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Perceived insecurity, mental health and urbanization: Results from a multicentric study
Conclusion: Our findings confirm the presence of a common sense of perceived uncertainty among our sample. Such attitude toward life can have a detrimental impact on patients’ psychological and physical well-being, contributing to high levels of distress. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - April 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Luciano, M., De Rosa, C., Del Vecchio, V., Sampogna, G., Sbordone, D., Atti, A., Bardicchia, F., Bertossi, F., Calo, S., Cava, L., Ciafone, M., De Fazio, P., Di Iorio, G., Fantini, E., Ferrari, S., Ginanneschi, A., Gotelli, S., Macina, A., Mule, A., Papan Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Attitudes towards depression, psychiatric medication and help-seeking intentions amid financial crisis: Findings from Athens area
Conclusion: Research on the mental health effects of the global recession should encompass studies investigating the stigma attached to mental disorders and its implications. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - April 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Economou, M., Bergiannaki, J. D., Peppou, L. E., Karayanni, I., Skalkotos, G., Patelakis, A., Souliotis, K., Stefanis, C. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Neglect and hereditary risk: Their relative contribution to schizophrenia with negative symptomatology
Conclusion: Our central finding is that risk for negative symptoms of schizophrenia are elevated by childhood neglect combined with a history of serious mental illness within the family. This is the only report to combine schizophrenic symptoms, familial risk and childhood neglect to date. Implications for primary prevention and treatment are discussed. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - April 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gallagher, B. J., Jones, B. J. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

The impact of occupation according to income on depressive symptoms in South Korean individuals: Findings from the Korean Welfare Panel Study
Conclusion: Occupational classification is associated with increasing depression scores. Excluding the highest income group, blue collar and sales and service worker groups exhibit higher depression scores than their white collar counterparts, implying the importance of addressing these groups. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - April 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kim, W., Park, E.-C., Lee, T.-H., Ju, Y. J., Shin, J., Lee, S. G. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Socially restrictive attitudes towards people with mental illness among the non-psychiatry medical professionals in a university teaching hospital in South India
Conclusion: Socially restrictive attitudes towards people with mental illness are prevalent among substantial number of medical professionals in a low-income country like India. Personal acquaintance with people who have mental illness appears to be the only significant factor that reduces medical professionals’ socially restrictive attitudes towards them. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - April 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sathyanath, S., Mendonsa, R. D., Thattil, A. M., Chandran, V. M., Karkal, R. S. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Participants employment status and experiences in the year after the Experienced Involvement training
Conclusion: Clear role descriptions, well-defined expectations, team preparation, acknowledgement of vulnerabilities and institution-level support PSWs are important to safeguard both PSWs and service users by minimising the destabilisation risk. Future EX-IN training graduates can benefit from the establishment of remunerated PSW roles in psychiatric services. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - April 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hegedüs, A., Seidel, E., Steinauer, R. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

A population study of public stigma about psychosis and its contributing factors among Chinese population in Hong Kong
Conclusion: The finding suggested that discrimination among the general public against people with psychosis was still common. Specific strategies will need to be established in targeting media news reporting about psychosis, knowledge disseminating and needs of specific population. Further researches should be conducted to understand the mechanisms of the stigma development in relation to these factors so that more focused and effective strategies could be developed. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - April 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chan, S. K. W., Tam, W. W. Y., Lee, K. W., Hui, C. L. M., Chang, W. C., Lee, E. H. M., Chen, E. Y. H. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Addressing the physical health of people with serious mental illness: A potential solution for an enduring problem
People with serious mental illness face significant inequalities in physical health care. As a result, the risk of cardiometabolic disorders and premature mortality is far greater than that observed in the general population. Contributiung to this disparity, is the lack of routine physical health screening by mental health clinicians. One possible solution is the implimentation of a physical health nurse consultant, whose role is to monitor and coordinate the physical health care of people with serious mental illness. Current evidence supports the implimentation of such a role, and a failure to address the widening gaps in...
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Happell, B., Gaskin, C. J., Stanton, R. Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

South African adolescents beliefs about depression
Conclusion: The majority considered depression an illness. An improvement in adolescent mental health literacy will increase access to help when needed. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Aggarwal, S., Berk, M., Taljard, L., Wilson, Z. Tags: Letter to the editor Source Type: research

Attempted suicide and violent criminality among Danish second-generation immigrants according to parental place of origin
Conclusion: Western European nations should develop preventive programmes tailored towards specific second-generation immigrant populations, with integrated approaches jointly tackling suicidality and violence. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Webb, R. T., Antonsen, S., Pedersen, C. B., Mok, P. L., Cantor-Graae, E., Agerbo, E. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

The prevalence and predictors of self-stigma of individuals with mental health illness in two Chinese cities
Conclusion: Self-stigma is found to be higher in Guangzhou, probably due to the influence of traditional cultural values. Also, as hope and well-being are found to be predicting factors of self-stigma, suitable recovery-orientated interventions that facilitate hope and well-being should be developed so as to reduce self-stigma of consumers in Chinese societies. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Young, D. K.-W., Ng, P. Y.-N. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Families opinions about caring for patients with psychiatric disorders after involuntary hospitalization in Japan
Conclusion: It is important to know families’ opinions about patients’ living situations after discharge from involuntary hospitalization to provide them with an effective support system. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Noguchi, M., Tachimori, H., Naganuma, Y., Zhao, X., Kono, T., Horii, S., Takeshima, T. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Psychiatric disorder and work life: A longitudinal study of intra-generational social mobility
Conclusion: Employees suffering from psychiatric disorder do not maintain their social class or remain in the labour force to the same extent as individuals without those problems, irrespective of their parental class. Our results support the social drift hypothesis that individuals with poor psychiatric health move downward in the social hierarchy. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tiikkaja, S., Sandin, S., Hultman, C. M., Modin, B., Malki, N., Sparen, P. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Relationships among depression during pregnancy, social support and health locus of control among Iranian pregnant women
Conclusion: Clinicians could assess social support and chance HLC to identify and treat women at risk of prenatal depression. By providing support during pregnancy, depression levels in women and its effects on the fetus may be decreased, which could prevent postpartum depression. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Moshki, M., Cheravi, K. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Antenatal depression in coastal South India: Prevalence and risk factors in the community
Conclusion: There is a need to develop strategies for recognition and appropriate intervention for antenatal depression, in the context of locally relevant risk factors, so as to improve both maternal and child outcomes. (Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: George, C., Lalitha, A. R., Antony, A., Kumar, A. V., Jacob, K. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research