Study Objectives:(1) To describe the prevalence and prospective course of insomnia in a representative young-adult sample (2) to cross-sectional longitudinal associations between depression.

Study Objectives:Obesity has become a major health problem with increasing prevalence. Given the limited availability of effective treatment weight problems, identification potentially modifiable risk factors may lead to preventive approaches obesity. The objective this study was test hypothesis that short sleep duration is associated obesity and gain during young adulthood.

In a geographically defined population, we assessed incidence and determinants of aphasia attributable to first-ever ischemic stroke (FEIS).A 1-year prospective, population-based study among the permanent residents canton Basle City, Switzerland, was performed using multiple overlapping sources information.Among 188,015 inhabitants, 269 patients had FEIS, whom 80 (30%; 95% CI, 24 36) aphasia. The overall rate FEIS amounted 43 per 100,000 inhabitants (95% 33 52). Aphasic were older than...

Accurate information about preferred suicide methods is important for devising strategies and programmes prevention. Our knowledge of the used their variation across countries world regions still limited. The aim this study was to provide first comprehensive overview international patterns methods.Data encoded according International Classification Diseases (10th revision) were derived from WHO mortality database. classification differentiate methods. Correspondence analysis identify typical...

Many people with mental health problems do not use care, resulting in poorer clinical and social outcomes. Reasons for low service rates are still incompletely understood. In this longitudinal, population-based study, we investigated the influence of literacy, attitudes toward services, perceived need treatment at baseline on actual during a 6-month follow-up period, controlling sociodemographic variables, symptom level, history lifetime use. Positive to higher more significantly predicted...

Rationale: Psychologic factors are increasingly recognized to influence the onset and course of asthma. Previous cross-sectional community-based studies have provided evidence for a relatively specific association between asthma panic. Objectives: To examine concurrent longitudinal associations panic in young adults. Measurements Main Results: Prospective cohort study adults (n = 591) followed ages 19 40. Information was derived from six subsequent semistructured diagnostic interviews...

Firstly, to assess and, secondly, compare experts' and lay attitudes towards community psychiatry the respective social distance mentally ill people.Comparison of two representative Swiss samples, one comprising 90 psychiatrists, other including 786 individuals general population.The psychiatrists' attitude was significantly more positive than that population although both samples have a psychiatry. The statement mental health facilities devalue residential area has revealed most agreement....

Rössler W, Koch U, Lauber C, Hass A‐K, Altwegg M, Ajdacic‐Gross V, Landolt K. The mental health of female sex workers. Objective: There is limited information available about the Therefore, we aimed to make a comprehensive assessment status workers over different outdoors and indoors work settings nationalities. Method: As prerequisites probability sampling were not given, quota‐sampling strategy was best possible alternative. Sex contacted at locations in city Zurich. They interviewed with...

Background. Psychiatric disorders and being overweight are major health problems with increasing prevalence. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that is associated a range psychiatric conditions including minor atypical depressive disorders, binge eating, aggression. Method. Prospective community-based cohort young adults ( n =591) followed between ages 19 40. Information derived from six subsequent semi-structured diagnostic interviews conducted by professionals over twenty...

<h3>Context</h3> Although an association between mood disorders and substance use has been well established, there is a lack of long-term prospective data on the order onset subtypes associated with specific substances their progression. <h3>Objective</h3> To estimate respective risks posed by or bipolar spectrum conditions for subsequent development disorders. <h3>Design</h3> Six waves direct diagnostic interviews were administered to sample young adults during 20-year period. Mood...

Recent research suggests that search volumes of the most popular engine worldwide, Google, provided via Google Trends, could be associated with national suicide rates in USA, UK, and some Asian countries. However, have mostly been studied an ad hoc fashion, without controls for spurious associations. This study evaluated validity utility Trends behavioral forecasting Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Suicide-related terms were systematically collected respective availability. Time spans covered...

Aims. To examine stigma- and knowledge-related barriers to help-seeking among members of the general population. Methods. In a representative survey young middle-aged Swiss adults (n = 8875), shame about potential own mental illness, perceived knowledge satisfaction with one's health, psychiatric symptoms attitudes towards were assessed. Results. A latent profile analysis all participants yielded two groups different help-seeking. Relative majority, one-in-four subgroup endorsed more...

In order to minimise retrospective recall in developing estimates of the prevalence mental disorders general population, we conducted a prospective study cohort youth from Zurich, Switzerland.A 20 year community-based aged 19-20 Zurich Switzerland. The sample was enriched by subjects scoring high on Symptom Checklist 90 R (Derogatis, 1977). A semi-structured diagnostic interview administered clinically experienced psychologists and psychiatrists. six interviews 1979 1999 assessed diagnoses...

Objective. Prospective longitudinal studies of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and sub-diagnostic symptomatology in the non-clinical population, using age-defined cohorts, are rare. This study aimed to investigate effect OC symptoms on distress psychosocial function early-onset symptoms. Methods. 591 subjects drawn from general population Zurich, Switzerland were interviewed seven times between 1979 (at age 20/21) 2008 (age 49/50). Data for socio-demographic variables impairment was also...