The purposes of this study were to evaluate the mental health status of Japanese medical students and to examine differences based on gender, as well as on university type and location, using the results of a nationwide survey. Between December 2006 and March 2007, we conducted a questionnaire survey among fourth-year medical students at 20 randomly selected medical schools in Japan. The data f...

OBJECTIVE Considering the association between medical school dropout and psychiatric distress, we aimed to assess the prevalence of psychiatric distress among medical students at Dubai Medical College. METHODS One hundred and three medical students were chosen randomly and were assessed by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). RESULTS The mean age for the students was 18.85 year (Minimum:...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to investigate personality traits, psychological distress and functional disability in patients with non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH). METHODS Sixty-seven patients participated in the study, 48 males and 19 females. The mean age was 37.6 years (SD: 10.92, range: 15 - 61). Seventy-five healthy individuals, age and sex matched, s...

BACKGROUND With increasing access at European universities, supporting and promoting the high education, students' mental well-being and generic employability capacities have become priorities, but their respective influences, after an adaptation period of seven months, remain unclear. OBJECTIVE Our aims were to analyse the relationships between students' well-being and self-perceived academi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Clinical practice suggests that asthma coping strategies might be different in women and men. The aim of this study was to compare the relationship between psychological variables and the perception of asthma symptoms in women and men. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 165 adult asthma patients with mild to severe persistent asthma were studied. We performed spirometric...

BACKGROUND Ageing is an important factor in the development of mental health problems and their treatment. We assessed age trajectories of common mental disorders (CMDs) and psychotherapy utilization from adolescence to old age, and examined whether these trajectories were modified by time period or birth cohort effects. METHOD British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) with an 18-year follow-up b...

The number of female doctors in Japan has been increasing, but the relationship between their work environment and their mental health is not clear. This study aimed to determine factors in the work environment influencing mental health status among female doctors. We mailed an anonymous survey questionnaire to 587 female doctors, and 367 (62.5%) responded. The survey included questions about a...

BACKGROUND The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) indicator tool is one of the most commonly used tools for assessing the risk of work-related stress. Few studies, however, have investigated whether and how its scales are related to psychological distress or other work-related health outcomes. AIMS To investigate the relationship between the HSE indicator tool, psychological distress, as measu...

BACKGROUND The assessment of 'general health and well-being' in public mental health research stimulates debates around relative merits of questionnaire instruments and their items. Little evidence regarding alignment or differential advantages of instruments or items has appeared to date. AIMS Population-based psychometric study of items employed in public mental health narratives. METHOD ...

Stability of Factor Structure and Correlation with Perceived Job Stress in General Health Questionnaire: a Three-wave Survey over One Year in Japanese Workers: Jun SHIGEMI, et al. Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Okayama University Medical School—A crosssect ional s tudy was conducted to examine psychological symptoms and job stress in Japanese workers. To assess the stability of ...