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Psychiatry
Seong-Uk Baek, Jong-Uk Won, Jin-Ha Yoon
Summary: This study explores the correlation between long working hours and the onset of risky alcohol use. The study involved a representative sample of 11,226 workers in South Korea and used the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test to assess risky alcohol use. The findings indicate that working over 55 hours per week is associated with a higher likelihood of risky alcohol use, and this association is observed in both male and female workers. Cumulative exposure to long working hours (>40 hours per week) is positively correlated with risky alcohol use in a dose-dependent manner. Therefore, implementing appropriate work-hour policies is crucial in preventing workers from engaging in risky alcohol use.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Nicolas Castellanos-Perilla, Miguel German Borda, Sara Catano, Salomon Giraldo, Audun Osland Vik-Mo, Dag Aarsland, Rahul Tony Rao
Summary: This study explores how individual depressive symptoms contribute to different patterns of alcohol consumption in Colombian older adults living in the community. The results indicate diverse associations between different depressive symptoms and drinking frequency and level. This study has important implications for interventions aiming to reduce alcohol-related harm in older adults with different patterns of depressive symptoms.
ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Aitor Hernandez-Hernandez, David Oliver, Miguel Angel Martinez-Gonzalez, Miguel Ruiz-Canela, Sonia Eguaras, Estefania Toledo, Pedro Antonio de la Rosa, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Alfredo Gea
Summary: Alcohol drinking patterns, especially adherence to the Mediterranean alcohol-drinking pattern, can affect the risk of hypertension. Low adherence to the Mediterranean alcohol-drinking pattern is associated with a higher incidence of hypertension, while high adherence is associated with a lower incidence.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Blanca Garcia-Vazquez, Gonzalo Martinez-Ales, Eduardo Fernandez-Jimenez, Jorge Andreo-Jover, Berta Moreno-Kustner, Sergio Minue, Fabiola Jaramillo, Ines Moran-Sanchez, Irene Martinez-Morata, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Carmen Bayon, Maria-Fe Bravo-Ortiz, Roberto Mediavilla
Summary: This study describes the use of psychological support among healthcare workers in Spain following the initial outbreak of COVID-19 and explores its association with workplace and COVID-19-related factors.
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Psychology, Clinical
Ellin K. Erevik, Stale Pallesen, Oystein Vedaa, Cecilie S. Andreassen, Amandeep Dhir, Torbjorn Torsheim
Summary: The study aimed to investigate if general and alcohol-related social media use predicts symptoms of depression and anxiety. Despite finding some positive associations between specific social media use variables and depression and anxiety, these associations became non-significant when accounting for other factors.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
(2021)
Article
Economics
Francis Mitrou, Ha Trong Nguyen, Huong Thu Le, Stephen R. Zubrick
Summary: This paper uses a fixed effects instrumental variables model and a nationally representative panel dataset from Australia to provide robust evidence on the causal impact of mental distress on cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking behaviors. The study finds that mental distress significantly increases the prevalence and intensity of both cigarette and alcohol consumption, and also significantly increases household monetary expenditures on tobacco and alcohol. These impacts are more pronounced among lower educated individuals or children of smokers, and slightly higher among males. The findings highlight the importance of mental health screening and treatment programs, especially among lower educated individuals or children of smokers, to prevent addictive behaviors.
EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Michael James Green, Michaela Benzeval, Desmond Campbell, Peter Craig, Evangelia Demou, Alastair Leyland, Anna Pearce, Rachel Thomson, Elise Whitley, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi
Summary: The study found that psychological distress increased during the COVID-19 lockdown, especially among women and young adults. Smoking rates decreased, but unfavorable alcohol consumption generally increased.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Kristen L. Lavallee, Xiao Chi Zhang, Silvia Schneider, Juergen Margraf
Summary: This study examined the relationship between obesity and mental health using longitudinal data from Germany and China. Results showed that the effects of obesity on later mental health were mediated by attractiveness, physical health, and life satisfaction in female and male students, with a significant association found only in Chinese males. The importance of culture in these effects was highlighted by the differences observed between genders and countries.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Andy J. Kim, Simon B. Sherry, Logan J. Nealis, Aislin Mushquash, Dayna Lee-Baggley, Sherry H. Stewart
Summary: This study found a positive association between depressive symptoms and heavy episodic drinking, and a negative association between anxiety symptoms and heavy episodic drinking. Furthermore, heavy episodic drinking did not predict future depressive and anxiety symptoms.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Developmental
Anna E. Austin, Rebecca B. Naumann, Kristin Y. Shiue, Leah Daniel, Bhavna Singichetti, Caroline N. Hays
Summary: This article demonstrates the utility of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) for substance use research and provides insights gained from Add Health research over the past 2 decades. The study identifies key associations between substance use behaviors and additional factors from various domains, such as experiences of sexual violence being associated with later prescription opioid misuse, heavy drinking, and marijuana use. Bidirectional associations between substance use and mental health are also found to differ by specific type of substance and mental health condition.
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Bethany F. M. Oakley, Emily J. H. Jones, Daisy Crawley, Tony Charman, Jan Buitelaar, Julian Tillmann, Declan G. Murphy, Eva Loth
Summary: The study found that autistic individuals have significantly higher levels of alexithymia, with difficulties in identifying and describing emotions playing a role in social-communication difficulties and anxiety severity. Difficulty in describing feelings is associated with social-communication difficulties, while difficulty in identifying feelings is associated with anxiety severity, impacting long-term clinical outcomes for individuals with autism.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Elizabeth D. Nesoff, Sarah Gutkind, Safiya Sirota, Anna Laura McKowen, Cindy B. Veldhuis
Summary: The study found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, household job loss and depressive symptoms were significantly associated with high-risk drinking, with women having higher odds of high-risk drinking than men. High-risk drinkers were almost six times as likely to report retrospective assessments of increased alcohol consumption compared to others.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
K. Wilkinson, S. Ball, S. B. Mitchell, O. C. Ukoumunne, H. A. O'Mahen, M. Tejerina-Arreal, R. Hayes, V. Berry, I. Petrie, T. Ford
Summary: The study revealed a bidirectional relationship between child and parent mental health, indicating that they mutually influence each other's psychological well-being. Effective intervention for one individual may benefit other family members.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Ingrid S. Kohl, Vivian C. Luft, Ana Luisa Patra, Maria del Carmen B. Molina, Maria Angelica A. Nunes, Maria I. Schmidt
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between vegetarianism and depression. The results showed a higher prevalence of depressive episodes among individuals who follow a meatless diet compared to meat consumers. The association cannot be explained by nutrient deficiencies, but the specific reasons behind it remain unclear.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Jillian Halladay, Tim Slade, Cath Chapman, Louise Mewton, Siobhan O'Dean, Rachel Visontay, Andrew Baillie, Maree Teesson, Matthew Sunderland
Summary: This study examined the relationship between age, period, cohort effects and psychological distress and risky alcohol consumption. The data included 108,536 Australians aged 14-79 from birth cohorts between 1925-2005. Results showed an inverse U-shaped pattern of psychological distress throughout the lifespan, with a peak at age 60. Exceeding weekly alcohol limits was associated with higher psychological distress before age 40, while exceeding daily alcohol limits remained positively related across the lifespan. Period effects were relatively flat, with no significant changes in psychological distress over the years. Psychological distress increased gradually across birth cohorts until a notable spike among Australians born from 1980-2005, with weakening alcohol-related cohort effects. Overall, recent increases in psychological distress were not substantially explained by risky alcohol consumption, although it remained an important factor to consider alongside psychological distress.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Sonja Memedovic, Tim Slade, Joanne Ross, Shane Darke, Katherine L. Mills, Christina Marel, Lucy Burns, Michael Lynskey, Maree Teesson
DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
(2019)
Article
Substance Abuse
B. Jacka, B. Larance, J. Copeland, L. Burns, M. Farrell, E. Jackson, L. Degenhardt
Article
Substance Abuse
Gabrielle Todd, Lucinda Burns, Verity Pearson-Dennett, Adrian Esterman, Patrick L. Faulkner, Robert A. Wilcox, Dominic Thewlis, Adam P. Vogel, Jason M. White
DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
(2019)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Genevieve A. Le Bas, George J. Youssef, Jacqui A. Macdonald, Richard Mattick, Samantha J. Teague, Ingrid Honan, Jennifer E. McIntosh, Sarah Khor, Larissa Rossen, Elizabeth J. Elliott, Steve Allsop, Lucinda Burns, Craig A. Olsson, Delyse M. Hutchinson
Summary: The study examined the relationships between maternal bonding, negative affect, and infant social-emotional development. Strong continuities were found between bonding and negative affect across pregnancy and postpartum, with higher postnatal maternal bonding predicting infant social-emotional development.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Genevieve Le Bas, George Youssef, Jacqui A. Macdonald, Samantha Teague, Richard Mattick, Ingrid Honan, Jennifer E. McIntosh, Sarah Khor, Larissa Rossen, Elizabeth J. Elliott, Steve Allsop, Lucinda Burns, Craig A. Olsson, Delyse Hutchinson
Summary: This study examined the impact of mother-to-infant bonding on infant development in a multi-wave longitudinal pregnancy cohort study. The results showed that a mother's perceived emotional connection with her child played a role in predicting social-affective outcomes, but had only small effects on cognitive, language, and motor development.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Substance Abuse
Natalia Uthurralt, Felicia Miao Cao, Lucy Burns, Sharon E. Reid, Carolyn A. Day
DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW
(2022)
Review
Criminology & Penology
J. M. Glanville, A. E. Perry, M. Martyn-St James, C. Hewitt, S. Swami, K. Wright, L. Burns, C. Pearson, A. Aboaja, P. Thakkar, K. M. S. Kumar, M. Bunney
Summary: This updated systematic review found that pharmacological interventions may have some impact on reducing drug use and reincarceration, but the effects vary between different drugs. The study findings were mainly limited to male adult offenders.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Carolyn A. Day, Yvonne Bonomo, Lucy Burns, Robert Assan, Ken Curry, Julie Mooney--Somers, Apo Demirkol, Lauren Monds, Sharon Reid, Amanda Norman, Delyse Hutchinson, Catherine Zheng, Yasmin Iese, Nicola Black, Sonja Memedovic, Brian M. Draper, Nicole Ridley, Natalie White, Adam Pastor, Scott Wilson, Bradley Freeburn, John D. Boffa, Gemma Purcell-Khodr, Michael Doyle, Alison L. Jaworski, Toby Lea, Amanda Roxburgh, Warren Logge, Adrienne Withall, Katherine M. Conigrave
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tina Lam, Jane Fischer, Caroline Salom, Rowan Ogeil, James Wilson, Dan Lubman, Lucinda Burns, Simon Lenton, William Gilmore, Tanya Chikritzhs, Alexandra Aiken, Steve Allsop
Summary: The study in Australia found that risky drinkers aged 18-19 perceive supplying alcohol to underage friends as morally and socially acceptable to some extent. Most participants believed that providing alcohol is acceptable as long as the recipients are in a safe environment.
HEALTH PROMOTION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
(2021)
Article
Substance Abuse
Camila Couto e Cruz, Caroline Salom, Cameron Parsell, Paul Dietze, Lucinda Burns, Rosa Alati
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
(2020)
Article
Substance Abuse
Daisy Gibbs, Amy Peacock, Daniel O'Keefe, Kerryn Butler, Raimondo Bruno, Simon Lenton, Lucinda Burns, Sarah Larney
DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW
(2020)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Amanda E. Perry, Marrissa Martyn-St James, Lucy Burns, Catherine Hewitt, Julie M. Glanville, Anne Aboaja, Pratish Thakkar, Keshava Murthy Santosh Kumar, Caroline Pearson, Kath Wright, Shilpi Swami
COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
(2019)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Larissa Rossen, Richard P. Mattick, Judy Wilson, Philip J. Clare, Lucinda Burns, Steve Allsop, Elizabeth J. Elliott, Sue Jacobs, Craig A. Olsson, Delyse Hutchinson
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL
(2019)
Article
Substance Abuse
Camila Couto e Cruz, Caroline L. Salom, Paul Dietze, Lucinda Burns, Rosa Alati
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
(2019)
Article
Substance Abuse
Kerryn Butler, Sarah Larney, Carolyn A. Day, Lucinda Burns
DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW
(2019)