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World Psychiatric Association eJournal Club
Issue 01 2022
 
We are pleased to launch a new educational project – the “WPA e-Journal Club”. 

This project consists of commentaries concerning the most relevant articles selected from the main scientific journals in psychiatry. WPA is committed to share the current scientific updates with our members, keeping our membership regularly informed about recent advances in the various scientific domains of psychiatry and mental health. 

These commentaries and the link to the respective article that they concern, will be disseminated to the WPA membership worldwide through this regular scientific bulletin, the WPA e-Journal Club. This will provide a unique, regular and long-lasting opportunity to disseminate scientific updates to health professionals alike, enabling them to examine and use critical knowledge, reflections, and recommendations for clinical practice in psychiatry, that come from recent articles from several top scientific journals in psychiatry. 

Importantly, this WPA e-Journal Club will support the WPA Early Career Psychiatrists members (involved as faculty) to learn how to comment on scientific papers and improve their skills in critical appraisal of scientific research, in medical writing, reviewing and editing commentaries, preparing a summary, and strengthening their leadership within their future professional life. 

Happy readings!

Professor Afzal Javed, WPA President
Dr Mariana Pinto da Costa, Chair of the WPA Early Career Psychiatrists Section

 
Professor Afzal Javed, WPA President
Dr Mariana Pinto da Costa
Chair of the WPA Early Career Psychiatrists Section
Selected Articles
Article Title: Development of a check list for evaluating psychiatric reports 

Journal: BMC Medical Education

Recommended by: Vinicius Belinati (Brazil)

You can read the article summary here or read the full report here.

 
Article Title: The transition from adolescence to adulthood in patients with schizophrenia: challenges, opportunities and recommendations

Journal: European Neuropsychopharmacology

Recommended by: Egor Chumakov (Russia)

You can read the article summary here or read the full report here.


 
Article Title: The growing field of digital psychiatry: current evidence and the future of apps, social media, chatbots, and virtual reality

Journal: World Psychiatry

Recommended by: Marcel-Alexandru Găină (Romania)

You can read the article summary here or read the full report here.


 
Article Title: Risk factors for clozapine-induced myocarditis and cardiomyopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Recommended by: Sandeep Grover (India) 

You can read the article summary here or read the full report here.


 
Article Title: Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal: The Lancet

Recommended by: 
Jairo Gonzalez (Colombia) 

You can read the article summary here or read the full report here.


 
Article Title: Medical Cannabis as a Substitute for Prescription Agents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Journal: Journal of Substance Use

Recommended by: 
Chonnakarn Jatchavala (Thailand)

You can read the article summary here or read the full report here.


 
Article Title: The Effects of a Prenatal Mindfulness Intervention on Infant Autonomic and Behavioral Reactivity and Regulation

Journal: Psychosomatic Medicine

Recommended by: Camille Noël (Belgium)

You can read the article summary here or read the full report here.


 
Article Title: Patterns and correlates of patient-reported helpfulness of treatment for common mental and substance use disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Journal: World Psychiatry

Recommended by: Margaret Ojeahere (Nigeria)

You can read the article summary here or read the full report here.


 
Article Title: Benzodiazepines for PTSD - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal: Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Recommended by: Michael Wallies (Switzerland)

You can read the article summary here or read the full report here.


 
Supervisory & Editorial Committee Members
Supervisory Committee

1.    Afzal Javed  (Chair)
2.    Mariana Pinto da Costa 
3.    Roger NG
5.    Michel Botbol
6.    Norman Sartorius
7.    E Mohandas 

 
Editorial committee

1.    Egor Chumakov 
2.    Jairo Gonzalez 
3.    Margaret Ojeahere 
4.    Chonnakarn Jatchavala 
5.    Sandeep Grover 
6.    Avinash DeSouza 
7.    Camille Noël 
8.    Marcel Gaina gaina alex 
9.    Michael Wallies
This initiative is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Viatris. The sponsor had no influence on the design and development of the initiative or any associated materials. 

N.B. The views and opinions expressed in the below reviews / commentaries are the various authors’ own and do not necessarily represent the official policy, views or position of the World Psychiatric Association, its components or member associations
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