BACKGROUND AIDS-related stigma and mental disorders are the most common conditions in people living with HIV (PLHIV). We therefore conducted this study to examine the association of AIDS-related stigma and discrimination with mental disorders among PLHIV in Cambodia. METHODS A two-stage cluster sampling method was used to select 1,003 adult PLHIV from six provinces. The People Living with HIV...

OBJECTIVES The association of volunteering with well-being has been found in previous research, but mostly among older people. The aim of this study was to examine the association of volunteering with mental well-being among the British population across the life course. DESIGN British Household Panel Survey, a population-based longitudinal study. SETTING UK. PARTICIPANTS 66 343 observati...

BACKGROUND Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) reduces distress in multiple sclerosis, and helps manage adjustment, but cost-effectiveness evidence is lacking. METHODS An economic evaluation was conducted within a multi-centre trial. 94 patients were randomised to either eight sessions of nurse-led CBT or supportive listening (SL). Costs were calculated from the health, social and indirect ca...

Background: The 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is constructed on the basis of a principal components analysis of the GHQ-60 (28 items selected and grouped under four subscales). When used on a Spanish population, a translation of the GHQ-28 developed for an English population logically yields worse predictive values. Methods: Data from a community study conducted in a town near Madr...

Introduction Work ability can be influenced by numerous factors, particularly psychosocial ones. These latter individual factors but also at the workplace. Objectives This study aimed to explore determinants of work among workers in a Tunisian electricity and gas company. Methods We conducted cross-sectional survey 83 male used self-administered questionnaire that included socio-demographic pro...

We use data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) to compare measures of socioeconomic inequality in psychological distress, measured by General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Waves 9 and Interim 2019 Wave) during first wave COVID-19 pandemic (April July 2020). Based on a caseness measure, prevalence distress increased 18.5% 27.7% between Wave April 2020 with some reversion earl...

Objectives To compare online cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with and without telephone support respectively to psychoeducation in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) caregivers of people dementia mild anxiety or depression. Design Three-arm parallel-group RCT comparing CBT psychoeducation. Setting Participants Online study dementia. Measures The primary outcome measure was mental health mea...