Mental health symptoms associated with morbidity, not mortality, in an elderly community sample

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Batterham ◽  
Helen Christensen ◽  
Andrew J. Mackinnon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms

Parent and child mental health trajectories April 2020 to May 2021: Strict lockdown versus no lockdown in Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 000486742110653
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M Westrupp ◽  
Christopher J Greenwood ◽  
Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz ◽  
Craig A Olsson ◽  
Emma Sciberras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Trajectories ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
Parent Child

Objective: To control a second-wave COVID-19 outbreak, the state of Victoria in Australia experienced one of the world’s first long and strict lockdowns over July–October 2020, while the rest of Australia experienced ‘COVID-normal’ with minimal restrictions. We (1) investigate trajectories of parent/child mental health outcomes in Victoria vs non-Victoria and (2) identify baseline demographic, individual and COVID-19-related factors associated with mental health trajectories. Methods: Online community sample of 2004 Australian parents with rapid repeated assessment over 14 time-points over April 2020 to May 2021. Measures assessed parent mental health (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales-21), child depression symptoms (13-item Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire) and child anxiety symptoms (four items from Brief Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale). Results: Mental health trajectories shadowed COVID-19 infection rates. Victorians reported a peak in mental health symptoms at the time of the second-wave lockdown compared to other states. Key baseline predictors, including parent and child loneliness (standardized regression coefficient [β] = 0.09–0.46), parent/child diagnoses (β = 0.07–0.21), couple conflict (β = 0.07–0.18) and COVID-19 stressors, such as worry/concern about COVID-19, illness and loss of job (β = 0.12–0.15), predicted elevated trajectories. Effects of predictors on parent and child mental health trajectories are illustrated in an online interactive app for readers ( https://lingtax.shinyapps.io/CPAS_trend/ ). Conclusion: Our findings provide evidence of worse trajectories of parent and child mental health symptoms at a time coinciding with a second COVID-19 outbreak involving strict lockdown in Victoria, compared to non-locked states in Australia. We identified several baseline factors that may be useful in detecting high-risk families who are likely to require additional support early on in future lockdowns.

scholarly journals Fathers’ Childhood Experiences, Adult Mental Health Problems and Perceptions of Interactions With Their 36 Month-Old Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Roni Mermelshtine ◽  
Jacqueline Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Paternal Care ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Parenting Support ◽  
Paternal Mental Health

Perceptions of poor care in the family of origin can relate to adverse mental health and poor adaptation for mothers but there is less evidence about fathers. This study investigated the relevance of fathers’ recollections of their own parents (Generation 1) for their (Generation 2) current mental health symptoms and for interactions with their 3-year-old children (Generations 2/3), in a community sample of 482 British fathers. Recollections of G1 maternal and paternal behaviour were associated in uncontrolled correlations with G2 paternal mental health, but taking family social class and maternal (G2) mental health into account they did not significantly predict G2 fathers’ mental health symptoms at 36 months postpartum, though a trend remained for G1 paternal care. Significant predictors were paternal depression symptoms in the first year postpartum and G2 mothers’ current mental health. Predictors of more dysfunctional father-child (G2/G3) interactions at 36 months postpartum were working class status, recall of more G1 maternal controlling behaviour and more concurrent paternal mental health symptoms; predictors of less G2/G3 dysfunction were G2 paternal use of more positive discipline. Potential implications of the results for parenting support and advice are discussed, recognising that intergenerational transmission of parent-child relationships is likely for fathers.

scholarly journals The impact of Peyronie's disease on Portuguese men's mental health and sexual functioning

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sexual Functioning ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Peyronie’S Disease ◽  
Penile Curvature ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Peyronie's Disease ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of Peyronie's disease (PD) on Portuguese men's mental health and sexual functioning. Materials and Methods: Study participants included 103 men diagnosed with PD who had attended urology appointments at two hospitals in Portugal. The participants' average age was 34.38 years old (SD = 13.77). The study utilized a variety of measurement instruments, encompassing a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Portuguese version of the Brief Symptoms Inventory-18, the Portuguese version of the Massachusetts General Hospital-Sexual Functioning Questionnaire, and a Questionnaire measuring PD concerns. Results: Overall results showed that the men surveyed presented higher levels of mental health symptoms (somatization, depression, and anxiety) and lower levels of sexual functioning than the community sample (the general Portuguese population without clinical disorders). Correlation coefficients showed a strong and positive correlation between mental health symptoms and a loss of sexual confidence and stress, while finding a strong and negative correlation between sexual functioning and stress. Most PD concerns exhibited strong and positive mutual correlations. The study also found strong and positive correlations between penile curvature and a perceived reduction in penis attractiveness and discrimination fears. Multiple regression analyses showed that PD concerns and penile curvature explained 34.3% of the overall mental health variance and 21% of the overall sexual functioning variance. Conclusions: These results are consistent with those of previous studies that have shown that experiencing PD can increase mental health symptoms and diminish sexual functioning.

scholarly journals Biological sensitivity to context moderates the effects of the early teacher–child relationship on the development of mental health by adolescence

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn J. Essex ◽  
Jeffrey M. Armstrong ◽  
Linnea R. Burk ◽  
H. Hill Goldsmith ◽  
W. Thomas Boyce
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Stress Reactivity ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Biological Sensitivity To Context

AbstractThe moderating effects of biological sensitivity to context (physiological and behavioral stress reactivity) on the association between the early teacher–child relationship and the development of adolescent mental health problems were examined in a community sample of 96 children. Grade 1 measures of biological sensitivity to context included physiological (i.e., slope of mean arterial pressure across a 20- to 30-min stress protocol) and behavioral (i.e., temperamental inhibition/disinhibition) markers. Grade 1 measures of the teacher–child relationship included positive (i.e., closeness) and negative (i.e., conflict) qualities. Mental health symptoms were assessed at Grades 1 and 7. Results of a multiple regression analysis indicated substantial association of the teacher–child relationship with the development of adolescent mental health symptoms, especially for more reactive children. In addition to teacher–child relationship main effects, all four Reactivity × Teacher–Child Relationship interaction terms were statistically significant when controlling for Grade 1 symptom severity, suggesting that both physiological and behavioral reactivity moderate the association of both adverse and supportive aspects of the teacher–child relationship with Grade 7 symptom severity over and above Grade 1 severity. There were important differences, depending on which stress reactivity measure was considered. The importance of these findings for recent theoretical arguments regarding biological sensitivity to context and differential susceptibility is discussed.

Parent and child mental health trajectories April-October 2020: Strict lockdown versus no lockdown in Australia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Westrupp ◽  
Christopher Greenwood ◽  
Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz ◽  
Tomer S Berkowitz ◽  
George Joseph Youssef ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Trajectories ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
Parent Child

Objective: To control a second-wave COVID-19 outbreak, the state of Victoria in Australia experienced one of the world’s first long and strict lockdowns over July-October 2020, while the rest of Australia experienced ‘COVID-normal’ with minimal restrictions. We (1) investigate trajectories of parent/child mental health outcomes; and (2) identify baseline demographic, individual, and COVID-19-related factors associated with mental health trajectories. Method: Online community sample of 1,877 Australian parents with rapid repeated assessment over 10 time-points over April-October, 2020. Measures assessed parent mental health (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales-21); child depression symptoms (13-item Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire); and child anxiety symptoms (four-items from Brief Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale).Results: Mental health trajectories shadowed COVID-19 infection rates. Victorians reported a large peak in mental health symptoms at the time of the second-wave lockdown compared to other states. Key baseline predictors, including parent and child loneliness (standardized regression coefficient [β]=·09-·39), parent/child diagnoses (β=·11-·22), couple conflict (β=·09-·19), and COVID-19 stressors, such as worry/concern about COVID-19, illness, and loss of job (β=·07-·22), predicted elevated trajectories. Effects of predictors on parent and child mental health trajectories are illustrated in an online interactive app for readers (https://lingtax.shinyapps.io/CPAS_trend/).Conclusion: Our findings provide evidence of worse trajectories of parent and child mental health symptoms associated with strict, sustained, COVID-19 lockdown in Victoria, compared to non-locked states in the rest of Australia. We identified several baseline factors that may be useful in detecting high risk families who are likely to require additional support early on in future lockdowns.

Length of Deployments As a Predictor of Mental Health Symptoms in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryann Debeer ◽  
Sandra B. Morissette ◽  
Nathan A. Kimbrel ◽  
Eric C. Meyer ◽  
Suzy B. Gulliver
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Operation Iraqi Freedom ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Iraqi Freedom

Sex differences on MAYSI-2 mental health symptoms of juvenile detainees: Impact on status offenses and delinquency.

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Gregory J. Benner ◽  
J. Ron Nelson ◽  
Scott A. Stage ◽  
Mike Laederich ◽  
Nicole C. Ralston
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Juvenile Detainees ◽  
Status Offenses
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