Objective To explore the mental health status of college students in the Xining region. Methods A total of 1 875 college students were surveyed by the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ).Results Out of the 1 875 college students, 21.5% had at least one item scoring more than 3. Compared with the normal samples, college students scored significantly higher on SCL-90 indicating that the students had worse mental health. Significant differences were noted in the dimensions of EPQ between college students and the normal samples. The total score of SCL-90 was found to be significantly related to four factors, namely neuroticism, family economic status, school and nationality. Conclusion The mental health status of college students in Xining region is lower than that of the normal population, and factors of neuroticism, family economic status, school and nationality are related to their mental health.
ObjectiveTo investigate Chinese psychiatrists' mental health.
MethodsLiteratures published from January 1989 to March 31, 2013 were searched through Chinese network databases (CNKI, Weipu, Wanfang) and English network database (OVID). Factors of Symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90) were extracted and compared with Chinese norm. These were analyzed by Meta analysis method.
ResultsEleven articles were obtained and analyzed, including 725 psychiatrists. The research illustrated that the differences between psychiatrists and Chinese norm of somatization[WMD=0.19, 95%CI (0.05, 0.33), P=0.008], depression[WMD=0.25, 95%CI (0.06, 0.43), P=0.009], anxiety[WMD=0.28, 95%CI (0.09, 0.47), P=0.004], hostility[WMD=0.15, 95%CI (0.01, 0.30), P=0.03], and phobia[WMD=0.11, 95%CI (0.02, 0.20), P=0.02] were significant, while the other 4 factors were not significant (P>0.05).
ConclusionPsychiatrists' mental health is poor and intervention measures need to be adopted to improve psychiatrists' mental health.
Objective To investigate the impact of genetic factors on mental health status in child and adolescent twins. Methods A total of 102 pairs of twins aged 6 to 16 years were recruited with the support from educational committees and schools. After the guardians of these twins had signed an informed consent form, the Chinese version growth and the state of health evaluation (Development and Well-Bing Assessment, DAWBA) were completed by the parents of these twins to investigate their mental health status. Buccal mucosa samples were collected from all twins for DNA extraction and zygosity identification test. Result A total of 102 pairs of twins were recruited, among whom 93 pairs finished the investigation, including 50 monozygotic pairs and 43 dizygotic pairs. The results of emotional symptoms and behavior symptoms and the impact of symptoms from the DAWBA screening questionnaire showed that the intrapair correlation coeficien of the emotional disorder and the oppositional/conduct disorder and the impact in monozygotic twins were more remarkable than those in dizygotie twins, including separation anxiety (MZ group correlation coefficient (r) = 0.821, Plt;0.01; DZ group r=0.348, Plt;0.01), generalized anxiety (MZ group r=0.546, Plt;0.01; DZ group r=0.309, Plt;0.01), a special terror symptoms (MZ group r=0.849, Plt;0.01; DZ group r=0.726, Plt;0.01 ), and oppositional defiant / conduct disorder (MZ group r=0.237, Plt;0.01; DZ group r=0.163, Plt;0.01), attention deficit - hyperactivity disorder (MZ group r=0.640, Plt;0.01; DZ group r=0.198, Plt;0.01), autistic symptoms (MZ group r=0.680, Plt;0.01; DZ group r=0.372, Plt;0.01). Conclusion Genetic factors play an important role in mental health status of child twins.
ObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence, regional differences, and influencing factors of depression in the middle-aged and elderly population aged 45 years and above in China. MethodsData were obtained from the latest survey data of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2020, and the CES-D-10 scale was used to assess depression among respondents, and χ2 test and binary logistic regression were used to screen for the influencing factors of depression. ResultsA total of 10 583 valid samples were included, with 47.7% males and 52.3% females, and the mean age was (65.3±8.0) years. The average CES-D-10 scale score of the study population was (9.11±6.53), and the prevalence rate of depression was 40.5% (95%CI 39.6% to 41.5%), with a significantly higher prevalence rate of depression in the Midwestern population than the Eastern population. The gender, age, living with a partner, education, region, urban/rural, duration of sleep, internet access, alcohol consumption, number of chronic diseases, and the presence of ADL and IADL disorders are the influencing factors of depression in middle-aged and elderly populations. ConclusionThe prevalence of depression in the middle-aged and elderly population in China is high, but there are significant differences in the prevalence rates of populations with different characteristics, and the high-risk groups should be emphasized when improving the mental health of the middle-aged and elderly population.
ObjectiveTo systematically review the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for improving mental health and social functions in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
MethodsWe searched PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library (Issue 4, 2016), CBM and CNKI from inception to May 2016, to collect randomized controlled trials (RCT) about CBT on mental health and social function in patients with MS. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Then meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.3 software.
ResultsA total of 11 RCTs involving 1 102 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that, the HADS scores (depression: MD=-1.28, 95%CI-2.07 to-0.48, P=0.002; anxiety: MD=-1.52, 95%CI-2.99 to-0.06, P=0.04), BDI scores (MD=-9.11, 95% CI-15.82 to-2.40, P=0.008), HRDS scores (MD=-7.23, 95% CI-13.65 to-0.82, P=0.03), Chalder scores (MD=-4.88, 95% CI-6.61 to-3.16, P < 0.000 01), MFIS scores (MD=-2.98, 95% CI-4.52 to-1.44, P=0.000 2) and GHQ-12 scores (MD=-3.61, 95%CI-5.20 to-2.02, P < 0.000 01) in the CBT group were lower than that in the control group. No significant difference was found in WSAS scores (MD=-1.98, 95%CI-4.88 to 0.93, P=0.18) between two groups.
ConclusionCBT may be effective for improving the negative mental experience, fatigue and quality of life in MS. No evidence to support CBT has benefits in social functions. Due to the limited quantity and quality of the included studies, the above conclusion needs to be verified by more high quality studies.
Objective To raise policy suggestions for public health bureaus by analyzing the mental health service in Chengdu City in 2004. Methods We applied descriptive methods to analyze the mental health service. Results The mental health resources in Chengdu City were insufficient and the utilization rate of health resources was low. Conclusions Strategies to improve this may include setting up mental health management sections; increasing the funds for health service; strengthening professionals training; exploiting the service field of relevant specialties and developing community mental health.
ObjectiveTo investigate the psychological status and its influencing factors of hospital staff during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and provide a reference for psychological intervention strategies for hospital staff in public health emergencies.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, we investigated the staff of Mianzhu People’s Hospital through an anonymous questionnaire survey sent through WeChat group from February 13th to 18th, 2020, to analyze the psychological situation and influencing factors of the on-the-job staff. SPSS 22.0 software was used for statistical analysis.ResultsAmong the 1 115 staff members who met the inclusion criteria, 951 completed the questionnaire, with a response rate of 85.3%. There were 945 valid questionnaires, with an effective response rate of 84.8%. A total of 224 staff members (23.7%) had mental health problems. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the total scores of social support [odds ratio (OR)=0.869, 95% confidence interval (CI) (0.805, 0.938), P<0.001] and the total scores of stress coping strategies [OR=0.685, 95%CI (0.607, 0.772), P<0.001] were protective factors of psychological status, while having kids [OR=1.607, 95%CI (1.084, 2.382), P=0.018] and the position being logistic worker [OR=2.229, 95%CI (1.326, 3.746), P=0.002] were risk factors of psychological status.ConclusionsDuring the outbreak of COVID-19, mental health problems emerged among the staff of designated medical treatment hospital. When a public health emergency occurs, hospitals and relevant departments should take psychological intervention measures as soon as possible to ensure the work of epidemic prevention and control.
Objective To systematically review the literatures on left-behind children’s mental health status, and to describe and analyze the current domestic left-behind children’s main psychological health problems. Methods With the search terms and strategies predefined by repeated discuss and pre-retrieval, the literatures in Chinese published before March 2011 were searched in following four Chinese databases including Chinese Biological Medical Literature Database (CBM), Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database (VIP), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and WanFang Dissertation Database (WF). All research papers that reported the left-behind children’s mental health status and problems within China were included. Two reviewers independently screened the literatures and extracted the data. Disagreements were resolved by discussion or by involving a third researcher. The qualitative synthesis method was used to analyze the studies, while the meta-analysis was not adopted because of the tremendous heterogeneity of each study on the definition of left-behind children, study design and outcomes. Results A total of 155 studies were included for the final analysis and all of them were the cross-sectional study including 63 uncontrolled cross-sectional studies and 92 controlled cross-sectional studies. Most of the results showed that compared with the non-left-behind children, the left-behind children’s mental health level was lower and there were many psychological problems. While several studies suggested that there was no significant difference between the two groups. The left-behind children in different types (such as different gender, age, guardianship types, the migrant condition of parents, etc.) had different mental health problems. Conclusion The results of the current research indicate that the left-behind children have many mental health problems. However, the results are still controversial. The definitions of left-behind children have not been unified and the quality of current studies is generally low, which might influence the synthesis of results. High quality of controlled studies and long-term prospective cohort studies need to be conducted to study more accurately and deeply on the left-behind children’s mental health and on the differences between the left-behind children and non-left-behind children.
Objective To investigate the mental status of medical staffs in the orthopedics department during the earthquake, providing evidence for psychological intervention. Methods Choosing 104 staffs in the orthopedics department as eligible subject with convenient sampling; the research tool was Symptom Checklist-90. The questionnaire was done by the participants with the same instruction from psychological professionals; analyze the results. Results The score in somatization, anxiety and phobic anxiety of staffs in the orthopedics department was significantly higher than the national norm. Conclusion There exists disorder in mental health of medical staffs in orthopedics department, it is necessary to implement mental intervention.
Objective To investigate the psychological state of college students in the areas affected by the Wenchuan earthquake. Methods A total of 562 college students were selected by stratified random cluster sampling. A self-designed questionnaire as well as Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) were used for survey. Results The SDS scores (46.16±11.95) and SAS scores (34.60±6.50) of the college students were significantly higher than those of the national norms (Plt;0.001), while the SSRS scores (40.46±8.76) were lower than those of the national norms (Plt;0.001). The scores of SSRS and its three dimensions were positively correlated with the SAS scores and were negatively correlated with the SDS scores. Conclusion The college students in the areas affected by the Wenchuan earthquake suffer from anxiety and depression disorders. Good social support is one of the important measures to maintain their mental health.
