Hard to reach families —A methodological approach to early recognition, recruitment, and randomization in an intervention study
Publication date: September 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention, Volume 3, Issue 3 Author(s): Alex Neuhauser, Erich Ramseier, Simone Schaub, Susan C.A. Burkhardt, Franziska Templer, Andrea Lanfranchi Evaluation of early childcare and education (ECCE) programs faces the problem that families who would have a high need for prevention do often not participate in such programs. Moreover, in intervention studies, regular assessments for research purposes and the lack of intervention in the control group reduce participation. Against this background we present a concept for the recruitment of families ...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - June 17, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Treatment of insomnia – A preventive strategy for cardiovascular and mental disorders
Publication date: June 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention, Volume 4, Issue 2 Author(s): Elisabeth Hertenstein, Anna Johann, Chiara Baglioni, Kai Spiegelhalder, Dieter Riemann Insomnia is defined as a difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep with daytime impairments like increased fatigue, decreased attention, and increased mood irritability for at least three nights a week for a period of 3 months. DSM 5 has established a new overarching category of insomnia disorder, thus replacing the old primary vs. secondary dichotomy. Insomnia has been traditionally viewed as a symptom or consequence of som...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - June 17, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Process linking social support to mental health through a sense of coherence in Japanese university students
This study aims to investigate the relationships among mental health, a “sense of coherence” (SOC), and social support in Japanese university students with a focus on gender differences. Participants (548 university students) completed General Health Questionnaire-12, of the SOC-13 scales, and of the social support scale. Structural equation modeling indicates indicate that improvement in social support may be effective in strengthening SOC as a precaution against the decline of mental health in university students. Additionally, it is suggested that enhancing support from friends in males and support from family membe...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - June 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Enhancing help-seeking behavior in individuals with eating disorder symptoms via Internet: a case report
Publication date: Available online 3 May 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Sally Kindermann, Kathina Ali, Carla Minarik, Markus Moessner, Stephanie Bauer Internet-based programs may help to reduce barriers to help-seeking and to refer individuals in need to appropriate levels of care. This case report of an 18-year-old female who participated in the Internet-based program ProYouth for prevention and early intervention of eating disorders (ED) demonstrates how program utilization could contribute to enhancing help-seeking behavior. Data on user characteristics, ED related risk factors a...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Evaluation of a stress prevention program for young high-performance athletes
Conclusion The training program increased the knowledge about stress and stress prevention and had a positive effect on self-efficacy. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - April 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Prevention of common mental disorders in employees – Conception, study design and sample characteristics of a multi-target survey
Conclusion Though our study is limited by partly low survey response rates, it provides a first and detailed standardized insight into the relevant professional interfaces preventing and caring for CMD of the working population. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - March 22, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Treatment of insomnia – A preventive strategy for cardiovascular and mental disorders
Publication date: Available online 8 March 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Elisabeth Hertenstein, Anna Johann, Chiara Baglioni, Kai Spiegelhalder, Dieter Riemann Insomnia is defined as a difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep with daytime impairments like increased fatigue, decreased attention, and increased mood irritability for at least three nights a week for a period of 3 months. DSM 5 has established a new overarching category of insomnia disorder, thus replacing the old primary vs. secondary dichotomy. Insomnia has been traditionally viewed as a symptom or consequence of so...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - March 16, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Stress, coping and emotional and behavioral problems among German high school students
Publication date: Available online 3 March 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Lena Eppelmann, Peter Parzer, Christoph Lenzen, Arne Bürger, Johann Haffner, Franz Resch, Michael Kaess This research tests a mediator-model of stress, coping and emotional/behavioral problems. The sample comprises 350 adolescents in the penultimate year of high school. Higher levels of overall stress as well as those related to school and future, the most problematic domains, were associated with more emotional/behavioral problems. The association was partially mediated through withdrawal. The proportion...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - March 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Prevention of mental and psychosomatic disorders in occupational and training settings
Publication date: March 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention, Volume 4, Issue 1 Author(s): Sabine C. Herpertz, Wolfgang Herzog, Svenja Taubner (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - March 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Treatment of insomnia - A preventive strategy for cardiovascular and mental disorders
Publication date: Available online 8 March 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Elisabeth Hertenstein, Anna Johann, Chiara Baglioni, Kai Spiegelhalder, Dieter Riemann Insomnia is defined as a difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep with daytime impairments like increased fatigue, decreased attention, and increased mood irritability for at least three nights a week for a period of 3 months. DSM 5 has established a new overarching category of insomnia disorder, thus replacing the old primary versus secondary dichotomy. Insomnia has been traditionally viewed as a symptom or consequence of...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - March 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Stress, coping and emotional and behavioural problems among german high school students
Publication date: Available online 3 March 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Lena Eppelmann, Peter Parzer, Christoph Lenzen, Arne Bürger, Johann Haffner, Franz Resch, Michael Kaess This research tests a mediator-model of stress, coping and emotional/behavioural problems. The sample comprises 350 adolescents in the penultimate year of high school. Higher levels of overall stress as well as those related to school and future, the most problematic domains, were associated with more emotional/behavioural problems. The association was partially mediated through withdrawal. The proporti...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - March 3, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Prevention of common mental disorders in employees–conception, study design and sample characteristics of a multi-target survey
Conclusion Though our study is limited by partly low survey response rates, it provides a first and detailed standardized insight into the relevant professional interfaces preventing and caring for CMD of the working population. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - March 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
User activity in a mobile phone intervention to assist mindfulness exercises in people with depressive symptoms
This study investigated the user activity in a text-messaging intervention to assist mindfulness practice in patients with symptoms of depression. Participants (N=21) allocated to the intervention group of a pilot RCT received an introduction to mindfulness exercises during hospital treatment, and text messages to assist mindfulness practice during follow-up. Results showed that text-messaging activity decreased over the course of the intervention. Participant characteristics showed moderate associations with text messaging activity. User activity was moderately associated with clinical outcome. We highlight the careful in...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - February 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Train the trainer – A training program in stress prevention for health care professionals
Publication date: Available online 11 February 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): M. Bickel, S. Gusset-Baehrer, M. Stein, K. Schnell, S.C. Herpertz (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - February 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Organizational stress and dilemma management in mid-level industrial executives: An exploratory study
Publication date: Available online 9 February 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Ulrike Bossmann, Beate Ditzen, Jochen Schweitzer The aim of our study is to identify dilemmas experienced by mid-level managers throughout their daily business as well as their resilience strategies to deal with those dilemmas. Based on this information it is planned to develop a dilemma-focused resilience training. The article summarizes analysis of 18 semi-structured interviews that were conducted with mid-level managers from two medium-sized enterprises in Germany. Content analysis revealed 48 categories. We...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - February 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
