PLOS Mental Health

2024 - 2025

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Volume 2, issue 8, 2025

Functional improvement is a better predictor of steady work than medical improvement for individuals with mental health conditions pp. 1-14

Joshua C Chang, Julia Porcino, Elizabeth Marfeo, Larry Tang, Howard Goldman and Elizabeth Rasch

Disparities in mental health service utilization among adolescents with depression: Results from a 2022 U.S. National Survey pp. 1-13

Su Chen Tan, Kaylynn Hunt and Brittany Shelton

Lifestyle habits associated with elevated depressive symptoms among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 1-13

Keitaro Takahashi, Narimasa Katsuta, Hiroshi Fukuda, Mizue Saita, Tetsutaro Nagaoka, Wataru Urasaki, Shuko Nojiri, Satoshi Hori, Toshio Naito and Tadafumi Kato

A performing arts intervention to decrease suicide stigma on campus: A three time point assessment of “Every Brilliant Thing” pp. 1-12

Orrin D Ware, Mimi V Chapman, Denise Yookong Williams, Vivienne Benesch and Jeff Aguiar

The normal distribution is not normal in psychological data: Moving beyond parametric dogma pp. 1-4

Heury Ferr

Lived Experience is Our Superpower: Narratives from Four Global Shapers, World Economic Forum (WEF) Youth Mental Health Leaders Journeys pp. 1-5

Matthew Jackman, Matin Moradkhan, Sanjana Gupta and Himadri Thapliyal

Community-based digital mental health interventions for traumatic brain injury patients: A scoping review pp. 1-20

Brandon G Smith, Laura Hobbs, Tom Edmiston, Orla Mantle, Sara Venturini, Shobhana Nagraj, Charlotte J Whiffin, Peter J Hutchinson and Tom Bashford

Volume 2, issue 7, 2025

Does food insecurity cause anxiety and depression? Evidence from the changing cost of living study pp. 1-16

Melissa Bateson, Coralie Chevallier, Elliott A Johnson, Matthew T Johnson, Kate E Pickett and Daniel Nettle

Standardized effect sizes are far from “Standardized”: A primer and empirical illustration in depression psychotherapy meta-analyses pp. 1-16

Mathias Harrer, Clara Miguel, Yan Luo, Edoardo G Ostinelli, Eirini Karyotaki, Stefan Leucht, Toshi A Furukawa and Pim Cuijpers

Prevalence of anxiety and depression among married women in Bangladesh: An analysis of nationally representative survey pp. 1-16

Md Rabiul Haque, Ahbab Mohammad Fazle Rabbi, Fardin Araf and Md Mostafizur Rahman

A call to integrate mental health support into Sickle Cell Disease care: The value of task-sharing in low- and middle-income countries pp. 1-3

John Patena, Alden Yuanhong Lai, Annika C Sweetland, Joyce Gyamfi and Emmanuel Peprah

Towards a more ambitious mental health agenda for Scotland pp. 1-3

Martyn Pickersgill

Validation of the Vietnamese version of the Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale (MADRS) in rheumatoid arthritis patients pp. 1-14

Ha Thi Thu Tran, Long Bao Hoang, Hung Van Nguyen, Tuan Van Nguyen, Ha Thi Thu Le, Yen Hoang Nguyen, Hoa Thi Nguyen, Hue Thi Doan, Khiem Tuan Ngo, Thien Cong Le, Cam Thy Vu, Duong Thuy Lai, Tung Son Vu, Long Thanh Nguyen, Nga Thi Nguyet Pham and Tam Minh Duong

Lived experiences of informal caregivers of adolescents with bipolar disorder at Masaka regional referral hospital pp. 1-14

Philip Amanyire, Jane Kasozi Namagga, Grace Nambozi, Samalie Nakanjako, Abel Rubega and Samuel Maling

The role of hopelessness in mediating the relationship between income loss and delaying and foregoing healthcare: Evidence from repeated cross-sectional waves of the Household Pulse Survey pp. 1-20

Christopher R Gustafson, Kathleen Brooks, Syed Imran Ali Meerza, Amalia Yiannaka and Eliana Zeballos

Accessing mental health care: A population-level exploration of the impact of immigration duration in the United States 2019–2023 pp. 1-15

Suiqiong Fan and Evelyne Marie Piret

Volume 2, issue 6, 2025

Association between parents’ country of birth and multicultural adolescents’ psychological well-being in South Korea: A study on depression, worries, life satisfaction, and social withdrawal pp. 1-13

Abdullatif Ghafary, Jaeyong Shin, Sang Sook Beck, Jieun Jang, Rajaguru Vasuki and So Yoon Kim

Association of company downsizing with the risk of mental distress among employees in the Norwegian working population pp. 1-12

Eirik Degerud, Andrea R Marti and Tom Sterud

Adding capacity and compassion to Canada’s mental health crisis: The impact of kids help phone’s crisis responder volunteers pp. 1-3

Alisa Simon, Andréanne Deschamps, Kaylea Walsh and Tamar Brannigan

Moderation of financial stress and cardiovascular disease risk in black catholics: A social-ecological pathway utilizing latent class and structural equation analyses pp. 1-40

Marcia Elizabeth Ifeoma Uddoh

Developing programme theory for a place-based, systems change approach to adolescent mental health: A developmental realist evaluation pp. 1-29

Kate Allen, Anna March, Bianca Alexandrescu, Julie Harris, Rachael Stemp, Siying Li, Laura Kennedy, Karuna Davies, Tamanna Malhotra, Ediane Santana de Lima, Tim Hobbs, Niran Rehill, Jenny Shand, Peter Fonagy, Steve Pilling and Vashti Berry

Community as a superpower: Why refugee youth need inclusion, education, and mentorship pp. 1-4

Mohammad Yasir Essar and Gabriel E Fabreau

Internalising and externalising behaviour in siblings of children born preterm Preterm birth: Internalising and externalising behaviour of siblings pp. 1-21

Wnurinham Silva, Demetris Avraam, Luise Cederkvist, Johanna Lucia Nader, Maja Popovic, Hanan El Marroun, Jennifer R Harris, Lorenzo Richiardi, Henning Tiemeier, Timothy James Cadman, Julia Jaekel, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Eero Kajantie and Sylvain Sebert

Volume 2, issue 5, 2025

The development and validation of the Offensive-Type Taijin-Kyofu-Sho Scale (OTKSS): A preliminary study using a sample of Japanese University Students pp. 1-13

Ryotaro Ishikawa, Naoki Yoshinaga, Satoshi Asakura, Graham Thew, Kana Endo, Takuma Ishigaki, Yuki Nishiguchi and Akira Aoki

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

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

Social disconnectedness, economic outcomes, and the role of pre-existing mental health conditions: A population-based cohort study pp. 1-14

Lisbeth Mølgaard Laustsen, Mathias Lasgaard, Niels Skipper, Danni Chen, Jaimie L Gradus, Marie Stjerne Grønkjær and Oleguer Plana-Ripoll

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

‘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

Primary care health screening in patients with severe mental illness: What influence do financial incentives have? pp. 1-10

Eugenia Romano, Ruimin Ma, Giovanni Sala, Mark Ashworth, Gayan Perera, Robert Stewart and Brendon Stubbs

Quality of life among leprosy patients: An analysis of associated factors pp. 1-19

Alo Edin, Ziyad Towfik, Dejene Tesfaye, Abduselam Asefa, Abdulmalik Abdela Bushra, Ibsa Abdusemed Ahmed and Angefa Ayele

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

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

Volume 2, issue 4, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Volume 2, issue 2, 2025

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

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

Volume 2, issue 1, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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