Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology OnlineFirst articles

15-05-2024 | Suicide | Research

Negative life events and suicidality among adolescents in Western China: the mediating effect of depressive symptoms and the moderating effect of self-esteem

Adolescence is a crucial period for establishing the foundations of good health. However, adolescents undergo drastic changes in their physiological functions and social relations, coupled with the limitation of social cognition, heightened …

Authors:: Ruixi Yang, Chengmeng Tang, Qiang Zhang, Wei Peng, Ming Zhang, Qijiao Liu, Yuchen Li, Qiaolan Liu

10-05-2024 | Research

Identifying and comparing types of social comparisons on social networking sites among mothers with infants: Differences in maternal loneliness by types

In parenting, issues related to two aspects of social relationships, that is, social isolation and loneliness, pose a serious threat to the psychosocial health of parents. Social isolation is characterized by two features: social disconnectedness …

Authors:: Ryuta Onishi, Hanami Tone, Funa Maruyama, Minori Kubota, Nana Chino

Open Access 08-05-2024 | Dementia | Research

Adverse childhood experiences and risk of late-life dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) encompass a range of stressful and traumatic events that have significant implications for the health of adolescents and adults. Globally, approximately one billion children aged between two and seventeen years …

Authors:: Moaz Elsayed Abouelmagd, Maickel AbdelMeseh, Amr Elrosasy, Hatem Abdelmoneim Eldeeb, Yehia Nabil

Open Access 08-05-2024 | Research

Prevalence of hazardous alcohol consumption and evaluation of associated factors in university students

In many cultures, drinking alcohol is seen as a pleasurable activity that has numerous cultural and social aspects in addition to personal biological and psychological components [ 1 , 2 ]. As it is legal, unlike other addictive substances, its …

Authors:: Ahmet Ay, Cüneyt ÇAM, Ali KILINÇ, Muhammed Fatih ÖNSÜZ, Selma METİNTAŞ

07-05-2024 | Research

Changes in mental health stigma among healthcare professionals and community representatives in Northern Sri Lanka during an mhGAP intervention study

Sri Lanka underwent a civil conflict from 1983 to 2009 and experienced a devastating tsunami in 2004 [ 1 , 2 ]. The combined effects of these events resulted in over a half a million persons internally displaced and an estimated 150,000 deaths [ 1 …

Authors:: Shannon Doherty, Behzad Kianian, Giselle Dass, Anne Edward, Ahoua Kone, Gergana Manolova, Sambasivamoorthy Sivayokan, Madonna Solomon, Rajendra Surenthirakumaran, Barbara Lopes-Cardozo

05-05-2024 | Neurodevelopmental Disorders | Research

Neighborhood material versus social deprivation in Canada: different patterns of associations with child and adolescent mental health problems

In recent decades, evidence has implicated environmental features as determinants of mental health and mental disorders [ 1 ]. Moreover, the emergence of new tools and resources has made it possible to explore the association with closer scrutiny …

Authors:: Vandad Sharifi, Gina Dimitropoulos, Jeanne V. A. Williams, Sandy Rao, Pardis Pedram, Andrew G. M. Bulloch, Scott B. Patten

04-05-2024 | Brief Report

The role of monitoring skills in mediating the association between parent’s hazardous alcohol consumption and adolescents’ drinking

Alcohol consumption is a major risk factor for many health problems and contributes significantly to the burden of disease globally [ 1 ]. A considerable body of literature suggests that an early age of drinking onset is associated with an …

Authors:: Juliana Y. Valente, Patricia Paiva de Oliveira Galvão, Miguel Henrique da Silva dos Santos, Fabiane A. Gubert, Zila M. Sanchez

03-05-2024 | Schizophrenia | Research

Comprehensive spatial distribution of patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP) and its relation to socio-economic factors

The literature contains many different definitions of the presence, for the first time, of psychotic symptoms. Richard Newton et al., [ 22 ] determined that the first-episode psychosis (FEP) concept is that with more consensus when talking about …

Authors:: Luz María González Gualda, Jesus Gonzalez-Rubio, Alberto Najera, María Aliño Dies, Rubén Roig Cremades, Javier Bajen Espuña, Carmen Escobar Alarcón, Noelia Navarro Sirvent, María Jesús Montes Lozano, Karen Nieto Rodríguez

Open Access 30-04-2024 | Anxiety Disorder | Research

The role of social support in reducing the long-term burden of cumulative childhood adversity on adulthood internalising disorder

Authors:: Mary Buchanan, Giles Newton-Howes, Ruth Cunningham, Geraldine F. H. McLeod, Joseph M. Boden

Open Access 29-04-2024 | Schizophrenia | Research

Length of hospital stay in involuntary admissions in Greece: a 10-year retrospective observational study

Contemporary mental health practice and policy implies that mental disorders should be treated in the less restricted environment, and treatment should be patient-centered, with a focus on rehabilitation [ 1 ]. Accordingly, over the last decades …

Authors:: Maria Bakola, Vaios Peritogiannis, Konstantina Soultana Kitsou, Philippos Gourzis, Thomas Hyphantis, Eleni Jelastopulu

29-04-2024 | Research

Childhood internalizing, externalizing and attention symptoms predict changes in social and nonsocial screen time

Psychiatric symptoms and disorders often onset in childhood and adolescence [ 1 ], are prevalent [ 2 ], and are associated with substantial distress, impairment, and additional morbidity and mortality [ 3 ]. Broad categories of psychiatric symptoms …

Authors:: Katherine Keyes, Ava Hamilton, Megan Finsaas, Noah Kreski

Open Access 29-04-2024 | Child Maltreatment | Research

Child maltreatment and psycho-social impairments among child laborers in rural Bangladesh

Child maltreatment involves physical maltreatment, psychological and sexual abuse and negelct inflicted upon children. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that globally one out of two children aged 2–17 years experiences maltreatment …

Authors:: Md Abdul Ahad, Yvonne Karen Parry, Eileen Willis, Shahid Ullah

29-04-2024 | Disturbance of the Social Behaviour | Research

Prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems among adolescents in Bangladesh

Adolescence is a complex period of development that involves significant physical, social, and emotional changes as individuals transition from childhood to adulthood. During this time, it is important for adolescents to adopt healthy habits, such …

Authors:: Firoj Al-Mamun, Johurul Islam, Mohammad Muhit, Mohammed A. Mamun

Open Access 29-04-2024 | Research

Pregnancy complications and childhood mental health: is the association modified by sex or adverse social circumstances? Findings from the ‘growing up in Ireland’ national infant cohort study

Specific pregnancy complications, socioeconomic position and sex have all been independently associated with child mental health outcomes, but their combined effects remain unclear. We examined whether total number of complications experienced in …

Authors:: Emma Butler, Mary Clarke, Michelle Spirtos, Linda M O’ Keeffe, Niamh Dooley

Open Access 26-04-2024 | Research

Sociodemographic risk factors for the persistence of harmful alcohol use: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies

Alcohol dependence (as defined by the DSM-5 criteria)—and persistent harmful alcohol use even at subclinical levels—is a chronic mental health problem that increases the risk of serious health conditions [ 19 ].Although 75% to 91% of alcohol …

Authors:: Anna Ehrnrooth, Kia Gluschkoff, Markus Jokela, Kaisla Komulainen

Open Access 26-04-2024 | Research

Socioeconomic status, alcohol use and the role of social support and neighbourhood environment among individuals meeting criteria for a mental health problem: a cross-sectional study

Authors:: Jo-Anne Puddephatt, Andrew Jones, Suzanne H. Gage, Laura Goodwin

25-04-2024 | Anxiety | Research

‘I thought we would be cherished and safe here’: understanding the multi-faceted nature of mental health among Arab immigrants/refugees in Ontario, Canada— the CAN-HEAL study

Authors:: Sarah Elshahat, Tina Moffat, Basit Kareem Iqbal, K. Bruce Newbold, Mahira Morshed, Haneen Alkhawaldeh, Olivia Gagnon, Mafaz Gehani, Keon Madani, Tony Zhu, Lucy Garabedian, Yumnah Jafri, Nour Kanaa, Aya Mohamed, Naya Nadeem, Zena Shamli Oghli, Salima Zabian, Amal Shah, Asil Samhat, Sahiba Khaira, Hussyin Jelal, Jessica Kaloti, Sriyasri Varadarajan, Youyou Xu, Megan Laing

23-04-2024 | Research

Post-traumatic growth in later-life cognitive function? Evidence from the 1976 Great Tangshan Earthquake

Cognitive function is the ability to memory, learn, reason, and process information to deal with problems [ 1 ]. A decline in cognitive function is common in older adults, with an incidence of 21.5–71.3 per 1000 person-years in seniors [ 2 ].

Authors:: Yan Liu, Xin Ning, Li Zhang, Hui Huang, Jianwei Zhou, Yanan Luo

18-04-2024 | Mood Disorders | Correction

Correction: Perinatal depression and its associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors:: Deepanjali Behera, Shweta Bohora, Snehasish Tripathy, Poshan Thapa, Muthusamy Sivakami

Open Access 15-04-2024 | Research

Associations between recorded loneliness and adverse mental health outcomes among patients receiving mental healthcare in South London: a retrospective cohort study

Social relationships are known to have an effect on health, particularly when they are viewed to be positive [ 1 ]. Several publications have reported that there is a protective health effect of having a strong support network, but there is also a …

Authors:: Mayur Parmar, Ruimin Ma, Sumudu Attygalle, Maaheshi Deepika Herath, Christoph Mueller, Brendon Stubbs, Robert Stewart, Gayan Perera

At a glance: The STEP trials

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