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Ao MQ, Xia L, Wang XQ, Fang S, Yang BX, Liu Q, Chen J, Zhou SC, Li XY, Sun T, Lu B, Bao A, Luo D, Ruan J. Help-Seeking Intentions for Depression from Mental Health Professionals Among Community-Dwelling Persons in Central China. ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 2023; 50:901-911. [PMID: 37277690 DOI: 10.1007/s10488-023-01277-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Understanding the intention of community residents to seek help from mental health professionals (MHPs) is essential in targeting interventions that promote the prevention and treatment of depression. This study aimed to investigate the current status of Chinese community populations' depression help-seeking intentions from MHPs and explore factors influencing the intentions. Data were used from a survey conducted in a city in central China (n = 919 aged 38.68 ± 17.34, 72.1% female). Help-seeking intentions, help-seeking attitude, depression stigma, family function and depressive symptoms were measured. The total mean score on the intent to seek help from MHPs was 11.01 ± 7.78 and most of respondents were unwilling to seek professional help. Multiple linear regression showed that participants who were students, held a positive help-seeking attitude and had low personal stigma were more likely to have the intention to seek help from MHPs. It is necessary to utilize effective interventions to improve community residents' intention to seek professional help. These include promoting the importance of seeking professional assistance, optimizing the quality of mental health services and altering residents' prejudice to seeking professional help.
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- Meng Qin Ao
- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Population and Health Research Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Population and Health Research Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Nursing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
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- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Nursing, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Wuhan Mental Health Center, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
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- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
- Population and Health Research Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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- Wuhan Mental Health Center, Wuhan, China.
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Tsai KZ, Tsai SC, Lin KH, Chang YC, Lin YP, Lin GM. Associations of decayed teeth and localized periodontitis with mental stress in young adults: CHIEF oral health study. Sci Rep 2022; 12:19139. [PMID: 36352004 PMCID: PMC9646768 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23958-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The associations of mental stress with decayed teeth in children and periodontitis in old-aged adults have been described. However, the associations for young adults were not clear. This study aimed to examine the associations of decayed teeth and localized periodontitis with mental stress in young adults. This study included 334 military recruiters, aged 19-45 years in Taiwan. Mental stress was assessed by the brief symptom rating scale-5 (BSRS-5), including five domains: anxiety, depression, hostility, interpersonal sensitivity and insomnia (maximum score of 20). Those with symptomatic mental stress were defined as having BSRS-5 > 5 (n = 34). Multiple linear and logistic regression models were used to determine the associations of decayed tooth numbers and periodontitis with BSRS-5, with adjustments for age, sex, education level, physical activity, body weight category and smoking status. The BSRS-5 was positively correlated with decayed tooth numbers [β: 0.26 (95% confidence interval: 0.01-0.52)]. Those who had more than two decayed teeth [odds ratio: 3.59 (1.52-8.46)] had a higher risk of symptomatic mental stress. In contrast, the correlation between BSRS-5 and localized severer periodontitis was null. Our study recommended that decayed teeth instead of localized periodontitis, was a risk factor for mental stress in young adults.
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- Kun-Zhe Tsai
- Department of Stomatology of Periodontology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, No. 163, Jiali Rd., Xincheng Township, Hualien, 97144, Taiwan
- Departments of Dentistry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, No. 163, Jiali Rd., Xincheng Township, Hualien, 97144, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuli Branch, Hualien, Taiwan
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- School of Nursing and Graduate Institute of Nursing, China Medical University, Taichung, 406, Taiwan
- Nursing Department, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Taipei Tzu-Chi Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, No. 163, Jiali Rd., Xincheng Township, Hualien, 97144, Taiwan.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Thériault FL, Momoli F, Hawes RA, Garber BG, Gardner W, Colman I. Spinal pain and major depression in a military cohort: bias analysis of dependent misclassification in electronic medical records. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2022; 57:575-581. [PMID: 34374826 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-021-02160-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Spinal pain and major depression are prevalent conditions in adult populations and are particularly impactful in the military. However, the temporal relationship between these two conditions remains poorly understood. METHODS Using data extracted from electronic medical records, we assessed the association between incident diagnoses of spinal pain and major depression in a cohort of 48,007 Canadian Armed Forces personnel followed from January 2017 to August 2018. We used multivariate Poisson regression to measure the association between the period prevalence of these two conditions. We used probabilistic bias modelling to correct our estimates for misclassification of spinal pain and major depression. RESULTS After correcting for misclassification with probabilistic bias modelling, subjects newly diagnosed with spinal pain during the study period were 1.41 times (95% interval 1.25, 1.59) more likely also to be diagnosed with incident major depression, and personnel newly diagnosed with major depression were 1.28 times (95% interval 1.17, 1.39) more likely also to be diagnosed with spinal pain, compared to undiagnosed counterparts of the same age and sex. Without bias corrections, we would have overestimated the magnitude of the association between major depression and spinal pain by a factor of approximately 2.0. CONCLUSION Our results highlight a moderate and bi-directional association between two of the most prevalent disorders in military populations. Our results also highlight the importance of correcting for misclassification in electronic medical record data research.
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- François L Thériault
- Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, Canada.
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, Canada
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- Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, Canada
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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Tai YM, Chen TY, Chu HT, Yang SN. Performances of depression detection through deep learning-based natural language processing to mandarin chinese medical records: Comparison between civilian and military populations. TAIWANESE JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 2022. [DOI: 10.4103/tpsy.tpsy_9_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Fikretoglu D, Sharp ML, Adler AB, Bélanger S, Benassi H, Bennett C, Bryant R, Busuttil W, Cramm H, Fear N, Greenberg N, Heber A, Hosseiny F, Hoge CW, Jetly R, McFarlane A, Morganstein J, Murphy D, O'Donnell M, Phelps A, Richardson DJ, Sadler N, Schnurr PP, Smith P, Ursano R, Hooff MV, Wessely S, Forbes D, Pedlar D. Pathways to mental health care in active military populations across the Five-Eyes nations: An integrated perspective. Clin Psychol Rev 2021; 91:102100. [PMID: 34871868 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Military service is associated with increased risk of mental health problems. Previous reviews have pointed to under-utilization of mental health services in military populations. Building on the most recent systematic review, our narrative, critical review takes a complementary approach and considers research across the Five-Eyes nations from the past six years to update and broaden the discussion on pathways to mental healthcare in military populations. We find that at a broad population level, there is improvement in several indicators of mental health care access, with greater gains in initial engagement, time to first treatment contact, and subjective satisfaction with care, and smaller gains in objective indicators of adequacy of care. Among individual-level barriers to care-seeking, there is progress in improving recognition of need for care and reducing stigma concerns. Among organizational-level barriers, there are advances in availability of services and cultural acceptance of care-seeking. Other barriers, such as concerns around confidentiality, career impact, and deployability persist, however, and may account for some remaining unmet need. To address these barriers, new initiatives that are more evidence-based, theoretically-driven, and culturally-sensitive, are therefore needed, and must be rigorously evaluated to ensure they bring about additional improvements in pathways to care.
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- Deniz Fikretoglu
- Defence Research and Development Canada, 1133 Sheppard Ave. West, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Centre of Excellence on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Department of National Defence, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Combat Stress, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK; King's College London, London, UK
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- Phoenix, Australia: Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Carlton, Australia
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- Phoenix, Australia: Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Carlton, Australia
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- Parkwood Institute- St. Joseph's Health Care London, London, ON, Canada
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- Phoenix, Australia: Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Carlton, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Military and Emergency Services Health Australia (MESHA), Woodville, SA, Australia
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- Phoenix, Australia: Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Carlton, Australia
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- Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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Lin KH, Chen YJ, Yang SN, Liu MW, Kao CC, Nagamine M, Vermetten E, Lin GM. Association of Psychological Stress with Physical Fitness in a Military Cohort: The CHIEF Study. Mil Med 2021; 185:e1240-e1246. [PMID: 32239167 DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usz469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Psychological stress is associated with sedentary behavior, which may impair exercise performance. The aim of our study was to examine the association between psychological stress and physical fitness in military personnel. METHOD A military cohort of 4080 subjects in Taiwan was used for the analysis. The Brief Symptoms Rating Scale (BSRS-5) includes items of anxiety, depression, hostility, interpersonal sensitivity, and insomnia measured by a five-point Likert-type scale of 0-4. Psychological stress was defined as normal (n = 3657), slight (n = 314), and great (n = 109) by BSRS-5 score ≤5, 6-9, and ≥10, respectively. Aerobic fitness and anaerobic fitness were evaluated by the time of 3000-meter running and the numbers of 2-min sit-ups and 2-min push-ups, respectively. Multiple linear and logistic regression analyses were used to determine the relationship. RESULTS As compared with normal stress, slight and great stress were positive dose-dependently correlated with 3000-meter running time (β = 9.09 and 14.44; P = 0.0032 and 0.048, respectively) after adjusting for age, sex, service specialty, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, hemoglobin levels, and exercise frequency. Similarly, those with slight stress were more likely to be the worst 10% performers in the 3000-meter run test relative to the normal individuals (odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals: 1.50, 1.00-2.24). By contrast, there was no relationship of psychological stress with the numbers of 2-min sit-ups and 2-min push-ups. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that the presence of higher psychological stress on military personnel may reduce their cardiorespiratory fitness but not affect the anaerobic fitness.
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- Ko-Huan Lin
- Department of Psychiatry, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, Hualien Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, Hualien Taiwan
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital Beitou Branch, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Medical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of National Defense, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Medical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of National Defense, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Behavioral Science, National Defense Medical College Research Institute, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513 Japan
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- Military Mental Health Research Centre, Ministry of Defense, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.,Arq, Psychotrauma Expert Group, Diemen, Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.,Departments of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Thériault FL, Gardner W, Momoli F, Garber BG, Kingsbury M, Clayborne Z, Cousineau-Short DY, Sampasa-Kanyinga H, Landry H, Colman I. Mental Health Service Use in Depressed Military Personnel: A Systematic Review. Mil Med 2020; 185:e1255-e1262. [PMID: 32073617 DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usaa015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Major depression is a leading cause of morbidity in military personnel and an important impediment to operational readiness in military organizations. Although treatment options are available, a large proportion of individuals with depression do not access mental health services. Quantifying and closing this treatment gap is a public health priority. However, the scientific literature on the major depression treatment gap in military organizations has never been systematically reviewed. METHODS We systematically searched the EMBASE, MEDLINE, and PsychINFO databases for studies measuring recent mental health service use in personnel serving in the armed forces of a Five-Eye country (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, or the United States). We excluded studies conducted with retired veterans. Because of the substantial heterogeneity in included studies, we did not pool their results. Instead, we computed median period prevalence of mental health service use. RESULTS Twenty-eight studies were included in the systematic review; 12 had estimated mental health service use in personnel with depression, and another 16 had estimated mental health service use in personnel with depression or another mental health disorder. The period prevalence of mental health service use in depressed military personnel ranged from 20 to 75% in 12 included studies, with a median of 48%, over 2-12 months. The other 16 studies yielded similar conclusions; they reported period prevalence of mental health service use in personnel with any mental health disorder ranging from 14 to 75%, with a median of 36%, over 1-12 months. The median was higher in studies relying on diagnostic interviews to identify depressed personnel, compared to studies relying on screening tools (60% vs. 44%). CONCLUSIONS There is a large treatment gap for major depression in particular, and for mental health disorders in general, among military personnel. However, our results highlight the association between the use of measurement tools and treatment gaps: estimated treatment gaps were larger when depressed patients were identified by screening tools instead of diagnostic interviews. Researchers should be wary of overestimating the mental health treatment gap when using screening tools in future studies.
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- François L Thériault
- School of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, ON,K1G 5Z3, Canada.,Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Department of National Defence, National Defence HQ (Carling), 60 Moodie Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K2, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, ON,K1G 5Z3, Canada.,CHEO Research Institute, Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, ON,K1G 5Z3, Canada.,CHEO Research Institute, Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada.,Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, ON,K1G 5Z3, Canada.,Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Department of National Defence, National Defence HQ (Carling), 60 Moodie Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K2, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, ON,K1G 5Z3, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, ON,K1G 5Z3, Canada
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- Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Department of National Defence, National Defence HQ (Carling), 60 Moodie Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K2, Canada.,Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University, 2305 Health Sciences Building, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, ON,K1G 5Z3, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, ON,K1G 5Z3, Canada
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Postbox 222 Skøyen, N-0213 Oslo, Norway
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Incidence of major depression diagnoses in the Canadian Armed Forces: longitudinal analysis of clinical and health administrative data. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2020; 55:581-588. [PMID: 31559441 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-019-01754-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Major depression is a leading cause of morbidity in military populations. However, due to a lack of longitudinal data, little is known about the rate at which military personnel experience the onset of new episodes of major depression. We used a new source of clinical and administrative data to estimate the incidence of major depression diagnoses in Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel, and to compare incidence rates between demographic and occupational factors. METHODS We extracted all data recorded in the electronic medical records of CAF Regular Force personnel, at every primary care and mental health clinical encounter since 2016. Using a 12-month lookback period, we linked data over time, and identified all patients with incident diagnoses of major depression. We then linked clinical data to CAF administrative records, and estimated incidence rates. We used multivariate Poisson regression to compare adjusted incidence rates between demographic and occupational factors. RESULTS From January to December 2017, CAF Regular Force personnel were diagnosed with major depression at a rate of 29.2 new cases per 1000 person-years at risk. Female sex, age 30 years and older, and non-officer ranks were associated with significantly higher incidence rates. CONCLUSIONS We completed the largest study to date on diagnoses of major depression in the Canadian military, and have provided the first estimates of incidence rates in CAF personnel. Our results can inform future mental health resource allocation, and ongoing major depression prevention efforts within the Canadian Armed Forces and other military organizations.
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Zhao M, Feng Z. Machine Learning Methods to Evaluate the Depression Status of Chinese Recruits: A Diagnostic Study. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2020; 16:2743-2752. [PMID: 33209029 PMCID: PMC7669500 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s275620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Traditional questionnaires assessing the severity of depression are limited and might not be appropriate for military personnel. We intend to explore the diagnostic ability of three machine learning methods for evaluating the depression status of Chinese recruits, using the Chinese version of Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) as the standard. PATIENTS AND METHODS Our diagnostic study was carried out in Luoyang City (Henan Province, China; 10/16/2018-12/10/2018) with a sample of 1000 Chinese male recruits selected using cluster convenient sampling. All participants completed the BDI and 3 questionnaires including the data of demographics, military careers and 18 factors. The participants were randomly selected as the training set and the testing at 2:1. The machine learning methods tested for assessing the presence or absence of depression status were neural network (NN), support vector machine (SVM), and decision tree (DT). RESULTS A total of 1000 participants completed the questionnaires, with 223 reporting depression status and 777 not. The highest sensitivity was observed for DT (94.1%), followed by SVM (93.4%) and NN (93.1%). The highest specificity was observed for NN (60.0%), followed by SVM (58.8%) and DT (43.3%). The area under the curve (AUC) of the SVM was the largest (0.862) compared with NN (0.860) and DT (0.734). The regression prediction error and error volatility of the SVM were the smallest. CONCLUSION The SVM has the smallest prediction error and error volatility, as well as the largest AUC compared with NN and DT for assessing the presence or absence of depression status in Chinese recruits.
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- Mengxue Zhao
- Department of Military Psychology, Faculty of Medical Psychology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Medical Psychology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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