This paper examines the hypothesis that greater job status makes a person healthier. It begins by successfully replicating the well-known cross-section association between health and job seniority. Then, however, it turns to longitudinal patterns. Worryingly for the hypothesis, the data-on a large sample of randomly selected British workers through time-suggest that people who start with good h...

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...

Abstract Background Social media has been defined as a form of electronic communication that is used for and expression thoughts. It boon the young generation it lot positive impacts like global connectivity, easy/inexpensive communication, sharing information; however, associated with serious adverse effects/imprints on mental health adolescent's developing brain. Method This was an observatio...

BACKGROUND No studies have assessed psychopathology among benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) patients. The General Health Questionnaire allows for distinguishing patients suffering from psychiatric problems from those in good mental health. OBJECTIVE To assess the psychiatric illness in Saudi patients with BPPV. METHODS The study was cross-sectional in nature. Institutional ethics ...

BACKGROUND The number of Internet users in India crossed 205 million in October 2013. Excessive internet use has been attributed to socio-occupational dysfunction, and this study is targeting the junior doctors on whom not many studies have been done till date. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to analyze the proportion of junior doctors with internet addiction and whether there is an...

OBJECTIVES To assess the psychological impact of first episode of genital herpes, and to determine whether this changes over time. SETTING AND SUBJECTS The Departments of Genitourinary Medicine (GUM), and Dermatology, Middlesex Hospital London. The study group consisted of patients attending the department of GUM with a clinically proven first episode of genital herpes. Two control groups wer...

BACKGROUND Screening for mental disorders among disability claimants is important, since mental disorders seem to be seriously under-recognized in this population. However, performance of potentially suitable scales is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of three scales, the 10- and 6-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10, K6) and the 12-item General Health Questi...

BACKGROUND Psychological stress is a major cause of lost working days in the UK. The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has developed management standards (MS) to help organizations to assess work-related stress. AIMS To investigate the relationships between the MS indicator tool and employee health, job attitudes, work performance and environmental outcomes. METHODS The first phase involved a...

Introduction: Poor mental health of athletes is major concern in sport. Typically, incidence/prevalence symptoms studied using symptom-specific questionnaires. For depression/anxiety, one such self-reporting questionnaire the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12).
 Objective: The aim this review was to synthesise and compare studies GHQ-12 inform future research by identifying tren...

The research aim was to predict the bus operators' blood pressure (BP) and psychological strain using a combination of the Job-Demand Control (JDC) and Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) models. The study was conducted with a sample of 139 bus operators in the city of Bogotá (Colombia), who answered a questionnaire that included the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ), the ERI Questionnaire, and the Gen...