The Sichuan Mental Health Survey: Methodology

The Sichuan Mental Health Survey (SMHS) is a provincially representative survey with a coherent methodology to obtain the prevalence of multiple mental disorders and data of services used and to analyze the psychological and social risk factors or correlates in Sichuan, China. Mental disorders include anxiety disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, drug use and alcohol use disorders, impulse control disorder, and eating disorders. A cross-sectional design is employed to sample adults from 200 communities/villages in all 21 prefectural-level municipalities of Sichuan Province in a five-stage provincially representative disproportionate stratified sampling design. The participants need to be interviewed face to face by trained interviewers from local primary healthcare institutions and by psychiatrists. The quality control staff implement data quality control by checking records and statistics in the interview system, and then re-interviewing checks are done by the psychiatrists. Data is weighted to adjust the sample distribution to match the whole population. The outcomes of the SMHS would not only demonstrate the serious challenges posed by the high burdens of mental disorders but also offer baseline data for policymakers and healthcare professionals to study and resolve the factors that influence mental health in Sichuan, China.

1494Content Analysis and Predicting Survey Refusal: What Are Respondents’ Concerns about Face-to-face Mental Health Survey?

Background Previous studies suggest that refusals form the largest proportion of nonresponse for household surveys. As face-to-face household health surveys are uncommon in several countries, it might be advantageous for prospective surveys to preemptively tackle respondents’ refusal to survey participation. Methods Using contact history data from the Saudi National Mental Health Survey, we examined the relationship between social environmental factors, respondent characteristics, survey request concerns recorded by interviewers, and respondents’ propensity to refuse to participate in the survey. Content analysis and logistic regressions were conducted. Results Our findings suggest that urbanicity, region, socioeconomic status, age, and gender are associated with refusal. Patriarchal gatekeepers and specific survey-related concerns are more likely to lead to temporary refusals compared to final refusals. Conclusions These results have implications for survey researchers employing similar recruitment and data collection methods, for example in tailoring refusal conversion strategies for interviewers to address concerns expressed by Saudi and/or culturally similar respondents. Key messages Results might benefit studies considering similar methods and investigating sensitive issues, improve response rates, and combat the declining trend that potentially jeopardizes the quality of survey data collected.

Questionnaire Based Mental Health Survey During Covid 19 Outbreak

The study is conducted among 279 people in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. This study is done during the lockdown collected the information by having a source of google form survey. This google form is created based on the GAD 7 questionnaire which consists of 7 questions related to mental health during this covid 19 pandemic. Most probable results were collected and listed out. Throughout the planet, the general public is being informed about all the physical effects of SARS COV 2 infection and steps taken to require and to stop the exposure to coronavirus and also to manage symptoms of COVID 19. However, the consequences of this pandemic on the person’s psychological state haven’t been studied, and still not known. As the efforts are focused on understanding epidemiology, clinical features, transmission patterns, and management of the COVID 19 outbreak, there has been little or no concern expressed over the consequences on one’s psychological state and on strategies to stop stigmatization. People’s behaviour may greatly affect the pandemics dynamic by altering the severity, transmission, disease flow and repercussions. This situation requires raising awareness publicly, which may be helpful to affect this calamity. This clinical study provides in depth overview of the consequences of the COVID 19 outbreak on the psychological state of an individual.

Psychotic Experiences and Alternate Dimensions: A Thematic Analysis Exploring Frameworks of Psychotic Symptoms Among Saudis

Psychotic expression is influenced by unique contexts, including the individual’s culture. The majority of research on psychotic experiences is quantitative and from Western, democratic societies. This article explores the explanatory models used by Saudis to describe psychotic experiences (i.e., hallucinations and delusions). Using open-ended responses to a structured psychosis screener embedded within a comprehensive mental health survey instrument, we conducted thematic analysis on data representing the psychotic experiences of 59 individuals. We found that Saudis report religious (e.g., Jinns) and cultural (e.g., modest clothing) frameworks alongside biological, psychological, and social mechanisms which potentially trigger an alternative reality for the affected individual. Our findings suggest it may be helpful for health care professionals to consider individual differences and work with religious leaders (e.g., Shaykhs) to prevent misdiagnosis and mistreatment. In-depth qualitative studies are needed to examine trajectories of psychotic symptomatology among Saudis and the specific language used to describe such occurrences.

Assessing risk behaviours in the Iranian general population: results from the Iranian Mental Health Survey

Background: The Islamic Republic of Iran is a majority Muslim country, with a culturally low acceptance of high-risk behaviours. Aims: To investigate co-occurrence of risk behaviours in the Iranian general population. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Data were obtained from a random subsample of 3508 participants in the Iranian Mental Health Survey conducted in 2011 who completed a self-administered questionnaire about risk behaviours. The latent class analysis was performed on 7 behaviours consisting of cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, opium use, use of other illicit drugs, having multiple sexual partners, imprisonment, and running away from home. Unordered multinomial logistic regression was performed to examine characteristics of participants in the latent classes. Results: In the past 12 months, the rates of cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, opium use, and use of other illicit drugs were 19.4%, 6.3%, 4.4%, and 4.2%, respectively. Three classes were identified: 1, a large class with low prevalence of risk behaviours [89.2%; 95% confidence interval (CI): 88.2–90.2%]; 2, high prevalence of all risk behaviours except drug use (6.1%; 95% CI: 5.3–6.9%); and 3, high prevalence of all risk behaviours (4.7%; 95% CI: 4.1–5.5%). Men and individuals with psychiatric disorders were over-represented in both classes 2 and 3. Conclusion: Alcohol consumers and opium users were at risk of other risky behaviours.