A new issue of Consortium PSYCHIATRICUM, Volume 6, No. 4, has been published

A new issue of the Consortium PSYCHIATRICUM journal (Volume 6, No. 4) includes studies conducted by researchers from Russia, India, the United Kingdom, and Portugal. The articles address a wide range of topics, from the neurobiological foundations of schizophrenia spectrum disorders to new models for understanding eating disorders.

• A research team from the Mental-health clinic No. 1 named after N.A. Alexeev (Moscow, Russia) has for the first time identified four clinical types of anorexia nervosa using latent class analysis of psychopathological symptoms in patients.
  
  
• Another article focusing on anorexia nervosa examined psychological factors that may influence patients’ body mass index, which is important for identifying targets for psychotherapeutic intervention.
  
  
• Early-career researchers from Russia, together with the European colleague, surveyed 223 psychiatry residents to assess their views and practical experience regarding psychotherapy training. The results revealed a high demand for psychotherapy education alongside a pronounced lack of a systematic approach to psychotherapeutic training.
  
  
• Researchers from the V. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre of Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation analyzed event-related brain potentials during emotion recognition and presented a diagnostic model that accurately distinguishes patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders from healthy individuals based on EEG data.
  
  
• The results of a large-scale study involving 2,189 students demonstrated that conscious self-regulation of behavior is associated with higher levels of psychological well-being and may protect against the negative effects of acute, chronic, and perceived stress.
  
  
• A narrative review by Russian neuropsychologists for the first time draws parallels between the classical school of A. R. Luria and modern neurorehabilitation protocols for patients with visual neglect, proposing a new systematization of neurorehabilitation methods for visual neglect, including post-stroke rehabilitation.
  
  
• The issue concludes with a bibliometric analysis by Indian researchers focusing on studies of the association between smoking, depression, and anxiety. The analysis identified the most influential publications in this interdisciplinary field, mapping directions for future research and highlighting the significant role of smoking in the context of mental health.

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