OBJECTIVES Growing evidence suggests a link between diet and mental health. This study aimed to investigate the association between fruit and vegetable consumption and the prevalence and incidence of psychological distress in middle-aged and older Australians. DESIGN Cross-sectional and prospective. SETTING New South Wales, Australia. METHODS A sample of 60 404 adults aged ≥45 years compl...

OBJECTIVE To examine the factors associated with psychological distress in parents and carers of Aboriginal children living in urban communities in New South Wales. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey (phase one of the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health [SEARCH], November 2007 - December 2011). SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Primary care; 589 parents and carers of Aboriginal...

BACKGROUND Inuit in Canada have experienced dietary changes over recent generations, but how this relates to psychological distress has not been investigated. OBJECTIVE To evaluate how nutritional biomarkers are related to psychological distress. DESIGN A total of 36 communities in northern Canada participated in the International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey (2007-2008). Of 2796 househol...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Screening tools for depression and psychological distress commonly used in medical settings have not been well validated in stroke populations. We aimed to determine the accuracy of common screening tools for depression or distress in detecting caseness for a major depressive episode compared with a clinician-administered structured clinical interview for Diagnostic and S...

BACKGROUND: The global coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic has forced nursing schools in Indonesia to implement online learning. association between learning variables and psychological distress among students is not fully understood. AIM: This study aimed assess the distress. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional was conducted from November 2020 February 2021. Six hundred thirty-five four uni...

BACKGROUND Poor mental health is a leading cause of disability worldwide with considerable negative impacts, particularly in low-income countries. Nevertheless, empirical evidence on its national prevalence in low-income countries, particularly in Africa, is limited. Additionally, researchers and policy makers are now calling for empirical investigations of the association between empowerment a...

BACKGROUND The Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) is a self-report measure comprising 28 items tapping three domains; subjective well-being, psychological problems and functioning. In addition to the potential theoretical value of the domains for operationalizing the phase model of psychotherapy, when consulted, managers and clinicians considered the distinction b...

BACKGROUND Defense Force workers engaged in disaster relief activities might suffer from strong psychological stress due to the tasks that they had been involved. We evaluated how living environments, work environments, and individual factors psychologically affect those who engaged in disaster relief activities. METHOD Data generated with 1506 personnel engaged in the Great East Japan Earthq...

Depressed patients had risks of non-adherence to medication, which brought a big challenge for the control of tuberculosis (TB). The stigma associated with TB may be the reason for distress. This study aimed to assess the psychological distress among TB patients living in rural areas in China and to further explore the relation of experienced stigma to distress. This study was a cross-sectional...