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Common Mental Disorders

open access: yesKathmandu University Medical Journal, 2012
Common mental disorders are a group of distress states manifesting with anxiety, depressive and unexplained somatic symptoms typically encountered in community and primary care settings. Risk factors for these disorders are mainly lower socio-economic status, psychological illnesses, poor reproductive health, gender disadvantage and physical ill-health.
openaire   +3 more sources

Biopsychosocial factors in body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes amongst preadolescent girls: cross-sectional and longitudinal perspectives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Research into the antecedents of disordered eating attitudes and body dissatisfaction in preadolescent girls is lacking, despite the physical and psychological developmental risks these phenomena pose.
Evans, Elizabeth Helen   +1 more
core  

CSF Monoamine Metabolites and Cognitive Trajectory in Early Parkinson's Disease

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Imaging and postmortem studies indicate that abnormalities in monoaminergic neurotransmission contribute to cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, it remains uncertain if cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) monoamine metabolites can serve as biomarkers of cognitive decline in early PD.
Jing‐Yu Shao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hikikomori and the false positives challenge: Comment on Amendola's “Clarifying the position of hikikomori in mental health”

open access: yesJournal of Pacific Rim Psychology
Amendola's review raises the question of whether some variants of hikikomori-type social withdrawal are not mental disorders but rather psychologically normal-range attempts to cope with a changing social environment that is unlike the one for which ...
Jerome C. Wakefield
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond direct exposure to violence: effects of living in disordered and violent communities on psychological distress in young Mexican people

open access: yesCadernos de Saúde Pública
: The association between community violence and mental health has been studied by reports of individual experiences, particularly in adolescents and youths, but little is known about the effect of living in disordered and violent communities. This study
Miguel A. Pérez-Sastré   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Body Dissatisfaction, Distorted Body Image and Disordered Eating Behaviors in University Students: An Analysis from 2017–2022

open access: yes, 2022
University students, as young adults, are at risk for Body Dissatisfaction (BD) and Distorted Body Image (DBI), which are related to Disordered Eating Behaviors (DEBs).
Samantha Ruth Novales-Huidobro   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Relationship Between Neurologic Symptoms and Signs and FMR1 Genotype in Premutation Carriers

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Fragile X‐associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS) is the most severe late‐onset condition caused by a premutation in the FMR1 gene, characterized by expanded CGG triplet repeats of 55–200. Clinical presentations of FXTAS, including gait ataxia, kinetic tremor, cognitive decline, and rare Parkinsonism, are linked to ...
Flora Tassone   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental health, eating disorder risk, and disordered eating patterns among Lebanese National Taekwondo Players: A cross-sectional study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
ObjectivesElite athletes, particularly those engaged in combat sports like Taekwondo, are exposed to unique physical and psychological stressors. These demands may increase vulnerability to mental health challenges such as anxiety and depression, as well
Maha Hoteit   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

An exploration of service users' experiences of a low secure forensic mental health service [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is an exploratory study of the experiences of service users in forensic mental health settings, including how service users make sense of these experiences and their link to identity.
Wilkinson, Catherine Elizabeth
core  

Multidisciplinary Teamwork in a UK Regional Secure Mental Health Unit a Matter for Negotiation?

open access: yes, 2007
Multidisciplinary teamwork in healthcare is strongly advocated in policy documents and the professional literature, but evidence about its value is sparse.
Heyman, Bob   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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