Recognising that physical activity-based interventions are potentially effective in reducing anxiety symptoms in children and young people, especially for those suffering from mental health conditions, has important implications for children and their families or carers, and may inform and guide clinicians in their practice, as well as policy-makers, mental health services and advisory bodies.
The authors concluded that perceived workplace discrimination can significantly increase the risk of employees developing severe depressive symptomatology and lead to the onset of a depressive disorder. Additionally, the authors highlighted that this relationship can be affected and differentiated by other work-related variables, such as workload and relationships with colleagues.
Unfortunately, there are no implications for clinical practice just yet. Nonetheless, this line of research does have the potential to help detect those patients who might benefit from a particular form of treatment. Crucially, for the goal of precision medicine to be realised, we need to be able to detect not only who will respond to CBT, but who will respond to other treatments
This review found that increased experiences of loneliness more than doubled the risk of developing depression in the future among adults. A correlation between loneliness and anxiety was also found, as well as other mental health disorders; however, more research is needed to address a wider range of mental health problems.
Cyberbullying is becoming increasingly widespread as individuals use technology more widely and frequently. Recent studies have shown a growing vulnerability for cyberbullying and cybervictimization, particularly in the adolescent population. We argue that dysfunctional metacognitions, which have been found to be prominent in various psychiatric disorders, may also play a role in predicting cyberbullying and cybervictimization over and above a variety of established factors including daily Internet use, social media use, depression, and anxiety. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This paper aims to understand the lived experience of people with intellectual disability of their anxiety and of being co-design partners in developing a multi-component approach to the management of anxiety. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study has demonstrated that although gaming interventions are not currently recommended for depression among young people by the NICE guidelines, they could potentially be offered as a stand-alone treatment. This is a promising new avenue which could alleviate the current high demand for other psychological modalities (i.e., traditional CBT).
Expressive writing is a promising tool to heal the wounds with words. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Fear of negative evaluation (FNE) is a hallmark feature of social anxiety disorder (SAD). There is also evidence that people with SAD fear receiving positive evaluation, and that fear of positive evaluation (FPE) is distinct from FNE. However, researchers have speculated that concerns related to negative evaluation may actually underlie FPE. This study sought to advance our understanding of FPE by employing both quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the reasons underlying participants’ endorsement of FPE on the Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale (FPES; Weeks, Heimberg, & Rodebaugh, 2008) and the extent to which these reasons reflect FNE versus FPE in a sample of individuals with SAD (n = 47) and a nonclinical comparison group (n = 49). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Recurrence is common in patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). Psychological resilience has been shown to be a protective factor against recurrence of depression. It has important clinical nursing significance to analyse the influencing factors of psychological resilience in major depressive disorder in remission (MDDR) patients. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Working memory (WM) deficits are recognized as serious cognitive impairment in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). This review aims to clarify the effects of impaired WM function in patients with MDD and explore non-invasive and effective treatments that can be adopted in clinical practice. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is associated with the lowest treatment response rate among all anxiety disorders. Understanding mechanisms of improvement may help to develop more effective and personalized treatments. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Individuals with physical comorbidities and polypharmacy may be at higher risk of depression relapse, however, they are not included in the ‘high risk of relapse’ group for whom longer antidepressant treatment durations are recommended. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Numerous randomized controlled trials have shown cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) to be effective in treating social anxiety disorder (SAD). Yet, less is known about the effectiveness of CBT for SAD conducted by psychotherapists in training in routine clinical practice. In this study, 231 patients with SAD were treated with CBT under routine conditions and were examined at pre- and post-treatment as well as at 6 and 12 months follow-up.
The impact of childhood experiences on the development of psychopathology is well established in the literature. Few studies, however, have assessed parental bonding during childhood as a predictor of response to anxiety disorders treatment. The aim of the study was to examine whether emotional memories of childhood parenting could predict short-term and long-term outcome in three different interventions for patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The findings of the study suggest that most heavy drinkers who experience negative life events in late mid-life tend to continue with this pattern of alcohol consumption whilst going through these events. Therefore, mental health practitioners may wish to consider asking about and/or assessing alcohol consumption in individuals reporting mid-life events such as divorce and severe illness or death of a family member. This is especially pertinent given that the “constant heavy drinking” group in the study was also shown to be more vulnerable to depression, suggesting a co-morbidity between alcohol use and mental health problems in this group.
Too late to be included in this review, NICE Guideline Depression in adults, was issued in 2022 with more complete tapering information, including an exponential taper to be adjusted to the tolerance of the individual patient. It advised clinicians “slowly reduce the dose to zero in a step-wise fashion, at each step prescribing a proportion of the previous dose” and “consider using smaller reductions”. While this is still not very specific, it is a significant improvement over the guidance reviewed in this paper.
The authors addressed an important gap in research: is iCBT as effective in practice as in theory? The exclusion of studies using randomised control trials enabled the authors to gather a synthesised understanding of what iCBT would look like in more widespread practice. However, this research used quantitative articles only. Including qualitative research allows for the inclusion of service-user voices.
This meta-analysis showed that school-based depression and anxiety prevention programmes have small but positive effects. However, these effects dissipate in the long term, at 12 months follow-up. Additionally, targeted programmes seem to be more efficient compared to universal ones, and programmes delivered by external professionals show better outcomes compared to programmes delivered by school staff.
With what has been published so far, it is too early to say what the efficacy is, so it is important to read this review as stimulating hypotheses and further research.
Childhood social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common and disabling condition. General forms of cognitive behavioural treatments have demonstrated poorer efficacy for childhood SAD when compared to other childhood anxiety disorders and further understanding of the psychological factors that contribute to the maintenance of childhood SAD is warranted. Examining the social experiences of children with SAD may help to identify relevant psychological factors and increase our understanding of what keeps childhood SAD going. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The authors concluded that, in the context of university students with major depression, displaying a larger reward positivity before receiving the treatment predicts a better response to aerobic exercise.
Mental disorders are a major cause of work disability among the working-age population. We used population-based register data to examine the association between statutory rehabilitative psychotherapy and change in depression or anxiety-related work disability. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Substance use is highly prevalent among people with mood disorders. Effective treatment for these people requires a better understanding of the relationship between both mood and substance use from the perspectives of those with lived experience.
Few studies have examined sensory processing in mood disorders, including depression. The interactions between sensory inputs and adaptive behavior have yet to be clarified in this pathology. We assessed sensory profiles among people with major depressive disorder (MDD) with the Adult/Adolescent Sensory Profile (AASP) scale and determined whether sensory processing patterns were associated with clinical variables such as anxiety, depression, psychomotor retardation or self-esteem. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Difficulty in accessing specific memories, referred to as reduced memory specificity or overgeneral memory (OGM), has been established as a marker of clinical depression. However, it is not clear if this deficit persists following the remission of depressive episodes. The current study involved a systematic review and meta-analysis of empirical studies with the aim of establishing whether remitted depression was associated with retrieving fewer specific and more overgeneral autobiographical memories. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Editorial- Special issue includes a meta-ethnography of mindfulness-based CBT for peope with major depression. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Depression is common in individuals with endocrine-metabolic disorders and vice versa, and a better understanding of the underlying factors contributing to the comorbidity of these disorders is needed. This study investigated the familial coaggregation of depression and endocrine-metabolic disorders and estimated the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to their co-occurrence. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is common and debilitating. The standard of care includes light therapy provided by a light box; however, this treatment is restrictive and only moderately effective. Advances in LED technology enable lighting solutions that emit vastly more light than traditional light boxes. Here, we assess the feasibility of BROAD (Bright, whole-ROom, All-Day) light therapy and get a first estimate for its potential effectiveness.
This research provides reassuring evidence that DBS can have long-term benefits. This intervention is still only suitable for those with severe ‘treatment-resistant depression’, due to the highly invasive nature of the surgical procedure and the risk of complications.
To clarify, using an extended adoption design, the sources of parent-offspring transmission for anxiety disorder (AD) and its major subforms and their familial cross-generational relationship with major depression (MD). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We examined associations between the severity of symptoms of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) and depression and recent suicidal ideation among bereaved family members.To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The present longitudinal study examined the role of SOC in recovery from loss, in a Danish sample (N = 221) of elderly spousally bereaved people. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This meta-analysis adds to the knowledge base about a lack of robustly effective treatments for depression in children and adolescents. Psychological treatments appear to be only moderately effective for this age group (Cuijpers et al. 2020), antidepressant medications perform at negligible levels above the placebo effect (Feeny et al. 2022), and the studies under consideration here indicate that subclinical symptoms show, at best, small to moderate changes that do not reduce the incidence of later disorder.
There are increased prescribing rates of antidepressants associated with an increase in the diagnosis of depression. However, antidepressants are not effective for many people. There is a gap in the existing literature for a synthesis of the experiences of those with lived experience of antidepressant use to better understand their use and impact given their ubiquitous use in mental health, primary care and other secondary and tertiary care settings. Mental health nurses play direct or indirect roles in both advocating for antidepressant use and monitoring adherence.
Lived experience is increasingly viewed as an important means of informing mental health practice. In this case, the lived experience narrative comes from a father who experienced postnatal depression (PND). Yet, whilst men are increasingly sharing their experiences of PND in the public sphere, there have been limited advances in their quality of care and support during the perinatal period. Services for perinatal mental health problems are targeted towards mothers, with fathers not traditionally being seen as experiencing perinatal mental health problems. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In 2013, the UK government implemented the underoccupancy penalty (ie, the bedroom tax) to reduce the national housing benefits bill, by cutting social housing subsidies for households deemed to have excess rooms. We investigated the impact of the bedroom tax on self-reported psychological distress. To read the full article, choose “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This systematic review provided a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of a large volume of data, which has recently emerged since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a unique study, offering pooled prevalence estimates and focusing on doctors specifically as a high-risk group of the health workforce cohort. However, there was a wide variation in point prevalence and pooled prevalence estimates had broad confidence intervals.
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is associated with worsening mental health among young adults, but further research is necessary to quantify the associations with depression and anxiety. Using Monitoring the Future data (N = 1244 young adults, modal age: 19, Fall 2020 supplement), we examined internalizing symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-8 and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 separately), dividing the sample into those without clinically significant scores, significant scores but minimal pandemic-attributed symptoms, and significant scores with substantial pandemic-attributed symptoms. Logistic regression analyses linked demographic factors, pandemic-related experiences, and coping methods to symptom groups.
Amotivation is a typical feature in major depressive disorders and refers to individuals exhibiting reduced willingness to exert effort for rewards. However, the motivation pattern when deciding whether to exert effort for self versus others in people with depression remains unclear. We conducted a functional magnetic resonance imaging study and employed an adapted Effort-Expenditure for Rewards Task in subthreshold depressive (SD) participants (n = 33) and healthy controls (HC) (n = 32). Open access article- no login required
The aim of this research was to better understand how mental health practitioners assessed, understood and worked with, service users diagnosed with depression who had previously exhibited declining personal hygiene and grooming standards. To read the full article, choose “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This descriptive study aimed to present the characteristics and needs of refugee women who attended a psychosocial walk-in clinic addressing pregnant refugees’ and new mothers’ maternity mental healthcare needs in a state registration and reception centre in Germany. To read the full article, choose “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Young people with anxiety disorders may benefit from tCBT. It is not clear how long-lasting these effects may be, how they compare to CBT on its own or as an adjunct, or whether there are any adverse effects.
The research implications of the study highlight the need for co-production with young people when understanding perfectionism. Better understanding the views of young people would help to tailor more effective, relevant interventions.
The clinical implications give insight into the maintaining factors of perfectionism that could be targeted using CBT. For example, targeting dichotomous thinking, or behaviours like avoidance. It also highlighted the value of the group setting. Services should ensure that when offering CBT, a variety of therapeutic modalities are available to individuals.
This study suggests that the UP should be considered a viable alternative to dCBT for common anxiety disorders and depression in outpatient mental health services, particularly in light of the finding that client satisfaction and participant engagement and response to treatment were similar across conditions.
Community environments have the potential to alleviate loneliness and social isolation as they offer opportunity for sociality and to expand personal social network connections. Implementing a social network intervention in community environments to connect people to who are at risk of loneliness or social isolation could help alleviate these concerns. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Identifying predictors for future onset of depression is crucial to effectively developing preventive interventions. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify risk factors for first-onset depression among adolescents and young people.
Rumination and worry have been implicated in the onset, severity, maintenance and relapse risk of depression and anxiety disorders. Despite this, little research has examined individuals' personal experiences of these processes. This study investigates how individuals experience these processes, which will provide insight into these common features of mental disorders and inform the development of an online intervention specifically targeting rumination and worry.
To describe, quantify and explain the variability in subjective cognitive complaints and subjective cognition following electroconvulsive therapy for depression.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.