Domestic violence against women during COVID-19 pandemic and its associated factors among Bench Sheko zone, southwest Ethiopia
Gebremeskel Mesafint, Nigusie Shifera, Alemayehu Sayih Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Domestic violence is an intimate relationship that causes physical, sexual or mental suffering. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had a ruinous effect globally, particularly in increasing the rate of domestic violence. Thus, this study aims to assess the prevalence of domestic violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated factors.A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on Bench Sheko Zone residents from May to June 2021. Participants in the study we...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gebremeskel Mesafint Nigusie Shifera Alemayehu Sayih Source Type: research
The sociocultural impact of COVID-19 on registered nurses employed at a regional health authority in a Caribbean island
Corey Dillon, Oscar Noel Ocho Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study is to examine the sociocultural implications of caring for persons with COVID-19 in a developing country context.In total, 156 nurses participated in the study. Stratified random sampling methodology was used. Data were collected via online self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics, including ANOVA tests were done.Nurses experienced stigmatization, discrimination and reduced income. Nurses functioned on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic and encountere...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - April 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Corey Dillon Oscar Noel Ocho Source Type: research
Editorial: 25 years on
Julian Ashton, Woody Caan Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp.1-3 (Source: Journal of Public Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - March 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Julian Ashton Woody Caan Source Type: research
Assessing theory of mind and social norms understanding in Indian children: adaptation and validation of Edinburgh social cognition test
Saniya Bhutani, Kamlesh Singh Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study is to adapt and validate Edinburgh social cognition test (ESCoT) for Indian children. In addition, exploring the effect of demographics on ESCoT.For content validity, 10 practicing psychologists and clinical psychologists gave their feedback about the test scenarios based on which the items were retained. The adaptation process involved 100 participants aged between 6 and 12 years. Informed consent from parents and verbal assent from the participant were taken. Demographics were collecte...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - February 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Saniya Bhutani Kamlesh Singh Source Type: research
How does per capita income growth affect bipolar and depression disorders in Africa?
This study therefore aims to examine the effect of per capita income growth on bipolar and depression disorders across African countries.The study uses data from secondary sources comprising 42 African countries over the period, 2002–2019, to achieve its objective. The prevalence of bipolar and major depressive disorders (depression) are used as the dependent variables, while per capita income growth is used as the main independent variable. The system Generalised Method of Moments regression is used as the estimation technique.In the baseline, the authors find per capita income growth to be associated with a reduction i...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - February 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mustapha Immurana Kwame Godsway Kisseih Ibrahim Abdullahi Muniru Azuug Ayisha Mohammed Toby Joseph Mathew Kizhakkekara Source Type: research
Social determinants of health and the well-being of the early care and education workforce: the role of psychological capital
Charlotte V. Farewell, Priyanka Shreedar, Diane Brogden, Jini E. Puma Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The early care and education (ECE) workforce plays a pivotal role in shaping early childhood developmental trajectories and simultaneously experiences significant mental health disparities. The purpose of this study is to investigate how social determinants of health and external stressors are associated with the mental health of ECE staff, which represent a low-resourced segment of the workforce; how psychological capital (psycap) can mitigate these associations.The authors ...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 31, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charlotte V. Farewell Priyanka Shreedar Diane Brogden Jini E. Puma Source Type: research
Multiple diagnoses in the context of parallel epidemics: methamphetamine, opioid use disorder and psychiatric conditions
Taylor Zande, Albert Kopak, Norman Hoffmann Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The most recent wave of the opioid epidemic in the USA has been complicated by a sharp increase in methamphetamine use. In addition, many people classified with opioid use disorder (OUD) and methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) present indications of psychiatric conditions. These diagnoses are also highly prevalent among people who are admitted to jails, but research conducted with this population is limited, due in part to the challenges associated with gaining access to local detention centers. This p...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Taylor Zande Albert Kopak Norman Hoffmann Source Type: research
Gender-modulated relationships among depression, light household tasks and physical activity: population-based moderation analysis
Domingo de-Pedro-Jiménez, Esther Foncubierta-Sierra, Esther Domínguez-Romero, Juan Vega-Escaño, Marta Hernández Martín, Cristina Gavira Fernández Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to study the influence of leisure-time physical activity on depression crises and the difficulty in performing light household tasks.A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the 2020 European Health Survey in Spain. A total of 1,076 individuals diagnosed with depression were selected. ANOVA, chi-square, Fisher’s exact test and Mann–Whitney U test...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Domingo de-Pedro-Jim énez Esther Foncubierta-Sierra Esther Dom ínguez-Romero Juan Vega-Esca ño Marta Hern ández Martín Cristina Gavira Fern ández Source Type: research
Meaning in life as a mediator of the relationship between COVID-19 stress and COVID-19 burnout in general population
This study will help us understand how to reduce the negative impact of COVID-19 stress (CS) on COVID-19 burnout (CB). The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of meaning in life (MIL) in the relationship between CS and CB in the general population.During the second wave of COVID-19 in India, 514 adults aged 18–75 years (M = 33.11 ± SD =10.42) completed the survey online. Testing of the model was conducted using the structural equation modeling technique.Results indicated that CS had a positive impact on CB. CS explained 49% of the variance in CB. A mediation model was used to examine the rel...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarita Sood Source Type: research
The COVID-19 pandemic and Google Search Trends
This study has implications for the policymakers, health experts and the government. The state governments must provide proper medical facilities and holistic care to the affected population. It may be noted that the findings of this study only lead us to conclude about the relationship between COVID-19 cases and deaths and Google Trends searches, and do not as such indicate the effect on actual behaviour.To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first attempt to investigate the relationship between the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the USA, UK and India and at the global level and RSVs for mental healt...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mahfooz Alam Tariq Aziz Valeed Ahmad Ansari Source Type: research
Cluster analysis of hikikomori-like idiom of distress in Oman
This study aimed to explore profiles of Omanis who have HLID.A cross-sectional online survey of 673 out of 1,529 Omanis identified with HLID using the Hikikomori Questionnaire (HQ-25) score of 42+.Two profile groups were determined through cluster analysis according to socio-demographic and HQ-25 outcomes. Subjects in cluster 1 (n = 168, 24.9%) are significantly younger (p < 0.001) and more educated (p = 0.019), spend more time online (p < 0.001) and are living alone (p < 0.001) than subjects in cluster 2 (n = 505, 75.1%). More subjects in cluster 1 had a past mental illness (p = 0.037) but less previous childhood...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - January 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Moon Fai Chan Nasser Al-Sibani Salim Al-Huseini Alkhatib Al-Saadi Saoud Al-Busaidi Jawaher Al Kharusi Nutaila Al Kharusi Gilles J. Guillemin Mohammed Al-Abri Samir Al-Adawi Source Type: research
Guest editorial
Gillian MacIntyre, Helen Hamer, Graziela Reis, Chyrell Bellamy Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp.93-97 (Source: Journal of Public Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - November 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gillian MacIntyre Helen Hamer Graziela Reis Chyrell Bellamy Source Type: research
Overcoming challenges of embedding child and youth mental health research in community NHS services
Gabriella Tazzini, Brioney Gee, Jon Wilson, Francesca Weber, Alex Brown, Tim Clarke, Eleanor Chatburn Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to examine the barriers and facilitators of conducting and implementing research in frontline child and youth mental health settings in the UK.Researchers, clinicians and commissioners who attended a workshop at the Big Emerging Minds Summit in October 2022 provided their expert views on the structural barriers and possible solutions to integrating research in clinical practice based on their experiences of child and young peopl...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - November 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gabriella Tazzini Brioney Gee Jon Wilson Francesca Weber Alex Brown Tim Clarke Eleanor Chatburn Source Type: research
Psychological wellbeing and avoidance strategies as moderators between excessive social media use and academic performance among Indian college students
This study aims to assess the negative aspect of social media use among college students in India. A conceptual model showing the relationship between excessive social media use (ESMU) and academic performance of college students has been developed and tested. Further, the moderating role of psychological well-being and avoidance strategies were investigated.A survey instrument was developed, and data was collected from 557 college students from higher educational institutions in southern India. First, the psychometric properties of the measures were tested using the Lisrel software for covariance-based structural equation...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - November 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Antin Mary Siluvai Hesil Jerda George Satyanarayana Parayitam Source Type: research
Pain and associated functional impairment in the Danish general population: the role of mental well-being
This study aims to investigate prospective associations of mental well-being at baseline with pain and functional impairment due to pain in the following year.Data stem from a Danish nationally representative survey of 5,000 adults (aged 15+) conducted in 2019 and 2020, which was linked to register data. The Short Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale was used to assess mental well-being, both continuously (range 7–35) and categorically (low, moderate, high). Logistic regressions were conducted to assess associations between mental well-being in 2019 and pain and functional impairment due to pain (among those repor...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - October 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ziggi Ivan Santini Ola Ekholm Ai Koyanagi Sarah Stewart-Brown Line Nielsen Charlotte Meilstrup Vibeke Koushede Lau Caspar Thygesen Source Type: research
