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About: Mental health is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 183794 publications have been published within this topic receiving 4340463 citations. The topic is also known as: mental wellbeing.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the associations between childhood conduct problems from 7-9 years and risks of adverse outcomes across all domains of functioning were investigated. But, after controlling for confounding factors, the association between conduct problems and education/employment outcomes became statistically non-significant.
Abstract: Background: This paper seeks to extend research into the adult sequelae of childhood conduct problems by investigating the associations between conduct problems in middle childhood and psychosocial outcomes in adulthood. Method: Data were gathered during the course of a 25-year longitudinal study of a birth cohort of New Zealand young people. Information was collected on: a) parent and teacher reports of child conduct problems at ages 7, 8 and 9 years; b) measures of crime, substance use, mental health, sexual/partner relationships, education/employment; c) confounding factors, including childhood, family and educational characteristics. Results: There were statistically significant associations between childhood conduct problems from 7–9 years and risks of adverse outcomes across all domains of functioning. After control for confounding factors the associations between conduct problems and education/employment outcomes became statistically non-significant. Associations persisted for other outcomes (crime, substance dependence, mental health and sexual/partner relationships). Children in the most disturbed 5% of the cohort had rates of these outcomes that were between 1.5 and 19 times higher than rates for the least disturbed 50% of the cohort. The associations between conduct problems and adult outcomes were similar for males and females. Conclusions: Childhood conduct problems were associated with a wide range of adverse psychosocial outcomes (crime, substance use, mental health, sexual/partner relationships) even after control for confounding factors. The results reinforce the need for greater investment into interventions to address these problems.

923 citations

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TL;DR: Mental health apps have the potential to be effective and may significantly improve treatment accessibility and the public needs to be educated on how to identify the few evidence-based mental health apps available in the public domain to date.
Abstract: Background: The rapid growth in the use of mobile phone applications (apps) provides the opportunity to increase access to evidence-based mental health care Objective: Our goal was to systematically review the research evidence supporting the efficacy of mental health apps for mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablets) for all ages Methods: A comprehensive literature search (2008-2013) in MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PsycINFO, PsycTESTS, Compendex, and Inspec was conducted We included trials that examined the effects of mental health apps (for depression, anxiety, substance use, sleep disturbances, suicidal behavior, self-harm, psychotic disorders, eating disorders, stress, and gambling) delivered on mobile devices with a pre- to posttest design or compared with a control group The control group could consist of wait list, treatment-as-usual, or another recognized treatment Results: In total, 5464 abstracts were identified Of those, 8 papers describing 5 apps targeting depression, anxiety, and substance abuse met the inclusion criteria Four apps provided support from a mental health professional Results showed significant reductions in depression, stress, and substance use Within-group and between-group intention-to-treat effect sizes ranged from 029-228 and 001-048 at posttest and follow-up, respectively Conclusions: Mental health apps have the potential to be effective and may significantly improve treatment accessibility However, the majority of apps that are currently available lack scientific evidence about their efficacy The public needs to be educated on how to identify the few evidence-based mental health apps available in the public domain to date Further rigorous research is required to develop and test evidence-based programs Given the small number of studies and participants included in this review, the high risk of bias, and unknown efficacy of long-term follow-up, current findings should be interpreted with caution, pending replication Two of the 5 evidence-based mental health apps are currently commercially available in app stores

923 citations

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TL;DR: Nosek et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the role of implicit bias in the development of implicit mental health disorders and found that implicit bias was associated with depression and suicidal ideation.
Abstract: Correspondence should be addressed to Brian A. Nosek, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, 102 Gilmer Hall, Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA. E-mail: nosek@virginia.edu This research was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (MH-41328, MH-01533, MH-57672, and MH-68447) and the National Science Foundation (SBR-9422241, SBR-9709924, and REC-0634041). The authors are grateful for technical support from N. Sriram, Ethan Sutin, and Lili Wu. Related information is available at http://briannosek.com/ and http://projectimplicit.net/ EUROPEAN REVIEW OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2007, 1 – 53, iFirst article

920 citations

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TL;DR: The results of these studies support and add to the range of positive mental health effects associated with transformational leadership and are suggestive of interventions that organizations can make to improve well-being of workers.
Abstract: Two studies investigated the relationship between transformational leadership, the meaning that individuals ascribe to their work, and their psychological well-being. In Study 1, the perceptions of meaningful work partially mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and positive affective well-being in a sample of Canadian health care workers (N 319). In Study 2, the meaning that a separate sample of service workers (N 146) ascribed to their work fully mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and psychological well-being, after controlling for humanistic work beliefs. Overall, these results support and add to the range of positive mental health effects associated with transformational leadership and are suggestive of interventions that organizations can make to improve well-being of workers.

919 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed diagnostic criteria and measures of clinical change for age-associated memory impairment and developed a set of diagnostic criteria based on the report of a national institute of mental health work group.
Abstract: (1986). Age‐associated memory impairment: Proposed diagnostic criteria and measures of clinical change — report of a national institute of mental health work group. Developmental Neuropsychology: Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 261-276.

919 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20251
20244
202314,684
202229,980
202117,571
202014,764