Quality of life in children and adolescents with symptoms or diagnosis of conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder
Discussion Based on the included studies, CD and ODD are associated with lower QoL thus clinicians should screen these conditions. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - March 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Standardised assessment of parent-infant communication in clinical practice: Reliability and application of the Munich Assessment Scales
Publication date: Available online 21 December 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): A.K. Georg, U. Raudzus Groden, M. Cierpka The goal of the present study is to investigate the reliability of the modified Munich Assessment Scales for parent-infant communication (Münchner Klinische Kommunikationsskalen). The macro-analytical instrument assesses parent-infant communication in early infancy (age one to six months) and is mainly geared towards clinical application in diagnostics, counselling, and therapy. The construction of the scales is based on micro-analytical research of preverbal communication...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - December 21, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Effects of a Brief Grateful Thinking Intervention on College Students ’ Mental Health
Publication date: Available online 29 November 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Tyler L. Renshaw, Dana K. Rock Gratitude-based interventions have been shown to significantly improve positive indicators of mental health and reduce negative indicators mental health. The present study used a randomized controlled trial design to test a brief grateful thinking-only exercise with a sample of college students (N = 97). Participants in the gratitude-based intervention condition (n = 54) were instructed to spend five minutes each day thinking about something they were grateful for, while participants i...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - November 30, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The effect of dialectical behaviour therapy on binge eating, difficulties in emotion regulation and BMI in overweight patients with binge-eating disorder: A randomized controlled trial
Conclusion This study showed that the relation of the DBT intervention had positive effects on BMI, BED and DER. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - November 21, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The effect of dialectical behavior therapy on binge eating, difficulties in emotion regulation and BMI in overweight patients with binge-eating disorder: A randomized controlled trial
Conclusion This study showed that the relation of the DBT intervention had positive effects on BMI, BED and DER. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - November 15, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Mindfulness-based eating disorder prevention programs: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Publication date: Available online 8 November 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Ariel L. Beccia, Corina Dunlap, Douglas A. Hanes, Brendan J. Courneene, Heather L. Zwickey The goal of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness-based eating disorder prevention programs. Twenty articles met all inclusion and exclusion criteria, including 15 randomized studies (2173 participants) that were included in the meta-analysis. Compared to wait-list controls, mindfulness-based programs were found to significantly reduce participants’ body image concerns and neg...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - November 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Common Mental Disorders and the Utilisation of Health Services in Nicosia, Cyprus: A population-based Cross-Sectional Study
Conclusions Recognition, diagnosis and proper management of populations at risk for a CMD is of special interest, with respect to their associations with socioeconomic factors. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - October 29, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
A pilot study on the effectiveness of a school-based cognitive-behavioral anxiety intervention for 8- and 9-year-old children: A controlled trial in Japan
Conclusion The results of this trial study suggest that a school-based universal preventative program for anxiety may have no significant effects on 8–9-year-old children. Trial Registration UMIN-CTR Identifier UMIN000008798. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - October 29, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Striving for Mental Vigor through Restorative Activities: Application of the Campbell Paradigm to construct the Attitude toward Mental Vigor Scale
Publication date: Available online 9 September 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Femke Beute, Florian G. Kaiser, Antal Haans, Yvonne de Kort Recognizing people at risk is essential for effective prevention. We developed an instrument that conceptually links engagement in restorative activities with persons’ appreciation for mental vigor. Based on a sample of 322 persons from the general population and a clinical sample of 56 patients diagnosed with burnout, we found that the scope of a person's recovery-geared activities significantly corresponds with cognitive failures, mental fatigue, need...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - September 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Implementation of the school-based prevention programs PriMa and Torera for eating disorders: A long-term qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators
Publication date: Available online 26 August 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Luise Adametz, Felicitas Richter, Julia Preußer, Julia Mühleck, Katharina Wick, Bernhard Strauß, Uwe Berger (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - August 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Sex Differences in Social Risk Factors for Suicidal Behaviour
Conclusion Our findings could aid clinicians in assessing suicide risk and identifying vulnerable individuals by tailoring the assessment of risk factors for men and women. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - August 26, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Toward Psychosocial Health in Age-Friendly Communities: The Fountain of Health Peer-Led Education Series
Publication date: Available online 25 August 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Amy Gough, Keri-Leigh Cassidy (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - August 25, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Expressing Gratitude via Instant Communication Technology: A Randomized Controlled Trial Targeting College Students ’ Mental Health
Publication date: Available online 9 August 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Tyler L. Renshaw, Margaret L. Hindman The present study used a randomized controlled research design to test an adaptation of the gratitude letter-writing-and-visit intervention, using notes instead of letters and instant communication technology instead of personal visits, for the purposes of improving college students (N = 115) mental health. The gratitude-based intervention condition was tested in comparison to two active control conditions, one using instant communication technology to send notes to others regardin...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - August 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Factor structure and internal consistency of the Greek version of the General Health Questionnaire – 28 (GHQ-28)
Publication date: September 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention, Volume 7 Author(s): Nikolaos Kokkinis, Evangelia Galanaki, Maria Malikiosi-Loizos The General Health Questionnaire – 28 (GHQ-28) is one of the most widely used screening instruments for psychiatric disorders. The aim of the present study was to examine the factor structure and the internal consistency of the Greek GHQ-28 in a sample of 501 university students (302 females; M age = 20.5 years). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) did not provide an optimal fit for the original four-factor structure. Therefore, exploratory factor analysis (EFA)...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - August 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Fear of violent crime and anxiety/depression among adolescents
We examined the relationship between fear and mental health while accounting for potential endogeneity. A sample of 2329 adolescents from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods dataset was analyzed to assess the effect of fear of neighborhood violent crime on anxiety/depression. Instrumental variable (IV) methods were used to address endogeneity. There is evidence that the estimated effect of fear on depressive symptoms does not suffer from endogeneity bias in single-equation models. Adolescents who were more fearful had higher anxiety/depression scores. In adjusted analyses, for each one unit increase i...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 30, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
