Food insecurity is an ongoing public health issue and contributes to mental health status. We investigated whether food insecurity is associated with inadequate nutrient intake and whether it affects mental health indicators (perceived stress/experience of depressive symptom/suicidal ideation) and quality of life (QOL) among Koreans (n = 5862, 20-64 years) using data from the Korea National Hea...

OBJECTIVES To examine whether in older people perceived age is associated with risk of total mortality independent of chronological age. DESIGN Prospective population-based study (Evergreen project) with mortality surveillance for 13 years after the baseline. SETTING Face-to-face interview among community-dwelling residents of the city of Jyväskylä, Finland. SUBJECTS 395 men and 770 women...

BACKGROUND South Asian populations are the largest visible minority group in Canada; however, there is very little information on the mental health of these populations. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence rates and characteristics of mental health outcomes for South Asian first-generation immigrant and second-generation Canadian-born populations. METHODS The Canadian ...

OBJECTIVES We examined the use rates and correlates of formal psychiatric services among the US-born and immigrant Caribbean Black population. METHODS We compared overall mental health service use in samples of Caribbean Blacks and African Americans and examined the within-sample ethnic variation among Caribbean Blacks, including for ethnic origin (Spanish Caribbean, Haiti, and English Caribb...

BACKGROUND High levels of stress and deteriorating mental health among medical students are commonly reported. In Bergen, Norway, we explored the impact of personality traits measured early in their curriculum on stress reactions and levels of depression and anxiety symptoms as junior physicians following graduation. METHODS Medical students (n = 201) from two classes participated in a study ...

the relationship between creativity and mental health and the extend to which different aspects of creativity (elaboration, flexibility, fluency and originality) could predict different aspects of mental health, was studied in college students. 248 subjects were selected as an available pool of subjects and they were given creativity, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and perceived stress tests....

OBJECTIVE Green tea has been widely acknowledged in Japan to induce a pleasurable mental feeling. Recent laboratory studies have suggested positive psychological effects as a result of consuming green tea. The present study examined whether green tea consumption in everyday life in Japan is associated with positive mental health. DESIGN A cross-sectional study was performed in February-March ...

High degrees of premature retirement among teachers warrant investigating the occupational burden and the mental health status of this profession. A sample of 1074 German teachers participated in this study. Two samples of the general population (N = 824 and N = 792) were used as comparison groups. Work distress was assessed with the Effort-Reward-Imbalance questionnaire, and mental health prob...

BACKGROUND To address nutrition-related population mental health data gaps, we examined relationships among food insecurity, diet quality, and perceived mental health. METHODS Stratified and logistic regression analyses of respondents aged 19-70 years from the Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.2 were conducted (n = 15,546). Measures included the Household Food Security Survey Module, ...