Paternal post-partum depression: How has it been assessed? A literature review
Publication date: Available online 22 July 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): C. Francisca Pérez, Paulina Brahm, Soledad Riquelme, Claudia Rivera, Karina Jaramillo, Andreas Eickhorst The assessment of paternal postpartum depression (PPD) is not part of the standard evaluations despite its relevance. The following study aimed to identify and describe how PPD and/or depressive symptoms in men have been assessed during the first year of fatherhood, specifically to identify the main methodological and diagnostically characteristics of the studies with a specific respect to the reported frequency...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Individual Differences in Metacognitive Knowledge Contribute to Psychological Vulnerability more than the presence of a Mental Disorder Does
Publication date: Available online 22 July 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Henrik Nordahl, Adrian Wells Psychological vulnerability can be operationalized as trait-anxiety, the stable tendency to experience anxiety and negative affect when exposed to stress. The current study set out to test whether metacognitive beliefs could be an underlying factor explaining variance in trait-anxiety when the presence of psychopathology is controlled. Participants reported mental health status and completed self-report measures. Our findings showed that multiple domains of metacognitive beliefs accounted fo...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 22, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Autonomous self-regulation and different motivations for alcohol use among university students
This study explored how is autonomous and controlled regulation of drinking behaviour related to alcohol use among university students. 560 university students (Mean age=21.32; SD=1.92;63.2%females) completed self-report questionnaires on alcohol use, self-regulation of drinking behaviour and motivation to alcohol use. Autonomous self-regulation of alcohol use was negatively related to alcohol use (β = −.13; p < .001) and this was partially mediated by social, coping and mood enhancement motivations (p < .001). The findings highlight the importance of the autonomy - control dimension as well as different m...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 12, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Autonomous self-regulation and different motivation for alcohol use among university students
This study explored how is autonomous and controlled regulation of drinking behaviour related to alcohol use among university students. 560 university students (Mean age=21.32; SD=1.92;63.2%females) completed self-report questionnaires on alcohol use, self-regulation of drinking behaviour and motivation to alcohol use. Autonomous self-regulation of alcohol use was negatively related to alcohol use (β=−0.13; p˂0.001) and this was partially mediated by social, coping and mood enhancement motivations (p˂0.001). The findings highlight the importance of the autonomy - control dimension as well as different motivations to a...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - June 30, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Evaluation of Depressive and Anxiety Symptomatology in Medical Students at the University of Chile
Publication date: Available online 29 June 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Leonor Villacura, Natalia Irarrázabal, Ilse López The present study investigated the prevalence of anxious and depressive symptomatology in medical students at the University of Chile. It was obtained from the application of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) through a sample of 277 medical students from the University of Chile (50.9% male, 49.1% female). More than 50% presented some level of depressive symptomatology and 65% presented some level of anxiety symptomatology. 36.4% o...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - June 29, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Somatic symptoms of anxiety and depression: A population-based study
Publication date: June 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention, Volume 6 Author(s): Gustav Carlehed, Jakob Katz, Steven Nordin (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
FRIENDS for Life: Implementation of an indicated prevention program targeting childhood anxiety and depression in a naturalistic setting
In conclusion, a highly protocolled intervention can be successfully transferred to daily school practice. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
How a mother processes her infant's distress: Cognitive pathways to maternal insensitivity
Publication date: June 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention, Volume 6 Author(s): Sabrina Fuths, Sabine Seehagen, Silvia Schneider Maternal sensitivity is one of the most frequently considered influences on early infant development. Nevertheless, the cognitive foundations of maternal sensitivity have received little attention. Here, we present a social information-processing model of maternal insensitivity. The model posits that maternal processing of infant distress is determined by two components: Firstly, it is determined by stable implicit cognitive structures and secondly, by more transient event-depende...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Impact of homelessness and unstable housing on adolescent health
Publication date: September 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention, Volume 7 Author(s): Michael J. Cima, R. David Parker The purpose of this study was to describe service utilization and associated costs of a statewide, Medicaid-insured population of homeless adolescents (HA). This was a secondary data analysis of statewide individual service-level data. The total costs for this sample (n=5259) was $84,077,009 over the study period. Mental health related services accounted for 40% of all costs. A small subpopulation (n=65) of the sample accounted for 28% of the total costs, all of which had mental health relate...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The impact and reach of web-based parenting guidelines to prevent childhood depression and anxiety: Findings from online user surveys
Publication date: September 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention, Volume 7 Author(s): Wan Hua Sim, Andrea E. Jones, Anthony F. Jorm, Marie B.H. Yap An online study was conducted to evaluate a new set of web-based parenting guidelines for the prevention of childhood depression and anxiety (http://www.parentingstrategies.net/depression). Visitors to the website were invited to respond to a demographic survey. Users who consented to a follow-up evaluation survey were emailed a survey web link a month later, asking their appraisals of the guidelines and actions taken as a result of accessing the guidelines. The...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Anxiety in high- and low-risk pregnancies and its influence on perinatal outcome
Conclusion Women with a history of miscarriage evidently make use of special care services and social support services. For these women no correlation between pregnancy-related fears and complications was found. Low-risk pregnant women seem to have fewer means of coping with their unreasonable fear. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - March 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
A systematic review of barriers and supports to the participation of students with mental health difficulties in higher education
Publication date: Available online 6 March 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Laura Hartrey, Suzanne Denieffe, John SG Wells Students with mental health difficulties in higher education don’t seek help and many fail to progress. A systematic review identified 22 published studies on barriers and supports for this group in high income English speaking countries. Findings fall into two categories. 1) Factors internal to the person (symptoms of mental illness, fear of disclosure and knowledge of mental illness); 2) Factors external to the person (knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of the college co...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - March 7, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
A preliminary study of emotional and behavioral problems among Bedouin children living in ‘unrecognized villages’ in Southern Israel
Conclusions The higher problems scores of Bedouin children can be partly explained by their poverty, dire living conditions and consequent maternal distress. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - February 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
A preliminary study of emotional and behavioral problems among Bedouin children living in 'unrecognized villages' in Southern Israel
Publication date: Available online 4 February 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Ahmad Sheikh Muhammad, Ivonne Mansbach-Kleinfeld, Mohammad Khatib (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - February 3, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Mentalizing Vocational Training increases mentalization interest in professionals and young people with the need for learning support: results of a pilot study
Publication date: Available online 3 February 2017 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Svenja Taubner, Stephanie Müller, Silja Kotte The present pilot study focuses on the evaluation of the prevention program “Mentalizing Vocational Training” (MVT). The program aimed to increase the effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation by improving the interaction among professionals and between professionals and trainees. Professionals of Vocational Training Centres in Germany are facing an increasing number of adolescents diagnosed with learning disability, showing a severe lack of motivation to participa...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - February 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
