OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional association of employment contract, company size, and occupation with psychological distress using a nationally representative sample of the Japanese population. METHODS From June through July 2007, a total of 9,461 male and 7,717 female employees living in the community were randomly selected and surveyed using a sel...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has escalated the global need for remotely delivered and scalable interventions after psychological trauma. A brief intervention involving a computer game as an imagery-competing task shown promising results reducing number of intrusive memories trauma—one core clinical symptoms posttraumatic stress disorder. To date, only been face-to-face. be tested implemente...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the association between psychological distress and obesity among law enforcement officers (LEOs) in the United States. METHODS Self-reported data on psychological distress based on six key questions were obtained from LEOs who participated in the National Health Interview Survey (2004-2010). We used Prochaska's cut-point of a Kessler 6 score ≥ 5 for moderate/high men...

AIMS The objective of this study was to examine the burden of psychological distress among individuals with different forms of heart disease in a large representative sample of adults. METHODS AND RESULTS Data were obtained from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey, which is a large annual survey of the US non-institutionalized civilian population. Psychological distress was assessed wit...

The objective of the study was to examine psychological distress in victims of elder mistreatment and to determine whether social support, coping style, mastery, and perceived self-efficacy favorably influence the psychological health of these victims. The study sample consisted of 77 subjects who reported recent chronic verbal aggression, physical aggression, or financial mistreatment, and a c...

BACKGROUND Numerous studies have examined the effect of psychological variables on surgical recovery, but no definite conclusion has been reached yet. We sought to examine whether psychological factors influence early surgical recovery. METHODS We performed a systematic search in PubMed, Scopus and PsycINFO databases to identify studies examining the association of preoperative psychological ...