Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences RSS feedThis is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.

United we thrive: friendship and subsequent physical, behavioural and psychosocial health in older adults (an outcome-wide longitudinal approach)
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that stronger friendships can have a dual impact on health and well-being. While stronger friendships appear to mainly promote a range of health and well-being outcomes, stronger friendships might also promote negative outcomes. Additional research is needed, and any future friendship interventions and policies that aim to enhance outcomes should focus on how to amplify positive outcomes while mitigating harmful ones.PMID:37964589 | DOI:10.1017/S204579602300077X (Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences)
Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences - November 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: E S Kim W J Chopik Y Chen R Wilkinson T J VanderWeele Source Type: research

Seasonal patterns of sickness absence due to diagnosed mental disorders: a nationwide 12-year register linkage study
CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest a seasonal variation in sickness absence due to common mental disorders and bipolar disorder, with high peaks in depressive, anxiety and sleep disorders towards the end of the year and a peak in manic episodes starting in spring. Rapid changes in light exposure may contribute to sickness absence due to bipolar disorder. The findings can help clinicians and workplaces prepare for seasonal variations in healthcare needs.PMID:37941381 | DOI:10.1017/S2045796023000768 (Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences)
Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences - November 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: M Virtanen S T örmälehto T Partonen M Elovainio R Ruuhela C Hakulinen K Komulainen J Airaksinen A V äänänen A Koskinen R Sund Source Type: research

Changing trends in the global burden of mental disorders from 1990 to 2019 and predicted levels in 25 years
CONCLUSIONS: Although the age-standardized burden of mental disorders has declined in the past 30 years, the number of new cases and deaths of mental disorders worldwide has increased, and will continue to increase in the near future. Therefore, relevant policies should be used to promote the prevention and management of known risk factors and strengthen the understanding of risk profiles and incidence modes of mental disorders, to help guide future research on control and prevention strategies.PMID:37933540 | DOI:10.1017/S2045796023000756 (Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences)
Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences - November 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yang Wu Lu Wang Mengjun Tao Huiru Cao Hui Yuan Mingquan Ye Xingui Chen Kai Wang Chunyan Zhu Source Type: research

COVID-19 risk, course and outcome in people with mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analyses
CONCLUSIONS: Once infected, people with pre-existing mental disorders are at an elevated risk for a severe COVID-19 course and outcome, including long COVID and mortality, relative to people without pre-existing mental disorders, despite an infection risk not significantly increased.PMID:37859501 | PMC:PMC10594644 | DOI:10.1017/S2045796023000719 (Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences)
Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences - October 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Patricio Molero Gabriel Reina Jan Dirk Blom Miguel Ángel Martínez-González Aischa Reinken E Ronald de Kloet Marc L Molendijk Source Type: research