Automated facial video-based recognition of depression and anxiety symptom severity: cross-corpus validation

Research demonstrates that depression and anxiety symptom severity are related to problematic smartphone use (PSU). However, less is known about variables mediating these relationships. This study aimed to test whether proneness to boredom increased PSU. We also tested whether boredom proneness mediates relations between both depression and anxiety symptom severity with PSU. Using a cross-sectional design, we surveyed 298 American college students about their frequency of smartphone use, levels of PSU, depression, anxiety, and boredom proneness. Using structural equation modeling, we modeled depression and anxiety symptom severity predicting boredom proneness, in turn predicting levels of PSU and smartphone use frequency (SUF). Results demonstrate that boredom proneness predicted PSU, but not SUF. Boredom proneness mediated relations between both depression and anxiety symptom severity with PSU levels (but not usage frequency). We discuss the phenomenon in terms of depressed or anxious college students having difficulty attending to their schoolwork, subsequently experiencing boredom, and engaging in PSU to relieve their boredom.

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The influence of social support, conflict, and stressful life events on PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptom severity in U.S. army female veterans

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(11)73382-x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (S2) ◽

pp. 1678-1678

Author(s):

A.M. Nayback-Beebe

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Life Events ◽

Symptom Severity ◽

Anxiety Symptom ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Stressful Life ◽

Female Veterans ◽

Depression And Anxiety ◽

The Social

IntroductionThere have been prevailing gender differences in negative mental health outcomes for female U.S. veterans returning from combat deployments. Research has validated the importance of post-deployment social support in mitigating the effects of these experiences on mental health; however, the influence of conflict within the social network has not been thoroughly explored.Aims(1)Examine the relationships between social support, conflict, and stressful life events to PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptom severity in female veterans 6–12 months after deployment.(2)Determine whether the absence of social support or the presence of social conflict is more influential in the severity of these symptoms.MethodsDescriptive, correlationalResultsThere were significant positive bivariate correlations (p < .01) between conflict and stressful life events and significant negative bivariate correlations (p < .01) between social support and each of the three outcome variables: PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptoms. Hierarchical linear regression showed that co-morbid depression, greater post-deployment stressful life events, and greater conflict within the social network best explained the presence of greater PTSD symptom severity. Stressful life events did not contribute to greater anxiety symptom severity; however, symptom severity was affected by the absence of social support. In contrast, greater depression symptom severity was best explained by the presence of co-morbid PTSD symptoms and the absence of social support.ConclusionsTreatment programs for PTSD and anxiety in female veterans’ post-deployment must assess and address sources of intrapersonal conflict within their social networks. Family therapy may be integral to treatment success.

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Temporal relationships between happiness and psychiatric disorders and their symptom severity in a large cohort study: the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)

BMC Psychiatry ◽

10.1186/s12888-021-03346-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Philip Spinhoven ◽

Bernet M. Elzinga ◽

Brenda W. J. H. Penninx ◽

Erik J. Giltay

Keyword(s):

Anxiety Disorder ◽

Social Anxiety ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Symptom Severity ◽

Anxiety Symptom ◽

Subjective Happiness ◽

Depression And Anxiety ◽

Depression Severity ◽

Interindividual Differences ◽

Temporal Relationships

Abstract Background Notwithstanding the firmly established cross-sectional association of happiness with psychiatric disorders and their symptom severity, little is known about their temporal relationships. The goal of the present study was to investigate whether happiness is predictive of subsequent psychiatric disorders and symptom severity (and vice versa). Moreover, it was examined whether changes in happiness co-occur with changes in psychiatric disorder status and symptom severity. Methods In the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA), happiness (SRH: Self-Rated Happiness scale), depressive and social anxiety disorder (CIDI: Composite Interview Diagnostic Instrument) and depressive and anxiety symptom severity (IDS: Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology; BAI: Beck Anxiety Inventory; and FQ: Fear Questionnaire) were measured in 1816 adults over a three-year period. Moreover, we focused on occurrence and remittance of 6-month recency Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Social Anxiety Disorders (SAD) as the two disorders most intertwined with subjective happiness. Results Interindividual differences in happiness were quite stable (ICC of .64). Higher levels of happiness predicted recovery from depression (OR = 1.41; 95% CI = 1.10–1.80), but not social anxiety disorder (OR = 1.31; 95%CI = .94–1.81), as well as non-occurrence of depression (OR = 2.41; 95%CI = 1.98–2.94) and SAD (OR = 2.93; 95%CI = 2.29–3.77) in participants without MDD, respectively SAD at baseline. Higher levels of happiness also predicted a reduction of IDS depression (sr = − 0.08; 95%CI = -0.10 - -0.04), and BAI (sr = − 0.09; 95%CI = -0.12 - -0.05) and FQ (sr = − 0.06; 95%CI = -0.09 - -0.04) anxiety symptom scores. Conversely, presence of affective disorders, as well as higher depression and anxiety symptom severity at baseline predicted a subsequent reduction of self-reported happiness (with marginal to small sr values varying between −.04 (presence of SAD) to −.17 (depression severity on the IDS)). Moreover, changes in happiness were associated with changes in psychiatric disorders and their symptom severity, in particular with depression severity on the IDS (sr = − 0.46; 95%CI = −.50 - -.42). Conclusions Results support the view of rather stable interindividual differences in subjective happiness, although level of happiness is inversely associated with changes in psychiatric disorders and their symptom severity, in particular depressive disorder and depression severity.

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Psychological and Contextual Risk Factors Related to Problematic Smartphone Use: Depression and Anxiety Symptom Severity

Analysis and Metaphysics ◽

10.22381/am1820199 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (0) ◽

pp. 64 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Symptom Severity ◽

Anxiety Symptom ◽

Depression And Anxiety ◽

Problematic Smartphone Use ◽

Contextual Risk ◽

Smartphone Use ◽

Contextual Risk Factors

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Variation in common preschool sleep problems as an early predictor for depression and anxiety symptom severity across time

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1111/jcpp.12639 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 151-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Diana J. Whalen ◽

Kirsten E. Gilbert ◽

Deanna M. Barch ◽

Joan L. Luby ◽

Andy C. Belden

Keyword(s):

Symptom Severity ◽

Anxiety Symptom ◽

Sleep Problems ◽

Depression And Anxiety ◽

Early Predictor

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Depression and Anxiety Symptom Severity and Psychiatric Disorders in Children with Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(09)71029-6 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (S1) ◽

pp. 1-1

Author(s):

S. Herguner ◽

I. Ozyildirim ◽

G. Kilic

Keyword(s):

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Trait Anxiety ◽

Symptom Severity ◽

Child Behavior Checklist ◽

Anxiety Symptom ◽

Psychiatric Symptoms ◽

Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria ◽

School Age Children ◽

Depression And Anxiety ◽

Pediatric Allergy

Aim:Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) is a frequently occurring disease that seems to be associated with a number of psychological factors. This study aims to determine the frequency of psychiatric disorders and to assess the depression and anxiety symptom severity in a group of children with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU).Method:The study group included 30 children, ranging in age from 8 to 16 years, with CIU who attended to the Pediatric Allergy Clinic of the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine and 30 healthy subjects matched for age and sex. The psychiatric disorders were evaluated by using Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL). State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) and Child Behavior Checklist (4-18) were used to examine the levels of depression and anxiety.Results:The K-SADS-PL revealed a psychiatric diagnosis in 63% of the patients. In terms of the distribution of psychiatric diagnoses, the most frequently occurring diagnosis was anxiety disorders (33%), namely simple phobia (21%) and social anxiety disorder (18%). State anxiety scores were significantly higher in children with CIU than controls but not trait anxiety and depression scores. No significant relationships were found between urticaria activity score, duration of illness, age onset and depression and anxiety scores.Conclusion:Psychiatric disorders were frequent in the group children with CIU. Clinicians should be more aware of accompanying psychiatric symptoms in this group of cases.

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