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{"title":"Study protocol of the eating and nutritional habits in athletes and controls longitudinal examination - ENHANCE Study.","authors":"Anna J Esser-Seraphin, Vanessa T M Nguyen, Sheila Geiger, Georgios Paslakis, Adam Schweda, Hannah Dinse, Eileen Reinemann, Thomas Muehlbauer, Jochen Seitz, Gertraud Gradl-Dietsch, Eva-Maria Skoda, Martin Teufel, Alexander Bäuerle","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00544-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00544-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Training and body composition requirements in elite sports may elevate eating disorder (ED) risk. Current estimates suggest a range of 1-28% prevalence of ED in elite athletes, reflecting methodological heterogeneity, underreporting, and limited research focus. EDs adversely affect physical health (e.g., osteoporosis, fatigue, injury), psychological well-being, and athletic performance, often persisting beyond athletic careers. Sport-specific demands may obscure ED symptoms, making underdiagnoses likely. This longitudinal study's objective is to furnish proof for the theoretical model of disordered eating in elite athletes by examining the role of sport-specific indicators, to improve early identification and psychological diagnostics.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Three-hundred elite athletes from weight-sensitive (ballet, bodybuilding) and less weight-sensitive (soccer, racket sports, basketball) sports will complete assessments at four time points. A subgroup of 90 athletes will participate in clinical interviews. Logistic and hierarchical regressions will identify ED risk indicators and estimate the prevalence of EDs in athletes. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analyses will assess diagnostic accuracy of single and combined indicators with reporting of sensitivity, specificity, and the Area Under the Curve (AUC). Group differences and measurement invariance of ED instruments will be tested between the athlete group and 300 non-athlete controls.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Identifying reliable ED indicators in elite sports may support early intervention. This theory-based approach aims to enhance diagnostic accuracy and athletes' care.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>Prospective registration of the study in the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00035100) on 03 February 2025.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13427703/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148632933","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":"A mixed-methods evaluation of a psychosocial intervention to reduce mental health stigma among university students.","authors":"Josefine Retka, Elena Stoll, Emily Nething, Sara Marie Uhlig, Christin Schwiebert, Samuel Tomczyk","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00551-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00551-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Faced with personal and study-related stressors, students in higher education experience elevated levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms while often showing low help-seeking behavior. Although interventions have shown promise in enhancing student well-being, their potential to address stigma, which is closely linked to help-seeking, remains largely unexplored. The present study evaluates The Inquiring Mind (TIM), a Canadian anti-stigma program for post-secondary education, adapted for the German university context, assessing its potential to reduce stigma, increase mental health literacy and encourage continuum beliefs, the understanding of mental health and illness as existing on a spectrum rather than as fixed categories.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A sequential explanatory mixed-methods design was applied, using a quasi-experimental online survey (pre-, post- and follow-up assessment), and a subsequent focus group with program participants. A total of 58 students participated. The mixed-methods approach was selected to gain a better understanding of the program's impact and the effectiveness of specific components.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings revealed significant reductions in stigma in the intervention group at post-test and a significant increase in continuum beliefs at follow-up. While quantitative results showed no improvements in mental health literacy, qualitative analyses revealed greater awareness of mental health issues and self-stigmatizing processes, as well as improvements in the normality aspect of continuum beliefs.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Findings support the applicability of TIM in a new cultural context, contributing to research on the emerging concept of continuum beliefs and to the understanding of how interventions can influence post-secondary students' stigma. This systematic evaluation of an early, campus-based prevention program offers relevant insights for developing prevention strategies addressing students' post-pandemic mental health needs across diverse cultural and geographic settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13421715/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148622859","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":"Breastfeeding as a protective factor of maternal depression: a multi-country analysis from Africa and South Asia.","authors":"Amna Khalid, Rizwan Qaisar, Azhar Hussain","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00560-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-026-00560-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The association between breastfeeding (BF) and maternal mental health remains underexplored in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study examined the relationship between BF and depressive symptoms among mothers in selected LMICs across Africa and South Asia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a secondary analysis of nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Lesotho (n = 793; 2023-2024), Mozambique (n = 5092; 2022-2023), Bangladesh (n = 4971; 2022), and Nepal (n = 1401; 2022). The pooled sample comprised 12,257 mothers aged 15-49 years with complete data on BF status and depressive symptoms. Depression was assessed using DHS items adapted from the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), applying a dichotomous cut-off score of ≥ 10. BF was categorized as ever versus never. Country-specific and pooled logistic regression models were estimated, adjusting for maternal age, education, and household wealth.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Breastfeeding prevalence was high across countries (Lesotho: 92.3%; Mozambique: 96.3%; Bangladesh: 95.7%; Nepal: 98.9%), while the prevalence of depressive symptoms ranged from 4.0 to 7.6%. BF was associated with lower depressive symptoms in unadjusted analyses but reached significance only in Bangladesh (β = -0.861, p < .001) and the pooled sample (β = -0.449, p < .01) in the adjusted model. Overall, mothers who never breastfed showed a consistently higher risk of depression than those who had breastfed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This multi-country analysis provides evidence of an inverse association between BF and maternal depressive symptoms in LMICs, with significant effects observed primarily in Bangladesh. Integrating maternal mental health support into BF promotion programs may be beneficial. Longitudinal studies with more detailed BF measures are needed to clarify causal pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149247679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A qualitative narrative analysis of family carers supporting young adults in the early stages of psychosis.","authors":"Kristen E Zentner, Roxoliana Tsisar, Katherine Shettell, Adam Abba-Aji, Melanie Robles","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00548-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00548-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Considerable evidence exists to support family carers' positive impact on the recovery of young adults with psychotic illness. Despite best practice documents that champion family inclusion, many family carers experience obstructions to their involvement in care. The current study aims to trace commonly occurring episodes in the stories of carers of young adults with psychosis to gain a deeper understanding of their narrative and identify points in their stories where intervention and system support were needed.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Semi-structured interviews (n = 8) were conducted with carers who support a young adult with a psychotic illness. Audio-recorded interviews were transcribed and coded using narrative analysis. Common episodes in the families' stories were arranged into a meta-narrative, and common themes were situated under each meta-episode.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Meta-episodes synthesized from the data were (1) Blurry boundary between typical and atypical development, (2) Escalation of psychiatric symptoms, (3) Crisis event, (4) Repeated interactions with the healthcare system, (5) Hospitalization, and (6) Ongoing recovery.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Family carers experience a tumultuous and traumatic journey through the mental health system as they grieve losses within their family, support their loved one's recovery, and advocate for their loved one's care. This study raises consciousness about the carers' journey as they walk alongside a loved one with psychosis, calling on care teams to empathize with families, honour lived experience, prioritize carers as partners in care, and fortify carers with skills and education.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13683267/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149229377","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":"Gender-stratified associations between resilience dimensions and big five personality traits among emerging adult college students in India.","authors":"Shikha Verma, Nikita Singh, Ritika Bajpai, Indu Singh","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00542-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00542-0","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background: &lt;/strong&gt;Emerging adulthood is a developmental stage marked by identity exploration, psychosocial transitions, and heightened vulnerability to stress. Resilience and personality traits are important for adaptive functioning during this period; however, limited research has examined their multidimensional associations in Indian emerging adults, particularly in relation to how these traits influence coping strategies and overall mental health outcomes during this critical developmental stage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Objective: &lt;/strong&gt;This study examined the relationships between multidimensional resilience and Big Five personality traits among emerging adult college students, with a focus on gender differences in resilience and personality dimensions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Methods: &lt;/strong&gt;A descriptive cross-sectional correlational design was used with 335 college students (170 females, 165 males) aged 20-25 years from Kanpur Nagar, India. Participants were selected using disproportionate stratified random sampling. Personality traits were assessed using the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10), and resilience was measured using the Multidimensional Scale of Resilience-Hindi (MDRS-H). Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-tests, Pearson's correlations, and regression analysis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;Significant gender differences were observed across several resilience dimensions and personality traits. Females scored higher on internal locus of control, forgiveness, sociability, and agreeableness, whereas males scored higher on emotional maturity, extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, total personality, and overall resilience. Gender-stratified analyses indicated distinct associations between resilience dimensions and personality traits among males and females. Total resilience was positively associated with overall personality traits in both genders. Among females, assertiveness was positively associated with extraversion, sociability was negatively associated with neuroticism, and hardiness was positively associated with openness to experience. Among males, self-acceptance, humour, and assertiveness were associated with extraversion; forgiveness and emotional maturity were associated with agreeableness; and self-acceptance was associated with openness to experience. Effect sizes were modest.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion: &lt;/strong&gt;Resilience dimensions were selectively associated with personality traits, and these associations varied across gender. Although some gender differences were observed in specific resilience dimensions and personality traits, the findings emphasise the multidimensional nature of resilience and personality during emerging adulthood. The study highlights the importance of culturally contextualised approaches to understanding psychological adaptation and supports the need for longitudinal research to further examine developmental patterns linking resilience and personali","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13687474/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149240681","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 mediating effects of adaptive coping and sleep quality in the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and trauma outcomes.","authors":"Myriam El Khoury-Malhame, Maria-Jose Sanchez-Ruiz, Roni Chaaya, Chloé Mechleb, Ramón-Iker Soria-Royuela, Rita Doumit","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00555-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00555-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Response to trauma varies from post-traumatic distress (PTS) to post-traumatic growth (PTG) seemingly depending on internal and external individual resources. This study examines the relationships among trait Emotional Intelligence (trait EI), sleep quality, adaptive coping, and differential outcomes of trauma, namely PTS and PTG, in adolescents exposed to collective chronic adversities, including the health pandemic and sociopolitical instability.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study involved 612 high school students (323 women) aged between 14 and 21 (M = 16.44, SD = 1.25) from Lebanese public schools. Measures assessed trait EI through the (TEI-QUE), adaptive coping (Brief-COPE), post-traumatic stress (PCL-5), sleep quality through the Sleep Quality Assessment, and post-traumatic growth (PTGI-SF). Structural equation modelling (SEM) was performed with robust estimators.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Trait EI directly and indirectly associated with PTS and PTG. We found positive relationships between trait EI and adaptive coping (β = 0.58, p < .001) and trait EI and sleep quality (β = 0.37, p < .001), and between adaptive coping, and both PTS (β = 0.46, p < .001) and PTG (β = 0.43, p < .001). In addition, we found negative relationships between sleep and PTS (β = - 0.1, p < .05) and PTG (β = - 0.15, p < .001). The pathways involving adaptive coping and sleep quality were significantly associated with both PTS (β = 0.23, p < .001) and PTG (β = 0.19, p < .001), respectively, in relation to trait EI.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings indicate that trauma outcomes are associated with trait EI, adaptive coping strategies, and sleep quality. The study advocates for the integration of these evidence-based cognitive and behavioral trainings in educational programs designed for adolescents in high-risk environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13680344/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149225504","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":"Assessing the associated factors of anxiety and depression among the adult population to harness the demographic dividend in Nepal using the socio-ecological model.","authors":"Om Chandra Thasineku, Yogendra Bahadur Gurung, Dhanendra Veer Shakya, Sudesh Pandit","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00556-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00556-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Anxiety and depression are major global public health concerns and a growing mental health burden among working-age adults, potentially hindering low- and middle-income countries from realizing the demographic dividend. This study aims to examine associated factors with anxiety and depression among adults using a socio-ecological model.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used secondary data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2022 of Nepal among adults aged 15-49 years. Anxiety and depression were measured using GAD-7 and PHQ-9 and categorized as binary outcomes. Multivariable binary logistic regression was performed using complex sample analysis, accounting for stratification, clustering, and sampling weights to identify associated factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of anxiety and depression was higher among women (21.9% and 21.1%, respectively) than among men (11.3% and 11.1%, respectively). Among women, higher odds of anxiety and depression were observed among widowed/divorced/separated (AOR = 1.813 for anxiety;1.850 for depression), smokers (AOR = 1.615;1.528), those in the poorer wealth group (AOR = 2.033;1.848), and residents of Karnali province (AOR = 1.831;1.667) compared to their respective reference groups. Similarly, among men, higher odds were found among widowed/divorced/separated (AOR = 3.980;2.844), smokers (AOR = 1.583;1.354), those in the poorer wealth group (AOR = 2.094;2.280), and residents of Karnali province (AOR = 4.190;6.079), compared to their respective reference groups, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Harnessing demographic dividend requires prioritizing mental health through a comprehensive multisectoral approach that addresses not only existing individual-level anxiety and depression but also underlying interpersonal, community and societal factors such as structural disparities, economic inequalities, and uneven development across regions through coordinated actions across health, education, employment, social protection, culture-sensitive, and region-specific responsive strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13680341/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149225463","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":"Prevalence and risk factors of mental disorders in a cross-sectional study of adolescents in South China.","authors":"Feifei Wang, Lili Zhang, Xinyu Xiang, Andor Bodnár, Rishi Pednekar, Ruth Cortright, Isabella Overby, Jaspal Mahal, Mengqi Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00557-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00557-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The mental health of adolescents is a critical global public health priority. This large-scale, cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress, along with their key associated risk factors, among school-attending adolescents in South China.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An online anonymous survey utilizing the validated Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) and the Mental Health Test (MHT) was administered to 23,856 students (mean age = 13.57 ± 1.94 years) from primary, middle, and high schools.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results revealed concerning prevalence rates of mild-to-extreme symptoms: 27.9% for anxiety, 25.15% for depression, and 7.63% for stress. Severe study pressure (reported by 52%), loneliness (59%), and poor social relationships (50%) were identified as the predominant risk factors, with multivariate logistic regression confirming their significant associations with worse mental health outcomes (ORs ranging from 1.74 to 1.95).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This large-scale study quantifies high anxiety and depression prevalence among South Chinese adolescents, identifying study pressure, loneliness, social difficulties, and self-harm as key modifiable risk factors. This study calls for school-based mental health interventions and provides timely empirical evidence to promote student well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13680329/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149225516","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":"Digital doppelgangers in psychiatry.","authors":"Khaled Elbarbary, Sheikh Shoib","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00517-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00517-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Digital doppelgangers are individualized, continuously updated digital representations of a person constructed from behavioral, physiological, and contextual data streams, including smartphone metadata, wearable sensor outputs, social media activity, and environmental sensors. Whereas conventional digital twins in physical medicine primarily replicate anatomical structures and physiological parameters, psychiatric digital doppelgangers are designed to capture dynamic mental states, emotional trajectories, and behavioral pathways through aggregated multimodal digital traces. Preliminary research suggests potential clinical utility across several domains, including earlier detection of depressive and bipolar episodes, risk stratification for suicidal crises, and individualized treatment planning; however, most applications remain at the feasibility and proof-of-concept stage and have not yet achieved prospective clinical validation. Implementation raises substantive challenges, including informed-consent complexity under fluctuating decisional capacity, algorithmic bias arising from non-representative training datasets, diagnostic ambiguity in the interpretation of behavioral signals, inequitable access to required technology infrastructure, and the risk of reconfiguring the therapeutic relationship into a surveillance mechanism. Responsible development requires interdisciplinary collaboration among clinicians, technologists, ethicists, regulators, and patient communities, alongside robust ethical frameworks, prospective validation regimes, and genuine patient partnership throughout the development cycle. Digital doppelgangers represent a conceptually distinct but adjacent framework to digital twins, digital phenotyping, and AI-driven cognitive science models; their trajectory in psychiatry depends on whether technological ambition is matched by equally rigorous governance and a primary commitment to patient welfare.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13396074/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148564004","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":"Awareness and perception of postpartum depression among rural Indian mothers.","authors":"Seema Hemendra Satbhai, Shamim Mohammad","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00553-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00553-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Postpartum depression (PPD) is a major yet neglected public health concern that affects maternal and child health outcomes. Awareness of PPD is crucial for early detection and timely help-seeking; however, community-level awareness remains limited in India. This cross-sectional study assessed awareness of PPD and attitudes towards help-seeking behaviour related to PPD among postpartum mothers in rural Pune using a structured questionnaire. A total of 220 postpartum mothers between 6 weeks and 6 months post-delivery were recruited through consecutive sampling during immunisation sessions at Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in Haveli Taluka, Pune. Of the 220 participants, 57 (25.9%) had heard of PPD. Social media platforms (61.4%) were the primary source of information. Nearly half (50.9%) of the mothers who had heard of PPD perceived it as a \"normal part of motherhood.\" Inferential analysis indicated that awareness of PPD was significantly associated with maternal age and education level. The findings highlight low awareness of PPD and underscore the need to integrate maternal mental health literacy into routine community health education and antenatal counselling to improve early recognition and care-seeking.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13680582/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149225483","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}