Yi Lin, Jin-Ying Huang, Richard Rankin, Wang-Wei Lou, Xiao-Yong Li, Si-Jia Wang, Feng Tong, Qing-Hai Gong
{"title":"Associations of suicidal behaviors with body weight and body weight perception in Chinese adolescents: 2007-2022.","authors":"Yi Lin, Jin-Ying Huang, Richard Rankin, Wang-Wei Lou, Xiao-Yong Li, Si-Jia Wang, Feng Tong, Qing-Hai Gong","doi":"10.1007/s00127-024-02794-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00127-024-02794-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To estimate the time trend in the prevalence of suicidal behaviors including ideation and attempts in Chinese adolescents; to examine the association between suicidal behaviors and overweight (OW)/obesity (OB) and self-perceived weight status.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from Youth Risk Behavior Surveys conducted in Ningbo in 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022 were used for the study. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select respondents aged 12 to 19 years who participated in each survey. Repeated cross-sectional data of anthropometry, weight perception and suicidal behaviors were collected through self-administered questionnaires. A generalized linear model was used to assess associations of ideation and attempts, and weight status and self-perceived weight status.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The sample sizes for each survey wave were 937, 889, 1528 and 2655. The prevalence of ideation increased from 11.95% in 2007 to 18.15% in 2022, while the prevalence of attempts remained stable (4.48%-4.26%). An increasing trend in ideation and attempts was found in adolescents who were OW/obese and self-perceived OW/OB from 2007 to 2022. Self-perceived OW/OB adolescents had a significant increase in ideation. Girls had higher likelihood of ideation and attempts for both weight status and self- perceived weight status. While, adolescents aged 12.0-15.9 years had higher odds of ideation than those aged 16.0-19.9 years.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Adolescents' self-weight perception, rather than actual weight status, is a critical risk factor of increased likelihood of ideation and attempts in Chinese adolescents. Our findings can support to promote self-esteem growth in school-based health education programmes for prevention of suicidality and psychological health problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":49510,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"737-749"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yara Shoman, Setareh Ranjbar, Marie-Pierre F Strippoli, Roland von Känel, Martin Preisig, Irina Guseva Canu
{"title":"Longitudinal association of exposure to work-related stress with major depressive disorder and the role of occupational burnout in this association in the general population.","authors":"Yara Shoman, Setareh Ranjbar, Marie-Pierre F Strippoli, Roland von Känel, Martin Preisig, Irina Guseva Canu","doi":"10.1007/s00127-024-02735-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00127-024-02735-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To prospectively assess (1) the associations of Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI), its individual components, and over-commitment with (a) the onset of a Major Depressive Episode (MDE) during a 3.6-year follow-up in a population-based cohort in participants with no current Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in the beginning of the follow-up (n = 959), (b) incidence of MDD in the subsample of participants exempt from lifetime MDD (n = 490), and (c) the onset of a new MDE (i.e. recurrence) in the subsample of participants with remitted but no current MDD (n = 485), and (2) potential effect modification of burnout on these associations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>DSM-IV Axis-I disorders were elicited using the semi-structured Diagnostic Instrument for Genetic Studies at each investigation. The ERI Questionnaire was used to measure ERI and overcommitment. Burnout was measured with the Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey. Serially adjusted logistic regression models were used. The effect of burnout dimensions on these associations was assessed by testing interactions between the ERI and burnout dimensions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>(1) ERI was prospectively associated with the onset of MDE, even after adjustment for burnout [OR (95CI) = 1.22 (1.003-1.49)]. (2) The association between ERI and MDD incidence became non-significant after adjusting for burnout. (3) ERI was not associated with recurrence of pre-existing MDD. (4) burnout did not interact with ERI.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results support a longitudinal association between ERI and the risk of onset of MDE in the community. Burnout did not modify this effect, but it may partially account for the association between ERI and MDD incidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":49510,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"593-606"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11870932/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas McLaren, Lina-Jolien Peter, Samuel Tomczyk, Holger Muehlan, Georg Schomerus, Silke Schmidt
{"title":"A \"Self-Milieux\" perspective on help-seeking: examining the impact of a person's sociocultural background on help-seeking in people with untreated depressive symptoms.","authors":"Thomas McLaren, Lina-Jolien Peter, Samuel Tomczyk, Holger Muehlan, Georg Schomerus, Silke Schmidt","doi":"10.1007/s00127-024-02720-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00127-024-02720-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mental illness is a global concern and the leading cause of years lived with disability. Research on help-seeking behaviour has focused on individual factors, but there is still much unexplained variance. Suggesting complex interactions between determinants of human behaviour a new framework called Self-Milieux is proposed to represent a person's sociocultural background. The article introduces a statistical approach to determine Self-Milieux and exemplarily examines its predictive validity for health-related research.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Self-Milieux are determined through a two-stage clustering method based on the determinants socioeconomic status and self-construal profile. Descriptive analyses are used to compare Self-Milieux characteristics. Hierarchical binary logistic regression models test the association between Self-Milieux and help-seeking behaviour, while controlling for socioeconomic status as an established predictor.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The sample size was N = 1535 (M<sub>age</sub> = 43.17 and 64.89% female participants). Average depression severity was M = 12.22, indicating mild to moderate symptoms. Six Self-Milieux were determined and named. Participants from privileged (aOR = 0.38) and self-sufficient (aOR = 0.37) milieux were less likely to seek help from a general practitioner than those from the entitled milieu. Participants from privileged (aOR = 0.30), collaborators (aOR = 0.50), disadvantaged (aOR = 0.33), and self-sufficient (aOR = 0.21) milieux were less likely to seek help from family members than those from the entitled and family-bound milieux.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The study's strengths and limitations, as well as the cluster methodology, are discussed. The comparative results for the six Self-Milieux are interpreted based on current research. For example, participants from some milieux follow a help-seeking process proposed in previous research, while participants from other milieux seem to show a different process, one that ends in informal help-seeking.</p>","PeriodicalId":49510,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"579-592"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11870981/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141890654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations between gun violence exposure and suicide mortality rates in US counties.","authors":"Konstantinos Christopoulos","doi":"10.1007/s00127-024-02771-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00127-024-02771-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Gun violence traumatizes communities and places a heavy burden on the mental health of those exposed. This ecological study examines the association between gun violence exposure and suicide mortality rates in US counties for the period 1999-2020 at various urbanicity levels.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A Bayesian hierarchical Gamma-Poisson model with state random effects was employed to model the age-adjusted suicide mortality rates which adjusted for sex ratio, urbanicity, social vulnerability, gun ownership, culture of honor, and exposure spillovers from neighbouring counties.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results indicate a small significant positive association between gun violence and suicide mortality rates. Urbanicity levels do not appear to modify this association, although the association may be slightly smaller for large urban metros.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Gun violence exposure may be positively associated with suicide mortality in US counties.</p>","PeriodicalId":49510,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"719-725"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142331045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clotilde Vazquez Alvarez, Luwaiza Mirza, Jayati Das-Munshi, Tassia Kate Oswald
{"title":"Social connection interventions and depression in young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Clotilde Vazquez Alvarez, Luwaiza Mirza, Jayati Das-Munshi, Tassia Kate Oswald","doi":"10.1007/s00127-024-02722-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00127-024-02722-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Early adulthood is a period which may increase vulnerability to loneliness and mental health difficulties among young adults. Social networks play an important role in buffering against adverse mental health, but there is a lack of evidence around whether social connection interventions could play a role in preventing mental health difficulties for young adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted (PROSPERO ID: CRD42023395595). PubMed, PsycInfo, and Scopus were searched (01 January 2000-01 January 2023). Studies were eligible if they (i) were quantitative, (ii) included young adults (18-24 years) from the general population, (iii) tested a social intervention which aimed to increase the quantity or quality of social connections or reduce loneliness, (iv) had a comparison group, and (v) measured depression and loneliness/social connection as outcomes. Following study screening and selection, the data extraction and risk of bias assessments were independently conducted in duplicate. The Cochrane RoB-2 tool and ROBINS-I tool were used to assess risk of bias. Results were narratively synthesised and random effects meta-analysis with standardised mean differences was conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Six studies were included; four in-person interventions with higher education students, one online intervention with higher education students, and one intervention for youth involved in street life. The studies were mostly rated as having some or moderate concerns with risk of bias. The interventions were associated with an overall mean reduction in depression for young adults (SMD = -0.19; 95% CI, -0.33 to -0.05; p = 0.008; 4 studies, excluding studies with serious risk of bias). All interventions had beneficial effects on a range of diverse social connection outcomes, but there was no overall statistically significant mean reduction in loneliness for young adults in pooled analyses (SMD = -0.10; 95% CI, -0.24 to 0.05; p = 0.188; 3 studies).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Social connection interventions show some promise in improving depression and social connection outcomes in young adults but more high-quality research, across diverse settings, is needed in this area.</p>","PeriodicalId":49510,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"549-562"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11870875/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141989343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations between multiple sleep dimensions and suicide and non-suicidal self-injury: a cross-sectional study of 3828 Chinese young people.","authors":"Qiuyuan Chen, Lu Gong, Yalin Song, Jiangtao Zhang, Xinke Han, Yuhang Zhou, Lijie Li, Xili Jiang, Yudan Hao, Huijun Zhou, Xiaomin Lou, Xian Wang","doi":"10.1007/s00127-024-02689-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00127-024-02689-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Suicide and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) are preventable concerns in young people. Suicidal ideation (SI), suicidal plans (SP) and suicidal attempt (SA) are closely related to death. Sleep problems are known risk factors for suicide and NSSI. This study aimed to explore the relationship between sleep, suicidality and NSSI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were 3,828 middle school and college students aged 11-23 years from urban and rural areas of Henan Province. Sleep, suicidal phenomena and NSSI were assessed by applying self-reported questionnaires. Chi-squared tests were utilized to demonstrate the demographic data and sleep variables. The correlation between sleep, suicidality and NSSI were explored by using binary logistic regression, while adjusting socio-demographic characteristics with multivariate models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sleep variables except mid-sleep time were related to suicidal phenomena (P < 0.05). Greater social jet lag (SJL) [≥ 2 h (h)] was associated with increased risk of SI [Odds ratios (OR) = 1.72, 95% confidence intervals (CI):1.40-2.11], SP (OR = 2.10, 95%CI:1.59-2.79) and SA (OR = 1.50, 95%CI:1.00-2.26). Non-only child participants with SJL (≥ 2 h) had significantly increased odds of SI (OR = 1.75, 95%CI: 1.41-2.18) and SP (OR = 2.25, 95%CI: 1.66-3.05). Eveningness chronotype had the strongest correlation with SI (OR = 3.87, 95%CI:2.78-5.38), SP (OR = 4.72, 95%CI:2.97-7.50), SA (OR = 6.69, 95%CI:3.08-14.52) and NSSI (OR = 1.39, 95%CI:1.02-1.90).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Overlong or short sleep duration, SJL, eveningness chronotype and other sleep abnormalities (e.g., daytime dysfunction, low sleep efficiency) were associated with a higher prevalence of SI, SP and SA. Additionally, eveningness was significantly correlated with NSSI among young people. These findings suggested the importance of assessing and intervening in sleep habits to prevent suicide and NSSI in young people.</p>","PeriodicalId":49510,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"657-671"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141080415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Utilizing the CFIR framework for mapping the facilitators and barriers of implementing teachers led school mental health programs - a scoping review.","authors":"Rukhsana Roshan, Saima Hamid, Ramesh Kumar, Usman Hamdani, Saman Naqvi, Zill-E-Huma, Urfa Adeel","doi":"10.1007/s00127-024-02762-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00127-024-02762-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Ample evidence has been generated regarding the effectiveness of school-based mental health interventions as part of the continuum of care for children and capacity building of teachers to deal with the emotional and behavioral challenges of students. The increasing trend of utilization of teachers as the natural support system of children and the huge financial impact of public health interventions highlights the need to review all available evidence regarding multilevel factors that facilitate or pose a challenge to the provision of School Mental Health Programs (SMHP) using teachers as providers. The current review aims to map extracted evidence under the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) domains to support future implementation research on school-based mental health services.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The scoping review included experimental, qualitative studies, and systematic reviews involving teacher-led mental health programs conducted in the school setting to improve the socio-emotional well-being of children and adolescents irrespective of time and geographical limitations. All (published and unpublished) evidence in English from Pubmed, Cochrane database of systematic reviews and clinical trials, Scopus, and Science Direct was searched using keywords and Boolean combinations and extracted using study designs, place of study, year of publication, sample size, and target population. A qualitative analysis of implementation facilitators and barriers cited by the studies was carried out and mapped on CFIR.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This review identified barriers and facilitators of implementation across school-based mental health Programs in 29 studies. The major emerging themes were those related to the inner setting of the organization, the process of implementation, and the characteristics of individuals involved in implementation. These included the availability of structural characteristics, positive school culture, organizational readiness, committed leadership, and beliefs of the providers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings highlight the need for early assessment of contextual factors acting as barriers and facilitators and careful execution following realistic planning and stakeholders' engagement to ensure the success of SMHP.</p>","PeriodicalId":49510,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"535-548"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142478953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sumeyra Sahbaz, Pablo Montero-Zamora, Aigerim Alpysbekova, Christopher P Salas-Wright, Augusto Pérez-Gómez, Juliana Mejía-Trujillo, Saskia R Vos, Carolina Scaramutti, Eric C Brown, Mildred M Maldonado-Molina, Melissa M Bates, Maria Fernanda Garcia, Maria Duque, María Piñeros-Leaño, Seth J Schwartz
{"title":"Measuring depressive symptoms among Latinos in the US: a psychometric evaluation of the CES-D Boston form.","authors":"Sumeyra Sahbaz, Pablo Montero-Zamora, Aigerim Alpysbekova, Christopher P Salas-Wright, Augusto Pérez-Gómez, Juliana Mejía-Trujillo, Saskia R Vos, Carolina Scaramutti, Eric C Brown, Mildred M Maldonado-Molina, Melissa M Bates, Maria Fernanda Garcia, Maria Duque, María Piñeros-Leaño, Seth J Schwartz","doi":"10.1007/s00127-024-02782-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00127-024-02782-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We present a psychometric evaluation of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Boston Form (CES-D-B) for use with different Latino subgroups as there is inconsistency regarding its performance across subgroups of Latinos, a large and rapidly growing cultural group in the United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We evaluated the reliability and structural validity of the scores generated by the CES-D-B using four distinct Latino samples residing in US: Mexicans, Venezuelans, Cubans, and \"other Latinos\" (total N = 1033). To further explore structural validity of CES-D-B scores, we conducted measurement invariance analyses across different countries of origin, gender groups, educational levels, and languages of assessment (English, Spanish).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For all four samples, CES-D-B scores were highly reliable as indicated with the coefficients ranging from 0.82 to 0.88, and the factor structure provided an adequate fit to the data with the fit indices CFI/TLI ranging from 0.96 to 0.99, RMSEA estimates between 0.02 and 0.07, and SRMR estimates between 0.02 and 0.04. While measurement invariance analyses for different educational levels indicated scalar invariance across all samples, the same level of measurement equivalency was achieved only for Mexicans and Venezuelans with varying gender and languages of assessment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings indicated that CES-D-B scores are internally consistent, possess a strong four-factor structure, and have somewhat equivalent psychometric properties across diverse Latino groups. Findings from this study highlight the importance of considering gender and languages of assessment when assessing depressive symptoms of various Latino subgroups.</p>","PeriodicalId":49510,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"607-619"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142548561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Joinpoint analyses of rates on hospital-recorded deliberate self-harm: an update on Danish national trends.","authors":"Britt Reuter Morthorst, Michella Heinrichsen, Annette Erlangsen","doi":"10.1007/s00127-024-02795-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00127-024-02795-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is a public health concern and the high rates among adolescents and females warrant continuous monitoring. The aim of this study was to determine trends in DSH rates by gender and age in Denmark during 2000-2021 using joinpoint regression analysis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cohort design was applied to national register data on all individuals aged 10 + years living in Denmark during 2000-2021. DSH episodes were identified in somatic and psychiatric hospital data. Sex- and age-specific incidence rates (IR) were calculated by calendar years. Using joinpoint regression analyses, segments of change and their annual percent change (APC) were identified.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The highest DSH rates were observed for males and females aged 19-24 years with IRs of 146.8 (95% CI 142.9-150.7) and 378.6 (95% CI 372.1-385.0) per 100,000 person-years, respectively. Major changes in DSH rates were found for the youngest age groups. A step decrease was found for males aged 19-24 years (-18.4; 95% CI -31.9- -2.3; p = < 0.030) during 2012 to 2015. A significant decline was observed during 2012-2016 for females aged 19-24 years (-18.9; 95% CI -26.8 - -10.2; p = 0.001). Poisoning was the most frequently used method.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Seemingly, the financial recession in 2008 did not affect Danish DSH rates. Significant declines were observed for females in the years where means restrictive measures had been installed; thus, supporting their potential effect. Fluctuations in DSH rates among adolescents and young adults in recent years underscore the importance of continued monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":49510,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"727-736"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11870884/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142631176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mathieu Revranche, Margot Biscond, Fernando Navarro-Mateu, Viviane Kovess-Masfety, Mathilde M Husky
{"title":"The contribution of childhood adversities to the persistence of severe role impairment among college students: a follow-up study.","authors":"Mathieu Revranche, Margot Biscond, Fernando Navarro-Mateu, Viviane Kovess-Masfety, Mathilde M Husky","doi":"10.1007/s00127-023-02434-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00127-023-02434-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>While the association between childhood adversities (CAs) and negative mental health outcomes is robustly supported throughout the epidemiological literature, little is known about their contribution to the persistence of role impairment. The present study aims to investigate the association of three facets of CAs with the persistence of severe role impairment among college students using a follow-up design.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were drawn from the French portion of the World Mental Health International College Student Initiative. Students who completed both the baseline and 1-year follow-up surveys were included (n = 1,188). Exposure to 12 types of CAs before the age of 18 was assessed at baseline, and 12-month role impairment and 12-month mental disorders were assessed at baseline and follow-up. Logistic regressions estimated associations by jointly using types, number of types, and cumulative frequency of exposure to CAs as predictors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At baseline, 27.6% of students reported any severe role impairment. Among them, 47.5% reported the persistence of any impairment at one year. In models adjusted for 12-month mental disorders, only the frequency of CAs was associated with the persistence of impairment, namely college-related and other work impairment (aOR = 1.17, 95% CI [1.01, 1.35]).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Role impairment is prevalent among college students, and studies are needed to better understand its persistence. Beyond the primary prevention of early stressors, screening for and treating mental health problems during college may help reduce the impact of CAs on the persistence of role impairment.</p>","PeriodicalId":49510,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"751-761"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9925933/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10738583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}