Mental health

Comorbid physical health burden of serious mental health disorders in 32 European countries

Background Mental health disorders (MHDs) are associated with physical health disparities, but underlying excess risk and health burden have not…

1 year ago

Psychiatric admissions in young people after expiration of criminal justice supervision in Australia: a retrospective data linkage study

Background Mental health services are available for young people involved with the criminal justice system. However, they have unmet mental…

1 year ago

Data reduction when aggregating information about harms associated with medical interventions

In interpreting and aggregating data in published reports, readers and authors must be aware that some data loss and transformation…

1 year ago

Tracing Tomorrow: young peoples preferences and values related to use of personal sensing to predict mental health, using a digital game methodology

Background Use of personal sensing to predict mental health risk has sparked interest in adolescent psychiatry, offering a potential tool…

1 year ago

Psychological burden associated with incident persistent symptoms and their evolution during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective population-based study

Background Identifying factors that predict the course of persistent symptoms that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic is a public health…

1 year ago

Bidirectional associations between mental disorders, antidepressants and cardiovascular disease

Background Mental disorders have a high comorbidity with cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the causality between them has not been fully…

1 year ago

Suicide risk assessment tools and prediction models: new evidence, methodological innovations, outdated criticisms

The number of prediction models for suicide-related outcomes has grown substantially in recent years. These models aim to assist in…

1 year ago

Work Engagement and Well-being Study (SWELL): a randomised controlled feasibility trial evaluating the effects of mindfulness versus light physical exercise at work

Background Mindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) are increasingly offered at work, often in online self-guided format. However, the evidence on MBPs' effect…

1 year ago

Prescriptions of antidepressants and anxiolytics in France 2012-2022 and changes with the COVID-19 pandemic: interrupted time series analysis

Background Depression and anxiety have increased in prevalence since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective To evaluate the consumption…

1 year ago

Understanding effect size: an international online survey among psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians from other medical specialities, dentists and other health professionals

Background and objective Various ways exist to display the effectiveness of medical treatment options. This study examined various psychiatric, medical…

1 year ago