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Mental health
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: Evolution of public attitudes about mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis finds that public attitudes towards mental illness have changed over time have changed significantly.
Abstract: Schomerus G, Schwahn C, Holzinger A, Corrigan PW, Grabe HJ, Carta MG, Angermeyer MC. Evolution of public attitudes about mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Objective: To explore whether the increase in knowledge about the biological correlates of mental disorders over the last decades has translated into improved public understanding of mental illness, increased readiness to seek mental health care and more tolerant attitudes towards mentally ill persons.
Method: A systematic review of all studies on mental illness-related beliefs and attitudes in the general population published before 31 March 2011, examining the time trends of attitudes with a follow-up interval of at least 2 years and using national representative population samples. A subsample of methodologically homogeneous studies was further included in a meta-regression analysis of time trends.
Results: Thirty-three reports on 16 studies on national time trends met our inclusion criteria, six of which were eligible for a meta-regression analysis. Two major trends emerged: there was a coherent trend to greater mental health literacy, in particular towards a biological model of mental illness, and greater acceptance of professional help for mental health problems. In contrast, however, no changes or even changes to the worse were observed regarding the attitudes towards people with mental illness.
Conclusion: Increasing public understanding of the biological correlates of mental illness seems not to result in better social acceptance of persons with mental illness.
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01 Jan 1986
TL;DR: An introduction and guide for therapists and counselors in the mental health professions to the approach as a reliable clinical treatment, health maintenance strategy, and prevention program.
Abstract: An introduction and guide for therapists and counselors in the mental health professions to the approach as a reliable clinical treatment, health maintenance strategy, and prevention program Includes a treating manual for increasing adaptive coping and behavioral competence and reducing daily stre
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01 Jan 1995TL;DR: The global context of well-being and mental illness and psychiatric services, as well as substance abuse and violence, and an agenda for action, are examined.
Abstract: 1. The global context of well-being 2. Mental illness and psychiatric services 3. Suicide 4. Substance abuse 5. Violence 6. Dislocation 7. Children and youth 8. Women 9. The elderly 10. Behavior and health 11. Conclusions and an agenda for action 12. An agenda for research
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TL;DR: The European Psychiatric Association (EPA) supported by the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) published a statement with the aim of improving the care of patients suffering from severe mental illness as mentioned in this paper.
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TL;DR: Mental health in the UK deteriorated compared to trends pre-Covid, particularly in young people, women and those living with young children, and inequalities may widen over time, as in other causes of recessions.
Abstract: Background: There is growing global concern about the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on population mental health. We examine changes in adult mental health in the UK population before and during the lockdown.
Methods: Secondary analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study Waves 6 (2014/15) to 9 (2018/19), matched to the Covid-19 web-survey completed by 17,452 panel members 23-29 April 2020. Mental health was assessed using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Repeated cross-sectional analyses were conducted to examine annual temporal trends. Fixed effects regression models were fitted to identify within-person change compared to preceding trends.
Findings: Mean population GHQ-12 score increased from 11·5 (95% confidence interval: 11·3–11·6) in 2018/19 to 12·6 (12·5–12·8) in April 2020, one month into lockdown. This was 0·48 (0·07-0·90) points higher than expected when accounting for prior upward trends between 2013 and 2019. Comparing scores within-individuals, adjusting for time-trends and predictors, increases were greatest in 18-24-year-olds (2·7, 1·89-3·48), 25-34-year-olds (1·6, 0·96-2·18), women (0·9, 0·50-1·35), and people living with young children (1·45, 0·79-2·12). People employed before the pandemic averaged a notable increase (0·6; 0·20-1·06).
Interpretation: In late April 2020, mental health in the UK deteriorated compared to trends pre-Covid, particularly in young people, women and those living with young children. Those in employment before the pandemic also experienced greater deterioration one month into lockdown, perhaps due to actual or anticipated redundancy. While deterioration occurred across income groups, we anticipate inequalities may widen over time, as in other causes of recessions.
Funding Statement: This study was unfunded.
Declaration of Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics Approval Statement: The data used are publicly available via UK Data Service repository (study numbers 6614 and 8644), and do not require ethical assessment for academic research purposes.
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