Health care utilization and cost-effectiveness analyses in prevention studies in the mental health care field
This article gives an overview of the general health economic approach in mental health promotion and describes the methodology of analyzing the budget consequences and cost-utility of innovative stress prevention programs. The programs were implemented and tested in four studies aiming for stress-reduction at the workplace, in educational settings and relapse prevention. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - January 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Healthy aging at work – development of a preventive group intervention to Promote quality of life of nursing staff aged 45 years and older
Conclusion A complex intervention program can be implemented for nursing staff aged 45, reach the targeted population, and gains high acceptance. Further research on feasibility and effectiveness is indicated. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - January 26, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Methodological aspects of international research on the burden of anxiety and depression in medical students
Publication date: Available online 26 January 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): R Erschens, A Herrmann-Werner, TJ Bugaj, C Nikendei, S Zipfel, F Junne The burden of mental health impairment in medical students is among the important subjects of international research on mental health prevention. Evidence shows that medical students have a higher prevalence of symptoms of depression and anxiety than the general population. This paper describes some of the methodological aspects concerning research on the burden of anxiety and depression in medical students as an extract of a systemati...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - January 26, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) enhances distress tolerance and resilience through changes in mindfulness
Publication date: Available online 26 January 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Karin Nila, Daniel V. Holt, Beate Ditzen, Corina Aguilar-Raab Distress tolerance (DT) is associated with psychological health and has been shown to be predicted by mindfulness. Resilience, another protective capacity in the face of stress, is related to positive psychological outcomes, such as preventing development of PTSD. The current longitudinal online-study investigated whether Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can lead to an increase in DT and resilience, and whether these effects are mediated b...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - January 26, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
A mentalization-based primary prevention program for stress prevention during the transition from family care to day care
Publication date: Available online 31 December 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Christine Bark, Ilka Baukhage, Manfred Cierpka A mentalization-based early prevention program for daycares will be presented. The program aims at supporting families during the transition to day care. Transitional phases are significant threshold situations in which vulnerabilities can become activated. Therefore, prevention at this point, especially for children from psychosocial burdened families is of great importance. Theoretical background of the program is the concept of mentalization. In the context of ...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - January 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Psychosocial burden in medical students and specific prevention strategies
Publication date: Available online 6 January 2016 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): TJ. Bugaj, A. Cranz, F. Junne, R. Erschens, W. Herzog, C. Nikendei High rates of psychosocial morbidity among students are acknowledged. Compared to an age-matched population, medical students show higher anxiety and depression symptoms as well as higher suicide rates. Distress and burnout among medical students or doctors could potentially put patients at risk and pose a major issue in patient safety. The fact that young physicians in particular experience high levels of professional burnout in their resi...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - January 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Mental illness stigma, psychological resilience, and help seeking: What are the relationships?
Publication date: Available online 7 December 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Allison Crowe, Paige Averett, J. Scott Glass While the concepts of mental illness stigma, resilience, and help seeking are well established, scholars are only beginning to explore how these might be related. This qualitative study explored relationships between stigma, resilience, and help seeking in a focus group design. Results indicated two main themes related to stigma and resilience including: resilience helps decrease stigma, and stigma decreases resilience. Three main themes related to stigma, resilience...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - December 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The Barriers to mental health Services scale revised: Psychometric analysis among older Adults
Conclusion Revisions to the BMHSS resulted in improved reliability estimates for use as a measure of perceived barriers to mental health services. We recommend when using the BMHSS-R to combine results with other information (e.g., service utilization data) to characterize a profile of barriers. We discuss directions for future research and further refinement of the BMHSS-R. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - September 28, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Misconceptions of group norms concerning coping are a risk for negative social interaction: A cross-sectional study using the vignette method
We examined the factors that are linked to the use of a norm-violating coping strategy and those that moderate the relationship between the coping strategy used and social interaction. Results of a cross-sectional survey for 74 Japanese undergraduate students and 68 Japanese workers indicated that, in a group with frequent contact, misconceptions about group norms concerning coping strategy relate to more negative social interactions. To draw causal inferences, a replication study with a large sample from heterogeneous cultural backgrounds is necessary. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - August 14, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Socioeconomic determinants of depressive symptoms in a Polish population
Publication date: Available online 13 August 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Bielecki Wojciech, Malczewska. Magdalena, Kwaśniewska Magdalena, Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk Elżbieta, Drygas Wojciech Previous community research has shown a relationshipbetween the incidence ofdepressionanddemographicandsocio-economicfactors in various countries, however, data on Polish population are scarce. The aim of thisstudy was to assessthe severityof depressive symptomsandtheir relationshipwith selecteddemographicand economicvariablesamongadult residentsof Poland. Determinants of prevalence of depress...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - August 13, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Online assessment of Eating Disorders: The clinical and research inventory for Eating Disorders (CR-EAT)
Publication date: Available online 11 August 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Markus Moessner, Daniel B. Fassnacht, Stephanie Bauer A growing number of Internet-based interventions for eating disorders (ED) relies on questionnaires, which are not validated for Internet-based assessments. The current study aims at developing and validating the Clinical and Research Inventory for Eating Disorders (CR-EAT), an instrument specifically standardized for the online assessment of ED. Data were collected online (general population: N=1,406; clinical sample: N=61), and with paper-pencil questionnai...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - August 11, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Implementation and efficacy of early-childhood interventions in German-speaking countries
Publication date: Available online 23 July 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): M. Cierpka, O. Evers (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - August 2, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Hard to reach families—A methodological approach to early recognition, recruitment, and randomization in an intervention study
Publication date: Available online 18 July 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention 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 in p...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 26, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The effects of the early prevention program “Nobody Slips Through the Net”: A longitudinal controlled study in an at-risk sample
Publication date: Available online 19 July 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Anna Sidor, Cristina Fischer, Manfred Cierpka The study investigated the effects of a German prevention program “KfdN” in the sample of 152 burdened mothers and children who took part in this program and 150 comparison group families. The data were collected at five measurement points. The improved level of children' social development after intervention compared to children from the CG was confirmed. The mothers in the KfdN-group judged their children less “difficult” and the dysfunctionality of the mothe...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 26, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Editorial Implementation and efficacy of early-childhood interventions in German-speaking countries
Publication date: Available online 23 July 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): M. Cierpka, O. Evers (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
