Mental Health
475 peer-reviewed studies indexed
A qualitative study of lived experiences of underrepresented electrical workers using creative non-fiction.
Electrical workers from underrepresented groups experience persistent barriers to mental health and workplace integration, including a lack of accommodations, limited social support, and experiences of discrimination, compounded by a 'toughness' culture within the industry.
How do social media use, gaming frequency, and internalizing symptoms predict each other over time in early-to-middle adolescence?
The findings of this study do not support the widely held view that adolescent technology use is a major causal factor in their mental health difficulties.
The Effects of an Acute Dose of Cannabidiol on Health and Two-Mile Time Trial Performance-A Pilot Study.
An acute dose of CBD (300 mg) taken 2 h before a 2-mile run may potentially benefit runners in shorter distance competitions by increasing calm and relaxed feelings and reducing perceived effort at the halfway point without impairing performance or increasing gastrointestinal upset.
Associations of Domain-Specific Physical Activity With Mental Health Symptoms Among Finnish Employed Adults: A Population-Based Study.
Leisure-time and light occupational physical activity, but not active commuting, were associated with fewer mental health symptoms, suggesting potential mental health benefits of physical activity may be domain- and volume-specific.
Rapid cultural adaptations for scalable dissemination of a single-session intervention among Polish and Ukrainian youth: An open pilot trial.
A digital self-guided single-session intervention showed significant mental health improvements among Polish youth and moderate improvements among Ukrainian youth, with high acceptability ratings across both groups, suggesting SSIs hold potential as a scalable option for mental health care for youth in crisis-affected regions.
A Positive Group Psychotherapy Intervention for Enhancing Mental Health: A Quantitative Study.
A structured 24-session group psychotherapy program grounded in positive and transcultural psychotherapy principles demonstrated statistically significant improvements in negative affect, depression, and psychological discomfort compared to a control group.
Blowing Minds: A cross-cultural, longitudinal investigation to unravel the highs and lows of recreational and medicinal cannabis users.
This longitudinal, cross-cultural online study examines an international sample of regular recreational and medicinal cannabis users from different cannabis jurisdictions using the Experience Sampling Method and a comprehensive battery of cognition and mental health assessments over a 2-year period to gain insight into the short- and long-term mental health and cognitive determinants and consequences of cannabis use and how these interact with broader contextual factors such as legislation.
Community-based multisensory environments as preventive public health interventions for mental well-being in older adults: evidence from a large-scale study in China.
Social participation significantly reduced psychological distress, which in turn increased acceptance of immersive multisensory environments, and acceptance further exerted a significant positive effect on mental health improvement among community-dwelling older adults in China.
Invisible burdens of platform work: a qualitative study of food-delivery riders' lived experiences in urban India.
Platform work reinforces structural precarity, emotional suppression, and symbolic exclusion, profoundly shaping the health and well-being of food delivery workers, highlighting the need for policy reforms to protect gig workers' mental health, dignity, and social inclusion.
Athlete Monitoring in Handball (ATHMON HB): Relationship Between Well-Being and Match Performance in Elite Male Handball Players.
Physical and mental well-being influenced match outcomes in elite male handball players with interaction effects dependent on match type (home vs away), while no significant effects were observed on individual performance metrics.
Who counts as 'us'? Latent profiles of moral inclusiveness, trauma history, and psychological wellbeing.
Latent profile analysis revealed five distinct moral inclusiveness profiles, with more parochial moral scope associated with lifetime and recent adversity, current mental health challenges, and spiritual injury, while more expansive concern for humans and living beings was associated with positive spiritual engagement and fewer immediate negative life events.
Gambling and the COVID-19 pandemic in the province of Quebec (Canada): results from an online cross-sectional survey of people who had gambled within the last 12 months.
The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increased gambling behaviours among Quebec adults, with 11 independent variables explaining 50.9% of the variance of problematic gambling, alongside positive associations between PGSI scores and symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Self-Help Plus for refugee mothers in Rhino Refugee Settlement, Uganda (SEED): study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial assessing intergenerational effects on preschool-aged children.
This paper describes a protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial enrolling 720 mother-preschool-aged child dyads in Rhino Refugee Settlement, Uganda, to assess whether Self-Help Plus (SH+) reduces maternal psychological distress and generates intergenerational benefits for children's psychosocial wellbeing at 12 months post-intervention.
Psychological health outcomes of traditional Chinese exercises in older adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
TCEs represent an effective and safe intervention that can significantly reduce depressive and anxiety symptoms among older adults, while also enhancing their subjective well-being.
Advancing family wellbeing through a Massive Online Open Intervention: the LightBEAM program protocol for randomized waitlist control trial {1a}.
This paper describes the protocol for a pilot randomized waitlist control trial investigating the efficacy of LightBEAM, a massive open online intervention (MOOI) translated from the BEAM program, designed to support Canadian families with parenting stress, anxiety, depression, and/or anger during early childhood.
Relationship between Tai Chi and the mood states, self-esteem, and subjective well-being of middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional study from China.
Tai Chi exercise volume directly and positively predicted subjective well-being in middle-aged and older adults, with mood states and self-esteem serving as chain mediators in this relationship.
Prosocial behaviour and happiness among children aged 6 to 11 years in Canada.
The prevalence of normative parent-rated prosocial behaviour and perceived happiness was high and relatively stable across time in Canadian children aged 6 to 11 years, with differences observed by sex and age group.
Piano performers' experiences of Tai Chi for physical comfort and mental well-being: a qualitative study.
Tai Chi was described by piano performers as alleviating performance-related physical discomfort, supporting psychological calm, and improving aspects of pianistic control, suggesting it as a feasible adjunct for performers and teachers.
Promoting workplace psychological wellbeing: evaluation of a multidisciplinary Employee Assistance Program at a tertiary hospital in Asia.
An insourced, multidisciplinary Employee Assistance Program at a Singapore tertiary hospital demonstrated a statistically significant decrease in median PHQ-4 scores from 7 pre-EAP to 2 post-EAP, with 59% of participants able to return to work at an estimated average running cost of $648.48 per participating staff.
MASLD Is Associated With Decreased General Health Perception, Quality of Life and Work Productivity in a Low Fibrosis Population.
Steatosis does not appear to affect anxiety or depression, but does negatively affect general health perception and physical activity in a low fibrosis prevalence MASLD population from primary care and diabetes settings.
Wellness assessment of United States healthcare provider and healthcare-support personnel using NHIS (National Health Interview Survey).
Mental health was the highest concern among healthcare industry employees and healthcare provider occupations compared to most other industries, reflected in higher risk for depression, anxiety, and medication usage to treat these conditions, while risk of injury was not a major concern.
Well-Being of Student Pharmacists During the Preparation Period of National Pharmacy Internship Competition in France.
The present study highlighted the psychological distress experienced by student pharmacists preparing for the NPIC, with increasing proportions of students showing poor mental health indicators over the preparation period, particularly between May and August, and ranking was strongly correlated with previous academic results but not with GHQ-12 score.
Assessment of health-related quality of life, cognitive, physical and psychological impairments in critically ill adults after status epilepticus (POSEIDON 2): protocol for a multicentre longitudinal study.
POSEIDON 2 is a prospective, multicentre, longitudinal study protocol designed to assess health-related quality of life and cognitive, physical, and psychological impairments at 3 and 12 months after ICU discharge following status epilepticus, with a planned sample size of 140 patients across 19 French ICUs.
The Young Adult Sleep model: an evolving causal loop diagram of mental health dynamics.
The Young Adult Sleep model is a causal loop diagram comprising 29 variables and 175 causal connections that explores dynamic feedback mechanisms underlying sleep problems and affective depressive symptoms in young adults, developed through expert panels, existing CLDs, and literature reviews.
Identifying social prescribing core outcomes using a Delphi approach: findings and future directions.
A two-round Delphi study with diverse Canadian user groups identified seven critical outcomes for social prescribing evaluation, focusing on mental health, physical and social functioning, and wellbeing.
Did COVID-19 worsen the disparities among mental health patients at risk of exhibiting aggression in Ontario, Canada?
The COVID-19 pandemic worsened pre-existing mental health disparities related to violence among hospitalized mental health patients in Ontario, with males, young and middle-aged adults, unmarried individuals, and low-income demographics suffering the widening gap.
Impact of African swine fever emergency on the mental health of first responders in the Dominican Republic.
Veterinarians responding to African swine fever in the Dominican Republic experienced high levels of anger and hopelessness, which were centrally located variables in a network analysis and associated with perceived lack of communication, trust, and transparency between government authorities, veterinarians, and farmers.
Association of Military Aircraft Noise Exposure with Mental Well-Being and Sleep Disturbance near a Military Air Base in Okinawa, Japan: An Ecological Study.
Residents in both high- and low-exposure military aircraft noise communities in Okinawa showed significantly higher odds of poor mental well-being and sleep disturbance compared to no-exposure communities, suggesting 'a substantial need to address the noise from military aircraft in Okinawa.'
Nutrition Patterns, Metabolic and Psychological State Among High-Weight Young Adults: A Network Approach.
Stress level was identified as the most central variable (bridge node) in a network analysis of sociodemographic, nutritional, metabolic, and psychopathological factors among overweight/obese young university students, highlighting stress as a central factor influencing metabolic and mental health in this population.
"With all your friends in your pocket" - a qualitative study about adolescents' experiences with social media from a health-promoting perspective.
Social media use among adolescents functions as an important social arena where social support and self-esteem interact in a mutually reinforcing way that may positively influence identity, sense of coherence, and mental health.
Direct and indirect effects of physical exercise on life satisfaction and quality of life in Chinese adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Regular physical exercise alleviates emotional distress and enhances subjective well-being in Chinese adolescents during COVID-19 through dual pathways—direct effects and indirect effects mediated by alleviation of anxious and depressive symptoms.
Longitudinal comparison of health-related quality of life at 3 and 12 months post-stroke using patient-reported outcome measures.
PROMIS-10 exhibited better discriminatory capacity of milder disability at 12 months by distinguishing physical and mental dimensions, supporting tailored care basis, while EQ-5D-3L demonstrated greater discriminatory capacity at 3 months across mRS groups.
Psychological effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown on dental students in Tunisia: An online survey.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, dental students in Tunisia experienced increased stress and anxiety, with some experiencing symptoms related to depression, and female students were more likely to experience depression than male students.
Oral frailty and the trajectories of psychological well-being and cognitive function: findings from the 12-year community-based Kashiwa study.
Oral frailty has sustained adverse effects on mental well-being and is associated with an elevated risk of cognitive decline in community-dwelling older adults over a 12-year period.
Gender differences in quality of life and contributions of biopsychosocial factors.
Older women reported better general health but poorer quality of life than men in most domains, and these gender differences were largely attributable to pain and depressive symptoms, both of which are common and modifiable.
Exploring Mood Profile Clusters Across Physical Activity Level, Gender and Age in a Finnish Population.
Six hypothesised mood profile clusters were identified in a Finnish population, with males, athletes/exercisers, and older adults (46+) overrepresented in the iceberg profile associated with positive mental health, while females and inactive individuals showed profiles associated with elevated mental health risk.
The role of yoga in enhancing spiritual and psychological health: Evidence from a large cross-sectional study.
Yoga practitioners reported significantly higher well-being and spirituality, and lower depression, anxiety, and distress than both regular exercisers and inactive participants, supporting yoga's distinct contribution to spiritual well-being beyond physical activity alone.
Who plays a more crucial role in adolescent well-being: Interactions with parents or peers? An investigation of adolescents aged 10 to 18 years.
Parent-adolescent communication is important in predicting adolescents' mental well-being and supporting positive peer interactions across adolescent development, with within-person cross-lagged effects showing communication with parents predicts mental well-being but not vice versa.
Factors influencing the well-being of elderly population in home care mode and optimization research.
Home care improved mental state and social interaction scores among elderly in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, while chronic disease management and daily activity capability scores slightly decreased, with improvements varying by income level, region, and gender.
A study on the needs for mental health courses for middle school students based on qualitative interviews from diverse perspectives.
Across stakeholders in Chinese middle schools, mental health curriculum priorities clustered around study-methods guidance, interpersonal communication skills, life education, and emotion management, with clear grade patterns showing Grade 1 emphasized transition/adaptation while Grades 2-3 increasingly prioritized stress and emotion regulation.
Affiliate stigma in family members of people living with dementia: A cross-sectional study identifying protective factors.
Higher affiliate stigma was significantly associated with poorer caregiver mental well-being, and stratified analyses indicated this effect was less pronounced among caregivers with high self-compassion and positive attitudes towards ageing.
Psychological distress among Japanese high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic: An energy landscape analysis.
Energy landscape analysis of monthly K6 questionnaire data from Japanese high school students revealed an association between the COVID-19 pandemic period and a lower likelihood of being in a depressive state, with the healthy state occurring more frequently relative to the depressive state during the pandemic than before it.
Research on the mental health of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic-A case study of universities in Nanjing.
Among 772 college students in Nanjing during COVID-19 campus lockdowns, prevalence of anxiety and depression was 15.7% and 23.3% respectively, with scores significantly exceeding national norms, and significant differences observed across majors, academic years, and family functioning backgrounds.
Perspectives of female and under-represented physicians on well-being in medicine: a qualitative study from an academic medical centre in the USA.
Female and URM physicians face systemic challenges impacting their well-being and careers, with thematic analysis revealing four key themes: physician identity, well-being in the workplace, barriers to accessing well-being resources, and facilitators to well-being.
[Is early childhood screen exposure harmful to children's mental health?].
Daily screen time above one hour at 18 months contributed to the development of psychological difficulties by three years of age, even after accounting for early socio-emotional vulnerability and maternal and socio-demographic control variables.
Charles Bonnet Syndrome: associations between psychosocial measures and visual hallucination characteristics in the visually impaired.
Mental health measures are linked to a wider range of CBS attributes than previously recognised, with all visual hallucination attributes except level of control associated with the mental health factor in visually impaired individuals with Charles Bonnet Syndrome.
Shaping Workspaces, Shaping Lives: Health Implications of Working From Home for Employees With Tertiary Education in Switzerland.
Individual fixed-effects estimates suggest no evidence of an effect of transitioning to working from home on any of 13 health outcomes among tertiary-educated employees in Switzerland.
Experiences providing care to patients with mental health conditions in a tertiary care hospital emergency department in Jerusalem.
Israeli ED staff navigated high levels of stigma towards patients with mental health conditions, viewed these patients as inappropriate ED users, and faced inadequate training and structural constraints, with recommendations for educational workshops, mental health specialist support, and improved community referral pathways to mitigate post-war mental health crises.
Middle-aged sandwich generation: the utilization of social capital in coping with the caring demands and threats to mental health.
The sandwich generation faces time management issues, physical exhaustion, stress, and caregiver burnout, and primarily utilizes bonding social capital from family and maids while broader bridging and linking social capital from siblings, peers, neighborhoods, and government remains limited.
Leaders@Play out-of-school time program: Community-academic collaboration to promote adolescent mental health.
An iterative community-academic collaboration to refine the Leaders@Play out-of-school time mental health promotion program revealed high feasibility and potential support for program impact on youth mental health among high-risk youth.