Prevention and treatment of mental health and psychosocial problems in college students: An umbrella review of meta-analyses.

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-244
Author(s):  
Pim Cuijpers ◽  
Clara Miguel ◽  
Marketa Ciharova ◽  
Pauline Aalten ◽  
Neeltje Batelaan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Umbrella Review ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
Meta Analyses

Prevention and treatment of mental health and psychosocial problems in college students.

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-253
Author(s):  
Ahmed Hashem El-Monshed ◽  
Sara Mohamed Fayed ◽  
Ahmed Loutfy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Prevention And Treatment

scholarly journals Prevalence of mental disorders in South Asia: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Mahbub Hossain ◽  
Neetu Purohit ◽  
Abida Sultana ◽  
Ping Ma ◽  
E. Lisako J. McKyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Umbrella Review ◽  
Meta Analyses

Objectives: Mental disorders are highly prevalent in eight South Asian countries, yet there is a gap of a synthesized overview of the prevalence of mental disorders in this region. This umbrella review aims to summarize the prevalence of mental disorders from systematic reviews and meta-analyses of South Asian studies.Materials and methods: A systematic search of 11 major databases and additional sources was conducted until December 11, 2019. Articles were included if they were systematic reviews or meta-analyses, reported the prevalence of mental disorders, and reported primary studies conducted in South Asian countries only. Results: Among 2591 citations, a total of 23 reviews met all the criteria of this umbrella review. The synthesized findings from those reviews suggest high prevalence rates for mental disorders, including depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, suicidal behavior and self-harm, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, dementia, and other mental health problems. Also, findings suggest a high burden of maternal depression, psychiatric comorbidities in chronic physical illnesses, and various mental disorders among children, elderly adults, refugees, and other vulnerable populations. Most studies were from India whereas evidence from Afghanistan, Bhutan, and Maldives was limited.Conclusion: The findings of this review are constrained with heterogeneity in prevalence estimations, methodologies, sampling issues, and limitations in the existing literature, which should be addressed in future research. The evidence synthesized in this review provides national and regional overview of the prevalence of mental disorders, which may inform better policymaking and practice advancing mental health in South Asia.

scholarly journals Effects of natural environment on mental health: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahbub Hossain ◽  
Abida Sultana ◽  
Ping Ma ◽  
Qiping Fan ◽  
Rachit Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Umbrella Review ◽  
Data Extraction Tool ◽  
Study Characteristics ◽  
Meta Analyses

Objectives: To synthesize the evidence on the effects of exposure to natural environment on mental health to inform future policymaking, practice, and research. Methods: A systematic search of nine major databases and additional sources were conducted using relevant keywords for the natural environment and mental health till November 2019. We included systematic reviews or meta-analyses reporting any measures of associations between the natural environment and mental health. The data on study characteristics and research findings were extracted using the JBI data extraction tool and synthesized narratively.Results: Twenty reviews were included in this umbrella review reporting both correlational and experimental studies. Among diverse population groups, the exposure to the natural environment was associated with improvements in depressive symptoms, anxiety, mood disorders, stress, cognitive and emotional functions, affect, happiness, and overall mental wellbeing. Conclusions: The findings of this review inform beneficial mental health outcomes associated with exposure to the natural environment. This umbrella review suggests collaborative policymaking, advanced research, and evidence-based practice protecting the natural environment and improving mental health across populations.

scholarly journals Association between mental disorders and somatic conditions: protocol for an umbrella review

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 135-139
Author(s):  
Samuele Cortese ◽  
Marco Solmi ◽  
Gonzalo Arrondo ◽  
Andrea Cipriani ◽  
Paolo Fusar-Poli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Evidence Synthesis ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Mental Health Disorders ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Umbrella Review ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Meta Analyses

IntroductionAlthough several systematic reviews (SRs)/meta-analyses (MAs) on the association between specific mental disorders and specific somatic conditions are available, an overarching evidence synthesis across mental disorders and somatic conditions is currently lacking. We will conduct an umbrella review of SRs/MAs to test: 1) the strength of the association between individual mental disorders and individual somatic conditions in children/adolescents and adults; 2) to which extent associations are specific to individual mental and somatic conditions .Methods and analysisWe will search a broad set of electronic databases and contact study authors. We will include SRs with MA or SRs reporting the effect size from individual studies on the association between a number of somatic and mental conditions (as per the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision). We will follow an algorithm to select only one SR or MA when more than one are available on the same association. We will rate the quality of included SRs/MAs using the AMSTAR-2 tool. We will assess to which extent mental disorders are selectively associated with specific somatic conditions or if there are transdiagnostic, across-spectra or diagnostic spectrum-specific associations between mental disorders and somatic conditions based on the Transparent, Reporting, Appraising, Numerating, Showing (TRANSD) recommendations.DiscussionThe present umbrella review will shed light on the association between mental health disorders and somatic conditions, providing useful data for the care of patients with mental health disorders, in particular for early detection and intervention. This work might also add insight to the pathophysiology of mental health conditions, and contribute to the current debate on the value of a transdiagnostic approach in psychiatry.

scholarly journals Social Media Use and its Impact on Adolescent Mental Health: An Umbrella Review of the Evidence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patti M. Valkenburg ◽  
Adrian Meier ◽  
Ine Beyens
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Umbrella Review ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Review Of Reviews ◽  
Meta Analyses

Literature reviews on how social media use affects adolescent mental health have accumulated at an unprecedented rate of late. Yet, a higher-level integration of the evidence is still lacking. We fill this gap with an up-to-date umbrella review, a review of reviews published between 2019 and mid 2021. Our search yielded 25 reviews: seven meta-analyses, nine systematic, and nine narrative reviews. Results showed that most reviews interpreted the associations between social media use and mental health as “weak” or “inconsistent,” whereas a few qualified the same associations as “substantial” and “deleterious.” We summarize the gaps identified in the reviews, provide an explanation for their diverging interpretations, and suggest several avenues for future research.

scholarly journals A potential impact of physical distancing on physical and mental health. A rapid narrative umbrella review of meta-analyses on the link between social isolation and health

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nexhmedin Morina ◽  
Ahlke Kip ◽  
Thole H. Hoppen ◽  
Stefan Priebe ◽  
Thomas Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
List Type ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Umbrella Review ◽  
Meta Analyses

AbstractBackgroundThe imperative for physical distancing during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may deteriorate physical and mental health. We aimed at summarizing the strength of evidence in the published literature on the association of social isolation and loneliness with physical and mental health.MethodsWe conducted a systematic search in April 2020 to identify meta-analyses using the Medline, PsycINFO, and Web of Science databases. The search strategy included terms of social isolation, loneliness, living alone, and meta-analysis. Eligible meta-analyses needed to report any sort of association between an indicator of social isolation and any physical or mental health outcome. The findings were summarized in a narrative synthesis.ResultsTwenty-five meta-analyses met our criteria, of which 10 focused on physical health and 15 on mental health outcomes. A total of more than 3 million individuals had participated in the 692 primary studies. The results suggest that social isolation is associated with chronic physical symptoms, frailty, coronary heart disease, malnutrition, hospital readmission, reduced vaccine uptake, early mortality, depression, social anxiety, psychosis, cognitive impairment in later life, and suicidal ideation.ConclusionsThe existing evidence clearly indicates that social isolation is associated with a range of poor physical and mental health outcomes. A potential negative impact on these outcomes needs to be considered in future decisions on physical distancing measures.Strengths and limitations of this studyThis rapid umbrella review focuses on a timely and societally relevant issue.The systematic literature search was conducted in three major databases from inception up to April 2020 warranting an extensive and up-to-date overview on relevant meta-analyses in the field.Quality of included meta-analyses was rated with a standardized measure.Different indicators of social isolation were included.The utilized method did not allow for a quantitative comparison of associations with health outcomes.

scholarly journals The psychology of obesity: An umbrella review and evidence-based map of the psychological correlates of heavier body weight

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Robinson ◽  
Carl Roberts ◽  
Uku Vainik ◽  
Andrew Jones
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Umbrella Review ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Psychological Correlates ◽  
Meta Analyses

Psychological factors may explain why some people develop obesity and others remain a normal weight during their life course. We use an umbrella review approach to build an evidence-based map of the psychological correlates of heavier body weight. Synthesising findings from 42 meta-analyses that have examined associations between psychological factors and heavier body weight, we assessed level of evidence for a range of cognitive, psychosocial and mental health individual difference factors. There is convincing evidence that impaired mental health is associated with heavier body weight and highly suggestive evidence that numerous cognitive factors are associated with heavier body weight. However, the relatively low methodological quality of meta-analyses resulted in lower evidential certainty for most psychosocial factors. Psychological correlates of heavier body weight tended to be small in statistical size and on average, people with obesity were likely to be more psychologically similar than different to people with normal weight. We consider implications for understanding the development of heavier body weight and identifying effective public health interventions to reduce obesity.

scholarly journals Role of dietary factors in the prevention and treatment for depression: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujie Xu ◽  
Linan Zeng ◽  
Kun Zou ◽  
Shufang Shan ◽  
Xiaoyu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Studies ◽  
Dietary Factors ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Umbrella Review ◽  
Quality Of Evidence ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
Meta Analyses

AbstractThe role of diet in depression is becoming increasingly acknowledged. This umbrella review aimed to summarize comprehensively the current evidence reporting the effects of dietary factors on the prevention and treatment of depression. PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched up to June 2021 to identify relevant meta-analyses of prospective studies. Twenty-eight meta-analyses, with 40 summary estimates on dietary patterns (n = 8), food and beverages (n = 19), and nutrients (n = 13) were eligible. The methodological quality of most meta-analyses was low (50.0%) or very low (25.0%). Quality of evidence was moderate for inverse associations for depression incidence with healthy diet [risk ratio (RR): 0.74, 95% confidential interval (CI), 0.48–0.99, I2 = 89.8%], fish (RR: 0.88, 95% CI, 0.79–0.97, I2 = 0.0%), coffee (RR: 0.89, 95% CI, 0.84–0.94, I2 = 32.9%), dietary zinc (RR: 0.66, 95% CI 0.50–0.82, I2 = 13.9%), light to moderate alcohol (<40 g/day, RR: 0.77, 95% CI, 0.74–0.83, I2 = 20.5%), as well as for positive association with sugar-sweetened beverages (RR: 1.05, 95% CI, 1.01–1.09, I2 = 0.0%). For depression treatment, moderate-quality evidence was identified for the effects of probiotic [standardized mean difference (SMD): −0.31, 95% CI, −0.56 to −0.07, I2 = 48.2%], omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (SMD: −0.28, 95% CI, −0.47 to −0.09, I2 = 75.0%) and acetyl-l-carnitine (SMD: −1.10, 95% CI, −1.65 to −0.56, I2 = 86.0%) supplementations. Overall, the associations between dietary factors and depression had been extensively evaluated, but none of them were rated as high quality of evidence, suggesting further studies are likely to change the summary estimates. Thus, more well-designed research investigating more detailed dietary factors in association with depression is warranted.

Physical and Psychological Benefits of Written Emotional Expression

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 242-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Éva Kállay
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Expressive Writing ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
Cost Effective Treatment ◽  
Meta Analyses

Abstract. The last several decades have witnessed a substantial increase in the number of individuals suffering from both diagnosable and subsyndromal mental health problems. Consequently, the development of cost-effective treatment methods, accessible to large populations suffering from different forms of mental health problems, became imperative. A very promising intervention is the method of expressive writing (EW), which may be used in both clinically diagnosable cases and subthreshold symptomatology. This method, in which people express their feelings and thoughts related to stressful situations in writing, has been found to improve participants’ long-term psychological, physiological, behavioral, and social functioning. Based on a thorough analysis and synthesis of the published literature (also including most recent meta-analyses), the present paper presents the expressive writing method, its short- and long-term, intra-and interpersonal effects, different situations and conditions in which it has been proven to be effective, the most important mechanisms implied in the process of recovery, advantages, disadvantages, and possible pitfalls of the method, as well as variants of the original technique and future research directions.

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