INTRODUCTION The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak has been unique in recent history in its rapidity of transmission, its concentration in healthcare settings, and the large number of healthcare workers who have been infected. This study aims to examine the psychological impact of SARS on general practitioners (GPs) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners in Singapo...

STUDY OBJECTIVE--The measurement of health outcomes is central to the evaluation of medical treatment and intervention. It is generally acknowledged that such measurement ought to include an assessment of the impact of health care on the quality of life, as well as its quantity. The Health Measurement Questionnaire (HMQ) was developed as a means of identifying respondents in terms of Rosser's c...

AIMS Investments to promote public transport utilisation are being championed to achieve sustainable development, but the potential co-benefits for mental health are comparatively under-researched. We hypothesised that frequent users of public transport would be more likely to have better mental health (possibly due to increased levels of physical activity), but among the more frequent users, l...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to test whether lower socioeconomic status (SES) augments the effect of psychological distress on mortality from stroke or coronary heart disease (CHD). METHODS We prospectively linked data from 66,500 participants 35 years or older in the Health Survey for England, selected using stratified random sampling from 1994 to 2004, and free of cardiovascular...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between reaction time in adolescence and subsequent symptoms of anxiety and depression and investigate the mediating role of sociodemographic measures, health behaviors, and allostatic load. METHODS Participants were 705 members of the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. Choice reaction time was measured at age 16. At age 36 years, anxiety and depression were a...

INTRODUCTION The family plays the first and may be the most important role in the development of individuals' personality, health and function. The current study aimed to evaluate different aspects of violence against a sample of school girls of Iranian population and its effect on their mental health. METHODS A cluster, randomized sample consisting of 399 school girls was selected from all o...