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
2003
From psychosurgery to neuromodulation and palliation: history's lessons for the ethical conduct and regulation of neuropsychiatric research
Fins J. From psychosurgery to neuromodulation and palliation: history's lessons for the ethical conduct and regulation of neuropsychiatric research. Neurosurgery Clinics Of North America 2003, 14: 303-319. PMID: 12856496, DOI: 10.1016/s1042-3680(02)00118-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric illnessDeep brain stimulationObsessive-compulsive disorderEra of psychosurgerySevere psychiatric illnessTreat psychiatric illnessBrain stimulationTreatment of Parkinson's diseaseModulation of consciousnessTraumatic brain injurySomatic therapiesNeuropsychiatric researchPrefrontal lobotomyBrain injuryCongressional callsPsychosurgeryParkinson's diseaseImplanted deep brain stimulationNeuromodulationIllnessHistory lessonsPsychiatristsPsychiatryLobotomyWidespread condemnation