Addressing mental disorders: The missing link to effective HIV prevention, care, treatment and support

2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Missing Link ◽  
Care Treatment

scholarly journals The Missing Link between Clinical States and Biomarkers in Mental Disorders

2014 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni A. Fava ◽  
Jenny Guidi ◽  
Silvana Grandi ◽  
Gregor Hasler
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Missing Link

scholarly journals Inflammation in Mental Disorders: Is the Microbiota the Missing Link?

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1071-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Ouabbou ◽  
Ying He ◽  
Keith Butler ◽  
Ming Tsuang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Missing Link

scholarly journals Polyamines: The possible missing link between mental disorders and epilepsy (Review)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Baroli ◽  
Jonathan Sanchez ◽  
Enzo Agostinelli ◽  
Paolo Mariottini ◽  
Manuela Cervelli
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Missing Link

scholarly journals Common mental disorders and HIV status in the context of DREAMS among adolescent girls and young women in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nondumiso Mthiyane ◽  
Guy Harling ◽  
Natsayi Chimbindi ◽  
Kathy Baisley ◽  
Janet Seeley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Hiv Acquisition

Abstract Background HIV affects many adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in South Africa. Given the bi-directional HIV and mental health relationship, mental health services may help prevent and treat HIV in this population. We therefore examined the association between common mental disorders (CMD) and HIV-related behaviours and service utilisation, in the context of implementation of the combination DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe) HIV prevention programme in rural uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal. DREAMS involved delivering a package of multiple interventions in a single area to address multiple sources of HIV risk for AGYW. Methods We analysed baseline data from an age-stratified, representative cohort of 13–22 year-old AGYW. We measured DREAMS uptake as a count of the number of individual-level or community-based interventions each participant received in the last 12 months. CMD was measured using the validated Shona Symptom Questionnaire, with a cut off score ≥ 9 indicating probable CMD. HIV status was ascertained through home-based serotesting. We used logistic regression to estimate the association between CMD and HIV status adjusting for socio-demographics and behaviours. Results Probable CMD prevalence among the 2184 respondents was 22.2%, increasing steadily from 10.1% among 13 year-old girls to 33.1% among 22 year-old women. AGYW were more likely to report probable CMD if they tested positive for HIV (odds ratio vs. test negative: 1.88, 95% confidence interval: 1.40–2.53). After adjusting for socio-demographics and behaviours, there was evidence that probable CMD was more prevalent among respondents who reported using multiple healthcare-related DREAMS interventions. Conclusion We found high prevalence of probable CMD among AGYW in rural South Africa, but it was only associated with HIV serostatus when not controlling for HIV acquisition risk factors. Our findings highlight that improving mental health service access for AGYW at high risk for HIV acquisition might protect them. Interventions already reaching AGYW with CMD, such as DREAMS, can be used to deliver mental health services to reduce both CMD and HIV risks. There is a need to integrate mental health education into existing HIV prevention programmes in school and communities.

Reductionist thinking and animal models in neuropsychiatric research

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Baran
Keyword(s):  
Animal Models ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Neuropsychiatric Disorders ◽  
Model Organisms ◽  
Developmental Genetic ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
Mechanisms Of Plasticity

AbstractReductionist thinking in neuroscience is manifest in the widespread use of animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders. Broader investigations of diverse behaviors in non-model organisms and longer-term study of the mechanisms of plasticity will yield fundamental insights into the neurobiological, developmental, genetic, and environmental factors contributing to the “massively multifactorial system networks” which go awry in mental disorders.

Assessing Mental and Behavioral Disorder Impairment: Overview of Sixth Edition Approaches

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Norma Leclair ◽  
Steve Leclair ◽  
Robert Barth
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Behavioral Disorder ◽  
Behavioral Impairment ◽  
Central Nervous System Damage ◽  
Brain Functioning ◽  
Sixth Edition ◽  
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽  
Mental And Behavioral Disorders

Abstract Chapter 14, Mental and Behavioral Disorders, in the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Sixth Edition, defines a process for assessing permanent impairment, including providing numeric ratings, for persons with specific mental and behavioral disorders. These mental disorders are limited to mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders, and this chapter focuses on the evaluation of brain functioning and its effects on behavior in the absence of evident traumatic or disease-related objective central nervous system damage. This article poses and answers questions about the sixth edition. For example, this is the first since the second edition (1984) that provides a numeric impairment rating, and this edition establishes a standard, uniform template to translate human trauma or disease into a percentage of whole person impairment. Persons who conduct independent mental and behavioral evaluation using this chapter should be trained in psychiatry or psychology; other users should be experienced in psychiatric or psychological evaluations and should have expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders. The critical first step in determining a mental or behavioral impairment rating is to document the existence of a definitive diagnosis based on the current edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The article also enumerates the psychiatric disorders that are considered ratable in the sixth edition, addresses use of the sixth edition during independent medical evaluations, and answers additional questions.

When Mental Disorders Suspected, Tools Abound

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 24-25
Author(s):  
KERRI WACHTER
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders
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