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Siddig EE, Eltigani HF, Ahmed A. Healing the unseen wounds: Sudan's humanitarian crisis traumatizing a nation. Asian J Psychiatr 2023; 89:103764. [PMID: 37757540 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Emmanuel Edwar Siddig
- Faculty of Medical Laboratory sciences, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan; ErasmusMC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Institute of Endemic diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Allschwil, Switzerland; University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, Basel, Switzerland
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Tandon R. Mental health amidst wars and violent conflicts. Maintaining humanity, improving awareness, promoting sanity. Asian J Psychiatr 2023; 89:103811. [PMID: 37923665 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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- Rajiv Tandon
- Department of Psychiatry, WMU Homer Stryker School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
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Salad AM, Malik SKMMR, Ndithia JM, Noor Z, Madeo M, Ibrahim M. Prevalence of mental disorders and psychological trauma among conflict- affected population in Somalia: a cross-sectional study. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1219992. [PMID: 37829096 PMCID: PMC10565346 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1219992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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Background Despite the longstanding psychosocial impact of the interactable conflict in Somalia for the last 30 years, there is lack of epidemiological studies of mental health conditions, especially at the population level. Objectives The aim of this study is to fill the epidemiological gap and provide population based data on mental health conditions in the South-Central region of Somalia. The specific objectives were: (1) To determine the epidemiological patterns of mental disorders in three sites; Baidoa, Dolow and Kismayo, (2) Understand the socio-demographic characteristics associated with mental health conditions in the study sites, and (3) To assess the correlates between psychological trauma and the mental wellbeing of the population. Methods This was a cross-sectional study of 713 respondents recruited from the three sites namely Dolow, Baidoa and Kismayo. Data on sociodemographic characteristics and mental disorders were collected using the MINI and sociodemographic questionnaire. Basic descriptive statistics were used to summarize sociodemographic characteristics. Univariable and multivariable logistic regressions were used to examine factors associated with common mental disorders. Statistical significance was considered at a value of p <0.05. Results Participants' mean age was 32.6 (±10.7) years. More than half (58.5%) of the respondents were male. The overall prevalence of common mental disorders was 557 (78.1%) with panic disorder (39.3%), generalized anxiety disorders (34.9%), major depressive episode current (32.1) and PTSD (29.9%). According to the multivariable logistic regression analysis, being male AOR = 1.74 (95%CI = 1.25, 2.42), having a family size of more than 10 members AOR =1.37 (95% CI = 1.00, 1.89), being unemployed AOR = 1.90 (95%CI = 1.18, 3.06), experienced starvation AOR =3.46 (95%CI = 2.23, 5.37), khat use AOR = 5.87 (955 CI, 1.75-19.65), were identified as predicting factors for the common mental disorders among the study participants. Conclusion There is a high prevalence of mental disorders with anxiety disorders being the commonest. Findings reflect earlier studies that showed higher rates in conflict and post-conflict settings. It also aligns with past studies in Somalia. As such, there is an urgent need to integrate mental health and psychosocial support within the primary healthcare and other service sectors such as education considering the vast majority of the population are young.
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- Abdulwahab M Salad
- School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Somali National University, Mogadishu, Somalia
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- Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, Federal Ministry of Health, Mogadishu, Somalia
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- WHO, Somalia Country Office, Mogadishu, Somalia
- School of Social Work, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Shoib S, Zaidi I, Saeed F, Banerjee D, Swed S, Chandradasa M. Mental health insurance reform in India. Lancet Psychiatry 2023; 10:660-662. [PMID: 37475122 DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(23)00204-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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- Sheikh Shoib
- Department of Health Services, Srinagar, 190001 India; Sharda University, Greater Noida, India; Psychosis Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- International Society for Chronic Illnesses, New Delhi, India
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- Psychosis Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Psychiatry, Apollo Multispecialty Hospitals, Kolkata, India
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- Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria
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Keebayoon A, Mungmunpuntipantip R, Wiwanitkit V. Correspondence on international collaboration for addressing mental health problem during the Ukraine war crisis. Asian J Psychiatr 2022; 76:103153. [PMID: 35537923 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shoib S, Swed S, Alibrahim H, Ezzdean W, Almoshantaf MB, Siddiqui MF, Chandradasa M. Mental health services in Syria: Challenges and opportunities. Asian J Psychiatr 2022; 76:103246. [PMID: 35994927 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Sheikh Shoib
- Department of Psychiatry, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
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- Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria.
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- Department of Urology, Ibn Al-Nafees Hospital, Damascus, Syria
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Shoib S, Armiya'u AY, Roza TH, Saeed F, Swed S, Arif N, Park C, Chandradasa M. Telepsychiatry for conflict-affected settings: Feasibility, ethics, barriers and prospects. Asian J Psychiatr 2022; 75:103203. [PMID: 35870308 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Revised: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Telehealth is being broadly developed in all fields of medicine, and online visits seem a particularly suitable alternative to in-person visits in outpatient psychiatry especially in conflict setting. Telepsychiatry has numerous advantages over in-person visits.
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- Sheikh Shoib
- Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial hospital, Directorate of Health Services, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medical Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, University Teaching Hospital Bauchi state, Nigeria.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosis Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria.
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- Republican Psychiatric Hospital, Azerbaijan.
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- 2nd year Resident at UCLA-VA Psychiatry Residency Program, United States.
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Shoib S, Baiou A, Saleem SM, Chandradasa M, Gaffaz R. Mental health services in conflict areas - An experience from Libya. Asian J Psychiatr 2022; 73:103106. [PMID: 35483240 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The Libyan mental health system has long been seen as inefficient and insufficient for the demands of the country. Thousands of Libyans require mental health therapy now more than ever before. Libya's Ministry of Health has worked to improve access to mental health services. Despite international assistance, Libya continues to face issues due to stigma and a shortage of competent psychiatrists. The majority of Libyan individuals are unable to obtain private psychiatric care. This places the burden on the public sector to care for the majority's psychological pain and suffering and this needs to be addressed.
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- Sheikh Shoib
- Consultant Psychiatrist, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial hospital, Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir, J&K, India.
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, University Road, Furnaj, 13275 Tripoli, Libya.
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Shoib S, Arif N, Nahidi M, Rumiyya K, Swed S, Yusha'u Armiya'u A. Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Mental health repercussions and challenges in Azerbaijan. Asian J Psychiatr 2022; 73:103095. [PMID: 35468483 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has made many Azerbaijanis internally displaced (IDP), missing, wounded, disabled, or killed. The war and its aftermath have drastically impacted the mental health of these populations, leading to depression, anxiety, and stress-related psychosomatic illnesses such as dissociative disorder. However, their access to medical and psychological services is limited. Intervention in terms of policy making, healthcare services, information systems, and social support is required to promoting social integration and facilitate accessibility to mental healthcare. National and international organisations, foreign aids, and media support can contribute to this end. The psychological effects of the war on children, healthcare shortage associated with COVID-19, accommodation and welfare problems, limited access to vaccination, technology, and educational opportunities, dangerous explosive remnants, as well as isolation and marginalisation of the IDPs can all be challenges facing the mental health of these populations. Organising programs such as support groups to share wartime experience, resilience promotion, psychosocial support for healthcare providers, religious identification, integral COVID-19 management, beside accommodation and education support are recommended to enhance the condition of these Azerbaijani populations.
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- Sheikh Shoib
- Department of Psychiatry, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
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- Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Health, Republican Psychiatric Hospital, Public Legal Entity
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Health, Republican Psychiatric Hospital, Public Legal Entity
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- Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University/University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi state, Nigeria
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Shoib S, Osman Elmahi OK, Siddiqui MF, Abdalrheem Altamih RA, Swed S, sharif Ahmed EM. Sudan's unmet mental health needs: A call for action. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2022; 78:103773. [PMID: 35600171 PMCID: PMC9117552 DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Multiple humanitarian and economic crises in Sudan, including a 22-year civil war and the Darfur genocide in 2003, have resulted in over two million fatalities, food shortages, famine and widespread internal displacement. and the COVID-19 pandemic have culminated in the compromise of mental health services. The Sudanese government had declared a state of emergency on October 25th, 2021 which augmented the current humanitarian crises through further restriction of access to essential services. In an effort to curb the mental health crisis, new service delivery models led by educational institutions in collaboration with non-governmental, regional and international organisations.
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Cai H, Bai W, Zheng Y, Zhang L, Cheung T, Su Z, Jackson T, Xiang YT. International collaboration for addressing mental health crisis among child and adolescent refugees during the Russia-Ukraine war. Asian J Psychiatr 2022; 72:103109. [PMID: 35427933 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Hong Cai
- Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, & Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China; Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China; Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China
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- Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, & Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China; Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital & the Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital & the Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Center on Smart and Connected Health Technologies, Mays Cancer Center, School of Nursing, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, China
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- Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, & Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China; Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China; Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China.
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Mehmood Q, Faizan M, Ullah I, Shoib S, Őri D. Mental health challenges faced by children in Palestine and the way forward. Asian J Psychiatr 2022; 71:103050. [PMID: 35240560 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Kabir Medical College, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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- Heim Pál National Pediatric Institute, Department of Mental Health, Budapest, Hungary; Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
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