OBJECTIVE This research examined linkages between exposure to childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and childhood physical punishment/abuse (CPA) and mental health issues in early adulthood. METHOD The investigation analyzed data from a birth cohort of over 1,000 New Zealand young adults studied to the age of 25. RESULTS Exposure to CSA and CPA was associated with increased risks of later mental dis...

Over the last decade, research into "addictive technological behaviors" has substantially increased. Research has also demonstrated strong associations between addictive use of technology and comorbid psychiatric disorders. In the present study, 23,533 adults (mean age 35.8 years, ranging from 16 to 88 years) participated in an online cross-sectional survey examining whether demographic variabl...

BACKGROUND Some life-event experiences such as injuries in car accidents, gun shots and the like, can be life changing and traumatic. OBJECTIVES The article investigated the relationship between mental health and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after orthopaedic trauma, and attempted to understand whether social support moderates the relationship between mental health and PTSD. ...

BACKGROUND The increasing burden on mental health services has led to the growing use of peer support in psychological interventions. Four theoretical mechanisms have been proposed to underpin effective peer support: advice grounded in experiential knowledge, social support, social comparison and the helper therapy principle. However, there has been a lack of studies examining whether these mec...

Autism is a chronic psychiatric disorder in which social relatedness is profoundly affected. The parents of afflicted children as the main caregivers mostly suffer from the situation. This study aimed at investigating the economic status, social status, coping styles, personality traits and mental health in the parents of children with autism. This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytic study wa...

BACKGROUND Patient-perceived health-related quality of life has become an important outcome in health care as an indicator of treatment effectiveness and recovery for patients with substance use disorder. As no study has assessed health-related quality of life among male patients with substance use disorder and co-existing severe mental illness, we compared health-related quality of life among ...

In a 12-week placebo-controlled study of fluoxetine in the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder, the authors investigated change in psychosocial functioning and mental health-related quality of life in 60 subjects. The subjects were assessed with the LIFE-RIFT (a measure of impaired functioning), Social and Occupational Functioning Scale (SOFAS), and Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form H...

background: there are critical gaps in assessment and research on health among the elderly living in rural communities. the s tate of aging and health in rural areas provides a snapshot of our older adults’s need to necessary public health measures .the aim of this study was to determine the self-rated general health of adults residing in rural areas and compare the general health of the elderl...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze patterns of mental health-related service utilization before and after hospitalization for attempting suicide. METHODS This retrospective cohort study included all persons 15 years or older with a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia (N=195) or depression (N=330) hospitalized in Montreal, Quebec, from April 2003 to December 2004 for attempting...