Article
Psychiatry
Ariel B. Ganz, Benjamin Rolnik, Meenakshi Chakraborty, Jacob Wilson, Cyrus Tau, Matthew Sharp, Dallen Reber, George M. Slavich, Michael P. Snyder
Summary: This brief immersive psychosocial training program rapidly and significantly improved depression levels and several related secondary outcomes, suggesting that immersive interventions may be useful for reducing depressive symptoms and enhancing well-being.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ryan L. Brown, Michelle A. Chen, Jensine Paoletti, Eva E. Dicker, E. Lydia Wu-Chung, Angie S. LeRoy, Marzieh Majd, Robert Suchting, Julian F. Thayer, Christopher P. Fagundes
Summary: The negative emotions following stressful life events can increase the risk of depressive symptoms and perceived stress. The process model of emotion regulation helps distinguish adaptive and maladaptive strategies to determine who may be at a higher risk of psychological health problems. Heart rate variability (HRV) may affect these relationships as it measures aspects of self-regulation, including emotion and behavioral regulation. The study found that higher vagally mediated HRV can buffer the adverse effects of expressive suppression on depressive symptoms, and weakly for perceived stress. There was no evidence for an interaction between cognitive reappraisal and HRV, but there was a significant negative association between cognitive reappraisal and depressive symptoms and perceived stress. Future research can investigate whether intervening on emotion regulation strategies or HRV can change these individual characteristics over time.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Dalal Hammoudi Halat, Abderrezzaq Soltani, Roua Dalli, Lama Alsarraj, Ahmed Malki
Summary: In recent years, mental health concerns among faculty members in academia, such as stress, burnout, anxiety, and depression, have been increasingly recognized. The demanding work environment and the constant pressure to balance personal and professional duties, along with the multiple tasks of teaching, research, mentorship, professional development, and service, all have an impact on faculty's mental health and overall well-being. This paper is a narrative review that summarizes the available evidence on faculty mental health, including the factors influencing it and the prevalence of anxiety, depression, stress, and burnout among faculty from various academic fields and at different career levels. The paper concludes by suggesting strategies for work-life balance and effective interventions to improve faculty's mental health outcomes.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Giovanni de Girolamo, Clarissa Ferrari, Valentina Candini, Chiara Buizza, Gemma Calamandrei, Marta Caserotti, Teresa Gavaruzzi, Paolo Girardi, Katrine Bach Habersaat, Lorella Lotto, Martha Scherzer, Fabrizio Starace, Alessandra Tasso, Manuel Zamparini, Cristina Zarbo
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the mental health and well-being of citizens. This study examined the profiles of individuals with different levels of well-being and found that resilience, increased unhealthy behaviors, financial situation, and perceived risk of COVID-19 were significant factors influencing well-being.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Gavin Breslin, Stephen Shannon, Michael Cummings, Gerard Leavey
Summary: This study aimed to update a 2017 systematic review on the impact of sport-specific mental health awareness programs on knowledge and help-seeking behavior among coaches, athletes, officials, and parents. The findings suggest that these programs have benefits for athletes and recent studies have shown improvements in methodological design.
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Grazyna Wasowicz, Szymon Mizak, Jakub Krawiec, Wojciech Bialaszek
Summary: This study confirmed a negative correlation between negative emotions and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the mediating role of psychological flexibility. Negative emotions were shown to decrease general well-being by reducing psychological flexibility, but were also beneficial in helping individuals cope with critical, stressful situations like the pandemic.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Hannah Wepf, Stephen Joseph, Agnes Leu
Summary: This study found that benefit finding can directly improve the mental well-being of young carers, and also indirectly affect mental well-being through better coping and lower helplessness. This finding was not only consistent across young carers with different caring task profiles, but also has important implications for future intervention research.
JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Klaudia Sojta, Aleksandra Margulska, Maksymilian Plewka, Kacper Pleska, Dominik Strzelecki, Oliwia Gawlik-Kotelnicka
Summary: The study found that low levels of resilience may significantly predict increased severity of depressive symptoms and higher levels of anxiety related to childbirth among women in the perinatal period.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Seyed Mohammad Hossein Mahmoodi, Maryam Rasoulian, Elaheh Khodadoust, Zahra Jabari, Sahar Emami, Masoud Ahmadzad-Asl
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between subjective well-being (SWB) and mental health literacy (MHL). The results showed that the well-being of half of the educated Iranian citizens who participated in the study was poor. The study suggests that people's well-being cannot be improved by merely implementing mental health educational programs.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Antje Riepenhausen, Carolin Wackerhagen, Zala C. Reppmann, Hans-Christian Deter, Raffael Kalisch, Ilya M. Veer, Henrik Walter
Summary: Positive cognitive reappraisal plays a moderating role in the relationship between stressors and negative outcomes, and is positively associated with various resilience-related outcomes. It also serves as a mediator between other factors of resilience and resilience itself, indicating its proximal role in resilience.
Article
Nursing
Cynthia Delgado, Michael Roche, Judith Fethney, Kim Foster
Summary: Mental health nurses often experience emotional adversity and stress at work, impacting their psychological well-being. Strong associations were found between psychological well-being and workplace resilience, as well as depression. Possessing a postgraduate specialist qualification may be a key factor in improving psychological well-being for these nurses. Strengthening workplace resilience is an important strategy to support mental health nurses' well-being and reduce the risk of mental distress.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Borjana Kremzar Jovanovic, Maja Smrdu, Rok Holnthaner, Tanja Kajtna
Summary: This study found that the prevalence of mental disorders among elite athletes is comparable to that of the general population. Male athletes are more prone to substance abuse and exhibit higher impulsivity and risk-taking tendencies, while female athletes are more likely to develop eating disorders. It is important to prioritize and protect the psychological well-being of athletes.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lara Pinho, Tania Correia, Francisco Sampaio, Carlos Sequeira, Laetitia Teixeira, Manuel Lopes, Cesar Fonseca
Summary: The study found that anxiety and stress symptoms among nurses decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and nurses who frequently used mental health promotion strategies had significantly lower levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. Strategies such as physical activity, maintaining remote social contacts, and verbalizing emotions were identified as crucial in reducing nurses' psychological symptoms during the outbreak.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dan L. Crouse, Lauren Pinault, Tanya Christidis, Eric Lavigne, Errol M. Thomson, Paul J. Villeneuve
Summary: The study suggests that residential proximity to greenness has potential mental health benefits, but these benefits vary across different personal and neighborhood-level characteristics, such as gender, age, and urban form. Further research is needed to understand which features of greenness are most relevant to different sub-groups of the population in order to maximize these health benefits.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Thivya Laxshmy Raman, Nor Akmar Abdul Aziz, Sam Shor Nahar Yaakob
Summary: By comparing the impacts of walking in different natural environments, it was found that walking in urban green corridors, urban parks, and urban forests can significantly increase restorative effects. Urban green corridors can provide a refreshing environment, recreational parks are sufficient for stress reduction among working adults, while urban-forested areas are more effective in improving mental health.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Mitch J. Duncan, Elizabeth G. Holliday, Nicola W. Burton, Nicholas Glozier, Stina Oftedal
Summary: Physical inactivity and insomnia symptoms are independently associated with increased risk of poor mental health. This study examines the joint association of physical activity and insomnia symptoms with the onset of poor mental health in adults. The findings suggest that any level of physical activity combined with insomnia symptoms is associated with increased odds of poor mental health.
JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Asaduzzaman Khan, Mohammad A. Moni, Shanchita R. Khan, Nicola W. Burton
Summary: Prolonged screen time, especially exceeding 2 hours of watching television or playing electronic games, has a negative impact on life satisfaction among adolescents. This association is similar for both boys and girls in terms of their use of electronic devices.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Hugo Teixeira, Ratilal Lalloo, Jane L. Evans, Janet Fuss, Nancy A. Pachana, Nicola W. Burton
Summary: This study aims to identify common sources of occupational stress and their association with wellbeing in dentistry academics. The findings suggest that factors such as time pressure, workload and responsibility, job dissatisfaction, low social support, and uncertain job future are negatively associated with wellbeing in these dentistry academics.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Maureen Makama, Arul Earnest, Siew Lim, Helen Skouteris, Briony Hill, Helena Teede, Jacqueline A. Boyle, Wendy J. Brown, Allison M. Hodge, Lisa J. Moran
Summary: Childbearing is associated with increased weight and energy intake, decreased physical activity, improved diet quality, and reduced sitting time. More research is needed to improve weight, energy intake, and physical activity in women of childbearing age.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Sport Sciences
Melanie Hayman, Wendy J. Brown, Alison Brinson, Emily Budzynski-Seymour, Tracy Bruce, Kelly R. Evenson
Summary: The aim of this study was to synthesize the most recent public health guidelines on physical activity (PA) during pregnancy from different countries. The review found remarkable concordance in the advice offered across the guidelines, including recommendations for moderate intensity aerobic activity, pelvic floor and muscle strengthening exercises, modification of certain exercise positions, and warning signs to cease activity. However, there is a lack of specific recommendations for highly active women, trimester-specific considerations, and culturally specific advice.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Blythe J. J. O'Hara, Katherine B. B. Owen, Adrian E. E. Bauman, Sally Dunlop, Philayrath Phongsavan, Erin Furestad, Nicola Scott, Becky Freeman
Summary: This study investigates the association between potential exposure to smoking cessation campaigns evoking different emotions and quitting behaviors among Australian adults. The results suggest that campaigns evoking hope are associated with thinking about quitting and intending to quit, while campaigns evoking sadness are positively associated with quitting salience but negatively associated with quit attempts. Exposure to campaigns evoking multiple negative emotions increases the likelihood of making a quit attempt.
HEALTH PROMOTION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Isabel S. Moore, Kay M. Crossley, Kari Bo, Margo Mountjoy, Kathryn E. Ackerman, Juliana da Silva Antero, Jorunn Sundgot Borgen, Wendy J. Brown, Caroline S. Bolling, Benjamin Clarsen, Wayne Derman, Paul Dijkstra, Amber Donaldson, Kirsty J. Elliott-Sale, Carolyn A. Emery, Lene Haakstad, Astrid Junge, Nonhlanhla S. Mkumbuzi, Sophia Nimphius, Debbie Palmer, Mireille van Poppel, Jane S. Thornton, Rita Tomas, Phathokuhle C. Zondi, Evert Verhagen
Summary: The IOC made recommendations for recording and reporting epidemiological data on injuries and illness in sports in 2020, with little attention to female athletes. This supplement aims to propose a taxonomy for categorizing female athlete health problems, provide recommendations for data capture, and extend the existing consensus statement to include issues affecting female athletes. Ten domains of female health were identified, and recommendations for data capture will improve epidemiological studies and inform better injury prevention strategies.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2023)
Letter
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Maureen Makama, Arul Earnest, Siew Lim, Helen Skouteris, Briony Hill, Helena Teede, Jacqueline A. Boyle, Wendy J. Brown, Allison M. Hodge, Lisa J. Moran
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Sport Sciences
Nicholas D. Gilson, Dan Andersson, Zoe E. E. Papinczak, Zoe Rutherford, Julie John, Jeff S. Coombes, Wendy J. Brown
Summary: This study aims to assess the impact of acute and chronic high intensity interval training (HIIT) and sprint interval training (SIT) on work-related performance tests of cognitive function in adults. The results indicate that high intensity, short duration exercise can benefit cognitive function in adults, but there is limited evidence of its application in workplace contexts.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Kenneth I. Pakenham, Giulia Landi, Roberto Cattivelli, Silvana Grandi, Eliana Tossani
Summary: This study examined the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on psychological flexibility and inflexibility, and identified five different profiles. After controlling for other factors, individuals with different profiles showed differences in mental health. The results suggest a positive relationship between flexibility and mental health.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Shelley Viskovich, James A. Fowler, Kenneth I. Pakenham
Summary: Growing evidence suggests that online mental health interventions are cost-effective for addressing mental health problems among university students. This study provides data on the usage and characteristics of a specific online mental health promotion intervention called YOLO, both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings highlight the importance of online resources like YOLO for all university students.
AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGIST
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ruth Brady, Wendy J. Brown, Gregore I. Mielke
Summary: The aim of this study was to use accelerometer data to describe day-to-day variability in physical activity in mid-aged Australian adults, and to analyze it according to sociodemographic variables.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Genevieve S. E. Smith, Robert S. Ware, Wendy Moyle, Nicola W. Burton
Summary: Physical activity is crucial for the health and well-being of older adults, but their participation levels are low. Social support plays a significant role in promoting and maintaining physical activity, but existing research mostly focuses on cross-sectional studies without differentiating among types of support. This study examined four types of social support for physical activity over a 9-year period among adults aged 60-65. The results showed a decline in overall support for activity, with companionship experiencing the greatest decrease. More research is needed to understand the factors contributing to this decline and to facilitate access to support for physical activity among older adults.
JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Kenneth Pakenham, Giulia Landi, Silvana Grandi, Eliana Tossani
Summary: The purpose of this study was to examine the role of psychological flexibility in mediating the positive effects of resilience on distress and quality of life in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). The study found that higher levels of psychological flexibility were associated with increased positive impacts of resilience on distress and mental and physical health quality of life. These findings suggest that psychological flexibility skills can enhance resilience and improve mental health and quality of life in individuals with MS.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Medicine, General & Internal
Ranjeny Thomas, Nicola Burton, Hannah Mayr, Veronique Chachay, Aoife Sweeney, Kely Hollis, Coral Gartner, Jeff Coombs
INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL
(2023)
