Update From Sri Lankan Twin Registry: Establishment of a Population-Based Twin Register and Ongoing Project on Common Mental Disorders, Alcohol Abuse and Suicidal Ideations

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 868-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sisira Hemananda Siribaddana ◽  
Waduthanthrige Danushki Siriwardane ◽  
Suwin Nilanga Hewage ◽  
Athukoralage Don Manjula Deshapriya Athukorale ◽  
Athula Sumathipala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Twin Registry ◽  
Electoral Register ◽  
Adult Twins ◽  
Ongoing Project

AbstractThe Sri Lankan Twin Registry began as a volunteer register in 1997. Previously, we have shown door-to-door surveys as the best option to build a population-based twin register of older, adult twins. Our aim was to build a population-based twin register in the Colombo district and use it for twin studies on common mental disorders. We aimed to identify a random sample of 4000 twins ascertained through the twin census. The Colombo district is divided into 13 divisional secretariat divisions (DSDs) and each division is further divided into Grama Niladari divisions administratively. Grama niladaris (GNs) are civil servants and visit each household in order to update the electoral register. GNs were used to do a census of twins while they updated the electoral register. The correlation between population density and twin rate among DSDs was .81, and between twin rate and the percentage of returned forms (from each DSD) was .74. We received 9648 forms notifying about twins and multiples. After removing the duplicates and information about twins who live in other districts, there were 17,406 multiples remaining. After incorporating twins and multiples from various other feasibility studies we now have 19,040 multiples with 8.46 twins per 1000 people in the Colombo district.

A Population-Based Cohort Study of the Effect of Common Mental Disorders on Disability Pension Awards

2006 ◽  
Vol 163 (8) ◽  
pp. 1412-1418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnstein Mykletun ◽  
Simon Overland ◽  
Alv A. Dahl ◽  
Steinar Krokstad ◽  
Ottar Bjerkeset ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Disability Pension ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Population Based

scholarly journals Partner alcohol use, violence and women's mental health: population-based survey in India

2010 ◽  
Vol 196 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhabika B. Nayak ◽  
Vikram Patel ◽  
Jason C. Bond ◽  
Thomas K. Greenfield
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
The Relationship

BackgroundThe relationship between partner alcohol use and violence as risk factors for poor mental health in women is unclear.AimsTo describe partner-related and other psychosocial risk factors for common mental disorders in women and examine interrelationships between these factors.MethodData are reported on 821 women aged 18–49 years from a larger population study in north Goa, India. Logistic regression models evaluated the risks for women's common mental disorders and tested for mediation effects in the relationship between partner alcohol use and these disorders.ResultsExcessive partner alcohol use increased the risk for common mental disorders two- to threefold. Partner violence and alcohol-related problems each partially mediated the association between partner excessive alcohol use and these mental disorders. Women's own violence-related attitudes were also independently associated with them.ConclusionsPartner alcohol use, partner violence and women's violence-related attitudes must be addressed to prevent and treat common mental disorders in women.

scholarly journals Impact of antenatal common mental disorders upon perinatal outcomes in Ethiopia: the P-MaMiE population-based cohort study

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Hanlon ◽  
Girmay Medhin ◽  
Atalay Alem ◽  
Fikru Tesfaye ◽  
Zufan Lakew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Perinatal Outcomes ◽  
Population Based

scholarly journals Molecular genetics in psychiatric epidemiology: the promise and challenge

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1265-1271 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. HENDERSON ◽  
D. H. R. BLACKWOOD
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Molecular Genetics ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Psychiatric Epidemiology ◽  
Adult Brain ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Individual

Psychiatric epidemiology is becalmed. Since mid-century, there has been substantial progress in finding risk factors for the common mental disorders of anxiety and depression. This has been almost entirely within a social paradigm. Much has been learned about the effects of interpersonal and other social exposures across the lifespan in contributing to these disorders (Brown & Harris, 1978, 1989; Paykel, 1992; Blazer, 1995; Henderson, 1988, 1999). But the range of possibly causal variables has been narrow: demography, socio-economic status, childhood experiences, recent exposure to adversity and the availability of social support. The dominant paradigm has been environmental exposure, examining how experiences that arise outside the individual may have an enduring impact on mental health. The environment in question has been interpersonal or social. Within this paradigm, no new hypotheses of major significance have emerged in recent years.Epidemiologists have known that the biological domain might be important in aetiology, but for the common mental disorders it has been largely passed over. Properties of the adult brain, whether innate or moulded by environmental exposures, have only rarely been accessible. With the advances in molecular genetics, this is changing (Rutter & Plomin, 1997). For epidemiology, there is now the possibility of bringing molecular genetics into studies of aetiology. Because of the significance of this development, we present a critical assessment of the prospects for population-based research using molecular genetics, the work already reaching publication and the methodological issues that are arising.

scholarly journals Risk factors for common mental disorders in women

2006 ◽  
Vol 189 (6) ◽  
pp. 547-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikram Patel ◽  
Betty R. Kirkwood ◽  
Sulochana Pednekar ◽  
Helen Weiss ◽  
David Mabey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Common Mental Disorder ◽  
Psychological Symptom ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Chronic Physical Illness ◽  
Incident Cases

BackgroundThe determinants of common mental disorders in women have not been described in longitudinal studies from a low-income country.MethodPopulation-based cohort study of 2494 women aged 18 to 50 years, in India. The Revised Clinical Interview Schedule was used for the detection of common mental disorders.ResultsThere were 39 incident cases of common mental disorder in 2166 participants eligible for analysis (12-month rate 1.8%, 95% CI 1.3–2.4%). The following baseline factors were independently associated with the risk for common mental disorder: poverty (low income and having difficulty making ends meet); being married as compared with being single; use of tobacco; experiencing abnormal vaginal discharge; reporting a chronic physical illness; and having higher psychological symptom scores at baseline.ConclusionsProgrammes to reduce the burden of common mental disorder in women should target poorer women, women with chronic physical illness and who have gynaecological symptoms, and women who use tobacco.

Correlates of postpartum common mental disorders: results from a population-based study in Amhara region, Ethiopia

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 937-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy Noel Baumgartner ◽  
Angela Parcesepe ◽  
Yared Getachew Mekuria ◽  
Dereje Birhanu Abitew ◽  
Wondimu Gebeyehu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Amhara Region ◽  
Population Based Study

scholarly journals Common mental disorders and chronic non-communicable diseases in adults: a population-based study

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio Monteiro da Cunha Coelho ◽  
Ricardo Tavares Pinheiro ◽  
Bernardo Lessa Horta ◽  
Pedro Vieira da Silva Magalhães ◽  
Carla Maria Maia Garcias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
The Self ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Self Reporting Questionnaire

A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted to identify the prevalence of common mental disorders and verify the association with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the self-reported number of chronic diseases. The Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) was applied in a multi-stage random sample of 1,276 adults aged 40 and older. Socio-demographic, behavioral, and health-related variables were also obtained using a structured questionnaire. Prevalence of common mental disorders was 30.2%. Lower schooling and social class and the 46-55-year age bracket were associated with psychiatric morbidity. Each chronic illness was independently associated with common mental disorders. However, a stronger association was found between common mental disorders and the total number of self-reported chronic conditions, with a prevalence ratio of 4.67 (95%CI: 3.19-6.83) for five or more self-reported NCDs. The current study emphasizes the importance of common mental disorders in chronically ill patients, particularly in those with more total chronic conditions.

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