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Experiences From Treatment for Anxiety and Depression Among Youth in Foster Care: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Youth in foster care are at high risk of internalizing problems. However, research is scarce regarding their experiences of mental health treatment. This knowledge is important if mental health services are to meet their needs. Through qualitative interviews, we explored the experiences of youth in foster care (N = 9, aged 16–18 years) having ...
Yasmin Moussavi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Living in the City, You Can End Up With the City Living in You”: Urban Struggles and Mental Health in Accra, Ghana

open access: yesCity &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the intersection of city life and mental health in Accra, Ghana. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews and focus group discussions, it explores how urban precarity, infrastructural violence, and uncertainty in a rapidly shifting world contribute to mental distress.
Josiane Carine Tantchou
wiley   +1 more source

Single-item screening for agoraphobic symptoms: validation of a web-based audiovisual screening instrument.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
The advent of web-based treatments for anxiety disorders creates a need for quick and valid online screening instruments, suitable for a range of social groups.
Wouter van Ballegooijen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The clinical and cost effectiveness of a STAndardised DIagnostic Assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties: the STADIA multi‐centre randomised controlled trial

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background Standardised Diagnostic Assessment tools, such as the Development and Well‐Being Assessment (DAWBA), may aid detection and diagnosis of emotional disorders but there is limited real‐world evidence of their clinical or cost effectiveness. Methods We conducted a multicentre, two‐arm parallel group randomised controlled trial in eight large ...
Kapil Sayal   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Support Vector Machine Analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Interoception Does Not Reliably Predict Individual Outcomes of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2017
BackgroundThe approach to apply multivariate pattern analyses based on neuro imaging data for outcome prediction holds out the prospect to improve therapeutic decisions in mental disorders.
Benedikt Sundermann   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating a program to prevent anxiety in children of anxious parents: a randomized controlled trial

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background Pediatric anxiety disorders are prevalent, particularly among children with anxious parents. This trial evaluated a program for anxious parents aimed at preventing offspring anxiety disorders and symptoms over 12 months. Methods This parallel, randomized, controlled, open‐label trial was conducted at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sigrid Elfström   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anxiety disorders: Psychiatric comorbidities and psychosocial stressors among adult outpatients

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Psychiatry, 2018
Background: Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent class of lifetime mental disorders according to South African research. However, little is known about the prevalence of factors that might complicate treatment among adults in a psychiatric outpatient
Carla Nel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychoneuroendocrine stress response in female and male youth with major depressive disorder

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background Exposure to psychosocial stress is one of the strongest risk factors for major depressive disorder (MDD) in youth, but underlying neurobiological mechanisms are poorly understood. Previous studies on the neuroendocrine stress response in youth with MDD are scarce, limited to cortisol, and rarely considered sex differences.
Anka Bernhard   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Poststroke anxiety disorders in a Nigerian hospital: Prevalence, associated factors, and impacts on quality of life

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Sciences, 2017
Background and Purpose: Anxiety disorders impact negatively on morbidity and mortality poststroke. Few studies have, however, been done on poststroke anxiety disorders (PSAD), particularly in Africa. The study aims to determine the prevalence, associated
Osunwale Dahunsi Oni   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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