Editorial: Special Issue on Digital Psychiatry

Despite a growing recognition of mental health challengesworldwide, there remains a significant gap between the demandfor and the availability of mental health services. The WHO es-timates that globally, up to 71% of individuals with severe mental illnesses such as psychosis receive no treatment, and accessis even more limited in low-income countries. Barriers such asstigma, resource shortages, and insufficiently trained profes-sionals may exacerbate this issue. 

 

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School organisational trauma during student suicide crisis

Recent qualitative research in Ireland illuminates the impact of student suicide on Irish school guidance counsellors and the school organisation. It exposes distinctive factors in the overall system contributing to their experience of organisational trauma when coping with suicide aftermath. A qualitative Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study privileged the voices of this Irish cohort of first responders to student suicide. Much international literature highlights the often severe effects of suicide trauma on mental health professionals.

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ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder and complex PTSD : prevalence, predictors, and construct validity in Swiss older adults

Background: This study assessed the prevalence rates, construct validity, predictors, and psychosocial factors linked to ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD), as assessed by the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) in a German-speaking sample of Swiss older adults.

 

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Systematic review : REM sleep, dysphoric dreams and nightmares as transdiagnostic features of psychiatric disorders with emotion dysregulation - Clinical implications

Background: Fragmented rapid eye movement (REM) sleep disrupts the overnight resolution of emotional distress, a process crucial for emotion regulation. Emotion dysregulation, which is common across psychiatric disorders, is often associated with sleep disturbances. This systematic review explores how REM sleep and nightmares affect emotion processing and regulation in individuals with psychiatric disorders where emotion dysregulation is a key concern, suggesting novel sleep-related treatment pathways.

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Epidemiology of DSM-5 PTSD and ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in the Netherlands

Introduction: Information regarding the prevalence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs), DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and ICD-11 complex PTSD (CPTSD) in the Netherlands is currently lacking, as is data on treatment uptake and treatment barriers. We aimed to provide prevalence estimates for potentially traumatic events, PTSD and CPTSD in the Netherlands, describe treatment seeking behavior and explore associated risk factors.

 

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Application of life history theory to explain the association between childhood maltreatment and adulthood sleep problems in Chinese men with drug abuse : multiple mediating roles of emotion regulation, future-oriented coping, and anxiety

Background: Despite the practical importance of addressing the drug user’s sleep problems to enhance the efficacy of treatment and rehabilitation, little is known about whether and how history of childhood maltreatment relates to this issue. This study takes an evolutionary perspective to investigate the associations between history of childhood maltreatment and sleep problems in adults with drug abuse via their emotion regulation difficulties, future-oriented coping, and anxiety.

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Dissociation in a Clinical Sample of Refugees in the Netherlands : Evidence for a Dissociative Subtype

An increasing number of studies have been investigating the co-occurrence of posttraumatic symptoms and dissociation in trauma-exposed samples. As traumatized refugees are particularly susceptible to developing posttraumatic stress  disorder (PTSD), the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between PTSD and dissociation in a traumatized refugee sample. 

 

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Predictors of symptom change in the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers (MEHIRA) study examining the effects of a stepped and collaborative care model : A multicentered rater-blinded randomized controlled trial

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The prevalence and risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety among older survivors post-earthquake : A systematic review and meta-analysis

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The occurrence of PTSD, depression, and anxiety is notably high among older adults following an earthquake. This research aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of mental health conditions among older survivors after an earthquake.
 

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The adjustment disorder is not a wastebasket diagnosis: a grounded theory study of psychiatrists’ and psychologists’ clinical reasoning

Background: the aim of this study is to understand the diagnostic process undertaken by psychiatrists and psychologists regarding adjustment disorder (AD) in their clinical practice and how they differentiate it from major depressive episode (MDE).

 

 

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