of Cognitive Performance in Bipolar Disorder Type I Patients and Their Unaffected Offspring","authors":"Mauricio Castaño Ramírez ,&nbsp;Rocío Lemos Buitrago ,&nbsp;Juan Carlos Castro Navarro ,&nbsp;Adonilso Julio de La Rosa ,&nbsp;Alexandra Valderrama Sánchez ,&nbsp;Felipe Agúdelo Hernández","doi":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2022.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2022.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Patients with bipolar disorder type I (BP-I) often present with impairments in cognitive function. Offspring unaffected by the disorder can also present with cognitive dysfunction. The objective of this study was to compare the cognitive function of BP-I patients, their unaffected offspring (UO) and healthy control subjects (HC).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Verbal memory, working memory index, processing speed, attention, verbal and phonological fluency and executive function were evaluated through the application of a neuropsychological battery to three groups made up of BP-I patients that attended the Bipolar Disorder Outpatient Clinic of Clínica San Juan de Dios de Manizales [San Juan de Dios de Manizales Clinic] (n<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->30), UO (n<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->32) and control group (n<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->31). The UO group and the control group were matched by gender, age and level of education.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Major differences between the three groups were found in the measures of cognitive functions (except in semantic fluency). The HC group showed better cognitive performance in all the functions. Post-hoc analysis showed similar results in the cognitive performance between BP-I and UO except in verbal learning and executive function tasks where the results were better in UO. A better performance in the control group was found, compared to the UO group, in executive function, attention, working memory, and semantic fluency and phonological areas.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>These results indicate that the offspring of patients with BP-I present with cognitive impairments without suffering from the disorder. This suggests that cognitive dysfunction presents without diagnosis and supports the hypothesis that it can correspond to a BP-I endophenotype.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74702,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)","volume":"53 3","pages":"Pages 271-277"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142634341","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}

{"title":"Mental Imagery: Investigating the Limits of Mental Partitioning","authors":"Antonios Theofilidis ,&nbsp;Maria-Valeria Karakasi ,&nbsp;Filippos Kargopoulos","doi":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Do we form mental models which bear an analogical relation to the real world like those of a photograph? Has the language of thought an analogue nature (it makes use of mental imagery) or whether it is exclusively of digital nature like language?</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>The basic aim of the present study is to contribute to the ongoing work on mental imagery by extending the research to an unexplored area that of mental partitioning.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The present research sample consisted of 498 participants (234 males and 264 females). We used the SPSS software package in order to analyze our data.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>According to our results, we detected significant peculiarities in the cognitive performance of the participants in the tasks of mental partitioning of the Moebius strip, indicating certain limitations inherent in human thinking.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The position we are led to adopt is closer to that of Pylyshyn (2003), who maintained that visual mental imagery depends on abstract form of thought and on previous knowledge. Specifically, it rests on previous abstract propositional thought and knowledge rather than on concrete perceptual processes like the ones proposed by Kosslyn and Sheppard. The present work investigates a potentially valuable theoretical basis in imagery research for understanding maladaptive imagery across various related clinical disorders, while encouraging multidisciplinary approaches among cognitive psychological/neuroscientific and clinical domains.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74702,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)","volume":"53 3","pages":"Pages 219-228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142634352","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}

{"title":"Language Disorders Among Non-Disabled Children After Perinatal Asphyxia: A Cross Sectional Descriptive Study Using Neurolinguistic Approach","authors":"Fahmida Ferdous ,&nbsp;Dionéia Motta Monte-Serrat ,&nbsp;Shahryar Nabi ,&nbsp;MdFaruq Alam ,&nbsp;Jinat Imtiaz Ali ,&nbsp;Syed Shahrier Rahman","doi":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2023.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2023.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy after perinatal asphyxia causes neurolinguistic disturbances in children without disabilities. Poor academic performance appears as a long-term result. Language intervention is sought to reduce harmful effects on children. The aim of this study is showing the relationship between clinical conditions of hypoxic-ischemic-encephalopathy (HIE) and language disorders in children without disabilities. This cross-sectional study with a neurolinguistic approach was carried out in patients with perinatal asphyxia during childbirth, at the ZH Sikder Women's Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh. Respondents between 4 and 12 years, 76% underwent cranial computed tomography (CT); 82% underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); and 70% underwent electroencephalogram (EEG). Among them were found positive results for neonatal hypoxia ischemic encephalopathy (EHI). These results are related to the following language disorders: reception/perception disorder (64%), sociolinguistic disorders (84%); metalinguistic competence disorder (66%); 86% of children had poor peer relationships and 72% had reading and writing disorders. Concluding, school-age children after perinatal asphyxia who developed Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) had language disorders and poor school performance. There are still challenges to be overcome, as this is the first neurolinguistic approach in Bangladesh. More large-scale studies are needed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74702,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)","volume":"53 3","pages":"Pages 238-245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142634350","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}

{"title":"Issues Faced by General Practitioners in Managing Mental Health Disorders in Basic Health Units: a Cross-Sectional Study","authors":"Célia Regina Moreira E Silva ,&nbsp;Ana Paula Pinheiro de Almeida ,&nbsp;Lucas Pequeno Galvão ,&nbsp;Henrique Soares Paiva ,&nbsp;Mariana Vendramini Butinhon ,&nbsp;Cintia De Azevedo Marques Périco ,&nbsp;Julio Torales ,&nbsp;Antonio Ventriglio ,&nbsp;João M. Castaldelli-Maia ,&nbsp;Anderson Sousa Martins Silva","doi":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study aimed to investigate the main issues faced by general practitioners when managing mental health disorders in the primary care setting and evaluate their interest in continued medical training on mental health.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We carried out a cross-sectional survey which included general practitioners (n=94) working in primary care in São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Participants reported challenging issues to be as follows: psychiatric emergency (44.7%), alcohol and drug use disorders (35.1%), psychopharmacology (29.9%), and suicide risk assessment (27.6%). About a third of the sample reported a lack of knowledge on criteria regarding referral to psychiatric services. Almost the entire sample reported the need for better interaction between general practitioners and psychiatrists and interest in continued medical training.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Our findings support the evidence that a network between general practitioners and psychiatrists is needed as well as the improvement of continued medical training on mental health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74702,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)","volume":"53 3","pages":"Pages 278-283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142634345","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}

{"title":"The care of patients with psychiatric symptoms in general hospitalisation units: A phenomenological study","authors":"Daniel Ricardo Zaraza-Morales ,&nbsp;Camilo Duque-Ortiz ,&nbsp;Hellen Lucia Castañeda-Palacio ,&nbsp;Liliana María Hinestrosa Montoya ,&nbsp;Maria Isabel Chica Chica ,&nbsp;Lina Marcela Hernández Sánchez","doi":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcpeng.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>The objective of this study was to explore the approach to patients with psychiatric symptoms by nursing professionals in general hospitalisation units in the city of Medellín, Colombia.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A qualitative study with the method of interpretive phenomenology. 11 nursing professionals from general hospitalisation units in the city of Medellín, Colombia participated. The information analysis was processed according to the Phenomenological Interpretive Analysis method and with the support of the NVIVO Plus 12 software.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The nurses’ experience is described through three themes: representations of the patient with psychiatric symptoms, the patient as aggressive, violent and unpredictable; feeling fearful while providing care, caring for others in the midst of prevention, fear and stress, and being in a chaotic situation, a circumstance that gets out of control and alters the dynamics of the hospitalisation unit.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Caring for patients with psychiatric symptoms is stressful, especially when nursing professionals perceive a lack of support from other colleagues and from the hospital administration. The above favours the development of alterations in the professional's physical and mental health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74702,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)","volume":"53 3","pages":"Pages 318-326"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549343","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}