BACKGROUND Mental and emotional self-help apps have emerged as potential mental illness prevention and treatment tools. The health behavior theory mechanisms by which these apps influence mental health-related behavior change have not been thoroughly examined. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the association between theoretical behavior change mechanisms and use of mental ...

Qualitative research is important due to the shortage of literature in understanding cultural influences on psychosocial and mental health syndromes and their presentation, especially in developing countries. This qualitative study aims to investigate the psychosocial and mental health needs of populations in Aceh, Indonesia affected by over 30 years of conflict, their dysfunction, and their po...

Abnormalities of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function are one of the most consistent biological findings across several mental disorders, but many of the mechanisms underlying this abnormality as well as the potential contribution to behavioural phenotypes remain only partially understood. Interestingly, evidence suggests a U-curve, with dysregulation of the HPA axis towards both ...

The article describes the main types of mental information processing in context a systematic structural method. author analyses semantic theories information. reviews mechanisms and its qualitative properties. mechanism textual presupposition accommodation.

This paper draws on a qualitative study that was undertaken as part of a national research study to assess the impact of participatory arts provision for people with mental health needs. It explores how arts and mental health projects may facilitate some of the key elements of what has been termed a 'recovery approach' in mental health. It is argued that it is precisely these elements--the fost...

It is well established that the idiopathic mental disorders have a genetic basis. Yet, genetic mapping has not definitively identified any genetic mutation or polymorphism underlying these disorders. This review discusses the role of epigenetics in the pathogenesis of the idiopathic mental disorders. Epimutations and epigenetic polymorphisms are emphasized as being an interface between the gene...

The authors have been developing human-like head robots in order to develop new head mechanisms and functions for a humanoid robot that has the ability to communicate naturally with a human by expressing human-like emotion. When humans communicate through auditory or visual sensations, they estimate their mental state through not only the information of each sensation but also their mental mode...

Psychiatry has invested its hopes in neuroscience as a path to understanding mental disorders and developing more effective treatments and ultimately cures. Recently, the U.S. NIMH has elaborated this vision through a new framework for mental health research, the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC). This framework aims to orient mental health research toward the discovery of underlying neurobiologi...

BACKGROUND There are few studies of mental ill health among young people in developing countries. AIMS To measure the prevalence of common mental disorders among low-income young people in the city of Cali, Colombia and to examine associations with violence and social capital. METHOD The Self-Reporting Questionnaire was administered to 1057 young people aged 15-25 years. Social capital, vio...

Mental health legislation aims to find the right balance between the interests of mentally ill patients and the interests of the public. Sociocultural differences between nations result in different approaches to defining this balance in mental health laws and changes within nations over time lead to changes in the regulations used to operationalize these laws. There is general agreement in men...