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Wong, J. G. "Genetic discrimination and mental illness: a case report." Journal of Medical Ethics 27, no. 6 (December 1, 2001): 393–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.27.6.393.

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Macedo, P., M. Silva, A. Fornelos, A. R. Figueiredo, and S. Nunes. "Mental Health Stigma: What's Been Done? Where to Go?" European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): s245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.02.023.

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IntroductionNegative attitudes towards psychiatric patients still exist in our society. Persons suffering from mental illness frequently encounter public stigma and may internalize it leading to self-stigma. Discrimination occurs across many aspects of economic and social existence. It may represent a barrier for patients to receive appropriate care. Many anti-stigma campaigns have been taken to decrease people's prejudice, but its effects are not well documented.ObjectivesTo characterize anti-stigma initiatives and its effects on diminishing negative consequences of stigma.MethodsBibliographical research using PubMed using the keywords “stigma” and “mental illness”.ResultsDespite several approaches to eradicate stigma, it shows a surprising consistency in population levels. It was expected that focus on education would decrease stigma levels. The same was expected following concentration on the genetic causation of pathology. Most studies have revealed that education has little value and endorsing genetic attributions has led to a greater pessimism on the efficacy of mental health services, sense of permanence and guilty feelings within the family.ConclusionPublic stigma has had a major impact on many people with mental illness, especially when leading to self-stigma, interfering with various aspects in life, including work, housing, health care, social life and self-esteem. As Goffman elucidated, stigma is fundamentally a social phenomenon rooted in social relationships and shaped by the culture and structure of society. Social inclusion has been pointed as a potential direction of change.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Johansson Soller, M., R. Moldovan, C. Ingvoldstad Malmgren, A. Cuthbert, and M. Rietschel. "How to do genetic counseling in psychiatry?" European Psychiatry 64, S1 (April 2021): S50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.158.

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Genetic counselling has been defined as the process of helping people “understand and adapt to medical, psychosocial, and familial aspects of genetic conditions.” It can also help patients and families deal with stigma and understand the significance of possible genetic findings. Psychiatric genetic counselling (PGC) is an emerging field aimed to help people with a personal or family history of psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or neuropsychiatric conditions, to understand genetic etiological mechanisms as a critical component. Counselling strategies are used to identify and adapt to psychological and familial consequences of the conditions and to reduce stigma surrounding the psychiatric illness. A recent survey showed that PGC is still not routinely offered and usually only discussed at the initiative of the patient, e.g. if they ask about the possibility of “hereditary" illness, or if a caregiver during a session for another indication, identifies the family history. If a monogenetic or chromosomal cause is identified, the genetic counselling follows a more traditional path, but if, on the other hand, the cause is complex, the counselling will not be as clearcut. It will then focus on explaining risk for disease with quite uncertain riskscores as no causative genetic change is identified. Although genetic testing most often cannot be offered and individual risk scores based on genetic markers cannot be given, there is still great value for patients and their relatives in PGC. Studies have shown that the effect of PGC is an increase of empowerment and a reduction of stigma.DisclosureNo significant relationships.
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Mendez, Mario F. "Huntington's Disease: Update and Review of Neuropsychiatric Aspects." International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 24, no. 3 (September 1994): 189–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/hu6w-3k7q-nael-xu6k.

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Objective: This article presents a general update on Huntington's disease (HD) and reviews the psychiatric and cognitive features of this disorder. Method: HD is discussed in five sections: an introduction and update, the psychiatric aspects, the cognitive aspects, brain-behavior relationships, and the differential diagnosis and management. Results: Recent advancements in HD include the identification of presymptomatic testing methods and HD gene defect, structural and metabolic neuroimaging findings, and a neuropsychological profile. HD is associated with mood disorders, personality changes, irritable and explosive behavior, a schizophrenia-like illness, suicidal behavior, sexuality changes, and specific cognitive deficits. Conclusions: HD results in organic mental disorders from dysfunction of prefrontal-subcortical circuits coursing through the caudate nuclei. The diagnosis of HD is aided by genetic testing, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological testing. Management involves education, genetic counseling, and psychotropic medications. Finally, the future of HD holds promise for the development of rational, neurobiologically-based treatments and genetically engineered therapies.
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Greenwood, Tiffany A. "Creativity and Bipolar Disorder: A Shared Genetic Vulnerability." Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 16, no. 1 (May 7, 2020): 239–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050718-095449.

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Bipolar disorder is a lifelong mood disorder characterized by extreme mood swings between mania and depression. Despite fitness costs associated with increased mortality and significant impairment, bipolar disorder has persisted in the population with a high heritability and a stable prevalence. Creativity and other positive traits have repeatedly been associated with the bipolar spectrum, particularly among unaffected first-degree relatives and those with milder expressions of bipolar traits. This suggests a model in which large doses of risk variants cause illness, but mild to moderate doses confer advantages, which serve to maintain bipolar disorder in the population. Bipolar disorder may thus be better conceptualized as a dimensional trait existing at the extreme of normal population variation in positive temperament, personality, and cognitive traits, aspects of which may reflect a shared vulnerability with creativity. Investigations of this shared vulnerability may provide insight into the genetic mechanisms underlying illness and suggest novel treatments.
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Rybakowski, Janusz K. "Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP9)—A Mediating Enzyme in Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Neuropsychiatric Disorders." Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology 2009 (August 31, 2009): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/904836.

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Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP9) has been implicated in numerous somatic illnesses, including cardiovascular disorders and cancer. Recently, MMP9 has been shown to be increasingly important in several aspects of central nervous system activity. Furthermore, a pathogenic role for this enzyme has been suggested in such neuropsychiatric disorders as schizophrenia, bipolar illness, and multiple sclerosis. In this paper, the results of biochemical and molecular-genetic studies on MMP9 that have been performed in these pathological conditions will be summarized. Furthermore, I hypothesize that the MMP9 gene, as shown by functional −1562 C/T polymorphism studies, may be mediating the relationship of neuropsychiatric illnesses (schizophrenia, bipolar mood disorder, multiple sclerosis) that are comorbid with cardiovascular disease and cancer.
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Vamos, M., J. Conaghan, and T. Lewin. "Exploring sources and types of information about Huntington disease received by affected families." European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): S509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.654.

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IntroductionWhile revealing the presence of Huntington Disease (HD) within the family setting has received considerable research interest, the sources of information and the detail of which aspects of the illness are discussed remains unexplored. This study's primary aim was to identify HD information sources, both professional and family, and to describe the types of information received by members of affected families, with the hypothesis that some aspects of the disorder would be more fully addressed than others.MethodClients drawn from a specialist genetic unit looking after families with HD (n = 46) were engaged in structured interviews and completed standardized questionnaires, including: the psychological adjustment to genetic information scale (PAGIS); and a current psychological distress measure (K10). Participants obtained HD related information from a mean of 4.76 sources (49.3% professional).ResultsAs expected, genetic and neurological symptoms were more frequently described (97.7% and 86.4% respectively) than cognitive and psychological/psychiatric (63.6%; 52.3%). Regression analyses were used to identify potential predictors of current distress, adjustment, and information satisfaction. Rated satisfaction with information received was higher among participants with a gene positive family member. Across the PAGIS sub-scales, there were differential associations with the predictors examined.ConclusionsGiven that HD is a multi-faceted condition affecting the entire family, needs would be better addressed if information provided went beyond discussion of genetic and movement disorders, and extended to the cognitive, psychological and behavioral aspects which are strongly associated with quality of life.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Glatt, Stephen J., William S. Stone, Stephen V. Faraone, Larry J. Seidman, and Ming T. Tsuang. "Psychopathology, personality traits and social development of young first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia." British Journal of Psychiatry 189, no. 4 (October 2006): 337–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.105.016998.

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BackgroundEvaluation of individuals at high genetic risk of schizophrenia is a powerful method for identifying precursors of the illness.AimsTo identify aspects of personality, psychopathology and social development that differentiate high-risk and control individuals.MethodAdolescent and young-adult first-degree relatives (n=35) of people with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and a control group (n=55) were compared on 36 measures at baseline of a longitudinal study Measures differentiating high-risk and control participants were related to four genetic loading indices.ResultsHigh-risk participants older than 17 years showed more physical anhedonia, less positive involvement with peers and more problems with peers, siblings and the opposite gender. Older high-risk individuals also were less cooperative, less self-directed and less reward-dependent. Problems with peers and the opposite gender, as well as reward dependence, were related linearly to genetic loading.ConclusionsAlterations in personality traits and social development are present in high-risk individuals, and may be markers for genetic liability toward the illness.
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Shah, Ajit, Ravi Bhat, Sheena McKenzie, and Chris Koen. "Elderly suicide rates: cross-national comparisons and association with sex and elderly age-bands." Medicine, Science and the Law 47, no. 3 (July 2007): 244–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/rsmmsl.47.3.244.

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Suicide rates generally increase with age. Examination of cross-national variations in elderly suicide rates may allow the generation of aetiological hypotheses. Suicide rates for males and females in the age-bands 65-74 years and 75+ years were ascertained from the World Health Organisation website for all the listed countries. Cross-national variations were examined by segregating different countries into four quartiles of elderly suicide rates. Suicide rates between males and females and between the two age-bands were compared across different countries. The main findings were: (i) there is wide cross-national variation in elderly suicide rates; (ii) elderly suicide rates were the lowest in Caribbean, central American and Arabic countries, and the highest in central and eastern European, some oriental and some west European countries; (iii) suicide rates were higher in men compared to women for both the age-bands; and, (iv) suicide rates were higher in the age-band 75+ years compared to the age-band 65-74 years for males and females. Potential explanations for regional and cross-national variations in elderly suicide rates include cross-national differences in genetic and environmental factors, prevalence of mental illness in the elderly, life expectancy, socio-economic deprivation, social fragmentation, cultural factors, the availability of appropriate healthcare services, and public health initiatives to improve the detection and treatment of mental illness, mental health and suicide prevention.
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Schwartz, M., M. Moskalewicz, E. Schwartz, and O. Wiggins. "Mental illness is an inevitable consequence of the singular diversity of human beings." European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): S329—S330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.02.267.

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Nowadays, cosmopolitan populations increasingly applaud the broad physical, ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity of human beings. So long as we behave within sanctioned norms. This presentation will focus upon the above paradox: In contrast to delighting in physical, ethnic and cultural expressions of human diversity, present-day cosmopolitan societies increasingly call for conformity in behavioral and experiential realms. For example, at meetings such as this, we can freely express and celebrate racial, ethnic, and culturally differences, but we must communicate–within remarkably narrow ranges–cordiality, spontaneity, agreeableness, respectful disagreement and tact. And if we cannot?? We propose that the phenomenon of mental illness arises as a consequence of the phenomenon of human diversity coming up against constraints and limitations in mental and behavioral realms. This presentation will focus upon evolutionary, genetic, biological, anthropological, historical and cultural aspects of the primary role that human diversity plays in mental illness. We will discuss the adaptive origins and strengths associated with the extraordinary diversity of humans (and our pets/domestic animals) as well accompanying vulnerabilities. For example, diversity of skin pigmentation has enabled humans to extend across the globe. A consequence however, is enhanced vulnerability to skin cancer for some with fair skin and vitamin D deficiency for others with dark skin. Psychological diversities can be viewed analogously. The thesis that mental illness is an inevitable consequence of the singular diversity of humanity will be exemplified by disorders such as ADHD, melancholia, schizophrenia and sociopathy.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Mental illness – Genetic aspects"

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Morgan, Vera Anne. "Intellectual disability co-occurring with schizophrenia and other psychiatric illness : epidemiology, risk factors and outcome." University of Western Australia. School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0209.

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(Truncated abstract) The aims of this thesis are: (i) To estimate the prevalence of psychiatric illness among persons with intellectual disability and, conversely, the prevalence of intellectual disability among persons with a psychiatric illness; (ii) To describe the disability and service utilisation profile of persons with conjoint disorder; (iii) To examine, in particular, intellectual disability co-occurring with schizophrenia; and (iv) To explore the role of hereditary and environmental (specifically obstetric) risk factors in the aetiology of (i) intellectual disability and (ii) intellectual disability co-occurring with psychiatric illness. This thesis has a special interest in the relationship between intellectual disability and schizophrenia. Where data and sample sizes permit, it explores that relationship at some depth and has included sections on the putative nature of the link between intellectual disability and schizophrenia in the introductory and discussion chapters. To realise its objectives, the thesis comprises a core study focusing on aims (i) – (iii) and a supplementary study whose focus is aim (iv). It also draws on work from an ancillary study completed prior to the period of candidacy...This thesis found that, overall, 31.7% of persons with an intellectual disability had a psychiatric illness; 1.8% of persons with a psychiatric illness had an intellectual disability. The rate of schizophrenia, but not bipolar disorder or unipolar major depression, was greatly increased among cases of conjoint disorder: depending on birth cohort, 3.7-5.2% of individuals with intellectual disability had co-occurring schizophrenia. Down syndrome was much less prevalent among conjoint disorder cases despite being the most predominant cause of intellectual disability while pervasive developmental disorder was over-represented. Persons with conjoint disorder had a more severe clinical profile including higher mortality rates than those with a single disability. The supplementary study confirmed the findings in the core body of work with respect to the extent of conjoint disorder, its severity, and its relationship with pervasive development disorder and Down syndrome. Moreover, the supplementary study and the ancillary influenza study indicated a role for neurodevelopmental insults including obstetric complications in the adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes, with timing of the insult a potentially critical element in defining the specific outcome. The supplementary study also added new information on familiality in intellectual disability. It found that, in addition to parental intellectual disability status and exposure to labour and delivery complications at birth, parental psychiatric status was an independent predictor of intellectual disability in offspring as well as a predictor of conjoint disorder. In conclusion, the facility to collect and integrate records held by separate State administrative health jurisdictions, and to analyse them within the one database has had a marked impact on the capacity for this thesis to estimate the prevalence of conjoint disorder among intellectually disabled and psychiatric populations, and to understand more about its clinical manifestations and aetiological underpinnings.
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Nowak, Lisa Rebecca. "Philosophical perspectives on the stigma of mental illness." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13193.

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This thesis is concerned with philosophical perspectives on the stigma of mental illness, with each chapter exploring different philosophical issues. Chapter one delineates the central concept around which the rest of the work revolves: the stigma of mental illness. It provides an outline of the stigma mechanism, how it applies to mental illness, why it is such a large public health concern and what has been done so far to combat it. Chapter two is concerned with the application of recent literature in the philosophy of implicit bias to the topic of mental illness. It suggests that we have hitherto been preoccupied with explicit formulations of the stigma mechanism, but argues that there are distinctive issues involved in combatting forms of discrimination in which the participants are not cognisant of their attitudes or actions, and that anti-stigma initiatives for mental illness should take note. Chapter three applies the philosophical literature concerning the ethics of our epistemic practices to the stigma of mental illness. It contains an analysis of how epistemic injustice- primarily in the forms of testimonial injustice and stereotype threat- affects those with mental illnesses. The fourth chapter brings in issues in the philosophy of science (particularly the philosophy of psychiatry) to explore the possibility of intervening on the stigma process to halt the stigma of mental illness. The first candidate (preventing labelling) is discounted, and the second (combatting stereotype) is tentatively endorsed. The fifth chapter is concerned with how language facilitates the stigma of mental illness. It suggests that using generics to talk about mental illness (whether the knowledge structure conveyed is inaccurate or accurate) is deeply problematic. In the former, it conveys insidious forms of social stereotyping. In the latter, it propagates misinformation by presenting the category as a quintessential one.
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Yee, Mean-Fong. "Dental Implications For The Patient With Mental Illness." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4960.

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Cheung, Po-tin Erik, and 張步田. "Cultural influences on attitudes towards mental illness in Asia." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B26813749.

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Lim, Jeong-Eun. "Regulatory genetic variants in mental illness focus on serotonin-related genes /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1196198735.

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Williams, William Paul. "Aspects of a psychiatric therapeutic milieu." Thesis, University of East London, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.361850.

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Long, Vicky. "Changing public representations of mental illness in Britain, 1870-1970." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2004. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1217/.

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This thesis uses Habermas' arguments concerning the public sphere and Nancy Fraser's concept of counter-public spheres as a framework to explore how changes in the representation of mental illness occurred between 1870 and 1970. Within this period, the nineteenth-century polarisation of sanity and madness that had led to the segregation of the mentally ill within the asylum gave way to the belief that mental health and illness formed a continuum. Psychiatry extended beyond the walls of the asylum into the community, expanding its scope to incorporate the nominally healthy. These developments, which culminated in the creation of community mental health services and the closure of the asylums, suggest that mental disturbance was no longer seen solely as the problem of sick individuals but of the public at large, and points to a potential destigmatisation of mental illness. To examine if the representation of mental illness matched these developments in practice and to explain why, this thesis studies how groups directly connected to the mentally ill, conceptualised as sub-public groups, sought to represent mental illness. The groups studied are the Medico-Psychological Association in Chapter One, the National Asylum Workers' Union in Chapter Two, The Association of Psychiatric Social Workers in Chapter Three and a charity, the Mental After Care Association, in Chapter Four. The fifth chapter explores patients and the representation of mental illness. It is argued that such sub-public groups helped initiate a debate about mental illness and enabled a broader spectrum of people to participate in the debate. However, it is suggested that private and professional motivations impinged upon how groups chose to represent the mentally ill. The thesis argues that the difficulties groups experienced balancing the representation of their own interests with those of the mentally ill, combined with the negative perceptions some sub-public groups held regarding the general public's capacity to participate in a debate on mental illness, obstructed their efforts to communicate with the public and to represent the interests of the mentally ill. Finally, the thesis uses the case study of the BBC to explore the factors that influenced the media to cover the issue of mental health and illness. This final chapter illustrates the interactions that occurred between media organisations and sub-public groups.
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Fincher, Cynthia Ellen. "Mental Status, Intellectual, and Mood States Associated with Environmental Illness Patients." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500843/.

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The purpose of the present study was to begin development of a psychological profile for environmentally ill patients. Existing psychiatric labels are unable to encompass these patients. Test scores were drawn from a pool of 89 patients whose environmental exposures were verified by the presence of toxins in the blood serum. A Mental Status Exam, a Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised screen, and the Profile of Mood States were administered. Results indicate a primary pattern which is significantly different from test norms consisting of fatigue, reduced mental functioning, and a lack of psychotic or personality disorder indicators. The reported symptoms of environmentally ill patients were objectively verified by current psychological test instruments. The need for a new diagnostic category for people who have been poisoned by environmental toxins is discussed.
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Jenkinson, Crispin. "Social and psychological factors affecting the impact of painful chronic illness upon mental health." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1989. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2c6e33c7-4931-435c-bd60-d3958866087a.

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This thesis is a report of a study on patients suffering one of two painful chronic illnesses (rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or migraine), and attempts to discover possible determinants of psychological reactions to long term painful illness. One hundred and sixty chronically ill individuals were interviewed, (80 migraine and 80 RA sufferers). In keeping with other evidence, the extent of psychological disturbance was found to be higher for chronically ill individuals than for general population samples. There were no zero order correlations between reported pain and psychological distress. Age and length of suffering have often been cited as possible factors influencing mood state, but no evidence was found for this in the data gained in this survey. The results provide no evidence for the use of coping strategies as a method of adapting to the demands of the painful chronic illnesses studied here. Beliefs in control over illness have been posited as possible factors that may influence psychological state, and were measured in this research using a health locus of control scale. However locus of control scores were not found to be associated with mood state, although, in keeping with other research, scores were found to be associated with age and social class, with both lower social class and older sufferers scoring higher on externality than those from higher social classes, or whom were younger. The strongest association was found between aspects of subjective health status and mood state. The major finding of this study is that patients assessment of their own health state, in both illnesses, is the major factor associated with psychological state.
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Sun, Qi. "Assessing Social Determinants of Severe Mental Illness in High-Risk Groups." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500085/.

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The primary objective of this research was to explore the impact of possible social factors on non-institutionalized adults 18 years of age or older residing in the United States who exhibited severe mental illness (SMI). A holistic sociological model was developed to explain SMI by incorporating elements of social learning theory, social disorganization theory, and gender socialization theory with social demographic factors. Based on the holistic sociological model, the following factors were investigated: demographic aspects of age, education, income and gender; gender socialization; influence of neighborhood area; social network influence based on communication and interaction among peers and family members; and socially deviant behaviors such as frequently smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol and using drugs specifically marijuana. The impact of these factors on SMI was examined. A sample of 206 respondents drawn from National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 was assessed. These respondents had answered all the questions related to SMI; social deviant behaviors; neighborhood environment; and communications among peers, family members and friends; and the other studied factors. Ordinary linear regression with interaction terms was employed as a statistical tool to assess the impact of social determinants on SMI. Being female, living a disorganized neighborhood, and frequent and high levels of smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol had a significant influence on SMI. This reevaluation and reexamination of the role of gender socialization path, socially deviant behaviors like smoking and drinking, and community construction on SMI provided additional insights. This research is one of the first to develop a more holistic sociological model on SMI and explored the previously untested interactive relationships. The limitations of this study suggest the need to test a potential recursive research model and explore additional bi-directional associations.
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Books on the topic "Mental illness – Genetic aspects"

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P, McGuffin, Murray, Robin, MD, M Phil, MRCP, MRC Psych., and Mental Health Foundation (London, England), eds. The New genetics of mental illness. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1991.

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Lee, Hall Laura, ed. Genetics and mental illness: Evolving issues for research and society. New York: Plenum, 1996.

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Mellon, Charles David. The genetic basis of abnormal human behavior. Placitas, NM: Genetics Heritage Press, 1997.

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Mellon, Charles David. Hereditary madness: The evolution of psychiatric genetic thought. Placitas, N.M: Genetics Heritage Press, 1996.

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Lucas, Prosper. Prosper Lucas's "On the heredity of mental illness," (1850). Placitas, N.M: Genetics Heritage Press, 1996.

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Stevens, Anthony. Evolutionary psychiatry: A new beginning. London: Routledge, 1996.

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Genetics and psychiatric disorders. London: Pergamon, 1998.

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Rinomhota, A. Shupikai. Biological aspects of mental health nursing. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.

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Origins of mental illness: Temperament, deviance, and disorder. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985.

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Leigh, Hoyle. Genes, memes, culture, and mental illness: Toward an integrative model. New York: Springer, 2010.

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Book chapters on the topic "Mental illness – Genetic aspects"

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Bertelsen, A. "Genetic Aspects in Affective Disorders: Introductory Remarks." In Depressive Illness, 49–55. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73546-2_2.

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Haynes, Emma. "Historical Aspects of Maternal Mental Illness." In Motherhood and Mental Illness, 25–32. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003154891-4.

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Hahn, Patrick D. "The Mass-Marketing of Mental Illness." In Madness and Genetic Determinism, 57–67. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21866-9_6.

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Leigh, Hoyle. "Genetic–Memetic Prevention." In Genes, Memes, Culture, and Mental Illness, 213–19. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5671-2_19.

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Götestam, K. G. "Behavioral Aspects of Physical Illness." In Interaction Between Mental and Physical Illness, 119–34. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73993-4_16.

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Kelly, Matthew, Antonio Ventriglio, and Dinesh Bhugra. "Mental Health Aspects of Rural Living." In Mental Health and Illness Worldwide, 1–14. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0751-4_32-1.

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Smeraldi, E. "Genetic Aspects in the Course and Outcome of Affective Disorders." In Depressive Illness, 56–62. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73546-2_3.

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Radjack, Rahmeth, Sarah Lévesque-Daniel, and Marie Rose Moro. "Transcultural Aspects of Psychiatry and Mental Health in Migrant Children and Adolescents." In Mental Health, Mental Illness and Migration, 209–26. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2366-8_42.

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Radjack, Rahmeth, Sarah Lévesque-Daniel, and Marie Rose Moro. "Transcultural Aspects of Psychiatry and Mental Health in Migrant Children and Adolescents." In Mental Health, Mental Illness and Migration, 1–18. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0750-7_42-1.

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Ottosson, J. O. "Psychiatric Consequences of Physical Illness — Clinical Aspects." In Interaction Between Mental and Physical Illness, 1–6. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73993-4_1.

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Conference papers on the topic "Mental illness – Genetic aspects"

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Khaled, Salma, Peter Haddad, Majid Al-Abdulla, Tarek Bellaj, Yousri Marzouk, Youssef Hasan, Ibrahim Al-Kaabi, et al. "Qatar - Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health in Pandemics (Q-LAMP)." In Qatar University Annual Research Forum & Exhibition. Qatar University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/quarfe.2020.0287.

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Aims: Q-LAMP aims to identify risk factors and resilience factors for symptoms of psychiatric illness during the pandemic. Study strengths include the 1-year longitudinal design and the use of standardized instruments already available in English and Arabic. The results will increase understanding of the impact of the pandemic on mental health for better support of the population during the pandemic and in future epidemics. Until an effective vaccine is available or herd immunity is achieved, countries are likely to encounter repeated ‘waves’ of infection. The identification of at-risk groups for mental illness will inform the planning and delivery of individualized treatment including primary prevention. Methodology: Longitudinal online survey; SMS-based recruitment and social media platforms advertisements e.g. Facebook, Instagram; Online consent; Completion time for questionnaires: approx. 20 to 30 minute; Baseline questionnaire with follow up at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months; Study completion date: Sept. 2021. Inclusion criteria: Currently living in Qatar; Qatari residents: citizens and expatriates; Age 18 years; read Arabic or English (questionnaire and consent form available in both languages). Instruments: Sociodemographic questionnaire including personal and family experience of COVID-19 infection; Standard instruments to assess psychiatric morbidity including depression, anxiety and PTSD; research team-designed instruments to assess social impact of pandemic; standard questionnaires to assess resilience, personality, loneliness, religious beliefs and social networks. Results: The analysis was based on 181 observations. Approximately, 3.5% of the sample was from the sms-recruitment method. The sample of completed surveys consisted of 65.0% females and 35.0% males. Qatari respondents comprised 27.0% of the total sample, while 52% of the sample were married, 25% had Grade 12 or lower level of educational attainment, and 46.0% were unemployed. Covid-19 appears to have affected different aspects of people’s lives from personal health to living arrangements, employment, and health of family and friends. Approximately, 41% to 55% of those who responded to the survey perceived changes in their stress levels, mental health, and loneliness to be worse than before the pandemic. Additionally, the wide availability of information about the pandemic on the internet and social media was perceived as source of pandemic-related worries among members of the public. Conclusion: The continued provision of mental health service and educational campaigns about effective stress and mental health management is warranted.
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Lóss, Juliana da Conceição Sampaio, Cristina de Fátima de Oliveira Brum Augusto de Souza, and Rosalee Santos Crespo Istoe. "Neurosciences and aging: determinants of healthy aging." In XIII Congresso Paulista de Neurologia. Zeppelini Editorial e Comunicação, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/1516-3180.102.

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Introduction: Neuroscience is an area of knowledge that has been an important ally in the study, prevention and understanding of brain mechanisms and their influence on neurodegenerative diseases. In this tuning fork, the neuroscience of aging is concerned with studying important aspects in the life of the elderly, so that it becomes valuable to study the determinants of healthy aging. The present study aims to understand the aspects that involve healthy aging and how neuroscience can beneficially influence the aging process. Method: This research is a bibliographic review, of a qualitative nature, where the analysis of articles and authors was sought in the Scielo, Pubmed, Redalic databases. The study is justified because population aging is a reality where there is a forecast that, in 2025, Brazil will be the sixth country in the world in population of people over 60 years of age. Results: Through this study it was possible to understand that the determinants of health in aging are related to important factors such as the presence of diabetes, high blood pressure, the practice of regular physical activities, mental illness, healthy lifestyle, social interaction, leisure, and volunteer work. Conclusion: Neuroscience demonstrates relevant advances, as it considers the brain’s ability to restructure, recover damaged parts, develop and create new connections in aging. Knowing these factors can mean a long-term and quality- of-life future for the elderly with the prevention of diseases present in this phase of life.
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Kirienko, V. "СОЦИОГУМАНИТАРНОЕ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВО НАСЕЛЕНИЯ БЕЛОРУССКО- УКРАИНСКО-РОССИЙСКОГО ПРИГРАНИЧЬЯ: ИСТОРИЯ, СОВРЕМЕННОСТЬ, ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ." In Perspektivy social`no-ekonomicheskogo razvitiia prigranichnyh regionov 2019. Институт экономики - обособленное подразделение Федерального исследовательского центра "Карельский научный центр Российской академии наук", 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.36867/br.2019.17.48.077.

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В статье рассматриваются исторические, национальноэтнические, экономические, геополитические и ментальные аспекты формирования социальногуманитарных взаимоотношений населения приграничных регионов Беларуси, Украины и Российской Федерации. Показано, что за время самостоятельного, в пределах суверенных государств, развития, накопились различия в представлении о параметрах межславянского взаимодействия. Вместе с тем, генетическое родство славянских народов, схожие природноклиматические условия, исторический опыт хозяйственного и социогуманитарного взаимодействия, являются надежной базой для поддержания бесконфликтного взаимодействия населения приграничных регионов. The article discusses the historical, nationalethnic, economic, geopolitical and mental aspects of the formation of social and humanitarian relations between the population of the border regions of Belarus, Ukraine and the Russian Federation. It is shown that during the independent development of sovereign states, differences have accumulated in the idea of the parameters of interSlavic interaction. At the same time, the genetic relation of the Slavic peoples, similar climatic conditions, historical experience of economic and sociohumanitarian interaction, are a reliable basis for maintaining conflictfree interaction between the population of border regions.
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Guerrero Granda, Steven, Luis Serpa-Andrade, and Luis Guerrero. "Playful strategies to enhance teaching-learning and the inclusion of children with Down syndrome." In 8th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies. AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002804.

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Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by the appearance of an extra chromosome in the human genome, discovered in 1866. This is one of the few genetic disorders where there are other chromosomes that are compatible with life. In Ecuador, Down syndrome occurs in 1 in 550 live births, an average much higher than the world rate of 1 in 700. The phenotypic characteristics that can occur in DS, there are 12 to 14 characteristics, but in each individual, it is presented between 6 to 8 the common ones are epicanthus, rounded head, short stature, coated and protruding tongue, wide and shorthands, psychomotor and mental-physical development is delayed, people with DS have a shorter average life than normal approximately 50 years, a large part of mortality is due to respiratory diseases, and cardiac malformation, the incidence of leukemia 20 times higher than the normal population. A systematic review is generated in the main repositories that cover the subject, using the PRISMA methodology to answer questions such as: What are the playful strategies used by children with Down Syndrome, What changes are generated by the use of technologies in people with DS, What aspects are should be considered for the correct motor stimulation of children with DS to contribute to motor development in an effective way.
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Garcia, Lucy, Augusto Salazar, Mauricio Garcia, Sayira Hernandez, and Cesar Gomez. "VIDEO GAME ANALYTICS AND DOWN SYNDROME." In eLSE 2018. ADL Romania, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-036.

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Today there are many children with Down Syndrome (DS) who have difficulties in the teaching-learning process in general and in particular in mathematics. These difficulties have their primary origin in the intellectual disability that is manifested to a greater or lesser extent in people with DS (PDS) due to a genetic alteration characterized by an additional copy of chromosome 21. This genetic imbalance causes a decrease in the number of neurons and synaptic connections which in turn makes mental and motor processes slower for them than for other people. Notwithstanding the preceding, the population retains its capacity for learning and improvement, even there is no limit to the development of their skill is as long as they provide the right incentives. On the other hand, ICTs have proven to be an inclusive tool with the population in cognitive impairment such as DS. Experts affirm that these people do have interest and can make use of technologies, which constitute a valuable instrument to increase the probability of becoming more independent and active in the community. In this sense, actions have been undertaken to promote the social inclusion of this population by promoting access to ICT, respecting their right to access information and communication. In this way, the digital divide is reduced, and educational, labor and social inclusion are favored. According to the above, the design of a prototype of an educational video game in mathematics that is inclusive with PDS was proposed. This game is based on three own activities of daily living of people who require basic knowledge in mathematics. Each of the activities starts at a basic level of difficulty, and to the extent that the user manages to perform each of them adequately, the difficulty of them will increase. The objective of the first activity of the game is to identify shapes and colors correctly, the other is to count, and the last is to organize elements according to form. Since some users with or without DS can have limitations in language development, the game was designed so that from the same user interaction with the application could be obtained data showing some aspects of the teaching-learning process and familiarization and use of the proposed tool. These analytical data extracted directly from the interaction with the game facilitates the evaluation of it, especially in populations where language is not fully developed and thus have limitations in intelligibility and speech.
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Reports on the topic "Mental illness – Genetic aspects"

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McInerney, Joseph D. Genetics, mental illness, and complex disease: development and distribution of an interactive CD-ROM for genetic counselors. Final report for period 15 August 2000 - 31 December 2002. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), March 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1179235.

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