Backiyaraj Shanmugam, Basudeb Das, Dipanjan Bhattacharjee, Sinu Ezhumalai
{"title":"Expressed Emotions and Coping among Relapsed Persons with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome: A Comparative Study.","authors":"Backiyaraj Shanmugam, Basudeb Das, Dipanjan Bhattacharjee, Sinu Ezhumalai","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Alcohol dependence is a global public health issue; it is a chronic and relapsing illness. Relapse is multifaceted by both neurobiological and psychosocial processes.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To examine the expressed emotions and coping among persons with alcohol dependence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was descriptive and hospital-based. A purposive sampling technique was used. This study was conducted at the Centre for Addiction Psychiatry, CIP, Ranchi. The total sample size was 50. Twenty-five persons with alcohol dependence who relapsed within six months following treatment formed a study group. Another 25 persons with alcohol dependence who were abstinent for a minimum period of six months after treatment formed a comparative group. Ways of coping questionnaire and the level of expressed emotions scale were used, and informed consent was taken from the participants. Chi-square and independent sample 't' test, Pearson's correlation was used to analyse the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean age of relapsed patients was 35.3 years (S.D±7.6), and abstinent patients were 35.4 yrs (S.D±6.8), years of education of relapsed patients score was 12 yrs ±2.63 and 11.6 yrs ±3.26 in abstinent patients. A majority (60% )of relapsed patients were from rural background, 92% in the abstinent group were employed. 60% of abstinent patients had a family history of alcohol dependence. Abstinent patients had scored significantly high in all the domains of ways of coping. Relapse patients had higher scores in perceived lack of emotional support, perceived irritability, perceived intrusiveness, and perceived criticism compared to abstinent patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study provided further evidence that coping and perceived expressed emotions significantly influenced relapse among persons with alcohol dependence.</p>","PeriodicalId":93443,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of mental health","volume":"8 4","pages":"429-434"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8757773/pdf/nihms-1736932.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39825996","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":"Original Research Article_Study of Inter-Relationship Between Perceived Workplace Discrimination, Job Stress, Mental Well-Being, And Job Performance of Teachers","authors":"M. Pandey, Urmila Chakraborty, Aditi Bapte","doi":"10.30877/ijmh.8.3.2021.319-329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30877/ijmh.8.3.2021.319-329","url":null,"abstract":"Background: This study was planned to investigate the consequences of perceived workplace discrimination on job stress, mental well-being, and teachers' job performance in higher education. A conceptual model was proposed to illustrate the relationship between the study variables. Methodology: A correlational research design was adopted, and convenience sampling was used for data collection of 200 teachers. The participants of this study represented different streams of science and arts and were asked to fill questionnaires to collect relevant information on the subject matter. Results: Results show that (a) workplace discrimination is significantly positively related to perceived job stress, negatively related to mental well-being and overall job performance. Further, stepwise regression analysis shows that perceived job stress, job tenure, and workplace discrimination explain significant contributions (job stress emerged as best predictors of job performance) to the job performance of teachers and while job stress and gender explain significant contributions (job stress again emerged as best predictors of mental well-being) to the mental well-being of teachers. Results have been discussed in light of previous studies.","PeriodicalId":93443,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of mental health","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88027012","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":"Case Report_CBT based comprehensive psychotherapy in an elderly female with resistant chronic depression.","authors":"S. Manot, Susmita Halder","doi":"10.30877/ijmh.8.3.2021.342-346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30877/ijmh.8.3.2021.342-346","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The population of the elderly has been on the rise in recent years and this demographic trend is likely to continue. Depression tends to be common in the elderly. Further it is possible that cognitive abilities start deteriorating as a result of depression and even more so due to several changes that are already occurring. This may impact an individual’s cognition, functionality, and autonomy, may progress from a subclinical level to a pathological level if not intervened early. Medications work to reduce symptom severity but sometimes patients become resistant to it and other interventions have to be used. CBT techniques have been found to be effective to treat depression and further efficacy of reminiscence therapy for older adults with mild to moderate depression has been established. Method: The present study was undertaken with the objective of establishing the efficacy of a comprehensive psychotherapy program for an elderly woman, aged 66 years, who presented with a diagnosis of chronic depression, along with chronic pain and sub clinical cognitive limitations. Techniques of CBT, reminiscence therapy and cognitive training was carried out for 8 weekly sessions. Results: The outcome of the intervention showed improvements in overall functioning along with generalization of the training, thereby implicating the effectiveness of the intervention. Conclusion: Thus, it is important to promote active aging, fostering healthy mental functioning and training the cognitive capabilities, to avoid pathological aging or reducing its impact.","PeriodicalId":93443,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of mental health","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80408333","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":"Editorial_Functional Neuroimaging: some critical issues","authors":"K. Rupani, A. Sousa","doi":"10.30877/ijmh.8.3.2021.243-246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30877/ijmh.8.3.2021.243-246","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93443,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of mental health","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81589695","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":"Marital Quality in Middle Aged Women: A Qualitative study","authors":"Natania Cheguvera, Siddharth Dutt","doi":"10.30877/ijmh.9.2.2022.183-192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30877/ijmh.9.2.2022.183-192","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Marital quality is an essential feature of family life that affects one’s wellbeing; higher marital quality is linked to less vulnerability to depression, self-rated health, less physical ailments and subjective well-being and happiness. Cross sectional studies have found low marital satisfaction and happiness in middle aged adults compared to the younger or older adults, whereas cohort studies have revealed that marital quality tends to decrease after the initial of marriage years and into the middle adulthood and then either steadies or continue to decrease after midlife. This study explored marital quality in women and the dimensions that contribute to greater marital quality in midlife stage of marriage. Methodology: The sample consisted of 15 middle aged married women. A semi-structured interview schedule was used to explore their marital quality and the dimensions related to marital quality. The interviews were analysed using content analysis method. Results: The results showed that aspects such as handling problems and disagreements, communication, having an egalitarian approach, making compromises or adjustments, support of extended family were related to better marital quality. Conclusion: The study highlights that marital enrichment programs that focus on communication between partners, problem solving strategies and effective handling of disagreements can increase the marital quality and strengthen the marital relationship.","PeriodicalId":93443,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of mental health","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87051662","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":"Original Research Article_The Role of Mental Imagery in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Explorative Study","authors":"Shrayasi Roy, Sreemoyee Tarafder, Rupam Banerjee","doi":"10.30877/ijmh.8.3.2021.330-338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30877/ijmh.8.3.2021.330-338","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The present study aimed to investigate how mental imagery affects the manifestation of symptoms among people with OCD, considering its impact on symptom severity. Methodology: For the said purpose, we compared people with OCD (n=30) with a clinical control group (people suffering from Schizophrenia; (n=30) and community control group (n=30). Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (assess symptom severity of OCD), Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale (spontaneity of imagery), Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (vividness of imagery) along with Mental Clock Task (ability to generate images), Change Detection Task (maintenance of imagery), Match to Sample Task (image inspection), Mental Rotation Task (image manipulation-transformation), Ambiguous Figure Task (image restructuring) and Image Combination Task (mental synthesis) were used in the study. Results: The result suggests that there is a difference in terms of the spontaneous use of mental imagery in daily life among the three groups. Regression analysis showed that the Image Generation and Image Manipulation-Transformation capacity plays a role in the manifestation or maintenance of Obsessive and Compulsive symptoms in OCD. Both the factors independently predict the symptom severity of Obsessive Compulsive disorder, but not in Schizophrenia.","PeriodicalId":93443,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of mental health","volume":"99 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90812266","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":"Original Research Article_Social Media Addiction and Empathy among Emerging Adults","authors":"A. Bhojak, Vigraanth Bapu K. G.","doi":"10.30877/ijmh.8.3.2021.247-253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30877/ijmh.8.3.2021.247-253","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93443,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of mental health","volume":"202 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77006196","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":"Relationship between Attitude towards Menstruation, Self-esteem and Social Appearance Anxiety among Indian Cis-Gendered Women who Menstruate","authors":"Grishma Ashar, V. Kamat","doi":"10.30877/ijmh.9.2.2022.135-141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30877/ijmh.9.2.2022.135-141","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93443,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of mental health","volume":"171 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77566227","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":"Depression Among College Students: Prevalence And Associated Risk Factors","authors":"Gurmanbir Singh Dhillon, Simranpreet Kaur","doi":"10.30877/ijmh.9.2.2022.193-197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30877/ijmh.9.2.2022.193-197","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Depression is defined as persistent presence of low mood & sadness along with decreased interest in previously rewarding activities. Various studies conducted among college students have shown prevalence of depression to be ranging from 26% to 71%. The aim of the study was assessing the prevalence of depression among college students in J&K and to see effect of associated risk factors in occurrence of depression. Methodology: Survey among college students using self-designed sociodemographic questionnaire and pre validated Patient Health Questionnaire-9 to assess prevalence of depression; Study design: Cross-sectional study; Study sample: 924; Statistical analysis: Using SPSS version 26 Results: Out of total responders, Females were 660 (71.4%). Mean age of study population was 20.82 ± 2.29. Overall prevalence of depression was 59.8% among responders (32.3% Mild, 18.2% Moderate & 9.3% were Moderately severe to Severe). Prevalence amongst females was 60.3% and amongst males 58.3%. In associated risk factors, Odds of depression among those with history of Smoking was 3.57 (1.22-10.49 95% CI); History of Depression in Family 3.43 (2.04-5.79 95% CI); Personal history of Trauma/Major Accident/Assault 2.77 (1.64-4.70 95% CI); History of Long term treatment for medical condition in subjects 2.84 (1.55-5.19 95% CI); History of Chronic illness/ Life threatening illness in 1st degree relatives 1.94 (1.07-3.50 95% CI). Conclusion: High prevalence of depression among college going students is a major cause of concern with need to focus on creating awareness about it among students and college authorities, to improve health seeking behaviour with special attention to those with history of risk factors developing depression.","PeriodicalId":93443,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of mental health","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88707396","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":"Social Anxiety, Self-Esteem, and Resilience among Young Adult Females","authors":"Simran Brijwani","doi":"10.30877/ijmh.9.2.2022.158-164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30877/ijmh.9.2.2022.158-164","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93443,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of mental health","volume":"5 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72589064","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}