Research in psychiatry is undergoing major advances due to the changes in the modern society. In particular, there is increased interest in personalized medicine, while modern mental health approaches include the diagnostic and psychopathological characterization of patients.
From a diagnostic viewpoint, many disorders cannot be diagnosed simply by fulfilling specific criteria, as it is recognized that many symptoms overlap among these syndromes. From a clinical perspective, this means that the diagnostic and therapeutic approach must be personalized based on several criteria, including the presence of psychosocial risk factors.
From a public mental health perspective, new trends include the development of novel techniques, such as the need to treat patients in their own environments, taking into consideration family, work, and social stressors as possible risk factors in the development of mental disorders.
The need to acknowledge the complexity of etiopathogenesis of mental disorders has been repeatedly recognized in recent years, since the neurobiological as well as the psychosocial approaches to mental disorders have failed to identify a “specific” cause of mental disorders. Therefore, the current approach to diagnosis and treatment of patients with mental disorders include the evaluation of several different factors, which should be considered as a whole in order to develop a personalized and tailored therapeutic plan for each individual patient.
This has opened the way for new research trends, which will be covered in this Research Topic.
Original Research, Review, Case Reports, Perspective and Hypothesis & Theory studies are welcomed from early career researchers in the fields of public mental health, neurobiology, neuropsychology, clinical psychiatry and social psychiatry on the following topics:
• the new research trends related to the personalization of the treatments in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring the impact of this new psychosocial stressor on the wellbeing and mental health of patients and of the general population;
• the new research trends on algorithm for improving the accuracy of diagnosis of mental disorders;
• the new research trends on the personalization of treatments in real-word settings, evaluating the feasibility and the cost-effectiveness of those approaches;
• the new research trends on neurobiology, neuroinflammation, and social psychiatry for describing the pathway of progression of mental disorders.
These are just some examples of possible papers welcome in this research topic, but every type of contribution aiming to the personalization of treatments of patients with severe mental disorders is welcome.
Research in psychiatry is undergoing major advances due to the changes in the modern society. In particular, there is increased interest in personalized medicine, while modern mental health approaches include the diagnostic and psychopathological characterization of patients.
From a diagnostic viewpoint, many disorders cannot be diagnosed simply by fulfilling specific criteria, as it is recognized that many symptoms overlap among these syndromes. From a clinical perspective, this means that the diagnostic and therapeutic approach must be personalized based on several criteria, including the presence of psychosocial risk factors.
From a public mental health perspective, new trends include the development of novel techniques, such as the need to treat patients in their own environments, taking into consideration family, work, and social stressors as possible risk factors in the development of mental disorders.
The need to acknowledge the complexity of etiopathogenesis of mental disorders has been repeatedly recognized in recent years, since the neurobiological as well as the psychosocial approaches to mental disorders have failed to identify a “specific” cause of mental disorders. Therefore, the current approach to diagnosis and treatment of patients with mental disorders include the evaluation of several different factors, which should be considered as a whole in order to develop a personalized and tailored therapeutic plan for each individual patient.
This has opened the way for new research trends, which will be covered in this Research Topic.
Original Research, Review, Case Reports, Perspective and Hypothesis & Theory studies are welcomed from early career researchers in the fields of public mental health, neurobiology, neuropsychology, clinical psychiatry and social psychiatry on the following topics:
• the new research trends related to the personalization of the treatments in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring the impact of this new psychosocial stressor on the wellbeing and mental health of patients and of the general population;
• the new research trends on algorithm for improving the accuracy of diagnosis of mental disorders;
• the new research trends on the personalization of treatments in real-word settings, evaluating the feasibility and the cost-effectiveness of those approaches;
• the new research trends on neurobiology, neuroinflammation, and social psychiatry for describing the pathway of progression of mental disorders.
These are just some examples of possible papers welcome in this research topic, but every type of contribution aiming to the personalization of treatments of patients with severe mental disorders is welcome.
