The mental health benefits of work: do they apply to poor single mothers?

abstract：:One year after the closure of a furniture factory the health consequences of long-term unemployment were studied among the 215 former employees and an interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to measure psychological health, self-perceived physical health and health service use. Those remaining unemployed 12 mo...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Studnicka M,Studnicka-Benke A,Wögerbauer G,Rastetter D,Wenda R,Gathmann P,Ringel E

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Over a 30-year period in its recent history, daily life in Northern Ireland (NI) was characterised by civil violence, colloquially termed as the 'Troubles'. The current report examines exposure to 29 traumatic event types and the associated conditional prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among t...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Ferry F,Bunting B,Murphy S,O'Neill S,Stein D,Koenen K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It had been suggested that those more knowledgeable about mental illness are less likely to endorse negative or stigmatizing attitudes. This study aimed to evaluate the attitude of doctors in Nigeria towards the mentally ill. METHODS:Medical doctors (n = 312) from eight selected health institutions in Nig...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Adewuya AO,Oguntade AA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study investigated the associations between mental health and measures of community support, social support networks, sense of place, adversity, and perceived problems in a rural Australian population. There was a specific focus on farming communities due to previous qualitative research by the authors indicat...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Stain HJ,Kelly B,Lewin TJ,Higginbotham N,Beard JR,Hourihan F

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A substantial body of research indicates that self-stigma is associated with poorer outcomes related to recovery among people with severe mental illnesses. Narrative Enhancement and Cognitive Therapy (NECT) is a structured, group-based approach which targets the effects of self-stigma. A randomized-controlled t...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Yanos PT,Lysaker PH,Silverstein SM,Vayshenker B,Gonzales L,West ML,Roe D

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to construct a discriminant function to predict maladjustment in foreign cultures for 123 Japanese adolescents studying abroad in home stay for 1 year. The maladjustment was defined in terms of self-reported friendship availability, friendship satisfaction and emotional distress. Among the va...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Furukawa T,Shibayama T

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) items are frequently used to assess psychological distress but no study to date has investigated the GHQ-30's potential for adaptive administration. In computerized adaptive testing (CAT) items are matched optimally to the targeted distress level of respondents inst...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Stochl J,Böhnke JR,Pickett KE,Croudace TJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Increasing activity and social inclusion for people with psychosis is a primary goal of mental health services. Understanding the psychological mechanisms underlying reduced activity will inform more carefully targeted and effective interventions. Anxiety, depression, positive symptom distress and negative symp...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Moriarty A,Jolley S,Callanan MM,Garety P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the results of a study carried on an urban population in Belgrade investigating the connections between relapse in schizophrenia and the expressed emotion (EE) status of families where at least one of the patient's parents was a member of the household. The overall rate of high EE was just under 50...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Ivanović M,Vuletić Z,Bebbington P

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a dearth of methodological studies critically evaluating reliability, validity and feasibility of measures of common mental disorders (CMD) in low-income countries. METHODS:Test-retest and inter-rater reliability of categorisation of CMD caseness, according to locally agreed criteria using the Comp...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Hanlon C,Medhin G,Alem A,Araya M,Abdulahi A,Tesfaye M,Wondimagegn D,Taha H,Anbesse B,Baheretibeb Y,Dewey M,Prince M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the excess costs associated with bipolar disorders in Australia, based on prevalence (using the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)) and associated excess burden-of-illness costs. METHODS:Using data from the 2004 South Australian Health Omnibus Survey (HOS), a weighted cross-sectional survey of 3,0...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Fisher LJ,Goldney RD,Dal Grande E,Taylor AW,Hawthorne G

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recalled experiences of parental bonding may be important in the aetiology of perinatal depression. We hypothesized that lower recalled parental bonding would be associated with perinatal depression. METHOD:In a cohort study of perinatal depression in Turkey, 677 women were recruited in their third trimester. ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Duman B,Senturk Cankorur V,Taylor C,Stewart R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last few years the international literature has shown an increasing attention for the work as life-event stressor, for its organizational characteristics as well as for job insecurity and interpersonal conflicts. METHODS:We have studied 707 subjects who approached the Work Psychopathology Medical Cen...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Nolfe G,Petrella C,Zontini G,Uttieri S,Nolfe G

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to examine the long-term effect of prenatal exposure to the Sino-Japanese War during 1937-1945 on risk of schizophrenia in adulthood among Chinese wartime survivors. METHODS:We obtained data from the Second National Sample Survey on Disability conducted in 31 provinces in 2006. We restricted o...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： He P,Luo Y,Guo C,Chen G,Song X,Zheng X

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims at providing qualitative and quantitative evidence on the relevance of two broadly used mental health self-report measures--Impact of Event Scale Revised (IES-R) and Hopkins Symptom Checklist 37 for Adolescents (HSCL-37A)--for use in Eastern Democratic of Congo, as no psychological assessment...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Mels C,Derluyn I,Broekaert E,Rosseel Y

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patient's language, tradition, conventions, and customs may all determine integration into a society and are also part of the doctor-patient relationship that influences diagnostic and therapeutic outcome. Language barrier and sociocultural disparity of Eastern and Southern European patients may hamper recove...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Begré S,Traber M,Gerber M,von Känel R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been few studies on the impact of de-institutionalization on psychiatric patients' lives in Chinese culture. The objectives of the present study were: (1) to compare quality of life (QOL) of Chinese patients with schizophrenia living in three different treatment settings (hospital, long-stay care ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Chan GW,Ungvari GS,Shek DT,Leung Dagger JJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that the risk of cancer may be higher in people with psychological disorders, like depression and anxiety, than in the general population. AIMS:To determine cancer risk in cohorts of people with depression or anxiety, compared with that in a control cohort. METHOD:Analysis of linked s...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Goldacre MJ,Wotton CJ,Yeates D,Seagroatt V,Flint J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many individuals with schizophrenia are stigmatized by society. It is necessary to understand the factors contributing to stigma. This study investigated the relation of symptoms and other patient characteristics with perceived stigmatization in patients with schizophrenia. METHOD:Sixty patients with schizo...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Ertugrul A,Uluğ B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of a representative survey carried out in Germany in the Autumn of 1990, hypotheses about the effect of diagnostic labelling on lay beliefs regarding schizophrenic disorders were tested. As expected, labelling the disorder as schizophrenia increased the likelihood that biological factors were considered t...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Angermeyer MC,Matschinger H

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stigma and discrimination toward mentally disabled persons might exist within the medical environment and may form a barrier for patients to receive appropriate care. The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of medical students toward mentally disabled people and to understand the impact of school...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Ay P,Save D,Fidanoglu O

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term work performance of persons with schizophrenia in the community is unclear. This study examined the status of long-term work functioning and the predictors of poor work status among patients with schizophrenia in a Chinese rural area. METHODS:A 10-year follow-up investigation (1994-2004) of a ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Ran MS,Chen S,Chen EY,Ran BY,Tang CP,Lin FR,Li L,Li SG,Mao WJ,Hu SH

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from a one year prospective study of a relationship between major and minor life events (all other events), and relapse in twenty-two schizophrenic (DSM III-R) patients are reported. Seven (33%) patients relapsed during the one year of follow-up. Relapsed patients had experienced significantly more independent...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Malla AK,Cortese L,Shaw TS,Ginsberg B

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Since de-institutionalisation, housing services have taken a central role in the care of patients with severe mental illness. Yet, little is known about the characteristics of patients in different housing services, what care they receive, and what costs are generated. This study aimed to assess pat...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Priebe S,Saidi M,Want A,Mangalore R,Knapp M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Evaluating French general practitioners (GPs) diagnostic knowledge and practice in the detection and treatment of early schizophrenia as well as needs and preferences with specialist services. METHODS:A postal survey comprising 27 questions was conducted among 2,039 GPs from three counties of Western France. Comp...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Le Galudec M,Cornily G,Garlantézec R,Stéphan F,Alavi Z,Walter M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent studies in epidemiology have highlighted the existence of children with autistic difficulties who remain undiagnosed. Other studies have identified 'access barriers' to clinics which include factors mediated by parents as well as health and education services. The purpose of this study was to examine whe...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Russell G,Steer C,Golding J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous studies have associated mental distress and disorders with increased health care utilization and costs. However, most studies have selected subjects from treatment facilities or have applied retrospective designs. METHODS:N = 3,300 subjects from the baseline cohort of the Study of Health in Pomerani...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Grabe HJ,Baumeister SE,John U,Freyberger HJ,Völzke H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The interaction between physical and mental health is complex. In this paper we aim to provide an overview of the main components of this relationship and to identify how care could be improved for people with co-morbidities. METHODS:We performed a literature search of MedLine, Ovid and Psycinfo and identified...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Doherty AM,Gaughran F

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Understanding the needs of individuals transitioning to the community following a psychiatric hospitalization can inform community service planning. This study is among the first to examine the needs of a sample of psychiatric inpatients approaching discharge in a large urban area in the USA. METHODS:Represent...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： McDonald KL,Hoenig JM,Norman CC

更新日期：2020-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The planning and organization of mental health care in developing countries frequently lacks empirical data. The World Health Organization recommended psychiatric brief inpatient programs in general hospitals for these countries as a cost-effective alternative to the traditional mental hospital. Length of hospital sta...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Dalgalarrondo P,Gattaz WF

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00