Worldwide, bipolar disorder affects about two people in every 100 during their lifetime (2% lifetime prevalence). Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally, in contrast to major depression andanxietydisorders which tend to affect more women than men. Bipolar disorder does not appear to have ...
Experiences of minority stress among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Nigeria, Africa: the intersection of mental health, substance use, and HIV sexual risk behavior. Global Public Health. 2020: 1–15. Andresen EM, Malmgren JA, Carter WB, Patrick DL. ...
In a consensus definition, normative sexual behavior by children has been described as involving sex play and exploration that occurs spontaneously and infrequently and is both mutual and noncoercive (Chaffin et al.,2008). The term “sexual” used in this context does not necessarily imply that ...
Mental health and substance use disorder diagnoses were the most prevalent chronic disease diagnoses across all groups (Table 2). Several differences were observed in specific chronic disease diagnoses across groups. Mental disorder diagnoses were most prevalent in the opioid group, driven by a relative...
(DSM-IV ) criteria for one of the following disorders: organic mental disorders, substance use disorders; bipolar disorder; schizophrenia; delusional disorder; or current psychotic disorders; (3) had a positive urine drug screen associated with use of toxic substances; (4) had a medical condition...
even by others who live on the street. I am not sure of the exact number, but I have heard as many as 50% of people living on the streets have a mental illness. I am sure many more have substance use disorder and some overlap and have both. The way society looks at these people...
[119,120,121,122], we argue that such interventions could profitably focus on addressing poverty or homelessness, building social support networks and coping skills, providing substance use disorder treatment as applicable, and preparation for linkage to HIV care in the event of a positive ...
On the contrary, there is clear evidence of its high burden.38 But it does mean that disability increases at a decreasing rate when comorbid conditions exist. This finding has an important implication for the prevention of disability: addressing only one disorder (treatment or prevention) when it...
Similarly, self-harm and suicide was identified as a priority disorder in a contextualization study in Tunisia [58]. The current version of mhGAP-IG.v2 does not provide any guidelines regarding the use of depression screeners in the routine diagnosis of depression, despite the availability and ...
identities may uniquely affect mental health outcomes for gbMSM. Methods Study design Data for this study were drawn from the Momentum Health Study, a bio-behavioural prospective cohort study investigating sexual, psychosocial, and substance use patterns among sexually-active gbMSM living in ...