2022
Challenges and strategies in the psychiatric care of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish population: A thematic analysis of 18 psychiatrist interviews.
Bloch A, Gabbay E, Gerber L, Dickerman A, Knowlton S, Fins J. Challenges and strategies in the psychiatric care of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish population: A thematic analysis of 18 psychiatrist interviews. Transcultural Psychiatry 2022, 13634615221126052. PMID: 36222017, DOI: 10.1177/13634615221126052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUltra-Orthodox Jewish patientsPsychiatric careUltra-Orthodox Jewish communityThematic analysisJewish patientsCulturally sensitive careMental healthcare utilizationSample of convenienceSemi-structured interviewsUltra-Orthodox Jewish populationCommunity stigmaSensitive careDepartment of PsychiatryHealthcare utilizationPsychiatrist interviewCareSnowball samplingDe-identifiedPsychiatric workNo studyRapport buildingHistory-takingPsychiatristsPsychiatric patientsStigma
2020
Deep brain stimulation for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): emerging or established therapy?
Wu H, Hariz M, Visser-Vandewalle V, Zrinzo L, Coenen V, Sheth S, Bervoets C, Naesström M, Blomstedt P, Coyne T, Hamani C, Slavin K, Krauss J, Kahl K, Taira T, Zhang C, Sun B, Toda H, Schlaepfer T, Chang J, Régis J, Schuurman R, Schulder M, Doshi P, Mosley P, Poologaindran A, Lázaro-Muñoz G, Pepper J, Schechtmann G, Fytagoridis A, Huys D, Gonçalves-Ferreira A, D’Haese P, Neimat J, Broggi G, Vilela-Filho O, Voges J, Alkhani A, Nakajima T, Richieri R, Djurfeldt D, Fontaine P, Martinez-Alvarez R, Okamura Y, Chandler J, Watanabe K, Barcia J, Reneses B, Lozano A, Gabriëls L, De Salles A, Halpern C, Matthews K, Fins J, Nuttin B. Deep brain stimulation for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): emerging or established therapy? Molecular Psychiatry 2020, 26: 60-65. PMID: 33144712, PMCID: PMC7815503, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-020-00933-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderTreatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorderRefractory obsessive-compulsive disorderDeep brain stimulationTreatment of psychiatric patientsBrain stimulationProspective international multi-center studyY-BOCSClinical trialsAcceptable risk-benefit ratioPsychiatric patientsBrain areasPsychiatric indicationsRandomized controlled clinical trialLevel I evidenceRisk-benefit ratioClinical cohort studyMulti-center studyInternational multi-center studyLevel II evidenceRandomized controlled trialsSurgical treatmentPsychiatristsConsensus guidelinesCohort study