Abstract: Pervasive reactions toward mental illness include dehumanization and stigma. Given the portrayal of such disorders as threatening in psychological horror films, consumption of this subgenre of horror could be associated with ...
The Implementation of a Smoking Ban in a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital: Is This Feasible, Reasonable, and Legal?Aims: On 1 October 2007 the law protecting nonsmokers became effective in the German state of Hessen. At the Vitos Haina Forensic Psychiatric ...
Community Attitudes and Social Distance Towards the Mentally Ill in the Surroundings of a Community Psychiatry Day Care-Unit: The Influence of Social ContactObjective: To explore whether contact with mentally ill people, initiated by day care-units, ...
Abstract. Physical activity has gained importance in psychiatric and psychosomatic treatment schemes, but there is little knowledge on the use of physical activity for forensic rehabilitation, including psychosocial outcomes. A systematic review of the ...
Abstract.Introduction: In parallel with several current and former players’ high-profile disclosures of psychological difficulties, academic studies published during the past decade have begun to examine the mental health of professional footballers. To ...
Die Kinder psychisch kranker Eltern sind als Hochrisikogruppe für die Entwicklung psychischer Störungen bekannt, wobei die Zahlen betroffener Kinder in verschiedenen Studien schwanken. Bei der Frage, ob die Kinder später selbst erkranken, spielen Risiko- ...
Background: Patients with serious mental illness can be at higher risk for suicide. Most research has focused on determining the risk factors for suicide-related events using quantitative methodologies and psychological autopsies. However, fewer studies ...
Abstract.Background: The role of self-management of suicidality was investigated as part of a larger qualitative study of suicidality among people with experience of mental illness in New Zealand. Aims: To ...
Abstract.Background: Entering higher education is a time of transition that coincides with the typical age of onset of serious mental illness. Awareness of the distinguishing characteristics of students with mental illness who die by ...
Abstract.Background: Mental illness is an established risk factor for suicide. To develop effective prevention interventions and strategies, the demographic characteristics and stressors (other than, or ...
Abstract.Background: People who have mental illness are at increased risk of suicide. Therefore, identifying "typical" trajectories to suicide in this population has the potential to improve the effectiveness of ...
An increasing number of scholarly works have attempted to understand the reasons for poor rates of help-seeking for symptoms of mental health disorders all around the world. One particular body of work has focused ...