Weich
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1738240 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Weich |
| APELLIDO | Weich |
| FIRMA | WEICH |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7552-7697 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 108 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Creative social prescribing groups during lockdown
Previous research has examined the experiences of voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) group providers, but the voices of group users, especially those recovering from, or living with SMI, are sparse. This study addresses that gap, using the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown as a natural experiment to gain insights into the experiences of individuals participating in VCSE-run creative and social groups, and comparing this with the experien…
Service user involvement in mental health service commissioning, development and delivery
Improving sleep quality leads to better mental health
Does nature make us happier? A spatial error model of greenspace types and mental wellbeing
Exposure to nature is thought to benefit mental health and wellbeing. However, many studies consider greenspace as a single entity, which overlooks the potential significance of the various forms of greenspace, and natural greenspaces in particular. This study was designed to investigate the association between different types of greenspace and mental wellbeing. Drawing wellbeing and socioeconomic data from the Annual Population Survey (2012–2015…
Integrating physical activity into the treatment of depression in adults
Around 246 million people globally suffer from depression. Physical activity (PA) can reduce the risk of depression by 30% and is recognised as an effective treatment for mild-to-moderate depression (MMD). However, a high proportion of patients with MMD are currently inactive and the implementation of PA as an adherent treatment for MMD is not well understood. This study contributes to a growing body of research exploring how to support people wh…
Is social media use associated with children's well‐being? Results from the UK Household Longitudinal Study
INTRODUCTION: There are concerns about young people's increasing use of social media and the effects this has on overall life satisfaction. Establishing the significance of social media use requires researchers to take simultaneous account of other factors that might be influential and it is essential to adopt a longitudinal perspective to investigate temporal patterns. METHOD: Measures of happiness for children aged 10-15 from 7 waves of the UK …
Prevalence of non-suicidal self-harm and service contact in England, 2000–14
BACKGROUND: The number of people presenting to hospital emergency departments after self-harming has increased in England. However, most people who self-harm do not present to hospitals, so whether this rise reflects an increase in the prevalence of self-harm in the community is unknown. Also unknown is whether the prevalence of non-suicidal self-harm (NSSH) or suicidal self-harm, or both, has increased. We aimed to establish temporal trends in t…
A cross-sectional analysis of green space prevalence and mental wellbeing in England
While the green space in an individual's local area has been shown through other research to be related to aspects of mental health such as happiness and life satisfaction, the association with multidimensional mental wellbeing is much less clear from our results. While we did not find a statistically significant association between the amount of green space in residents' local areas and mental wellbeing, further research is needed to understand …
Investigating the influence of African American and African Caribbean race on primary care doctors' decision making about depression
This paper explores differences in how primary care doctors process the clinical presentation of depression by African American and African-Caribbean patients compared with white patients in the US and the UK. The aim is to gain a better understanding of possible pathways by which racial disparities arise in depression care. One hundred and eight doctors described their thought processes after viewing video recorded simulated patients presenting …
Vitamin D to reduce depressive symptoms
Background Both vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency and depression are major global public health concerns. An estimated 1 billion people worldwide have low vitamin D levels and the WHO reports that depression is the third largest burden of disease worldwide. In the last 10 years animal, genetic and cross-sectional studies have shown an association between low vitamin D levels and increased depressive symptoms. Objectives (1) To examine the associ…
Service users' experiences of a physical activity and lifestyle intervention for people with severe mental illness
Background Individuals with serious mental disorders die up to 30 years earlier than the general population, mostly from cardiovascular causes. Explanations include obesity, diabetes (exacerbated by medication), hypertension, smoking, poor diet and sedentary lifestyle. The need for action is widely recognised, but services are rare and without thorough evaluation. Objective To describe and explore the experiences of service users participating in…
The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
Background The outcomes framework for the new public health and mental health strategies in England (Healthy Lives Healthy People and No Health without Mental Health) both propose monitoring positive mental health. The Office of National Statistics is currently consulting on approaches to the measurement of wellbeing. Public mental health projects and interventions at local level require measurement of mental wellbeing The Warwick-Edinburgh Menta…
Consultation, referral and ethnicity
Young men of African‐Caribbean origin are over‐represented in mental health services (MHSs), often entering these services by coercive routes, such as under the Mental Health Act or via the criminal justice system. This pilot study focused on patients' narratives of their journey from first contact with primary care services. Our principal aim was to describe and compare early experiences of help‐seeking for serious mental health problems among y…
Internal construct validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
BACKGROUND: The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) was developed to meet demand for instruments to measure mental well-being. It comprises 14 positively phrased Likert-style items and fulfils classic criteria for scale development. We report here the internal construct validity of WEMWBS from the perspective of the Rasch measurement model. METHODS: The model was applied to data collected from 779 respondents in Wave 12 (Autumn 200…
Debt, income and mental disorder in the general population
Background The association between poor mental health and poverty is well known but its mechanism is not fully understood. This study tests the hypothesis that the association between low income and mental disorder is mediated by debt and its attendant financial hardship. Method The study is a cross-sectional nationally representative survey of private households in England, Scotland and Wales, which assessed 8580 participants aged 16–74 years li…
The Stigma Scale
BACKGROUND: There is concern about the stigma of mental illness, but it is difficult to measure stigma consistently. AIMS: To develop a standardised instrument to measure the stigma of mental illness. METHOD: We used qualitative data from interviews with mental health service users to develop a pilot scale with 42 items. We recruited 193 service users in order to standardise the scale. Of these, 93 were asked to complete the questionnaire twice, …
Depression and socio-economic risk factors
BACKGROUND: Low socio-economic status is associated with a higher prevalence of depression, but it is not yet known whether change in socio-economic status leads to a change in rates of depression. AIMS: To assess whether longitudinal change in socio-economic factors affects change of depression level. METHOD: In a prospective cohort study using the annual Belgian Household Panel Survey (1992-1999), depression was assessed using the Global Depres…
The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
BACKGROUND: There is increasing international interest in the concept of mental well-being and its contribution to all aspects of human life. Demand for instruments to monitor mental well-being at a population level and evaluate mental health promotion initiatives is growing. This article describes the development and validation of a new scale, comprised only of positively worded items relating to different aspects of positive mental health: the …
Prediction of depression in European general practice attendees
Response rate to follow-up in all countries was uniformly high, which suggests that prediction will be based on almost a full cohort. The results of our reliability analysis are encouraging and suggest that data collected during the course of PREDICT will have a satisfactory level of stability. The development of a multi-factor risk score for depression will lay the foundation for future research on risk reduction in primary care. Our data will a…
Racism, psychosis and common mental disorder among ethnic minority groups in England
Background. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between risk of psychosis, common mental disorder (CMD) and indicators of racism among ethnic minority groups in England and how this relationship may vary by particular ethnic groups. Method. A multivariate analysis was carried out of quantitative, cross-sectional data from a nationally representative community sample of people aged between 16 and 74 years from the largest ethnic …
Absence of spatial variation in rates of the common mental disorders
Place may still matter—but not in the ways that have been studied to date. The intuitive importance of location as a determinant of life chances1,2 contrasts with growing evidence of little or no variation in the prevalence of the most common mental disorders (CMD), anxiety and depression, across small and mid-sized areas—particularly after adjusting for the characteristics of individual residents.3–9 The study by Henderson and her colleagues,10 …
Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Common Mental Disorders Among Workers
Objectives. We measured perceived discrimination and its association with common mental disorders among workers in the United Kingdom. Methods. We conducted a secondary analysis of a national sample of 6 ethnic groups (n=2054). Discrimination was measured as reports of insults; unfair treatment at work; or job denial stemming from race, religion, or language. The outcome assessed was presence of common mental disorders. Results. The risk of menta…
Stigma: the feelings and experiences of 46 people with mental illness
BACKGROUND: Stigma defines people in terms of some distinguishing characteristic and devalues them as a consequence. AIMS: To describe the relationship of stigma with mental illness, psychiatric diagnosis, treatment and its consequences of stigma for the individual. METHOD: Narrative interviews were conducted by trained users of the local mental health services; 46 patients were recruited from community and day mental health services in North Lon…
Contextual risk factors for the common mental disorders in Britain
Study objective: To test hypotheses about associations between area level exposures and the prevalence of the most common mental disorders (CMD) in Britain. A statistically significant urban-rural gradient was predicted, but not a socioeconomic gradient, in the prevalence of CMD after adjusting for characteristics of individual respondents. The study tested the hypothesis that the effects of area level exposures would be greatest among those not …
Mental health and the built environment
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the effects of the physical environment on individual health. AIMS: The present study tested the hypothesis that the prevalence of depression is associated with independently rated measures of the built environment, after adjusting for individuals' socio-economic status and the internal characteristics of their dwellings. METHOD: Cross-sectional survey of 1887 individuals aged 16 years and over in two electoral w…
Material standard of living, social class, and the prevalence of the common mental disorders in Great Britain
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that poor material standard of living is independently associated with the prevalence of the common mental disorders after adjusting for occupational social class, and to estimate the population impact of poor material standard of living on the prevalence of these disorders. DESIGN: Cross sectional survey. Prevalence of the common mental disorders was assessed using the General Health Questionnaire, a self …
Contextual risk factors for the common mental disorders in Britain
Study objective: To test hypotheses about associations between area level exposures and the prevalence of the most common mental disorders (CMD) in Britain. A statistically significant urban-rural gradient was predicted, but not a socioeconomic gradient, in the prevalence of CMD after adjusting for characteristics of individual respondents. The study tested the hypothesis that the effects of area level exposures would be greatest among those not …
Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Common Mental Disorders Among Workers
Objectives. We measured perceived discrimination and its association with common mental disorders among workers in the United Kingdom. Methods. We conducted a secondary analysis of a national sample of 6 ethnic groups (n=2054). Discrimination was measured as reports of insults; unfair treatment at work; or job denial stemming from race, religion, or language. The outcome assessed was presence of common mental disorders. Results. The risk of menta…
Measuring the built environment
Income inequality and self rated health in Britain
Study objective: Several studies have reported an association between income inequality and increased mortality, but few have used net income data, controlled for individual income, or evaluated sensitivity to the choice of inequality measure. The study tested the hypotheses that people in regions of Britain with the greatest income inequality would report worse health than those in other regions, after adjusting for individual socioeconomic circ…
The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
Background The outcomes framework for the new public health and mental health strategies in England (Healthy Lives Healthy People and No Health without Mental Health) both propose monitoring positive mental health. The Office of National Statistics is currently consulting on approaches to the measurement of wellbeing. Public mental health projects and interventions at local level require measurement of mental wellbeing The Warwick-Edinburgh Menta…
Absence of spatial variation in rates of the common mental disorders
Place may still matter—but not in the ways that have been studied to date. The intuitive importance of location as a determinant of life chances1,2 contrasts with growing evidence of little or no variation in the prevalence of the most common mental disorders (CMD), anxiety and depression, across small and mid-sized areas—particularly after adjusting for the characteristics of individual residents.3–9 The study by Henderson and her colleagues,10 …
Strategies for the prevention of psychiatric disorder in primary care in south London
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the potential impact of high risk and population based approaches to the prevention of psychiatric disorder, using a representative sample of general practice attenders as the target population. DESIGN: This was a prospective cohort study. SETTING: A health centre in south London. PARTICIPANTS: Three hundred and seven consecutive attenders aged 16-65, recruited at randomly selected general practice surgeries. MAIN RESU…
Poverty, unemployment, and common mental disorders
Objective: To determine whether poverty and unemployment increase the likelihood of or delay recovery from common mental disorders, and whether these associations could be explained by subjective financial strain. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: England, Wales, and Scotland. Subjects: 7726 adults aged 16-75 living in private households. Main outcome measures: Common mental disorders were assessed using the general health questionnaire,…
Material standard of living, social class, and the prevalence of the common mental disorders in Great Britain
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that poor material standard of living is independently associated with the prevalence of the common mental disorders after adjusting for occupational social class, and to estimate the population impact of poor material standard of living on the prevalence of these disorders. DESIGN: Cross sectional survey. Prevalence of the common mental disorders was assessed using the General Health Questionnaire, a self …
Measuring the built environment
Mental health and the built environment
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the effects of the physical environment on individual health. AIMS: The present study tested the hypothesis that the prevalence of depression is associated with independently rated measures of the built environment, after adjusting for individuals' socio-economic status and the internal characteristics of their dwellings. METHOD: Cross-sectional survey of 1887 individuals aged 16 years and over in two electoral w…
Social capital and mental health
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Income inequality and self rated health in Britain
Study objective: Several studies have reported an association between income inequality and increased mortality, but few have used net income data, controlled for individual income, or evaluated sensitivity to the choice of inequality measure. The study tested the hypotheses that people in regions of Britain with the greatest income inequality would report worse health than those in other regions, after adjusting for individual socioeconomic circ…
Contextual risk factors for the common mental disorders in Britain
Study objective: To test hypotheses about associations between area level exposures and the prevalence of the most common mental disorders (CMD) in Britain. A statistically significant urban-rural gradient was predicted, but not a socioeconomic gradient, in the prevalence of CMD after adjusting for characteristics of individual respondents. The study tested the hypothesis that the effects of area level exposures would be greatest among those not …
Stigma: the feelings and experiences of 46 people with mental illness
BACKGROUND: Stigma defines people in terms of some distinguishing characteristic and devalues them as a consequence. AIMS: To describe the relationship of stigma with mental illness, psychiatric diagnosis, treatment and its consequences of stigma for the individual. METHOD: Narrative interviews were conducted by trained users of the local mental health services; 46 patients were recruited from community and day mental health services in North Lon…
Racism, psychosis and common mental disorder among ethnic minority groups in England
Background. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between risk of psychosis, common mental disorder (CMD) and indicators of racism among ethnic minority groups in England and how this relationship may vary by particular ethnic groups. Method. A multivariate analysis was carried out of quantitative, cross-sectional data from a nationally representative community sample of people aged between 16 and 74 years from the largest ethnic …
Absence of spatial variation in rates of the common mental disorders
Place may still matter—but not in the ways that have been studied to date. The intuitive importance of location as a determinant of life chances1,2 contrasts with growing evidence of little or no variation in the prevalence of the most common mental disorders (CMD), anxiety and depression, across small and mid-sized areas—particularly after adjusting for the characteristics of individual residents.3–9 The study by Henderson and her colleagues,10 …
Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Common Mental Disorders Among Workers
Objectives. We measured perceived discrimination and its association with common mental disorders among workers in the United Kingdom. Methods. We conducted a secondary analysis of a national sample of 6 ethnic groups (n=2054). Discrimination was measured as reports of insults; unfair treatment at work; or job denial stemming from race, religion, or language. The outcome assessed was presence of common mental disorders. Results. The risk of menta…
Prediction of depression in European general practice attendees
Response rate to follow-up in all countries was uniformly high, which suggests that prediction will be based on almost a full cohort. The results of our reliability analysis are encouraging and suggest that data collected during the course of PREDICT will have a satisfactory level of stability. The development of a multi-factor risk score for depression will lay the foundation for future research on risk reduction in primary care. Our data will a…
The Stigma Scale
BACKGROUND: There is concern about the stigma of mental illness, but it is difficult to measure stigma consistently. AIMS: To develop a standardised instrument to measure the stigma of mental illness. METHOD: We used qualitative data from interviews with mental health service users to develop a pilot scale with 42 items. We recruited 193 service users in order to standardise the scale. Of these, 93 were asked to complete the questionnaire twice, …
Depression and socio-economic risk factors
BACKGROUND: Low socio-economic status is associated with a higher prevalence of depression, but it is not yet known whether change in socio-economic status leads to a change in rates of depression. AIMS: To assess whether longitudinal change in socio-economic factors affects change of depression level. METHOD: In a prospective cohort study using the annual Belgian Household Panel Survey (1992-1999), depression was assessed using the Global Depres…
The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
BACKGROUND: There is increasing international interest in the concept of mental well-being and its contribution to all aspects of human life. Demand for instruments to monitor mental well-being at a population level and evaluate mental health promotion initiatives is growing. This article describes the development and validation of a new scale, comprised only of positively worded items relating to different aspects of positive mental health: the …
Debt, income and mental disorder in the general population
Background The association between poor mental health and poverty is well known but its mechanism is not fully understood. This study tests the hypothesis that the association between low income and mental disorder is mediated by debt and its attendant financial hardship. Method The study is a cross-sectional nationally representative survey of private households in England, Scotland and Wales, which assessed 8580 participants aged 16–74 years li…
Internal construct validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
BACKGROUND: The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) was developed to meet demand for instruments to measure mental well-being. It comprises 14 positively phrased Likert-style items and fulfils classic criteria for scale development. We report here the internal construct validity of WEMWBS from the perspective of the Rasch measurement model. METHODS: The model was applied to data collected from 779 respondents in Wave 12 (Autumn 200…
Consultation, referral and ethnicity
Young men of African‐Caribbean origin are over‐represented in mental health services (MHSs), often entering these services by coercive routes, such as under the Mental Health Act or via the criminal justice system. This pilot study focused on patients' narratives of their journey from first contact with primary care services. Our principal aim was to describe and compare early experiences of help‐seeking for serious mental health problems among y…
Vitamin D to reduce depressive symptoms
Background Both vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency and depression are major global public health concerns. An estimated 1 billion people worldwide have low vitamin D levels and the WHO reports that depression is the third largest burden of disease worldwide. In the last 10 years animal, genetic and cross-sectional studies have shown an association between low vitamin D levels and increased depressive symptoms. Objectives (1) To examine the associ…
Service users' experiences of a physical activity and lifestyle intervention for people with severe mental illness
Background Individuals with serious mental disorders die up to 30 years earlier than the general population, mostly from cardiovascular causes. Explanations include obesity, diabetes (exacerbated by medication), hypertension, smoking, poor diet and sedentary lifestyle. The need for action is widely recognised, but services are rare and without thorough evaluation. Objective To describe and explore the experiences of service users participating in…
The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
Background The outcomes framework for the new public health and mental health strategies in England (Healthy Lives Healthy People and No Health without Mental Health) both propose monitoring positive mental health. The Office of National Statistics is currently consulting on approaches to the measurement of wellbeing. Public mental health projects and interventions at local level require measurement of mental wellbeing The Warwick-Edinburgh Menta…
Investigating the influence of African American and African Caribbean race on primary care doctors' decision making about depression
This paper explores differences in how primary care doctors process the clinical presentation of depression by African American and African-Caribbean patients compared with white patients in the US and the UK. The aim is to gain a better understanding of possible pathways by which racial disparities arise in depression care. One hundred and eight doctors described their thought processes after viewing video recorded simulated patients presenting …
A cross-sectional analysis of green space prevalence and mental wellbeing in England
While the green space in an individual's local area has been shown through other research to be related to aspects of mental health such as happiness and life satisfaction, the association with multidimensional mental wellbeing is much less clear from our results. While we did not find a statistically significant association between the amount of green space in residents' local areas and mental wellbeing, further research is needed to understand …
Prevalence of non-suicidal self-harm and service contact in England, 2000–14
BACKGROUND: The number of people presenting to hospital emergency departments after self-harming has increased in England. However, most people who self-harm do not present to hospitals, so whether this rise reflects an increase in the prevalence of self-harm in the community is unknown. Also unknown is whether the prevalence of non-suicidal self-harm (NSSH) or suicidal self-harm, or both, has increased. We aimed to establish temporal trends in t…
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