PLOS Mental Health

2024 - 2025

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Volume 2, issue 5, 2025

Analyzing service descriptors and patients’ clinical characteristics may help understand heterogeneity in long-term trajectory of patients with schizophrenia, bipolar and major depressive disorder pp. 1-14

Vittorio Nicoletta, Angel Ruiz, Valérie Bélanger, Thomas Paccalet, Maripier Isabelle and Michel Maziade

Impact of insurance type on outpatient mental health treatment of US adults pp. 1-15

Lydia A Chwastiak, Scott Graupensperger, Heather Ringeisen, Mark Edlund, Heidi Guyer, Natalie Bareis, Maria Monroe-Devita, Lisa Dixon, Scott Stroup, Jeffrey Swanson, Marvin Swartz, Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq, Robert Gibbons, Ronald C Kessler and Mark Olfson

The impact of psychiatric decision units on mental health crisis care pathways: a synthetic control study pp. 1-16

Paris Pariza, Izzy Hatfield, Lucy P Goldsmith, Xiaochen Ge, Jared G Smith, Katie Anderson, Chloe Crowe, Heather Jarman, Sonia Johnson, Jo Lomani, David McDaid, A-La Park, Kati J Turner, Geraldine M Clarke and Steve Gillard

“I just don’t know what will be better other than an apartment which I can’t afford”: Experiences of housing quality following homelessness in Ontario, Canada pp. 1-16

Carrie Anne Marshall, Patti Plett, Jessica Allen, Corinna Easton, Rebecca Goldszmidt, Elham Javadizadeh, Shauna Perez and Brooklyn Ward

Different trajectories of adolescent mental health problems before and over the course of COVID-19: Evidence of increase, decrease, and stability pp. 1-17

Coriena de Heer, Catrin Finkenauer and Gonneke Stevens

Depressive symptoms, stigma and suicidal thoughts among people living with HIV/AIDS attending a Tertiary Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania: A cross-sectional study pp. 1-13

Matiko Mwita and Pendo Mkenda

‘Finding a relationship’: Conversations between mental health and social care staff, and service users about service users’ romantic relationships pp. 1-20

Angelica Emery-Rhowbotham, Helen Killaspy, Sharon Eager and Brynmor Lloyd-Evans

Sick leave or work sick? Examining the antecedents and conceptualizations of presenteeism and absenteeism among teleworkers during COVID-19: A scoping review pp. 1-20

Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, Sharada Nandan, Edris Formuli, Kishana Balakrishnar, Ali Bani-Fatemi, Aaron Howe, Yiyan Li, Luke A Fiorini, Shane Avila, Chantal Atikian, Kathy Zhou, Mahika Jain and Basem Gohar

Volume 2, issue 4, 2025

Mental health in low-income countries: A call to improve mental health in Uganda pp. 1-5

Kizito Omona, Nice Barungi Mponye Bashabire, Ritah Bulamu, Bernardine Mugabe, Samuel Ssanyu Balamaga and Betty Enyipu Akurut

Improving recognition of common mental health disorders in Cambodia: Validation of the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 and development of a brief mental health screener pp. 1-16

Lesley Steinman, Oudamsambath Phal, Ramy Srou, Kimkanika Ung, James LoGerfo, Richard C Veith and Tracy W Harachi

Barriers and facilitators to social inclusion among people with severe mental illness: A qualitative study pp. 1-21

Sharon Eager, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Jennifer Bousfield, Joanna C., Megan Downey, Isobel Harrison, Helen Killaspy and Gillian Mezey

The longitudinal relations between physical activity, inflammation, and depression in the Health and Retirement Study pp. 1-23

Andrew Levihn-Coon, Jasper AJ Smits and Christopher G Beevers

Lebanese and Syrian refugee parents’ experiences of accessing mental health care for their children in Lebanon: Findings from a qualitative study pp. 1-19

Joseph Elias, Bassel Meksassi, Felicity L Brown, Rozane El Masri, Rayane Ali, Sandy Chaar, Bayard Roberts, Martin McKee, Michele Kosremelli Asmar, Rabih El Chammay and Neha S Singh

Multilevel barriers and facilitators to behavioral health treatment among Latino sexual minority men pp. 1-12

Alyssa Lozano, Nequiel Reyes, Dalton Scott, Daniel J Feaster and Audrey Harkness

Identifying subgroups of nonsuicidal self-injury: A systematic review pp. 1-25

Kaylee P Kruzan, Eva Hentges, Israel Ramirez and Jason J Washburn

Volume 2, issue 2, 2025

Reshaping youth mental health care for optimal system-level outcomes: A dynamic modelling analysis pp. 1-15

Adam Skinner, Eloisa Perez-Bennetts, Frank Iorfino, Mathew Varidel, Matthew Richards, Jo-An Occhipinti, Yun Ju Christine Song, Sebastian Rosenberg, Elizabeth M Scott and Ian B Hickie

A tutorial on the what, why, and how of Bayesian analysis: Estimating mood and anxiety disorder prevalence using a Canadian data linkage study pp. 1-25

Myanca Rodrigues, Jordan Edwards, Tea Rosic, Yanchen Wang, Jhalok Ronjan Talukdar, Saifur R Chowdhury, Sameer Parpia, Glenda Babe, Claire de Oliveira, Richard Perez, Zainab Samaan and Lehana Thabane

Volume 2, issue 1, 2025

Identifying key areas of post-secondary student stress: Principal component analysis of the Post-Secondary Student Stressors Index (PSSI) pp. 1-10

Danielle Schwartz, Essence Perera, Ian Clara, Brooke Linden and Shay-Lee Bolton

Barriers experienced by undergraduate students to access to mental health services: Results from a Canadian study pp. 1-14

Florencia Saposnik and Dr Mark Norman

Heart rate variability versus visual analog scale for objective and subjective mental fatigue detection: A randomized controlled trial pp. 1-15

Hiroaki Yoshikawa, Yumi Adachi, Ayako Baba, Chiaki Takikawa, Yuya Yamaguchi, Wakana Nakai and Daiki Sudo

Does supporting self-help groups of people with mental conditions for longer duration lead to more effective groups? A qualitative evaluation in Ghana pp. 1-20

Adam Dokurugu Yahaya, Lyla Adwan-Kamara, Peter Badimak Yaro and Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong

Perceived stress, anxiety, and depression among university employees in Southwestern Nigeria: A cross-sectional study pp. 1-11

Thomas Olumide Adeleke, Iyabo Victoria Olatubi, Grace Oluwaranti Ademuyiwa, Timothy Kayode Samson, Titilope Abisola Awotunde, Victoria Oludamola Adeleke, Adeoba Mobolaji Awolola and Matthew Idowu Olatubi

Nonverbal expressions of shame predict suicidal ideation among rurally-situated, but not urban situated, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) adults pp. 1-13

Mollie A Ruben, Michelle A Stage, Abigail W Batchelder, Craig Gilbert, Jillian C Shipherd, Nicholas A Livingston, Adele E Weaver and Danielle S Berke

Volume 1, issue 7, 2024

Differences in suicide acceptability by farming-related occupation, demographic, and religiosity factors, general social survey 2000–2022 pp. 1-16

Jeanne M Ward and John R Blosnich

Exploring the intersections of sexual stigma, poverty and mental health in HIV-negative gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the United States pp. 1-18

Udodirim N Onwubiko, Sarah M Murray, Amrita Rao, Allison T Chamberlain, Travis H Sanchez, David Benkeser, David P Holland, Samuel M Jenness and Stefan D Baral

Micro-costing analysis of a combination intervention for improved mental health and HIV risk behaviors among school-going adolescent girls in Uganda pp. 1-14

Yesim Tozan, Joshua Kiyingi, Sooyoung Kim, Flavia Namuwonge, Florence Namuli, Vicent Ssentumbwe, Rashida Namirembe, Edwinnah Kasidi, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Mary M Mckay and Fred M Ssewamala

Behavioural activation activities for employees in the Chinese culture: A workshop pp. 1-19

Sijin Sun, Yao Xiao, Zheyuan Zhang, Celine Mougenot, Nick Glozier and Rafael A Calvo

Emergency department care experiences among youth with mental health concerns pp. 1-19

Laura K Wells, Susan A Bartels, Tania Nicholls and Melanie Walker

The prevalence and determinants of health anxiety during the covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-21

Ruth Plackett and Ella Ferris

Why U.S. science and engineering undergraduates who struggle with mental health are left without role models pp. 1-26

Carly A Busch, Margaret Barstow, Sara E Brownell and Katelyn M Cooper

Estimating the effects of Basic Income schemes on mental and physical health among adults aged 18 and above in the UK: A microsimulation study pp. 1-20

Howard Robert Reed, Elliott Aidan Johnson, Graham Stark, Daniel Nettle, Kate E Pickett and Matthew Thomas Johnson

Cost-effectiveness of the Healthy Options group psychosocial intervention for perinatal women living with HIV and depression in Tanzania pp. 1-12

Happiness Pius Saronga, Sylvia Kaaya and Mary C Smith Fawzi

Volume 1, issue 6, 2024

Coping strategies and perceptions of mental health services among women in South India pp. 1-19

Lesley Jo Weaver, Alex Jagielski, Nagalambika Ningaiah, Purnima Madhivanan, Poornima Jaykrishna and Karl Krupp

Revolutionizing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with artificial intelligence pp. 1-4

Archana Reddy Bongurala, Dhaval Save and Ankit Virmani

Risk factors for suicide among South-East Asian women: A public health crisis in need of gender-specific solutions pp. 1-4

Anil Fastenau, Priyanka Chahal, Amtul Shaheen and Mowmita Basak

Voices from the ground: Qualitative perspectives on Ugandan national mental health system strengths, challenges, and recommendations pp. 1-18

Lekie Dwanyen, Ibrahim Luberenga, Ronald Asiimwe, Pendo Galukande, Adrian Blow and Rosco Kasujja

Volume 1, issue 5, 2024

Self-transcendence accompanies aesthetic chills pp. 1-17

Leonardo Christov-Moore, Felix Schoeller, Caitlin Lynch, Matthew Sacchet and Nicco Reggente

Age-at-migration, ethnicity and psychosis risk: Findings from the EU-GEI case-control study pp. 1-17

Humma Andleeb, Bettina Moltrecht, Charlotte Gayer-Anderson, Celso Arango, Manuel Arrojo, Giuseppe D’Andrea, Miquel Bernardo, Christina Marta Del-Ben, Lieuwe de Haan, Laura Ferraro, Daniele La Barbera, Erika La Cascia, Pierre-Michel Llorca, Paolo Rossi Menezes, Diego Quattrone, Julio Sanjuán, Jean-Paul Selten, Andrei Szöke, Ilaria Tarricone, Els van der Ven, Eva Velthorst, Bart P F Rutten, Peter B Jones, Craig Morgan, Hannah E Jongsma, Julian Edbrooke-Childs and James B Kirkbride

Experiences of mental health and poverty in high-income countries during COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-aggregation pp. 1-22

Jessica Allen, Tracy Smith-Carrier, Victoria Smye, Rebecca Gewurtz, Roxanne Isard, Rebecca Goldszmidt and Carrie Anne Marshall

Systemic health worker suicide prevention–Reframing mental ‘Illness’ to mental injury pp. 1-5

Maria Heliana Ramirez

Mental health in the workplace: The investor perspective pp. 1-5

Amy Browne

Volume 1, issue 4, 2024

Meeting open science needs at PLOS Mental Health pp. 1-3

Karli Montague-Cardoso and Marcel LaFlamme

Impaired belief revision yet intact information seeking in positive schizotypy: A modified task of bias against disconfirmatory evidence pp. 1-16

Wanchen Zhao, Wisteria Deng and Tyrone Cannon

Social validity of acceptance-based workplace mental health training for use in a low resource setting. A qualitative study with Ugandan mental health providers pp. 1-19

Khamisi Musanje, Paul E Flaxman, Ross McIntosh and Rosco Kasujja

Volume 1, issue 3, 2024

The role of social determinants of health in mental health: An examination of the moderating effects of race, ethnicity, and gender on depression through the all of us research program dataset pp. 1-24

Matt Kammer-Kerwick, Kyle Cox, Ishani Purohit and S Craig Watkins

Cost-effectiveness of automated digital CBT (Daylight) for generalized anxiety disorder: A Markov simulation model in the United States pp. 1-19

Michael Darden, Jenna R Carl, Jasper A J Smits, Michael W Otto and Christopher B Miller

Burnout among public health workers during the COVID-19 response: Results from a follow-up survey pp. 1-10

Sarah Elizabeth Scales, Kristina W Kintziger, Kahler W Stone, Meredith A Jagger and Jennifer A Horney

Volume 1, issue 1, 2024

The global burden of perinatal depression: A call to action pp. 1-5

Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan

A sudden but prolonged collective trauma: The Ukrainian experience pp. 1-4

Nataliia Frolova and Roxane Cohen Silver

The German validation of the Body Perception Questionnaire-Short Form (BPQ-SF) and its relation to current self-report measures of interoception pp. 1-18

Sebastian Brand, Markus Roman Tünte, Michael Witthöft, Stefanie Hoehl, Mathias Weymar and Carlos Ventura-Bort

Evaluation of a service introduced to support young people at risk of suicide using a cohort design, a mixed methods analysis and cost-benefit analysis pp. 1-21

Denny Meyer, Liza Hopkins, Michelle Kehoe, Richard Whitehead, Kathleen de Boer, Debra Osborne and Maja Nedeljkovic

The importance of belonging for well-being in college students pp. 1-20

Isabella Romeo, Harold Stanislaw, Jamie McCreary and Marcus Hawley

Does a specialized assessment improve vocational outcomes for people on sick leave with a suspected common mental disorder? Results from the Mental Health Assessment Study (MeHAS) pp. 1-13

Andreas Hoff, Anders Bo Bojesen, Jonas Fisker, Rie Mandrup Poulsen, Carsten Hjorthøj, Merete Nordentoft and Lene Falgaard Eplov

Depression and its associated factors among people living with HIV in the Volta region of Ghana pp. 1-13

Jerry John Nutor, Robert Kaba Alhassan, Rachel G A Thompson, David Ayangba Asakitogum, Henry Ofori Duah, Tiarney D Ritchwood, Nkothula Nkosi, Ntombifikile Klaas, Sampson Opoku Agyemang and Akua O Gyamerah

Experience is central and connections matter: A Leximancer analysis of the research priorities of people with lived experience of mental health issues in Australia pp. 1-17

Michelle Banfield, Amelia Gulliver, Dana Jazayeri, Victoria J Palmer and the ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation Investigator Group