Vladeta Ajdacic-Gro
Biographic Data
| ID | 2101577 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vladeta Ajdacic-Gro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vladeta |
| FAMILY NAME | Ajdacic-Gro |
| SIGNATURE | AJDACIC-GRO V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University Hospital of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7032-9237 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Associations of Personality Traits With Chronic Low-Grade Inflammation in a Swiss Community Sample
Objective: Among the major dimensions of personality, high Neuroticism and low Conscientiousness have frequently been linked to worse health-related behaviors and poor health outcomes. However, studies on the association between personality traits and biomarkers of chronic low-grade inflammation reflecting increased morbidity and mortality risk are sparse; therefore, the aim of this study was to explore this association. Methods: A population-bas…
Sleep Disturbances and Suicidality–A Longitudinal Analysis From a Representative Community Study Over 30 Years
Study objectives: Associations between sleep problems and suicidality are increasingly acknowledged, but prospective data from well-controlled long-term community studies are lacking. Methods: We analyzed data from a longitudinal cohort study with n = 591 young adults from Zurich, Switzerland, prospectively followed from 1979 (age 20/21 years) to 2008 (age 49/50 years). Twelve-month prevalence of various mental disorders, socio-environmental conf…
Duration of Absence from Work Is Related to Psychopathology, Personality, and Sociodemographic Variables in a Longitudinal Cohort
Although tentative, our results suggest a possible influence of psychopathology on work participation. It may thus be desirable in insurance-medical appraisals of work ability to include instruments for measuring psychopathology
Mental Health Literacy, Attitudes to Help Seeking, and Perceived Need as Predictors of Mental Health Service Use
Many people with mental health problems do not use mental health care, resulting in poorer clinical and social outcomes. Reasons for low service use rates are still incompletely understood. In this longitudinal, population-based study, we investigated the influence of mental health literacy, attitudes toward mental health services, and perceived need for treatment at baseline on actual service use during a 6-month follow-up period, controlling fo…
Social Phobia Is Associated with Delayed Onset of Chickenpox, Measles, and Mumps Infections
Social phobia was the only early anxiety disorder to show an association with a delayed onset of common viral childhood diseases
Serum Testosterone Levels and Symptom-Based Depression Subtypes in Men
The main objective of this preliminary study was to further clarify the association between testosterone (T) levels and depression by investigating symptom-based depression subtypes in a sample of 64 men. The data were taken from the ZInEP epidemiology survey. Gonadal hormones of a melancholic (n = 25) and an atypical (n = 14) depression subtype, derived from latent class analysis, were compared with those of healthy controls (n = 18). Serum T wa…
A Swiss Longitudinal Study of the Prevalence of, and Overlap Between, Sexual Problems in Men and Women Aged 20 to 50 Years Old
The aim of this study was to obtain data on the development and course of sexual problems and their interrelationships by investigating a representative sample of men and women over a period of 30 years. A representative sample of 299 women selected from the complete electoral register and 292 men selected from screening lists for military service in Zurich, Switzerland, answered questions about their sexuality as part of a series of seven interv…
Dyspareunia in the Context of Psychopathology, Personality Traits, and Coping Resources
Seasonality in suicide – A review and search of new concepts for explaining the heterogeneous phenomena
Changing Times
We investigated changes in the proportion of firearm suicides in Western countries since the 1980s and the relation of these changes to the change in the proportion of households owning firearms. Several countries had an obvious decline in firearm suicides: Norway, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Multilevel modeling of longitudinal data confirmed the effect of the proportion of households owning firearms. Legislation and regul…
Mental health literacy in an educational elite – an online survey among university students
Among the educational elite, a wide variability in mental health literacy was found. Therefore, it's important for public mental health interventions to focus on the different recognition rates in depression and schizophrenia. Possibilities for contact must be arranged according to interest and activity (e.g., at work). In order to improve mental health literacy, finally, education and/or internship should be integrated in high school or apprenti…
Diversity and change in suicide seasonality over 125 years
Background: Recent research has corroborated the notion that seasonality in suicide is more heterogeneous and less consistent than postulated by former scholars. This work investigates the smoothing out of suicide seasonality in Switzerland between the late 19th and the end of the 20th century. It includes analyses by region and by suicide method. Methods: Monthly suicide frequencies in Switzerland are available for the period 1876–2000. Data on …
Are seasonalities in suicide dependent on suicide methods? A reappraisal
How complete is Aids surveillance in Europe? An eagle eye comparison with mortality data
METHODS The study used ENAADS (European Non-Aggregate AIDS Data Set) data compiled by the European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS in St Maurice, France, and mortality statistics from WHO. As ENAADS provides information about AIDS incidence as well as AIDS mortality, both series were compared with WHO mortality data. Western European countries with more than 1000 adult AIDS cases as of July 1997 were included in the cross countr…
Changing Times
We investigated changes in the proportion of firearm suicides in Western countries since the 1980s and the relation of these changes to the change in the proportion of households owning firearms. Several countries had an obvious decline in firearm suicides: Norway, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Multilevel modeling of longitudinal data confirmed the effect of the proportion of households owning firearms. Legislation and regul…
Are seasonalities in suicide dependent on suicide methods? A reappraisal
How complete is Aids surveillance in Europe? An eagle eye comparison with mortality data
METHODS The study used ENAADS (European Non-Aggregate AIDS Data Set) data compiled by the European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS in St Maurice, France, and mortality statistics from WHO. As ENAADS provides information about AIDS incidence as well as AIDS mortality, both series were compared with WHO mortality data. Western European countries with more than 1000 adult AIDS cases as of July 1997 were included in the cross countr…
A Swiss Longitudinal Study of the Prevalence of, and Overlap Between, Sexual Problems in Men and Women Aged 20 to 50 Years Old
The aim of this study was to obtain data on the development and course of sexual problems and their interrelationships by investigating a representative sample of men and women over a period of 30 years. A representative sample of 299 women selected from the complete electoral register and 292 men selected from screening lists for military service in Zurich, Switzerland, answered questions about their sexuality as part of a series of seven interv…
Dyspareunia in the Context of Psychopathology, Personality Traits, and Coping Resources
How complete is Aids surveillance in Europe? An eagle eye comparison with mortality data
METHODS The study used ENAADS (European Non-Aggregate AIDS Data Set) data compiled by the European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS in St Maurice, France, and mortality statistics from WHO. As ENAADS provides information about AIDS incidence as well as AIDS mortality, both series were compared with WHO mortality data. Western European countries with more than 1000 adult AIDS cases as of July 1997 were included in the cross countr…
Are seasonalities in suicide dependent on suicide methods? A reappraisal
Mental health literacy in an educational elite – an online survey among university students
Among the educational elite, a wide variability in mental health literacy was found. Therefore, it's important for public mental health interventions to focus on the different recognition rates in depression and schizophrenia. Possibilities for contact must be arranged according to interest and activity (e.g., at work). In order to improve mental health literacy, finally, education and/or internship should be integrated in high school or apprenti…
Diversity and change in suicide seasonality over 125 years
Background: Recent research has corroborated the notion that seasonality in suicide is more heterogeneous and less consistent than postulated by former scholars. This work investigates the smoothing out of suicide seasonality in Switzerland between the late 19th and the end of the 20th century. It includes analyses by region and by suicide method. Methods: Monthly suicide frequencies in Switzerland are available for the period 1876–2000. Data on …
Changing Times
We investigated changes in the proportion of firearm suicides in Western countries since the 1980s and the relation of these changes to the change in the proportion of households owning firearms. Several countries had an obvious decline in firearm suicides: Norway, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Multilevel modeling of longitudinal data confirmed the effect of the proportion of households owning firearms. Legislation and regul…
Seasonality in suicide – A review and search of new concepts for explaining the heterogeneous phenomena
Serum Testosterone Levels and Symptom-Based Depression Subtypes in Men
The main objective of this preliminary study was to further clarify the association between testosterone (T) levels and depression by investigating symptom-based depression subtypes in a sample of 64 men. The data were taken from the ZInEP epidemiology survey. Gonadal hormones of a melancholic (n = 25) and an atypical (n = 14) depression subtype, derived from latent class analysis, were compared with those of healthy controls (n = 18). Serum T wa…
A Swiss Longitudinal Study of the Prevalence of, and Overlap Between, Sexual Problems in Men and Women Aged 20 to 50 Years Old
The aim of this study was to obtain data on the development and course of sexual problems and their interrelationships by investigating a representative sample of men and women over a period of 30 years. A representative sample of 299 women selected from the complete electoral register and 292 men selected from screening lists for military service in Zurich, Switzerland, answered questions about their sexuality as part of a series of seven interv…
Dyspareunia in the Context of Psychopathology, Personality Traits, and Coping Resources
Mental Health Literacy, Attitudes to Help Seeking, and Perceived Need as Predictors of Mental Health Service Use
Many people with mental health problems do not use mental health care, resulting in poorer clinical and social outcomes. Reasons for low service use rates are still incompletely understood. In this longitudinal, population-based study, we investigated the influence of mental health literacy, attitudes toward mental health services, and perceived need for treatment at baseline on actual service use during a 6-month follow-up period, controlling fo…
Social Phobia Is Associated with Delayed Onset of Chickenpox, Measles, and Mumps Infections
Social phobia was the only early anxiety disorder to show an association with a delayed onset of common viral childhood diseases
Duration of Absence from Work Is Related to Psychopathology, Personality, and Sociodemographic Variables in a Longitudinal Cohort
Although tentative, our results suggest a possible influence of psychopathology on work participation. It may thus be desirable in insurance-medical appraisals of work ability to include instruments for measuring psychopathology
Sleep Disturbances and Suicidality–A Longitudinal Analysis From a Representative Community Study Over 30 Years
Study objectives: Associations between sleep problems and suicidality are increasingly acknowledged, but prospective data from well-controlled long-term community studies are lacking. Methods: We analyzed data from a longitudinal cohort study with n = 591 young adults from Zurich, Switzerland, prospectively followed from 1979 (age 20/21 years) to 2008 (age 49/50 years). Twelve-month prevalence of various mental disorders, socio-environmental conf…
Associations of Personality Traits With Chronic Low-Grade Inflammation in a Swiss Community Sample
Objective: Among the major dimensions of personality, high Neuroticism and low Conscientiousness have frequently been linked to worse health-related behaviors and poor health outcomes. However, studies on the association between personality traits and biomarkers of chronic low-grade inflammation reflecting increased morbidity and mortality risk are sparse; therefore, the aim of this study was to explore this association. Methods: A population-bas…
Medicine (13 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Poison control (4 works) · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (4 works) · Suicide prevention (4 works)