Loneliness experience among college students with neurodevelopmental disorders: hope, intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety as serial mediators

European Journal of Special Needs Education, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 16

Published: Jan. 26, 2025

Language: Английский

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The unequal impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on young adults' mental health. Predictors of vulnerability and resilience using longitudinal birth cohort data in the UK

Journal of Adolescence, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 97(1), P. 102 - 112

Published: Aug. 29, 2024

Abstract Introduction Previous studies have demonstrated deteriorations in young adult mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic, but evidence suggests heterogeneity impacts of pandemic. We sought to identify factors which may predict changes psychological distress and wellbeing pandemic UK adults. Methods A total 2607 adults from Millennium Cohort Study were included. Psychological measured using Kessler‐6 Short Warwick‐Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, respectively. Assessment occurred at three timepoints between ages 17–19: 2018/19 (pre‐COVID Baseline), May 2020 (COVID Wave 1) September/October 2). Latent change score models used study across period, as well impact sex, relative family poverty, parental education, preexisting difficulties perceived social support on these changes. Results The latent suggested both tended increase period. Being female poverty predicted greater increases and/or poorer wellbeing. Higher levels education protective against increased associated with improved Conclusions is complex. provide further for a distinction symptoms poor Research urgently needed assess long‐term people, particularly more vulnerable groups.

Language: Английский

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Trajectories of children and adolescents attending a psychiatric emergency unit during the COVID-19 confinements: 2020–2022 longitudinal study

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(1)

Published: June 8, 2023

The prevalence of psychiatric disorders has not shifted widely through the COVID pandemic, except for some specific groups such as young people or women. Our objective is to examine prospectively evolution children and adolescents who consulted in a emergency service during COVID-19 confinements.

Language: Английский

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Brief report: caregivers’ well-being in families with neurodevelopmental disorders members during COVID-19: implications for family therapy

Frontiers in Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: Aug. 2, 2024

Neurodevelopmental disorders affect the lifespan of diagnosed individuals and their families. COVID-19 challenged these families with daily routine unpredictability requiring rapid adaptations. Moreover, associations schools were closed, leaving without regular social support. Here, we investigate which individual family factors can predict caregiver’s depressive state overall burden. An online study took place between 2021 2022. A total 32 caregivers (30 women; 48 ± 8.22 years old; range 26 to 63 old) reported having a member neurodevelopmental disorder, majority autism spectrum disorder. Caregivers responded protocol assess burden, resilience, depressive, anxious, stress symptomatology, as well behavior individual. Hierarchical multiple regressions performed identify protective risk for caregivers’ well-being. Caregivers’ was explained by 29.3% variance cohesion factor, indicating that high levels balanced represent crucial factor reducing state. Additionally, caregiver burden 17.8% due self-perception 26.4% cohesion, playing an important role in perception The proportion male female respondents seems corroborate significant women caregiving. These results emphasize importance considering both during interventions, have implications therapy members disorders, specifically autism.

Language: Английский

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“With the system as it is, I honestly don't know there's anything available that would help me”: COVID-19 experiences for autistic and non-autistic adults with pre-existing mental health concerns.

Published: Aug. 30, 2024

Objective: Widespread mental health impacts occurred early in the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for those with pre-existing conditions. Less is known about how these groups fared later phases and post- pandemic. We compared late-pandemic on adults ill-health other vulnerabilities to enable better service planning future crises.Design methods: This mixed-method study surveyed 532 online, 2021-2022. All participants self-reported ill-heath either formal autism diagnosis (181), self-identification of (167), or were non-autistic (184). Self-ratings health, need healthcare ease access during COVID across demographics. Responses an open question analysed using Reflexive Thematic Analysis.Results: Most reported poor high needs great difficulty obtaining appropriate care Significant differences found age, neurotype education level: younger worse health; people neurodivergent conditions than (NDCs) greater healthcare; NDCs lower levels care. analysis identified four themes/sub-themes: “Greater most”; “Exceptions rule: improvements some (mainly autistic people)”; “Navigating a scarce resource”; “Telehealth: enabler some, barrier others”. Conclusions: Having condition rather status was more important determining pandemic impacts.

Language: Английский

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Trajectories of children and adolescents attending a psychiatric emergency unit during the COVID-19 confinements: 2020-2022 longitudinal study

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 31, 2023

Abstract Introduction: The prevalence of psychiatric disorders has not shifted widely through the COVID pandemic, except for some specific groups such as young people or women. Our objective is to examine prospectively evolution children and adolescents who consulted in a emergency service during COVID-19 confinements. Method: We collected prospective clinical information about 296 under 18 visited tertiary hospital reasons confinement periods Spain. Clinical diagnoses, suicide attempts, admissions, pharmacological prescriptions were extracted from electronic health records 2020, 2021, 2022. Features those maintained care did compared. Results: Three out four department confinements continued at end Those showed better premorbid adjustment baseline. During follow-up, diagnoses neurodevelopmental eating disorders, well dosage psychotropic drug prescriptions, increased. major depressive disorder baseline associated with attempting follow-up. Patients internalizing symptoms admitted earlier than externalizing but no differences found terms attempts. Conclusions: continuity after an initial visit implied greater severity, reflected by changes regimens. Emergent depression social distancing isolation could predict subsequent suicidal behavior populations.

Language: Английский

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: linking immune function to mental health status

Frontiers in Neuroscience, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17

Published: July 19, 2023

Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is known to cause a variety of cognitive, behavioral, and neurological changes. Importantly, mental health problems are also overrepresented in individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), the group neurodevelopmental conditions that can occur following PAE. Approximately 90% FASD report experiencing over their lifespan, compared approximately 30% overall population. Individuals display impairments coping skills increased vulnerability stress. Here, we investigated whether COVID-19 pandemic would have differential impact on inflammation-to-mood associations adults FASD, unexposed controls (no PAE). We capitalized our pre-pandemic study examining immune function invited past-participants enroll current study. Participants completed assessments COVID-related questionnaires by phone. In addition, blood samples collected at baseline (pre-pandemic) were used probe for associations. Overall, results indicate lower SES was predictive higher coronavirus anxiety scores, no differences between controls. while there depression or measures during pandemic, examination identified relationships Specifically, positive association neutrophil counts both scores only. negative interferon-ɣ (IFN-ɣ) scores. By contrast, only showed interleukin-12p70 (IL-12p70), IL-8, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1), vascular cell (sVCAM-1) Taken together, knowledge, this first examine FASD. And it may be too soon predict long-term effects health, data suggest will important future work takes into account how modulating outcomes

Language: Английский

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COVID-19 infection, vaccine status, and avoidance behaviors in adults with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder: A cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: Aug. 24, 2022

We aim to examine infection risk and vaccine status of COVID-19 in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder evaluate the impact demographic, clinical, COVID-19-related factors on behavioral avoidance COVID-19.This cross-sectional study assessed adults with recruited from an outpatient psychiatry clinic. Patients healthy controls completed a survey sociodemographic data, status, status. Disease Perception Scale, Avoidance Attitudes toward Vaccine Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Self-report Screening Scale for DSM-5, Self-Report Symptoms Checklist, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were applied.Ninety patients 40 participated. did not differ COVID-19. No demographic clinical factor significantly affected scored higher than perception as contagious (p = 0.038), cognitive 0.008), positive attitudes 0.024). After adjustment possible factors, dangerous two affecting [R2 0. 17, F(2) 13.189, p < 0.0001].Infection controls. Approximately four-fifths fully vaccinated recommended by national global health organizations. This has increased knowledge base showing that is acceptable receiving endorsed ADHD patients. itself may provoke no kind mental disturbance sense danger this disease. Our findings have actual practice population. message would be take into account only core symptoms comorbidities but also disease while exploring its link

Language: Английский

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Cultural Perceptions on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (過動症) in Taiwan

Published: May 27, 2023

The medical world is constantly changing. creation of new medications and treatments, the prioritization creating better definitions, a broadly increased recognition disorders would paint picture more inclusive society for some most vulnerable communities in world. However, reality situation not as utopian it may seem at first glance. This disparity shown through general population’s largely negative connotation attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — mental characterized by “persistent pattern inattention and/or hyperactivity impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development” (American Psychiatric Association, 2022) continues to perpetuate itself (Lebowitz, 2016). Thus, clear ADHD remains one misunderstood stigmatized conditions, despite rising pervasiveness global familiarity ADHD.This being said scale this stigmatization occurs be simultaneously increasing alongside prevalence recent academic finding published Dr. Paige Song et al. (2021) places globally estimated historically high 366.33 million people worldwide, expectations number continue rising. As result, increasingly important highlight how pathologization portrays those affected inferior, causing problems such self-hatred refusal seek treatment worldwide frequently perceived weakness.This importance further stressed countries where research on effects social lens has been conducted, Taiwan. Currently, there dearth exploring cultural perceptions Taiwan, great majority within field focusing biological medicinal aspects other psychiatric disorders. With mind, I believe study investigates overall Taiwan can uncover magnitude public previously unexplored localities. hope hopefully necessity solutions could remedy unseen come from harmful its effect ADHD.

Language: Английский

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