scholarly journals COVID-19 and Mental Health: a Longitudinal Population Study from Norway

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Hvide ◽  
Julian Johnsen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Practitioner ◽  
Population Study ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Register Data ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Effects

Abstract Existing research has found negative short-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health problems, but longer-term effects have been less documented. Using newly released register data on all general practitioner consultations in Norway through 2020 (about 14 million consultations in total), we find that during the spring and early summer 2020, the number of psychological cases initially increased relative to prior years, but then fell back towards the level of prior years during the summer 2020. In early September 2020, the number of cases accelerated, a pattern that held up through December 2020, so that the gap between 2020 and prior years became largest end-of-year. Our findings suggest that the accumulated effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health far exceeds the short-term effects. The effects were particularly strong for females and for residents in urban areas.

Student mental health and the general practitioner

1975 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
pp. 99-100
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
General Practitioner ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Student Health ◽  
Student Health Services ◽  
The University

Although most universities run a health service, students with important mental health problems are often seen by their general practitioner. There are a number of reasons for this; first, health services in the colleges of higher education outside universities are still patchy and incomplete. Second, students are on vacation for up to 24 weeks a year. Third, a student may choose to consult anyone, and may prefer someone unconnected with the university. Last, many students live at home and continue to see their general practitioner. This underlines the need for close liason between the general practitioner and student health services.

Do Prostitution and Social Vulnerability Go Hand in Hand? Examining the Association Between Social Background and Prostitution Using Register Data

2020 ◽  
pp. 136078042096598
Author(s):  
Theresa Dyrvig Henriksen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Vulnerability ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Register Data ◽  
Childhood Environment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Drug Problems

This article provides new knowledge on the social background of women involved in indoor prostitution by integrating a novel data source in terms of administrative register data. Questions concerning dynamics of entry and whether sex-sellers have a more socially marginalised position than others have long been debated in research. Based on register data on 1128 female sex-sellers, the article takes an important step towards answering such questions by analysing and comparing the social background of sex-sellers and of a matched sample of Danish women (n = 73,320). The study includes descriptive insights into a number of indicators, including demographics, out-of-home placement, mental health problems, drug problems, incarceration, educational attainment and labour market attachment. Multivariate regression models are used to examine potential predictors of involvement in prostitution. The findings show that indoor sex-sellers often come from a socially marginalised background and experience multiple social vulnerabilities in both childhood and adulthood. Furthermore, the study shows strong associations between indicators of social vulnerability and selling sex. Especially indicators of an unstable childhood environment (e.g. out-of-home placements and mothers’ incarceration) and indicators of social marginalisation in adulthood (e.g. incarceration and mental health problems) have proven to have a strong association with involvement in prostitution as an adult.

scholarly journals Parental divorce in late adolescence does not seem to increase mental health problems: a population study from Norway

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Henok Zeratsion ◽  
Madeleine Dalsklev ◽  
Espen Bjertness ◽  
Lars Lien ◽  
Ole R Haavet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Population Study ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Parental Divorce ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Health Problems

scholarly journals Sociodemographic determinants of self-reporting mental health problems in Indonesian urban population

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Fredrick Dermawan Purba ◽  
Titi Sahidah Fitriana
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Sociodemographic Determinants ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Studies have found that mental health problems are more prevalent in urban areas compared to rural ones, including in Indonesia. About 6% of Indonesian people report having mental health problems, and 1.7 out of every thousand residents are diagnosed with a psychiatric problem. This study examines the sociodemographic determinants of reporting mental health problems among Indonesia’s general population living in urban areas. One thousand forty participants aged 17 years and over answered sociodemographic questions (i.e., residence, gender, age, education level, income, marital status) and completed the EQ-5D-5L. Their responses to the Anxiety/Depression item of the EQ-5D-5L (no problem vs. any level of problem) were the dependent variable sociodemographic factors were the explanatory variables. About one-third (35.37%) of the participants reported experiencing problems with anxiety/depression. Logistic regression found that marital status was significantly associated with reporting any problems of anxiety/depression in the EQ-5D-5L: single/divorced participants were 58% more likely to report that they suffered from anxiety/depression in comparison to their married counterparts. These results highlight the importance of social support; that is, having a spouse or extended family member whom one can count on for help when facing a problem is essential, regardless of one’s gender, age, educational level, or income.

Admission of Whole Families

1982 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 640-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Dydyk ◽  
Glenn French ◽  
Cynthia Gertsman ◽  
Noreen Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Alternative Treatment ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Traditional Treatment ◽  
Residential Unit ◽  
Program Description ◽  
Clinical Problems

This is a program description of a short-term residential unit in which whole families are assessed and treated. This unit provides an alternative treatment format for exploring situations where removal of the child appears to be the only remaining option. It also provides an in-depth consultation for agencies who are “stuck” in their treatment of family systems and allows for the teaching of family systems intervention techniques in a non-threatening way. It also allows an opportunity for an external system to reframe, what are, to the involved clinician, impasses with clinical problems. The program, because of its structure, introduces anxiety and tension into systems with chronic mental health problems. It, therefore, serves as, not a panacea, but as an adjunct to more traditional treatment for rigid and resistant systems.

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