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Coronavirus and GP diagnosed depression in England: 2020
- Author:
- OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
Analyses of trends in GP diagnosed depression in the adult population in England between 23 March and 31 August 2020, compared to pre-pandemic levels. Main points include: there was a 29.7% decrease in all diagnoses by GPs in England during the pandemic period covered in this report (23 March to 31 August 2020) compared with the same period in 2019; during the same period, the number of depression diagnoses fell from 1,131,804 in 2019 to 863,578, a decrease of 23.7%; there was a bigger drop for men (27.4% decrease) than for women (21.4% decrease); those aged 45 to 54 years are the age group with the largest fall in the number of depression diagnoses (30.1% decrease); in contrast, depression diagnoses as percentage of all diagnoses rose by 1.3 percentage points to 15.6%, when compared with the corresponding 2019 period; depression diagnoses as a percentage of all diagnoses increased slightly among people aged 45 years and over, compared to the corresponding period in 2019; among those aged 25 to 34 years there was a drop of 2.3 percentage points; the Chinese ethnic group saw a 4.0 percentage point increase in depression diagnoses as a percentage of all diagnoses, the largest percentage point change of any ethnic group; as a percentage of all diagnoses, depression diagnoses increased most among people living in the second most deprived areas (1.5 percentage points); the increase was lowest (0.9 percentage points) among people living in the least deprived areas. (Edited publisher abstract)
Contribution of self-compassion to competence and mental health in social work students
- Author:
- YING Yu-Wen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Education, 45(2), Summer 2009, pp.309-323.
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
... impact perceived competence, which in turn would mediate mental health (depression symptom level). Results showed that over identification directly and indirectly (as mediated by decreased coherence) affected depressive symptom level. Implications for social work education are discussed.
Mental health and social support: a pioneering study on the physically disabled in southern China
- Authors:
- WU Qiaobing, MOK Bongho
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 16(2), January 2007, pp.41-54.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This is a pioneering study examining the effect of different types of social support on the mental health of the physically disabled in mainland China. With a random sample of 204 physically disabled people in Guangzhou, the biggest metropolis in southern China, results of this study showed that perceived social support was more effective in maintaining the mental health of the physically disabled than received social support. With respect to received social support, the attitude of the supporters, satisfaction with the support, the reciprocity of support relationships and the personal agency of the support recipients were found to be predictive of mental health. However, received daily-care support unexpectedly showed a significantly negative effect on mental health, while received economic and emotional support appeared to be irrelevant to the mental health of the physically disabled.
Review of national strategies for suicide prevention: summary
- Author:
- McCOLLAM Allyson
- Publisher:
- Choose Life
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 5p.
Scottish Executive’s Mental Health Research Team on behalf of the National Programme for Mental Health and Well Being commissioned a consortium of researchers to conduct an evaluation of Choose Life Choose Life1, the national strategy and action plan to prevent suicide in Scotland. This work is a component of that evaluation.
The association between depression, anxiety, and cognitive function in the elderly general population - the Hordaland Health Study
- Authors:
- BIRINGER Eva, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(10), October 2005, pp.989-997.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The participants in this study were 1,930 non-demented participants from the general population aged 72-74 years. Symptoms and caseness of depression and anxiety disorder were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Cognitive function was assessed by the Digit Symbol Test (modified version), the Kendrick Object Learning Test, and the S-task from the Controlled Oral Word Association Test. The results found a significant association between depression and reduced cognitive function. The inverse association between anxiety and reduced cognitive performance was explained by adjustment for co-morbid depression. The inverse association between depressive symptoms and cognitive function was found to be close to linear, and was also present in the sub-clinical symptom range. Males were more affected cognitively by depressive symptoms than females. The inverse association between depression and cognitive function is not only a finding restricted to severely ill patient samples, but it can also be found in the elderly general population.
Cannabis and mental health
- Author:
- WITTON John
- Journal article citation:
- Druglink, 19(4), July 2004, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Drugscope
- Place of publication:
- London
Briefly outlines the evidence on the link between cannabis and mental health.
Has the medical model a future?
- Authors:
- MCCULLOCH Andrew, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 10(1), March 2005, pp.7-15.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Provides an overview of the current and future role of the 'medical model' within mental health care, seeking to locate it within the panoply of models available to explain mental health and illness and assess its merits. It considers its future role and proposes a way forward through synthesis and integration. The implications of this analysis for policy and services are assessed, concluding that we have only just started to think through the process of modernising mental health care using an integrative model.
The positive effect of exercise as a therapy for clinical depression
- Author:
- KIRBY S.
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 29.03.05, 2005, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Research has shown that exercise is beneficial for health and mental health, and there is increasing evidence to suggest that it could be used as an alternative to antidepressants and psychotherapy. Looks at some of the theories and the research evidence available.
Confirmatory factor analysis of the geriatric depression scale
- Authors:
- ADAMS Kathryn Betts, MATTON Holly C., SANDERS Sara
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 44(6), December 2004, pp.818-826.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) is widely used in clinical and research settings to screen older adults for depressive symptoms. Although several exploratory factor analytic structures have been proposed for it, no independent confirmation has been made available that would enable investigators to confidently identify scores for the subdimensions of depression represented it. This article
Nourishing the mind
- Author:
- HOLFORD Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, December 2002, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Looks at the connection between nutrition and mental health.