Jean d'Amour Muziki, Marie Paule Uwimbabazi, Thaoussi Uwera, Assumpta Muhayisa, Jean Mutabaruka
{"title":"The mediating role of positive feelings in the association between adaptation to disability and positive emotional well-being in a sample of students with congenital physical disabilities.","authors":"Jean d'Amour Muziki, Marie Paule Uwimbabazi, Thaoussi Uwera, Assumpta Muhayisa, Jean Mutabaruka","doi":"10.1007/s44192-024-00121-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-024-00121-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adaptation to disability (AD) is linked to positive feelings (PF) and positive emotional well-being (PEWB), while emotional suppression can improve adaptation and provide temporary PEWB but will not lead to sustainable positive mental health. This study examined whether and to what extent PF might mediate the link between AD and PEWB in a sample of students with congenital physical disabilities (CPD) in Rwanda.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A sample of 46 students with CPD (21 females, i.e., 45.65% and 25 males i.e., 54.34%; mean age: M = 20 years; SD = 2.05) were administered questionnaires to assess their AD, PF, and PEWB.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results showed that PF (r = - 0.37, p < 0.05) and PEWB (r = - 0.37, p < 0.05) were significantly and negatively correlated with AD, while PF was significantly and positively correlated with PEWB (r = 0.70, p < 0.01). Results further suggested that there was a strong indirect negative relationship between AD and PEWB mediated by PF (a*b = - 0.68, Bootstrap CI95 = - 1.30 and - 0.26), with the Sobel test statistics of - 2.4131 against a significant one-tailed p-value (p < 0.01) and two-tailed p-value (p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results emphasize that understanding AD and PF for students with CPD at risk of decreased PEWB could lead to suitable interventions. Also, results can be used by future researchers, policymakers, and other related institutions to understand the inner feelings of students with CPD for further support.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11659543/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142856962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development and validation of Believers' Death Anxiety Scale: integrating religious dimensions into death anxiety assessment.","authors":"Waqar Husain, Achraf Ammar, Khaled Trabelsi, Haitham Jahrami","doi":"10.1007/s44192-024-00120-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-024-00120-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Death anxiety has traditionally been measured without considering religious beliefs related to death, such as afterlife, the grave, and punishment. The present study was aimed at developing and validating a new scale to address this limitation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was carried out in four phases and recruited a total of 2250 conveniently selected participants aged 18-59. Believers' Death Anxiety Scale (BDAS) was developed and validated according to the reputed standards for scale development and validation. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed. The convergent validity was established by correlating BDAS with the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale. Discriminant validity was established by correlating BDAS with the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Internal consistency and reliability were assessed through Cronbach's alpha, item-total, and item-scale correlations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The BDAS consists of fifteen items distributed across five subscales: worry, terror, despair, avoidance, and thoughts. The BDAS exhibited a strong factor structure, with five distinct factors consistently exceeding acceptable factor loadings. Convergent validity was confirmed through positive correlations with depression, anxiety, and stress, while discriminant validity was demonstrated through a significant inverse correlation with life satisfaction. The scale demonstrated excellent internal consistency and reliability across all phases of testing.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The BDAS emerges as a valuable and innovative instrument for researchers and practitioners seeking to comprehensively assess death anxiety, considering the often-overlooked role of religious dimensions.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11615169/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142775002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Art therapy to control nail biting using a cognitive behavioral approach through new innovative game and animation.","authors":"Sevil Momeni Shabanı, Fatemeh Darabi, Ahad Azimi, Nazila Nejaddagar, Keyvan Vaziri, Masoud Shabani","doi":"10.1007/s44192-024-00106-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-024-00106-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nail biting is categorized as a habitual behavior, commonly observed in children and occasionally in adults. This disorder occurs unconsciously, with individuals often unaware of their behavior. Since there are physical and psychological complications and quality of life problems in nail -biting, addressing this problem is very important and there are many theories in support of art therapy including: psychodynamic; humanistic (phenomenological, gestalt, person centered); psycho-educational (behavioral, cognitive behavioral, developmental); systemic (family and group therapy); as well as integrative and eclectic approaches. Art therapy, applied through various methods, serves as a strategy for habit modification. This study evaluates the impact of art therapy as a game and animation on controlling nail biting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The research was conducted as a single-group clinical trial, assessing participants before and after the intervention without a control group. The sample size was 14 participants, picked by the convenience technique. All students were referred to a counseling service center for nail-biting management. Seven girls and seven boys aged 9-12 participated in this study. Initially, the children were medically examined to confirm their physical well-being. Subsequently, assessments were made regarding parenting styles and anxiety levels, followed by baseline measurements and documentation of nail-biting frequency prior to the counseling intervention. Considering the importance of family support in empathizing with the child and the role of loneliness and anxiety in nail biting, two questionnaires (Goodenough's Draw-a-Man Test and Baumrind's Parenting Style Inventory) have been used for this study. A game and animation that increases self-awareness skills and reveals the cognitive error of the false pleasure of nail biting for the child, as well as alternative preventive behaviors are used in this study. Parents and children were then instructed as to how to use the new games and animations created for this purpose as part of the counseling sessions to address nail biting. The frequency of nail biting was monitored throughout the study, and finally, the data were subjected to a statistical analysis. It should be said that not having a control group in this research is one of the limitations of the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results indicated a remarkable improvement in nail biting frequency following the introduction of the games, demonstrating a significant reduction in the behavior. The findings showed that the total number of times of nail biting in the group increased from 149 times a day at the beginning of the study to 20 times a day at the end of the intervention, and it actually shows an 86 percent decrease in the habit of nail biting in the group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Given the effectiveness of the art therapy intervention in curbing nail biting, ","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11612087/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142774834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizaveta Berezina, Ai-Suan Lee, Colin Mathew Hugues D Gill, Jie Yun Chua
{"title":"Is a picture worth the same emotions everywhere? Validation of images from the Nencki affective picture system in Malaysia.","authors":"Elizaveta Berezina, Ai-Suan Lee, Colin Mathew Hugues D Gill, Jie Yun Chua","doi":"10.1007/s44192-024-00116-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-024-00116-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Several validated image sets, such as NAPS, IAPS, GAPED, and OASIS, have been developed to elicit affective states. However, these image sets were primarily validated on Western populations within European and American contexts, and none have been fully validated in a Southeast Asian sample, where emotional restraint may also be valued similarly to the East Asian contexts. This study aimed to validate and provide norms for the Nencki Affective Picture System (NAPS; Marchewka et al., 2014) within a Malaysian sample. Subsets from the 1356 NAPS images consisting of five image categories (faces, people, objects, landscapes, animals) were presented sequentially to 409 Malaysian adults aged 18 and above, who rated images for valence, arousal and approach/avoidance on a 9-point Likert scale. Valence, arousal and approach/avoidance norms were compared against the original European sample. Malaysian men and women rated images with lower valence and motivation than Europeans, but Malaysian men showed higher arousal ratings compared to European men, while Malaysian women exhibited the opposite pattern, with lower arousal ratings than European women. A linear regression was found instead of a classic 'boomerang' shaped quadratic regression previously observed in Western samples, suggesting that emotional suppression may be at play, in line with social norms. The Malaysian normative ratings will be freely available to all researchers.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11612132/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142775007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are mental dysfunctions autonomous from brain dysfunctions? A perspective from the personal/subpersonal distinction.","authors":"Marko Jurjako","doi":"10.1007/s44192-024-00117-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-024-00117-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite many authors in psychiatry endorsing a naturalist view of the mind, many still consider that mental dysfunctions cannot be reduced to brain dysfunctions. This paper investigates the main reasons for this view. Some arguments rely on the analogy that the mind is like software while the brain is like hardware. The analogy suggests that just as software can malfunction independently of hardware malfunctions, similarly the mind can malfunction independently of any brain malfunction. This view has been critically examined in recent literature. However, other less discussed reasons suggest that mental dysfunctions cannot be reduced to brain dysfunctions because mental dysfunctions are appropriately ascribed at the level of intentional mental states, while brain dysfunctions are solely related to abnormalities in anatomy and physiological processes. This paper questions why such a view would be upheld. The discussion is framed within the interface problem in the philosophy of cognitive science, which concerns the relationship between personal and subpersonal levels of explanation. The paper examines the view that an autonomist perspective on the personal/subpersonal distinction could justify the separation of mental dysfunctions, described in intentional terms, from brain dysfunctions, described in anatomical or physiological terms. Ultimately, the paper argues that the autonomist view cannot be upheld in psychiatry and, consequently, does not provide a principled justification for rejecting the reduction of mental dysfunctions to brain dysfunctions.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11612085/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142775428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distribution and association of road traffic accident with depression among Indian population aged 45 years and above: nested multilevel modelling analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional survey.","authors":"Pritam Halder, Sayan Saha, Anshul Mamgai, Abhinav Chandra Sekhar Kolachala, Ankita Chattopadhyay, Shivani Rathor, Manish Chandra Prabhakar","doi":"10.1007/s44192-024-00118-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-024-00118-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The prevalence of important public health problems like road traffic accidents (RTA) and depression are surging. This study was aimed to estimate distribution and determine the association between RTA and depression among Indian population aged 45 years and above: overall and stratified into age group, gender and across states/union territories as aspirants, achievers, and front runners.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) dataset (April 2017-December 2018), we have conducted this study among middle aged (45-59 years) and older adults and elderly (≥ 60 years) Indians. Bivariate analysis was conducted to estimate the prevalence of RTA and depression nationally and across aspirants, achievers, and front runner states. States and union territories were categorised as low, medium, and high as per RTA and depression prevalence, which were further cross tabulated. Spatial distribution maps were created using Microsoft Excel. We have documented the association of RTA with depression. To reduce the confounding effects of demographic and socioeconomic; health related and behavioural covariates; propensity score matching (PSM) was conducted. Nested multilevel regression modelling was analysed using STATA version 17.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Prevalence of RTA was 1.84% (1.74-1.94) nationally, highest among achiever states [2.04% (1.82-2.30)]. Prevalence of depression was 6.08% (5.90-6.26) nationally, highest among aspirant states [7.02% (6.74-7.30)]. The adjusted odds of having RTA was significantly among depressed [aOR (95% CI) 1.76 (1.45-2.15)] than non-depressed participants; which was much higher among females [aOR (95% CI) 1.93 (1.43-2.62)] than in males [aOR (95%CI) 1.67 (1.29-2.16)] and much higher among middle aged [aOR (95%CI) 2.08 (1.63-2.65)]. Odds of RTA was highest across front runners [aOR (95%CI) 1.86 (1.26-2.72)] followed by aspirant states [aOR (95%CI) 1.79 (1.37-2.33)].</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study established the positive association between depression and road traffic accidents among middle aged, older adults and elderly. Therefore, efforts must be taken to address mental health issues in them with proper policy implication more focused on females and middle aged. Front runner's states should get the limelight followed by aspirant states.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11604859/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142741588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alain Favina, Everest Turatsinze, Dan Lutasingwa, Joan Abaatyo, Fred Mulisa, Ritah Mukashyaka, Deborah Kansiime, Nicholas Hobe, Octave Ngabo, Jean Marie Vianney Rukanikigitero, Moses Ochora, Louange Twahirwa Gutabarwa, Precious Azubuike, Aflodis Kagaba, Mark Mohan Kaggwa
{"title":"Unveiling the burden: prevalence and predictors of psychological distress among domestic workers in Kigali-Rwanda.","authors":"Alain Favina, Everest Turatsinze, Dan Lutasingwa, Joan Abaatyo, Fred Mulisa, Ritah Mukashyaka, Deborah Kansiime, Nicholas Hobe, Octave Ngabo, Jean Marie Vianney Rukanikigitero, Moses Ochora, Louange Twahirwa Gutabarwa, Precious Azubuike, Aflodis Kagaba, Mark Mohan Kaggwa","doi":"10.1007/s44192-024-00112-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-024-00112-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Psychological distress is becoming more prominent among employees in various workplaces, and domestic work may not be an exception. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of psychological distress and associated factors among domestic workers in Rwanda.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study captured data from 870 domestic workers in Kigali City, Rwanda. Psychological distress was measured using questions from the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Binary Logistic regression analyses were used to ascertain the factors associated with psychological distress.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of psychological distress was 50.1%. The likelihood of having psychological distress was higher among females, those using substances of abuse, those having over four dependents in the household, and those having worked as domestic workers longer.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Half of the domestic workers in Kigali-Rwanda experience distress. To mitigate this burden, awareness of psychological distress among domestic workers and improvement of services to mitigate psychological distress should be increased. These services should particularly target those who are female, with more dependents, who have worked longer in the profession, and who use substances of addiction.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11589022/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142711683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Joan Abaatyo, Keneth Opiro, Margret Sikoti, Felix Bongomin
{"title":"Patterns and outcomes of individuals admitted at emergency units following intentional self-harm in Northern Uganda.","authors":"Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Joan Abaatyo, Keneth Opiro, Margret Sikoti, Felix Bongomin","doi":"10.1007/s44192-024-00115-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-024-00115-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We retrospectively reviewed charts of 253 self-harming patients admitted to emergency units in Northern Uganda in 2021. Twenty-two (8.7%) died by suicide, especially due to organophosphate poisoning (n = 14, 63.6%). Regarding self-harm management, observed differences were noted in the type of hospital and the use of antidotes between public and private facilities. There is a need for more studies and a multisector approach to prevent and treat self-harm in Uganda.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11589079/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142717769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of emotion regulation strategies as the mediator between self-compassion and depression among undergraduates in Yunnan province, China.","authors":"Yu Peng, Zahari Ishak","doi":"10.1007/s44192-024-00114-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-024-00114-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Self-compassion (SC) and its influence on mental health have always been a significant focus in psychological research, especially given the alarming prevalence of depression among Chinese university students. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between SC, encompassing both self-warmth and self-coldness, and depression among Chinese undergraduates, with emotion regulation strategies (ERS) serving as a mediator. The sample comprised 21,353 undergraduates from Yunnan Province, China, with data collected at two time points (T1 and T2). SC was measured using the Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form (SCS-SF), while depression was assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). ERS were measured using the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-short (CERQ-short). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results demonstrated that the model of self-warmth, self-coldness, ERS, and depression fit the data well. Upon controlling for depression at T1, both self-warmth and self-coldness were significant predictors of depression through ERS. ERS were found to be a significant mediator in this study. The results indicated that self-warmth enhances adaptive ERS and reduces maladaptive ERS, leading to lower levels of depression, while self-coldness has the opposite influence.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11564448/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142633970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Layali N Abbasi, Tewfik K Daradkeh, Mohamed ElWasify, Sanad Abassy
{"title":"Prevalence of substance use among a sample of patients attending an outpatient psychiatric clinic in Amman, Jordan.","authors":"Layali N Abbasi, Tewfik K Daradkeh, Mohamed ElWasify, Sanad Abassy","doi":"10.1007/s44192-024-00113-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-024-00113-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The issue of substance use is increasingly being recognised as a significant global public health concern. In relation to its influence in the Arab world, scholarly investigation continues to be regarded as relatively constrained in scope. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of substance use among patients with psychiatric disorders, as well as the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of this patient population. This cross-sectional study included 671 patients with psychiatric disorders who attended an outpatient private psychiatric clinic in Amman, Jordan, between January and May 2023. We compared the demographic and clinical characteristics of substance-using and non-substance-using patients. Bivariate and multiple binary logistic regression analyses were used to investigate factors associated with substance use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The patients were aged 20-80 years, with a mean age of 32.45 ± 10.18 years. Most patients were men, more than half were single and unemployed, and mood disorders were the most prevalent psychiatric disorder. Male sex, a younger age, lower educational attainment, current unemployment, and having a family history of substance use were associated with substance use. Substance users exhibited a higher propensity for engaging in self-harming behaviours, having medical conditions, and being subjected to emotional trauma.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study found that patients with psychiatric disorders are vulnerable to experiencing substance use. Clinicians should contemplate directing their attention towards patients as a strategy to proactively address the issue of emerging substance use and enhance overall treatment outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11564451/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142633899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}