{"title":"Exploring Emotional Contagion and Emotional Mimicry in Schizotypy: Uncovering Residual Effects Post Depression Control.","authors":"Mathilde Parisi, Ludovic Marin Pr, Tifenn Fauviaux, Lina Sayem, Marie-Pierre Soulé, Carla Leone, Stéphane Raffard Pr","doi":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001840","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Schizotypy, a trait vulnerability for psychotic disorders, is linked to social functioning deficits. Emotional contagion (the transfer of emotion between individuals) and emotional mimicry (the imitation of emotional expression) are key to social interactions but remain understudied in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. This study examined schizotypy's influence on these processes while controlling for depression.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Sixty healthy participants completed a questionnaire assessing emotional contagion, emotional mimicry, schizotypy (SPQ-B), and depression (BDI-II). Emotional contagion was measured through self-reported emotions before and after emotional videos. Emotional mimicry was assessed by analyzing webcam-recorded facial expressions using OpenFace.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Higher schizotypy correlated with increased sadness contagion and reduced joy contagion, though effects were nonsignificant when controlling for depression. Higher schizotypy was linked to decreased sadness mimicry.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings highlight the role of emotional processes in schizotypy and schizophrenia, emphasizing their potential impact on social interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16480,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144731794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How is Burnout Self-identified?","authors":"Nicole Russo, Andrew Camara, Gordon Parker","doi":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001843","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction/trial design: </strong>We report a cross-sectional study pursuing the sources of information that lead individuals to judge that they had burnout.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An online survey in 2023 involved 903 Australians who judged they had burnout. Participants nominated their key symptoms, consulted sources, and completed the Sydney Burnout Measure (SBM) and the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants' own knowledge and awareness were the most nominated sources, while only 29.5% of sufferers received a diagnosis from a health professional. Those who consulted a health professional returned higher SBM and BAT scores and rates of physical symptoms, sleep changes and loss of executive function, suggesting greater syndrome severity. Participants nominated more symptoms than the three currently thought to define a burnout syndrome, but none were universally nominated.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Study findings challenge the dominant triadic model of burnout and assist in understanding why a clinical diagnosis of burnout is complex.</p>","PeriodicalId":16480,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144731795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Illicit Opioid Use Risk Based on Parent Drug Abuse History: Testing for Age-Graded Effects.","authors":"Thomas Wojciechowski","doi":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001846","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Prior research indicated intergenerational transmission of substance use behaviors via genetic mechanisms. However, there remain gaps in our understanding of these processes. There is a dearth of research examining parental drug use as a predictor of offspring illicit opioid use among justice-involved youth and age-graded effects.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Pathways to Desistance data were analyzed. Mixed effects modeling examined the direct effect of parent drug use history on offspring illicit opioid use risk and tested for moderation by age.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Having a parent with a history of drug use predicted increased offspring's illicit opioid use risk, net of all control covariates. There was no significant interaction with age.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The impact of parent drug use history appears to exert a consistent effect on opioid use risk across the life-course. Justice-involved youth whose parents have a history of drug use should be prioritized for intervention to prevent opioid use.</p>","PeriodicalId":16480,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144674916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychiatric Comorbidities in Fibromyalgia: A Comparison With Chronic Conditions and Healthy Controls.","authors":"Chen Avni, Maya Morr, Dana Sinai, Paz Toren","doi":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001836","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread pain and psychiatric comorbidities, but robust comparative data remain limited.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study compared psychiatric diagnoses and medication use among matched groups with fibromyalgia, chronic pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, and healthy controls (total N=5,040), using data from a large national health care provider.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Psychiatric disorders were most prevalent in fibromyalgia, followed by chronic pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, and healthy controls. In fibromyalgia patients, anxiety (55.1%) and depression (48.7%) were predominant, accompanied by extensive medication use. Notably, fibromyalgia showed exceptionally high relative risks for Cluster B personality disorders (RR=34), personality disorders overall (RR=24), and PTSD (RR=22.75).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Fibromyalgia patients experience significantly elevated psychiatric comorbidities compared with other chronic conditions. Comprehensive and integrated multidisciplinary care strategies are necessary to address the distinct psychiatric burden associated with fibromyalgia. This study extends prior work by directly comparing fibromyalgia to other chronic conditions and identifying distinct psychiatric risk patterns in a culturally diverse national cohort.</p>","PeriodicalId":16480,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144642835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martha Zimmermann, Kimberly A Yonkers, Bengisu Tulu, Lindsey Ford, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers, Camille A Clare, Edwin D Boudreaux, Stephenie C Lemon, Nancy Byatt
{"title":"Adapting an Anxiety Sensitivity Intervention for Perinatal Mental Health: Development of a Digital Intervention.","authors":"Martha Zimmermann, Kimberly A Yonkers, Bengisu Tulu, Lindsey Ford, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers, Camille A Clare, Edwin D Boudreaux, Stephenie C Lemon, Nancy Byatt","doi":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001841","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001841","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The goal of this study was to adapt an anxiety sensitivity intervention for mobile health delivery to perinatal populations experiencing economic marginalization.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A community-engaged and user-centered design approach informed the prototype of Reaching Calm. We conducted \"think-aloud\" interviews with perinatal individuals (n=15) experiencing elevated anxiety and economic stressors. Acceptability and usability were assessed with the Treatment Evaluation Inventory Short Form (TEI-SF) and System Usability Scale (SUS), respectively. We used rapid qualitative analysis to analyze interviews and the Framework for Reporting Adaptations and Modifications-Expanded (FRAME) to characterize adaptations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean TEI-SF and SUS scores were 4.3 and 88.0, respectively. Participants reported the content was helpful, values consistent, addressed cultural norms, and elicited feelings of reassurance. Recommendations included additions to content and options for customization. Adaptations included modifications to context and content.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest high acceptability and usability. Community-engaged, user-centered design may enhance digital intervention acceptability for perinatal individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":16480,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease","volume":" ","pages":"167-179"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144608567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing Grief and Prolonged Grief Disorder: Can One Size Fit All?","authors":"Holly G Prigerson, Paul K Maciejewski","doi":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001838","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001838","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this article is to provide conceptual, technical, and practical explanations for why a single instrument can serve as a multi-purpose measure of grief. Our thesis is based on a conceptualization of Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) as persistent, intense grief. We show how grief severity (i.e., a dimensional component) and persistence of intense grief based on the amount of time that has elapsed since the death (i.e., a temporal component) permit a reliable and accurate method for distinguishing pathological grief (i.e., PGD) from nonpathological grief. In principle, any instrument that assesses these basic dimensional and temporal aspects of grief adequately will suffice to assess grief and PGD. Psychiatric measurement tools can be adapted to fit essentially all applications aimed at assessing grief, both pathological and not.</p>","PeriodicalId":16480,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease","volume":"213 7","pages":"159-163"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12282586/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144731796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Meta-analysis of Critical Time Intervention on Clinical and Psychosocial Outcomes.","authors":"Jack Tsai, Shannon W Schrader, Hind A Beydoun","doi":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001839","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001839","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This brief report describes a limited meta-analysis of controlled studies evaluating critical time intervention (CTI) on select clinical and psychosocial outcomes. Outcome data on 14 domains and 3 broad indices across 8 experimental and quasi-experimental studies were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Random-effect meta-analytic models with pooled standardized mean differences (SMDs) were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Groups that received CTI had significantly better outcomes on quality of life (SMD = 0.23, 95% CI: 0.05, 0.41, p = 0.01), homelessness (SMD = -0.20, 95% CI: -0.35, -0.04, p = 0.02), and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Positive Symptom scores (SMD = -0.16, 95% CI: -0.28, -0.05, p = 0.01) than comparison groups at follow-up. CTI also had better outcomes on a created general health outcome index (SMD = -0.28, 95% CI: -0.59, 0.03, z = 1.79, p = 0.07).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>CTI has small effect size impacts on several clinical and psychosocial outcomes. The lack of similar measures precluded meta-analysis of other outcomes, such as service engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":16480,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease","volume":" ","pages":"164-166"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144575683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hua Lin, Kimberly A Greder, Robert E Larzelere, Isaac J Washburn, Ronald B Cox
{"title":"The Influence of Parent-Youth Shared Language Erosion on Hispanic Immigrant Youth Anxiety Problems.","authors":"Hua Lin, Kimberly A Greder, Robert E Larzelere, Isaac J Washburn, Ronald B Cox","doi":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001842","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001842","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Shared language erosion (SLE) may contribute to anxiety in Hispanic immigrant youth by increasing stress and parent-youth conflict. This study examined the relationship between SLE and anxiety, considering parent-youth conflict and youth perceived stress as possible mediating factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were collected from 107 Hispanic immigrant 7th-grade youth (53% females) and their parents (88% mothers). Path analysis was used to test the mediation model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Model fit was good: χ2(1) = 1.28, p = .26; RMSEA = 0.05; CFI = 1.00; and SRMR = 0.03. The effect of SLE on youth anxiety was fully mediated by youth perceived stress. In addition, SLE was associated with stress both directly and indirectly through parent-youth conflict.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest SLE may be a contributing factor to anxiety among Hispanic immigrant youth and a novel intervention target to help reduce stress-related mental, emotional, and behavioral health problems among Hispanic immigrant youth-an increasing at-risk segment of the U.S. population.</p>","PeriodicalId":16480,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease","volume":"213 7","pages":"180-185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144731797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Combating Mental Illness Microaggressions in Colleges and Improving Mental Health.","authors":"Sebahat Sevgi Uygur","doi":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001834","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001834","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study aims to examine (a) the mediating role of cultural intelligence, (b) the moderating role of previous psychological treatment in the relationship between interpersonal mindfulness and mental illness microaggressions, (c) the predictive effects of cultural intelligence, interpersonal mindfulness, and previous psychological treatment on mental illness microaggressions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This moderated-mediation model was tested using data from 908 Turkish college students who completed the Interpersonal Mindfulness Scale, Cultural Intelligence Scale, Mental Illness Microaggression Scale-Perpetrator.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results confirmed the mediating role of cultural intelligence, but not the moderating role of previous psychological treatment. Regression analyses showed that all variables together explained 52% of the variance in mental illness microaggressions, but previous psychological treatment did not contribute significantly.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings highlight the role of interpersonal mindfulness and cultural intelligence in reducing mental illness microaggressions, while previous psychological treatment had no impact on variable associations. These results offer insights for addressing mental illness microaggressions in college students.</p>","PeriodicalId":16480,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease","volume":" ","pages":"151-158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144575682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zrnka Kovačić Petrović, Tina Peraica, Mirta Blažev, Dragica Kozarić-Kovačić
{"title":"Alcohol Dependence and Quality of Life: Role of Gender and Psychiatric Comorbidities.","authors":"Zrnka Kovačić Petrović, Tina Peraica, Mirta Blažev, Dragica Kozarić-Kovačić","doi":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001830","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NMD.0000000000001830","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>To address the lack of studies on the impact of gender and psychiatric comorbidities on alcohol dependence (AD) and quality of life (QoL), we conducted a cross-sectional study. We compared QoL between 328 men and 86 women with AD, and 215 healthy men and 120 women. Additionally, we examined the association of alcohol-related variables and psychiatric comorbidity with the QoL of men and women with AD while controlling for sociodemographic variables. A structured clinical interview for sociodemographic and alcohol-related variables, Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.), and World Health Organization QoL (WHOQoL)-BREF scale, was applied. QoL was poorer for AD subjects compared to healthy controls, with no gender differences. Regression analysis showed that the number of hospitalizations and AD with personality disorder predicted poorer QoL for men, whereas AD with depression predicted poorer social relationships for women. These findings suggest the need for gender-differentiated treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":16480,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease","volume":" ","pages":"124-133"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}