Edelweiss: Psychiatry Open Access (ISSN 2638-8073)
Volume 1 Issue 1
Review Article
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.102
A Comparison of Third-year Medical Student Clinical and Examination Performances in a Traditional Psychiatry Clerkship to a Novel Pilot, LSI Curriculum
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IntroductionMedical schools are constantly working to improve the quality and process of the educational experience for students, often incurring considerable investment by faculty, students and other stakeholders. Specifically, models of clinical rotations for third-year medical students have been explored in great depth. Existing research ha View moreResearch Article
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.101
Implementation of a Psychiatric Nurse-Led Outreach Service at Older Adult Homes: A Hong Kong Experience
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Introduction Mental health problems account for 12% of the global burden of disease [1]. Some mental and behavioral disorders are age-specific, such as dementia and people feeling suicidal as a result of their advanced age. The prevalence of dementia increases exponentially with age [2]. The risk of developing dementia doubles every 5-7 years View moreReview Article
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.103
Orthorexia Nervosa- As an Eating Disorder
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IntroductionEating disorders such as anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are frequently diagnosed and treated by physicians and other eating disorders are called as nonspecific eating disorders. In despite of being a little known, these nonspecific eating diorders might be dangerous and severe by reason of the possibility of leadin View moreResearch Article
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.105
The Perceived Factors of Student Suicide in Fiji
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IntroductionSuicide is one of the principle causes of death among students. Current reports have advocated that the occurrence of suicide in this group increased in recent years. Hence, university grounds stand for a noteworthy location of intervention for the avoidance of suicide for scores of young adults (Muehlenkamp, Marrone, Gray & Brown, View moreResearch Article
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.33805/2638-8073.104