Article
Psychiatry
Susan R. McGurk, Haiyi Xie, Gary R. Bond, Kim T. Mueser
Summary: Cognitive remediation can improve cognitive functioning and employment outcomes in people receiving vocational services, reducing the adverse effects of impaired cognitive functioning on work performance.
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Michelle S. Wong, Kimberly Clair, Peter J. Stigers, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, Robert S. Kern, Sonya Gabrielian
Summary: This study aims to examine the association between vocational service use and housing outcomes among homeless-experienced Veterans engaged in permanent supportive housing. The study found that Veterans who used vocational services were more likely to attain housing.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Bernhard Ertl, Florian G. Hartmann, Anja Wunderlich
Summary: Building on Holland's RIASEC model, this paper examines the relationship between congruence and study outcomes, specifically students' persistence, performance, and satisfaction. The study distinguishes between social congruence (interest fit with study mates) and aspirational congruence (interest fit with desired occupation), as well as differences in effects based on gender and study areas. The analysis of over 10,000 university freshmen reveals that persistence is more related to social congruence, particularly for male students. STEM subjects show a notable correlation with aspirational congruence and balanced proportions of female students. However, only marginal correlations are found for satisfaction. The results highlight conceptual differences between social and aspirational congruence and underscore the importance of considering the interest-based person-environment fit in career counseling and initiatives to increase participation in STEM.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sidsel Marie Bernt Jorgensen, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Nina Fons Johnsen, Gunnar Gislason, Mohamad El-Chouli, Stig Brondum, Thomas Maribo, Maria Kristiansen
Summary: Returning to work and maintaining employment after cardiovascular disease is crucial for working-age individuals. Individuals with heart failure have the highest probability of not returning to work, highlighting the need for effective vocational rehabilitation strategies in comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programs.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sidsel Marie Bernt Jorgensen, Nina Fons Johnsen, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Stig Brondum, Thomas Maribo, Gunnar Gislason, Maria Kristiansen
Summary: The probability of feeling pressure to return to work after cardiovascular disease varies depending on age, sex, and diagnosis. Vocational rehabilitation needs to be improved and cardiac rehabilitation programs should include all core rehabilitation components.
Article
Psychiatry
David H. Erickson, Meighen M. Roes, Alessandra DiGiacomo, Amy Burns
Summary: The study found that the Individual Placement and Support strategy can help increase employment rates for individuals with early psychosis, especially during a phase when functional abilities may decline. Further research is needed to determine the optimal timing for providing employment support for these clients.
EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ayala Bloch, Tal Shany-Ur, Limor Sharoni, Narkis Bar-Lev, Tali Salomon-Shushan, Sari Maril, Eran Druckman, Dan Hoofien
Summary: Community-based neuropsychological rehabilitation interventions with a vocational focus are generally effective for brain injury survivors, with the timing of treatment and age at onset of treatment affecting the outcomes. This study found that starting vocational rehabilitation at a younger age and delaying its components can lead to higher levels of perceived quality of life, while starting early and minimizing delay can maximize the effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation for older participants. Overall, vocational rehabilitation can still be effective even when initiated many years after the injury.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Samantha J. Borg, Timothy Geraghty, Mohit Arora, Michele Foster, Ruth Marshall, Andrew Nunn, James W. Middleton
Summary: The study examined post-injury employment for individuals with spinal cord injury in Australia, finding that pre-injury employment and engagement with vocational rehabilitation resulted in higher post-injury employment rates. It took longer for individuals without pre-injury jobs to return to work, with one-third of the sample currently employed in less manual roles. Underemployment was identified in 16.6% of those currently working, indicating a need for more comprehensive early intervention services targeted towards employers and individuals.
Article
Rehabilitation
Samantha J. Borg, David N. Borg, Mohit Arora, James W. Middleton, Ruth Marshall, Andrew Nunn, Timothy Geraghty
Summary: This study explores the association between sociodemographic, health, functional independence, and environmental variables with employment outcomes for individuals with SCI. The results indicate that factors such as education level, marital status, gender, receipt of a disability pension, and age are associated with engagement in paid work. Employed individuals reported difficulties in completing their work, accessing the workplace, and unmet needs for assistive devices.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
James S. Krause, Clara L. Dismuke-Greer, Phillip Rumrill, Karla Reed, Melinda Jarnecke, Deborah Backus
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between prediagnosis employment, education, demographic statuses, disease factors, and job retention among people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The results showed that prediagnostic educational attainment, employment category, age, and race were significantly related to job retention. Additionally, disease severity and fatigue were found to have an impact on job retention.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Cahit Kaya, Kanako Iwanaga, Sharon Hsu, Esra Nur Akpinar, Jill Bezyak, Xiangli Chen, Fong Chan
Summary: This study investigates the relationships between demographic covariates, vocational rehabilitation services, and employment outcomes of individuals with anxiety disorders. The findings suggest that African Americans and Latinx, individuals with higher education levels, those without disability-related benefits, and those who received more vocational rehabilitation services are more likely to be gainfully employed. Furthermore, receipt of financial support for life crises, occupational credentials, and vocational rehabilitation counseling and guidance services were significant predictors of employment outcomes, while receipt of supported employment and transition services had a negative association with employment outcomes.
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
History
Ethan Schmick
Summary: This article examines the impact of vocational rehabilitation on labor market outcomes for World War I Army veterans from Missouri who were wounded and disabled during the war. The study finds that veterans who participated in the rehabilitation program had significantly better labor market outcomes, especially those who were wounded in action and disabled when discharged.
SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Emilie Hummel, Melanie Cogne, Marie Lange, Anatole Lecuyer, Florence Joly, Valerie Gouranton
Summary: This study provides an overview of sixteen vocational or ecological VR-based clinical studies among patients with cognitive impairment. The results highlight the importance of higher immersion in promoting participant engagement and transferability, which are rarely assessed in current literature. However, there is a lack of adaptivity in studies involving patients with cognitive impairments.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Kan-Yuan Cheng, Chia-Feng Yen
Summary: The pilot program of peer co-delivered vocational rehabilitation for persons with schizophrenia in Taiwan showed significant improvements in social support, occupational outcomes, weekly wage, and psychiatric symptoms after the interventions. This suggests that peer support services can enhance the recovery and functioning of individuals with schizophrenia.
Article
Neurosciences
Francisco Rodriguez Pulido, Nayra Caballero Estebaranz, Enrique Gonzalez Davila, Maria Jesus Melian Cartaya
Summary: The study in Spain on individuals with severe mental illness found that cognitive remediation combined with Individual Placement and Support program was more effective than IPS alone in improving cognitive functioning, employment rates, and hours worked.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Gabriele Gaigl, Esther Taeumer, Andreas Allgoewer, Thomas Becker, Johanna Breilmann, Peter Falkai, Uta Guehne, Reinhold Kilian, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Klemens Ajayi, Jessica Baumgaertner, Peter Brieger, Karel Frasch, Stephan Heres, Markus Jaeger, Andreas Kuethmann, Albert Putzhammer, Bertram Schneeweiss, Michael Schwarz, Markus Koesters, Alkomiet Hasan
Summary: Migration rates globally are increasing, leading to a need for national mental health services to adapt to the needs of individuals with migration backgrounds. This study found that compared to non-migrant patients, those with migration backgrounds were more satisfied with their overall treatment. However, there were no differences between the two groups in terms of treatment needs and utilization of mental health services.
Article
Psychiatry
Ceren Acarturk, Ersin Uygun, Zeynep Ilkkursun, Kenneth Carswell, Federico Tedeschi, Mine Batu, Sevde Eskici, Gulsah Kurt, Minna Anttila, Teresa Au, Josef Baumgartner, Rachel Churchill, Pim Cuijpers, Thomas Becker, Markus Koesters, Tella Lantta, Michela Nose, Giovanni Ostuzzi, Mariana Popa, Marianna Purgato, Marit Sijbrandij, Giulia Turrini, Maritta Valimaki, Lauren Walker, Johannes Wancata, Elisa Zanini, Ross G. White, Mark van Ommeren, Corrado Barbui
Summary: This study assessed the effectiveness of a self-help psychological intervention called Self-Help Plus in preventing the development of mental disorders among Syrian refugees in Turkey. The results showed that participants in the Self-Help Plus group were less likely to have any mental disorders at six-month follow-up compared to the control group. Furthermore, Self-Help Plus was associated with beneficial effects on symptoms of depression, personally identified psychological outcomes, and quality of life.
Editorial Material
Physiology
Hadley Wilson Horch, Wolfgang Roessler, Gaia Tavosanis
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Physiology
Fabian Schmalz, Basil El Jundi, Wolfgang Roessler, Martin Strube-Bloss
Summary: Multisensory integration plays a central role in perception, and honeybees' mushroom body output neurons (MBON) categorize incoming sensory inputs into olfactory, visual, and olfactory-visual information. Visual cues are encoded by separate MBON subpopulations, with some tuned to specific visual features such as light intensity and light identity, while others distinguish UV-light from other light stimuli. These findings suggest that the mushroom body categorizes sensory information and channels it through distinct MBON subpopulations.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Daniel Richter, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Johanna Breilmann, Alkomiet Hasan, Peter Falkai, Reinhold Kilian, Andreas Allgoewer, Klemens Ajayi, Jessica Baumgaertner, Peter Brieger, Karel Frasch, Stephan Heres, Markus Jaeger, Andreas Kuethmann, Albert Putzhammer, Bertram Schneeweiss, Michael Schwarz, Thomas Becker, Markus Koesters, Uta Guehne
Summary: This study assessed the experiences and attitudes towards exercise therapy in individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) and found that the majority of patients had a high preference for exercise therapy. Higher values in the GAF assessment and living in a metropolitan area predicted a high preference for exercise therapy among patients with severe mental illness.
FORTSCHRITTE DER NEUROLOGIE PSYCHIATRIE
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Oxana Kosenko, Karl Bechter, Thomas Becker, Florian Steger
Summary: Gerd Huber was an influential West German psychiatrist and neurologist of the postwar period, known for his significant contributions to the research of schizophrenia. The Huber Archive, containing his personal and professional papers, is of great importance for studying the history of psychiatry in postwar West Germany, the development of concepts in schizophrenia research and biological psychiatry, and other related topics.
PSYCHIATRISCHE PRAXIS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Behavioral Sciences
Gunther K. H. Zupanc, Wolfgang Roessler, Eric J. J. Warrant, Uwe Homberg, Kentaro Arikawa, Charlotte Helfrich-Foerster, Peter M. M. Narins, Andrea Megela Simmons
Summary: The Journal of Comparative Physiology A, which has a history of 99 years, has published influential papers in comparative physiology and related disciplines. The winners of the 2023 Editors' Choice Awards include papers on contact chemoreception in prey sensing by octopus and magnetic maps in animal navigation. The winners of the 2023 Readers' Choice Awards include papers on thermal homeostasis of honeybee colonies and a historical letter on Einstein and the honeybee by von Frisch.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Wolfgang Roessler, Robin Grob, Pauline N. Fleischmann
Summary: This review examines how Cataglyphis desert ants acquire spatial information and adjust their visual compass systems. The ants perform learning walks before transitioning from the dark nest to bright sunlight, using the Earth's magnetic field as a compass. Specific sky compass cues trigger neuronal plasticity in visual circuits, while passive light exposure induces changes in synaptic complexes upstream of the central complex. A multisensory circuit model is proposed to explain the structural neuroplasticity during learning walks.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Sarah White, Rahul Bhattacharya, Stephen Bremner, Alison Faulkner, Rhiannon Foster, Sarah Gibson, Lucy Goldsmith, Daniella Harnett, Akshaykumar Patel, Stefan Priebe, Julie Repper, Miles Rinaldi, Anthony Salla, Alan Simpson, Michael Ussher, Steve Gillard
Summary: The study found that individual's sexual orientation has an impact on their engagement in one-to-one peer support for mental health services, with non-heterosexual participants more likely to engage than heterosexual participants. Establishing a strong relationship with peers and engaging in relationship-building activities during the first contact increases the likelihood of engagement in peer support.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Thomas Becker, Georg Schomerus, Sven Speerforck
Summary: This article discusses the mental health reform processes in Great Britain and Italy, comparing their similarities and differences, and proposes a social history framework to understand these reform processes as part of societal development.
PSYCHIATRISCHE PRAXIS
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Jens Habenstein, Kornelia Gruebel, Keram Pfeiffer, Wolfgang Roessler
Summary: In this study, the honey bee cerebrum was anatomically and microscopically analyzed using immunolabeling and neuronal tract tracing techniques. A total of 35 neuropils and 25 fiber tracts were discovered. This brain atlas provides valuable information for studying multisensory integration in honey bees and comparative research.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Neurosciences
Wolfgang Roessler
Summary: This article provides a brief overview of the skills of Cataglyphis desert ants in multisensory learning and neuronal plasticity, focusing on their transition from the dark nest interior to performing first foraging trips. It highlights desert ants as experimental models for studying the neuronal mechanisms underlying behavioral development into successful navigators.
TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Sarah F. Roberts-Lewis, Helen A. Baxter, Gill Mein, Sophia Quirke-McFarlane, Fiona J. Leggat, Hannah M. Garner, Martha Powell, Sarah White, Lindsay Bearne
Summary: This is a protocol for a systematic review that aims to assess the effectiveness of social media in disseminating research evidence to health and social care practitioners. The review will compare the use of social media with no social media and identify the platforms, formats, and mechanisms that are effective in disseminating research evidence. The findings from this review will be valuable for informing the practice of research dissemination in the health and care field.
JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Leonie Ascone, Anja Christine Rohenkohl, Rene Hurlemann, Eva Meisenzahl, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Thomas Becker, Malek Bajbouj, Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal, Jurgen Gallinat, Martin Lambert
Summary: This essay proposes a matrix to visualize the indirect consequences of the pandemic, which include costs, morbidity, and mortality, compared to the direct effects of SARS-CoV-2. By using this matrix, virus-related and psychosocial risks for different populations can be assessed in a systematic and concise manner. The theoretical and empirical basis of COVID-19-related and psychosocial vulnerability, stressors, and consequences are derived, with an exemplary quantification of the matrix showing a high risk for severe COVID-19 consequences and pronounced psychosocial collateral effects for the vulnerable group of people with severe mental illness. This proposed approach could be further discussed for risk-graded pandemic management, crisis recovery, and future preparedness to address psychosocial collateral effects and protect vulnerable groups.
PSYCHIATRISCHE PRAXIS
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Felix Nickel, Marius Distler, Eldridge F. Limen, Philipp A. Wise, Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski, Patricia M. Tritarelli, Daniel Perez, Jakob R. Izbicki, Jan-Niclas Kersebaum, Jan-Hendrik Egberts, Thomas Becker, Lea Timmermann, Thomas Malinka, Marcus Bahra, Johann Pratschke, Beat P. Mueller-Stich, Juergen Weitz, Thilo Hackert
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2023)