Mental Illness: Volume 10 Issue 1 , Open Access

The Turkish adaptation and psychometric properties of the Geriatric Anxiety Scale

Faika Sanal Karahan, Erdal Hamarta, Ali Yavuz Karahan

The purpose of the present study is to translate and adapt the Geriatric Anxiety Scale (GAS), a 30-item self-report measure of anxiety among older adults, into Turkish and examine…

The relaxation effect of prolonged expiratory breathing

Teruhisa Komori

This study was performed to confirm that autonomic nervous activity is affected by breathing speed. I hypothesized that prolonged expiratory breathing would promote…

Onset of depressive symptomatology in a sample of university students

Omar Enzo Santangelo, Sandro Provenzano, Dario Piazza, Alberto Firenze

The aim of the study was to evaluate depressive symptomatology within the student population of the University of Palermo (Italy). An anonymous online questionnaire was provided…

Continuity of care for patients with schizophrenia in communities with limited resources

Andy Trang

Beyond ADHD: Overcoming the label and thriving

Gabriel Toea, Peter Bota, Regina Groysman

Peduncular hallucinosis associated with a pontine cavernoma

Michael Couse, Todd Wojtanowicz, Sean Comeau, Robert Bota

Peduncluar hallucinosis is a rare neurological disorder characterized by visual hallucinations, often described to be vivid and dream-like. While the exact pathophysiology has yet…

Addiction and religiosity in facing suicide: a qualitative study on meaning of life and death among homeless people

Ines Testoni, Salvatore Russotto, Adriano Zamperini, Diego De Leo

This qualitative research explores the relationship between religiosity, suicide thoughts and drug abuse among 55 homeless people, interviewed with interpretative phenomenological…

Ankle edema after administration of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Konstantinos Kontoangelos, Marina Ecomomou, Charalambos Papageorgiou

Clinical manifestations of drug-induced skin reactions include a wide range of symptoms, from mild drug-induced exanthemas to dangerous and life-threatening generalized systematic…

Infant psychomotor development in cases of maternal postpartum depression: Observation of a mother and baby unit

Laure Le Treut, François Poinso, Pauline Grandgeorge, Elisabeth Jouve, Michel Dugnat, Joshua Sparrow, Jokthan Guivarch

Studies of the first year of infant psychomotor development in cases of maternal postpartum depression are lacking. The mother and baby unit (MBU) is a healthcare system available…

Anti-stress effects of simplified aroma hand massage

Teruhisa Komori, Mutsumi Kageyama, Yuko Tamura, Yuki Tateishi, Takashi Iwasa

In order to be able to use the aroma hand massage as a skill that can be done by a nurse who does not have a special aromatherapy technique, we examine anti-stress effects of…