BACKGROUND: Eating disorders (EDs) are severe and complex mental health conditions with high mortality, significant psychiatric comorbidity, and increasing global prevalence. ED behaviours (e.g., rest…

BACKGROUND: The majority of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are diagnosed at an advanced stage, precluding surgical resection. Studies have evaluated the use of programmed cell death prot…

Communities worldwide experience collective trauma arising from disasters, pandemics, political violence, displacement, and historical oppression. Although collective healing appears in qualitative an…

BACKGROUND: Disasters disrupt social systems, threaten physical safety, and generate substantial psychological distress among affected populations. Disaster psychiatry has often focused on psychiatric…

Despite increased public interest and research on intensive high-dose mental health interventions, much remains unknown about the mental health effects and safety of multi-day intensive high-dose mind…

BACKGROUND: Earthquakes are among the most devastating natural events that can cause physical, socio-economic and psychological devastation. It is thought that the negative situations caused by earthq…

INTRODUCTION: Substance use disorders often affect not only individuals but entire family systems, creating patterns that can persist across generations. This lived experience essay explores the emoti…

BACKGROUND: Medical students are exposed to human suffering more frequently and intensely than before they began their training, but they are often not sufficiently educated for these experiences. To …

The aim of this study was to determine the levels of spiritual well-being and hope in oncology patients and to examine the factors predicting these variables. This cross-sectional study was conducted …

Holistic care addresses health as a multidimensional construct encompassing physical, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being, yet its consistent clinical implementation remains limited. Curre…

BACKGROUND: Dignity is a cornerstone of palliative care and represents a complex, multidimensional concept that warrants further conceptual integration.AIM: To synthesise evidence regarding patients' …

BACKGROUND: Research suggests that people who exclusively express their breast milk often consult social media for information and resources and may use this even more often than lactation professiona…