Mental Health
475 peer-reviewed studies indexed
Meaning in life and adolescent depression and anxiety in China: a large-scale study of dual pathways through life satisfaction and resilience.
Meaning in life functions as both a stabilising and developmental force in adolescent mental health—buffering distress through life satisfaction and resilience while search for meaning predicts greater distress once indirect effects are controlled, suggesting existential exploration may entail short-term costs during identity formation.
Mental Health Literacy Among Speech Pathology Undergraduate University Students: A Preliminary Investigation.
Final year speech pathology students had higher mental health literacy scores than first year students, with previous engagement in treatment for mental health symptoms being the only statistically significant predictor of mental health literacy across the whole sample.
Viewing art as a pathway to psychological well-being and physical health.
Viewing art in a museum led to greater subjective well-being and lower stress compared to neutral or pleasant control activities, but heart rate and cortisol changes did not differ by condition, suggesting potential for museum-based mental health interventions but inconclusive evidence for physical health benefits.
A Snapshot of Australian Adolescents Eco-anxiety and Impairments to Mental Well-Being.
Eco-anxiety was prevalent among Australian adolescents and associated with greater negative and lower positive mental well-being, with female, nonbinary, those with lower parental education, and those with disability status reporting heightened eco-anxiety.
The longitudinal relationship between economic and social stressors, emotion dysregulation and mental health among refugees in protracted displacement.
Economic stressors and emotion dysregulation were identified as the main longitudinal drivers of psychopathology among refugees in protracted displacement, indicating that both structural environmental barriers and internal psychological capacity substantially impact wellbeing.
Urban-rural differences in determinants of mental health among primary healthcare workers in China.
Risk factors such as occupational satisfaction, health, and family relations significantly influence PHW mental health in China, with notable differences by urbanicity, and tailored mental health interventions are recommended to address urban-rural disparities.
Assessment of Mental Health in Healthcare Workers Involved in Care of Victims of the 2017 Las Vegas Mass Shooting.
Work-related stress was significantly associated with symptoms of depression and PTSD in healthcare workers involved in care of victims of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, while no significant differences were found between critical care and non-critical care workers.
The effects of early childhood mental health consultation on early childhood teachers' perceptions of children's challenging behaviors, expulsion risk, and the moderating role of teaching stress.
Infant and early childhood mental health consultation produced positive shifts in teachers' perceptions of children's challenging behaviors and protective factors, with improvements most pronounced among teachers experiencing high levels of teaching stress.
Eating Disorders in People Who Identify as Gender-Diverse: Associations Between Gender Diversity, Eating Disorder Diagnosis, Minority Stress Experiences and Mental Health Comorbidity.
GD individuals with an ED had significantly more comorbid MH diagnoses than non-GD individuals with an ED and GD individuals without an ED, and ED diagnosis in GD individuals was associated with increased odds of experiencing minority stress events and associated distress.
Medical Care of Transgender Athletes and Policy Implications: ACSM Contemporary Issue Statement.
Transgender and gender diverse people make up 0.6% of the US population but are underrepresented in sports, and most available data on gender-affirming care and sport performance come from nonathlete transgender people, with limited data in transgender athletes needed for future policies.
Health's influence on alcohol use-a longitudinal study of working adults in Sweden.
Findings suggest a dose-response relationship between health-related quality of life and self-reported heavy drinking and an interaction between moderate HRQoL and low socioeconomic position.
Human-centered AI to promote youth mental health: a serendipitous natural experiment enabled by a digital health platform.
Comprehensive nudging combining system-triggered reminders and personalized 'Best Picture' nudges yielded the highest compliance rates among Indigenous youth, with loss of personalized scientist-triggered nudges having the most substantial impact on compliance in a digital health intervention.
Gender-Based Differences in Mental Health Outcomes Following Breast Surgery: Insights from Epic Cosmos.
Breast surgery is experienced differently among genders, with mental health diagnoses significantly lower for female surgical patients compared with female nonsurgical patients, while males who underwent surgery were more likely to suffer from higher rates of anxiety, depression, and self-harm.
Factors associated with alcohol-impaired driver crash deaths in the United States, 2018-2022.
Law enforcement employment and suicidality were two independent factors consistently associated with alcohol-impaired driver deaths, suggesting that a broader public health focus incorporating prevention and treatment services could help reverse the alcohol-impaired driving trend.
An Integrated Multilevel Mental Health Support System for University Students: 4-Year Longitudinal Observational Study.
A 4-year longitudinal test of an integrated multilevel mental health support system at the University of Debrecen demonstrated that a mood report embedded in a mobile app can identify students with potentially increased risk of mental health problems in need of support without stigmatization.
Impact of housing allowance programme on the physical and mental health of households in South Korea.
South Korea's housing allowance programme produced delayed but sustained positive impacts on household health, with statistically significant improvements in physical health from 2017 onwards and reductions in depression approximately four years post-reform.
NfL and GFAP quantification and associations with mental health in recreational cannabis users-Results from the Swiss study on recreational cannabis access via pharmacies.
The results provide preliminary evidence of cannabis-related neuroaxonal alterations, with NfL levels being higher in participants with hazardous cannabis use and psychotic symptoms, while GFAP levels were significantly lower than reference populations, warranting longitudinal studies to clarify the temporal relationship between these biomarkers and cannabis use.
Factors influencing patient-reported outcomes in operatively managed tibial plateau fractures.
Early recovery after surgically treated tibial plateau fractures varies by patient and injury characteristics: younger patients, particularly females under 50, reported worse pain and global physical health, while high-energy mechanisms were independently associated with poorer physical and psychological outcomes across multiple domains.
Protocol for a qualitative study exploring older adults' experience of mental health and wellbeing in work-related later life transitions in the UK.
This protocol outlines a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with adults aged 50 and over in the UK to explore experiences of negative mental health and wellbeing impacts due to work-related transitions in later life, with the aim of informing appropriate interventions and support.
Evaluating an AI-Enabled Mobile Mental Health Monitoring Tool Among Family Caregivers of Adults Living With Cancer: Single-Arm Feasibility and Acceptability Trial Protocol.
This protocol describes a single-arm feasibility and acceptability trial evaluating the eCARE speech-based AI-enabled mobile app for monitoring depression and anxiety symptoms among family caregivers of adults living with cancer over an 8-week period.
Effectiveness of Mental Health Promotion in Primary Schools: Results of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.
A cluster randomized controlled trial of the MindMatters mental health promotion program in German primary schools found no significant differences between intervention and control groups in pupils' mental health, social-emotional skills, or academic outcomes at follow-up.
Dietary flavonoid intake and psychological well-being - A bidirectional relationship.
Consuming approximately 3 servings/day of flavonoid-rich foods is associated with sustained psychological well-being, and higher baseline psychological well-being is associated with sustained higher flavonoid intake over up to 18 years, suggesting a bidirectional relationship.
Parallel mediation of psychological flexibility and vulnerability between multiple-screen addiction and mental health outcomes in adolescents.
Psychological flexibility and vulnerability were found to play a fully mediating role in the relationship between multiple-screen addiction and depression, anxiety, and stress in high school adolescents.
Exploring the causes of work-related stress and burnout among doctors in Bangladesh: a qualitative study.
Burnout among Bangladeshi doctors is driven by intersecting structural, cultural, and organizational factors, with the postgraduate phase as a key pressure point, limited mental health awareness and support, high workload, and unhelpful public attitudes and media narratives.
Parental sociodemographic profiles in relation to mental health, cannabis use motives, and cannabis use behaviors among a sample of US young adult parents.
Latent class analysis identified four sociodemographic profiles of US young adult parents with differential associations between class membership, depressive/anxiety symptoms, cannabis use motives, use frequency, consequences, and driving under the influence of cannabis.
Profiles of job satisfaction among industrial workers and its association with mental health under the background of Industry 5.0 transformation: a latent profile analysis.
Latent profile analysis identified four distinct job satisfaction profiles among frontline industrial workers, with profile membership remaining strongly associated with depression and anxiety, while digital-intelligence job insecurity showed a non-monotonic pattern across profiles.
Exploring the Prevalence of Mental Well-Being and Its Association With Mental Illness Among Elite Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Flourishing promotion in nonclinical elite athlete populations may help reduce the risk of future mental illness, as nonflourishing athletes were approximately 5-6 times more likely to screen positive for depression and anxiety.
How epistemic trust, mistrust and credulity relate to mental health, personality pathology, treatment engagement and relationship in psychotherapeutic and psychiatric settings.
Epistemic mistrust and credulity showed consistent relationships with markers of psychopathology, therapeutic relationship quality, and treatment-seeking behaviour, with epistemic trust positively predicting psychotherapy session utilization and mistrust negatively predicting treatment-seeking, even when controlled for personality dysfunction.
Feasibility of tracking mental health in cystic fibrosis registries: lessons from current practice.
CF programs are successfully screening and tracking GAD-7/PHQ-9 scores, supporting feasibility of including these data in patient registries, though further work is needed to increase electronic screening and expand screening for children under 12 and other mental health conditions.
Active Agents in Mental Health Socialization: Asian American Youth's Interpretations of Parental Messages of Mental Health.
A new multidimensional measure, the Youth Response to Parental Mental Health Socialization (YR-PMHS) scale, revealed a correlated five-factor structure through which Asian American youth interpret parental mental health messages, with all five factors positively associated with depression, somatic symptoms, and mental health stigma.
Psychological correlates of acute mountain sickness: a prospective study.
AMS primarily drives specific pathological psychological distress and mental exhaustion rather than generalized mood fluctuations, underscoring the necessity of symptom-specific psychological monitoring during high-altitude adaptation.
Navigating adulthood with PKU: metabolic outcomes, quality of life, and mental health 4.5 years post-transition.
Structured transition into adult PKU care supports metabolic stability, but psychiatric comorbidities are strongly linked to poorer adherence and worse metabolic and psychosocial outcomes, making integration of psychological support into adult PKU care essential.
Comparative efficacy of two kangaroo care scheduling methods on depressed mood and mental health in birthing parents of preterm infants: a randomized clinical trial.
Both scheduled and unscheduled kangaroo care significantly improved depressed mood and mental health in birthing parents of preterm infants compared to controls, with no statistically significant difference between the two KC scheduling methods.
Bidirectionality Between Perceived Immediate and Long-Term Benefits and Losses and Internet Gaming Disorder Among Chinese Adolescent Gamers: Prospective Longitudinal Study.
IGD symptoms predicted stronger perceived immediate and long-term benefits and losses across multiple domains, while perceived immediate benefits of mental health and personal achievement conversely predicted more IGD symptoms, revealing mostly unidimensional predictive effects of IGD on gaming-related cognitions with two exceptions.
"I Am Very Happy That We Are Such Beautiful People": Lived Experiences, Perceived Discrimination, and Mental Health in an LGBTIQ+ Community in Turkey.
LGBTIQ+ individuals in Turkey were frequently exposed to various forms of discrimination associated with lower mental well-being and higher psychological symptoms, but personal resilience factors lowered or diminished the negative role of discrimination on mental health.
Real-World Use of a Mental Health AI Companion: Multiple Methods Study.
Real-world use of a purpose-built mental health conversational AI tool (Ebb) showed strong engagement across 393,969 members, with product evolution to version 2.0 leading to increased retention and higher positive conversation ratings, while members emphasized the need for data safety, clinical guidelines, and the tool as a supplement rather than replacement for human care.
Virtual Reality to Improve Pain Management and Mental Health in Stroke Survivors With Chronic Pain: Study Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial on Virtual Reality-Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
This study protocol describes a feasibility randomized controlled trial (N=30) testing an 8-week VR-based ACT program for chronic poststroke pain, comparing it to a sham VR control using quantitative outcomes including pain intensity, psychological symptoms, quality of life, and brain network connectivity, as well as qualitative feedback.
Digital device usage and its association with health among Mongolian adolescents.
Prolonged digital device usage was associated with negative physical and mental health outcomes among Mongolian adolescents, though it may enhance happiness in specific contexts.
Efficacy of a Digital Peer Support Program on Weight Management and Mental Health in University Students With Preobesity: Randomized Controlled Trial.
A comprehensive digital peer-support program delivered via WeChat produced modest but clinically meaningful improvements in weight management, physical activity, self-esteem, and social connectedness among undergraduates with preobesity compared with wellness control and no intervention.
Empowering Mental Health Management: A Participatory Approach for Black Communities Using Psychological Ownership.
Psychological ownership offers a novel framework for understanding mental health empowerment in Black British communities, with culturally grounded spaces, peer support, and participatory decision-making identified as key mechanisms for enabling ownership of mental health management.
The impact of place on health: Neighbourhood & residential satisfaction as a contributor to physical and mental health in applicants for publicly subsidized housing.
Residential dissatisfaction is significantly associated with depression and distress but not physical health in applicants for subsidized housing in New Brunswick, Canada.
Associations between socio-economic status and household dysfunction in childhood and school-to-work trajectories: the mediating role of adolescent mental health problems.
Low parental socio-economic status was strongly associated with NEET and early work trajectories in young adulthood, while adolescent mental health did not mediate associations between household dysfunction and school-to-work trajectories.
Intergenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences: Differential maternal and paternal associations with offspring mental health in Chinese school-aged children by multi-method.
Maternal ACEs, especially family dysfunction and abuse-related experiences, were significantly associated with higher risks of offspring depressive symptoms, while paternal ACEs showed only marginal associations, demonstrating distinct maternal versus paternal intergenerational effects on child mental health.
Protocol for evaluation of Movember's scaling what works grant funding program: Supporting the delivery of mental health interventions for men & boys in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.
This paper presents an evaluation protocol for Movember's Scaling What Works grant funding program, using the Intervention Scalability Assessment Tool as a framework to assess implementation, effectiveness, cost, and scalability of 17 mental health projects for men and boys across Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
An interdisciplinary rehabilitation program for adults with dementia-A randomized controlled pilot trial evaluating social participation, loneliness and mental health.
This randomized controlled pilot trial found that a person-centred multidisciplinary interdisciplinary rehabilitation program for older adults with dementia showed few statistically significant differences between groups over 36 months, but some potentially clinically meaningful findings in favor of the intervention group, supporting the relevance of proceeding to an adequately powered RCT.
A two to fifteen year follow-up case series of ninety one patients after onlay patellofemoral arthroplasty highlighting the impact of preoperative symptoms and mental health.
Onlay PFA provides significant and sustained improvements in pain, function, and quality of life in patients with PFOA, with satisfactory mid- to long-term implant survivorship, while high preoperative WOMAC scores and poor mental health may be associated with less favourable postoperative outcomes.
Evaluating User Engagement and Satisfaction With Digital Mental Health Interventions: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Text Messaging Program and e-Mental Health Resources.
Daily supportive SMS text messaging (Text4Support) produced significantly higher user satisfaction, engagement, and perceived positive impact compared to e-mental health web resources, with mean satisfaction scores of 7.1 vs 5.1 out of 10.
Exploring the Acceptability, Appropriateness, and Utility of a Digital Single-Session Intervention (Project SOLVE-NZ) for Adolescent Mental Health in New Zealand: Interview Study Among Students and Teachers.
Both Project SOLVE-NZ and Project Success-NZ were perceived as acceptable, appropriate, and useful for rangatahi in Aotearoa New Zealand, with participants endorsing their sociocultural relevance and potential to fill gaps in students' learning and mental health support.
Using a Multicomponent Implementation Strategy to Increase Adoption and Effectiveness of a Universal Mental Health Prevention Program in Australian Primary Schools: a Cluster Randomized Trial Using a Type-3 Hybrid Design.
Providing a multicomponent implementation toolkit alongside the PAX Good Behavior Game accelerated early program adoption in primary schools but produced no differential effects on adoption at 6 months or on students' emotional and behavioral problems compared to the program alone.
Validating the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale for the positive mental health surveillance of adults in Canada.
The (S)WEMWBS appear to be valid and reliable positive mental health measures for Canadian adults and could be regularly included in health surveys to support the surveillance of population-level changes in positive mental health.