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Anxiety, Depression and Quality of Life—A Systematic Review of Evidence from Longitudinal Observational Studies
1. Introduction. The World Health Organization [] estimates that 264 million people worldwide were suffering from an anxiety disorder and 322 million from a depressive disorder in 2015, corresponding to prevalence rates of 3.6% and 4.4%.While their prevalence varies slightly by age and gender [], they are among the most common mental disorders in the general population [2,3,4,5,6].
What is a mental disorder? An exemplar-focused approach
Table 3. DSM-5 definition of mental disorder. A mental disorder is a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or development processes underlying mental functioning.
Evidence-based psychological treatments for mental disorders
In 2010, and involving 68,309 individuals in the USA aged 12 and older, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2012) reported that 18.6% of adults had a mental disorder, excluding a substance problem, and 4.1% of adults had a serious mental disorder. An additional 20.7 ...
Association between Mental Disorders and Subsequent Medical Conditions
A total of 698,874 of 5,940,299 persons (11.8%) were identified as having a mental disorder. The median age of the total population was 32.1 years at entry into the cohort and 48.7 years at the ...
Challenges and barriers in mental healthcare systems and their impact
Mental disorders today account for 13% of the burden of disease globally, with this figure being expected to rise to 15% by 2030 ... Not only the WHO but also various authors and research papers have developed instruments, innovations and programmes for improving access to healthcare and the quality of mental healthcare services ...
Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Mental health professionals can help craft messages to be delivered by trusted leaders. 4. The Covid-19 pandemic has alarming implications for individual and collective health and emotional and ...
PLOS Mental Health
It is time for more holistic practices in mental health. In this Opinion, Sidarta Ribeiro and colleagues call for more integrative practices in mental health management and the prioritization of factoring in individual needs. Image credit: Meditation by Gerd Altmann, Pixabay. 06/24/2024. Research Article.
Poverty, depression, and anxiety: Causal evidence and mechanisms
We review the interdisciplinary evidence of the bidirectional causal relationship between poverty and common mental illnesses—depression and anxiety—and the underlying mechanisms. Research shows that mental illness reduces employment and therefore income, and that psychological interventions generate economic gains.
Three Current Approaches to Classification of Mental Disorder
This article discusses the approaches to describing and classifying mental disorders taken by three key organizations: the World Health Organization (WHO), 2 which is in the process of developing the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), scheduled to be released for use by WHO member states in 2018; the American Psychiatric Association (APA), which published the ...
Models of mental health problems: a quasi-systematic review of
Introduction. Mental health and mental illness have been contested concepts for decades, if not centuries. Scholars from medical and non-medical disciplines, such as psychiatry, psychology, biology, neurology, philosophy, sociology, and medical history have tried to answer questions about the essence of mental health, the cause of mental health problems, and how to classify or operationalize them.
Mental Illness
Mental Illness is an online-only, international, Open Access peer-reviewed journal which publishes scientific papers concerning the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. All psychiatry-related manuscripts are welcome. ... Research Article. Open access.
Mental illness stigma: Concepts, consequences, and initiatives to
We focussed on two concepts that have been most relevant in research on mental illness stigma: Stigma as conceptualised by Link and Phelan Reference Link and Phelan [63] and the concept of Corrigan and coworkers Reference Corrigan [28]. In this paper, we will first conceptualise stigma using an integrative conceptualisation, combining the two ...
Quality of life of people with mental health problems: a synthesis of
Purpose To identify the domains of quality of life important to people with mental health problems. Method A systematic review of qualitative research undertaken with people with mental health problems using a framework synthesis. Results We identified six domains: well-being and ill-being; control, autonomy and choice; self-perception; belonging; activity; and hope and hopelessness. Firstly ...
"Mental illness is like any other medical illness": a critical
The nature of mental illness has been the subject of passionate discussion throughout history. In ancient Greece Plato, 1, 2 promoting a mentalist definition of mental illness, was the first to coin the term "mental health," which was conceived as reason aided by temper and ruling over passion. At around the same time, Hippocrates, 3 taking a more physicalist approach, defined different ...
Research
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the Nation's leader in research on mental disorders, supporting research to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses. Below you can learn more about NIMH funded research areas, policies, resources, initiatives, and research conducted by NIMH on the NIH campus.
Mental Health and Mental Disorder
The fact that mental disorders are the leading causes of the burden of disease make research in mental disorders and policies to promote mental health a Public Health priority, worldwide. ... The Papers. Financial difficulties in childhood and adult depression in Europe Tormod Bøe, Mirza Balaj, Terje A. Eikemo, Courtney L. McNamara, Erling F ...
The Long-Term Impact of Parental Mental Health on Children's Distress
The outcomes of children who are exposed to parental mental health problems are of growing concern as recent research estimates that 18.2 percent of parents suffer from mental illness and 3.8 percent of parents suffer from serious mental illness (Stambaugh et al. 2017).Parents' psychological problems may lead to negative parenting behaviors, lack of attention to children's needs, or ...
Discovering Relations Between Mind, Brain, and Mental Disorders Using
Author Summary One of the major challenges of neuroscience research is to integrate the results of the large number of published research studies in order to better understand how psychological functions are mapped onto brain systems. In this research, we take advantage of a large database of neuroimaging studies, along with text mining methods, to extract information about the topics that are ...
(PDF) Mental Illness Among Students
The scale. relates to the four typ es of the mental disorders among students, such a s tired or headaches, mood swings or insomnia. Previous. results showed that more the 38% studen ts are ...
(PDF) Architecture and Mental Disorders: A Systematic ...
of Peer-Reviewed Literature. Mais M. Aljunaidy, MD, MRes, PhD. 1. and Mohamad Nadim Adi, BARCH, MA, PhD. 2. Abstract. Objectives: To perform a systematic study about the contribution of ...
Mental Health Prevention and Promotion—A Narrative Review
Instead, greater emphasis has been given to the illness aspect, such as research on psychopathology, mental disorders, and treatment (19, 20). Often, physicians and psychiatrists are unfamiliar with various concepts, approaches, ... Additionally, we included original papers from the last 5 years (2016-2021) so that they do not get missed out ...
Full article: The experiences of students with mental health
Background. Increasingly research has drawn attention to the rates of mental ill-health within the medical student population, with large-scale meta-analyses noting a high prevalence of burnout, anxiety, and depression [Citation 1-3].Approximately one in three medical students suffer from depression, depressive symptoms or anxiety [Citation 2, Citation 3] and rates of depression and anxiety ...
University of Texas study finds that PTSD and depression change brains
This study came as rates of mental health diagnoses and suicides are going up. In 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 48,000 people died by suicide in the United ...
Practice and relevance of sports psychiatry in promoting athletes
Introduction: This article outlines the important and varied role of sports psychiatrists in Japan and highlights the unique challenges and contributions of sports psychiatry to improving the mental health and performance of athletes. The report emphasizes the need for accurate assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health problems in athletes and recognizes the cultural stigmas and ...
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in the general population
Separate lines of research have also reported an increase in psychological distress in the general population, persons with pre-existing mental disorders, as well as in healthcare workers (Hao et al., 2020; Tan et al., 2020; Wang et al., 2020b). Taken together, there is an urgent call for more attention given to public mental health and ...
Smoking Cessation and Changes in Anxiety and Depression
Many people who smoke state that they want to quit, 1 but many continue because they report that smoking helps relieve stress and offers other mental health benefits. 2-8 These apparent benefits may be spurious. Feelings of low mood, irritability, and anxiety can manifest shortly after finishing a cigarette when blood levels of nicotine drop, 9,10 and these feelings are relieved by smoking ...
Mental Illness and Literary Form in the Writings of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath explores mental illness in her poetry collection, Ariel, and novel, The Bell Jar, though the different literary forms of each affect her representations of the nuances of depression and anxiety. Plath's poetry style is confessional, and so, she wrote to understand her own mind, stating in a 1962 radio interview: "I don't think I could live without [writing poetry].
A Comprehensive Analysis of Mental Health Problems in India and the
Introduction and background. With its vast population and diverse demographics, India confronts a substantial mental health burden that warrants urgent attention [].Mental disorders cut across various age groups, socioeconomic backgrounds, and geographical regions, impacting individuals from all walks of life [].The repercussions of these conditions encompass personal suffering, impaired daily ...
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1. Introduction. The World Health Organization [] estimates that 264 million people worldwide were suffering from an anxiety disorder and 322 million from a depressive disorder in 2015, corresponding to prevalence rates of 3.6% and 4.4%.While their prevalence varies slightly by age and gender [], they are among the most common mental disorders in the general population [2,3,4,5,6].
Table 3. DSM-5 definition of mental disorder. A mental disorder is a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or development processes underlying mental functioning.
In 2010, and involving 68,309 individuals in the USA aged 12 and older, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2012) reported that 18.6% of adults had a mental disorder, excluding a substance problem, and 4.1% of adults had a serious mental disorder. An additional 20.7 ...
A total of 698,874 of 5,940,299 persons (11.8%) were identified as having a mental disorder. The median age of the total population was 32.1 years at entry into the cohort and 48.7 years at the ...
Mental disorders today account for 13% of the burden of disease globally, with this figure being expected to rise to 15% by 2030 ... Not only the WHO but also various authors and research papers have developed instruments, innovations and programmes for improving access to healthcare and the quality of mental healthcare services ...
Mental health professionals can help craft messages to be delivered by trusted leaders. 4. The Covid-19 pandemic has alarming implications for individual and collective health and emotional and ...
It is time for more holistic practices in mental health. In this Opinion, Sidarta Ribeiro and colleagues call for more integrative practices in mental health management and the prioritization of factoring in individual needs. Image credit: Meditation by Gerd Altmann, Pixabay. 06/24/2024. Research Article.
We review the interdisciplinary evidence of the bidirectional causal relationship between poverty and common mental illnesses—depression and anxiety—and the underlying mechanisms. Research shows that mental illness reduces employment and therefore income, and that psychological interventions generate economic gains.
This article discusses the approaches to describing and classifying mental disorders taken by three key organizations: the World Health Organization (WHO), 2 which is in the process of developing the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), scheduled to be released for use by WHO member states in 2018; the American Psychiatric Association (APA), which published the ...
Introduction. Mental health and mental illness have been contested concepts for decades, if not centuries. Scholars from medical and non-medical disciplines, such as psychiatry, psychology, biology, neurology, philosophy, sociology, and medical history have tried to answer questions about the essence of mental health, the cause of mental health problems, and how to classify or operationalize them.
Mental Illness is an online-only, international, Open Access peer-reviewed journal which publishes scientific papers concerning the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. All psychiatry-related manuscripts are welcome. ... Research Article. Open access.
We focussed on two concepts that have been most relevant in research on mental illness stigma: Stigma as conceptualised by Link and Phelan Reference Link and Phelan [63] and the concept of Corrigan and coworkers Reference Corrigan [28]. In this paper, we will first conceptualise stigma using an integrative conceptualisation, combining the two ...
Purpose To identify the domains of quality of life important to people with mental health problems. Method A systematic review of qualitative research undertaken with people with mental health problems using a framework synthesis. Results We identified six domains: well-being and ill-being; control, autonomy and choice; self-perception; belonging; activity; and hope and hopelessness. Firstly ...
The nature of mental illness has been the subject of passionate discussion throughout history. In ancient Greece Plato, 1, 2 promoting a mentalist definition of mental illness, was the first to coin the term "mental health," which was conceived as reason aided by temper and ruling over passion. At around the same time, Hippocrates, 3 taking a more physicalist approach, defined different ...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the Nation's leader in research on mental disorders, supporting research to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses. Below you can learn more about NIMH funded research areas, policies, resources, initiatives, and research conducted by NIMH on the NIH campus.
The fact that mental disorders are the leading causes of the burden of disease make research in mental disorders and policies to promote mental health a Public Health priority, worldwide. ... The Papers. Financial difficulties in childhood and adult depression in Europe Tormod Bøe, Mirza Balaj, Terje A. Eikemo, Courtney L. McNamara, Erling F ...
The outcomes of children who are exposed to parental mental health problems are of growing concern as recent research estimates that 18.2 percent of parents suffer from mental illness and 3.8 percent of parents suffer from serious mental illness (Stambaugh et al. 2017).Parents' psychological problems may lead to negative parenting behaviors, lack of attention to children's needs, or ...
Author Summary One of the major challenges of neuroscience research is to integrate the results of the large number of published research studies in order to better understand how psychological functions are mapped onto brain systems. In this research, we take advantage of a large database of neuroimaging studies, along with text mining methods, to extract information about the topics that are ...
The scale. relates to the four typ es of the mental disorders among students, such a s tired or headaches, mood swings or insomnia. Previous. results showed that more the 38% studen ts are ...
of Peer-Reviewed Literature. Mais M. Aljunaidy, MD, MRes, PhD. 1. and Mohamad Nadim Adi, BARCH, MA, PhD. 2. Abstract. Objectives: To perform a systematic study about the contribution of ...
Instead, greater emphasis has been given to the illness aspect, such as research on psychopathology, mental disorders, and treatment (19, 20). Often, physicians and psychiatrists are unfamiliar with various concepts, approaches, ... Additionally, we included original papers from the last 5 years (2016-2021) so that they do not get missed out ...
Background. Increasingly research has drawn attention to the rates of mental ill-health within the medical student population, with large-scale meta-analyses noting a high prevalence of burnout, anxiety, and depression [Citation 1-3].Approximately one in three medical students suffer from depression, depressive symptoms or anxiety [Citation 2, Citation 3] and rates of depression and anxiety ...
This study came as rates of mental health diagnoses and suicides are going up. In 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 48,000 people died by suicide in the United ...
Introduction: This article outlines the important and varied role of sports psychiatrists in Japan and highlights the unique challenges and contributions of sports psychiatry to improving the mental health and performance of athletes. The report emphasizes the need for accurate assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health problems in athletes and recognizes the cultural stigmas and ...
Separate lines of research have also reported an increase in psychological distress in the general population, persons with pre-existing mental disorders, as well as in healthcare workers (Hao et al., 2020; Tan et al., 2020; Wang et al., 2020b). Taken together, there is an urgent call for more attention given to public mental health and ...
Many people who smoke state that they want to quit, 1 but many continue because they report that smoking helps relieve stress and offers other mental health benefits. 2-8 These apparent benefits may be spurious. Feelings of low mood, irritability, and anxiety can manifest shortly after finishing a cigarette when blood levels of nicotine drop, 9,10 and these feelings are relieved by smoking ...
Sylvia Plath explores mental illness in her poetry collection, Ariel, and novel, The Bell Jar, though the different literary forms of each affect her representations of the nuances of depression and anxiety. Plath's poetry style is confessional, and so, she wrote to understand her own mind, stating in a 1962 radio interview: "I don't think I could live without [writing poetry].
Introduction and background. With its vast population and diverse demographics, India confronts a substantial mental health burden that warrants urgent attention [].Mental disorders cut across various age groups, socioeconomic backgrounds, and geographical regions, impacting individuals from all walks of life [].The repercussions of these conditions encompass personal suffering, impaired daily ...