Psychosocial Outcomes of Supported Living for People with Severe Mental Illness: A One Year Evaluation of Floating Outreach in Germany.

Supported living plays an important role in the community-based care for people with mental illness. However, support services like floating outreach have hardly been the subject of longer-term research to date, especially with regard to Germany. Thus, the main aim of this prospective observational study was to evaluate the psychosocial outcomes of floating outreach support for non-homeless people with severe mental illness across a one-year period.

Predictors of return to work in people with major depression: Results from a supported employment program in Germany.

Background: Depression is a common mental disorder and is associated with work disability. For the implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for people with depression in Germany, the aim of this study was to investigate client variables that predict return to work.

Methods: The sample consisted of 129 participants, initially treated in a psychiatric hospital due to major depression, who participated in IPS as part of a German clinical trial.

Two Sides of the Same Coin in Female Borderline Personality Disorder: Self-Reported Guilt and Shame and Their Neurofunctional Correlates.

Objective: Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) report to be especially prone to social emotions like shame and guilt. At the same time, these emotions seem to play an important role in BPD pathology. The present study aimed to deepen the knowledge about the processes behind shame and guilt in patients with BPD.

Somatic Factors Predict On-Road Driving Skills in Older Drivers and Drivers with Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Background: On-road driving skills can be impaired in older drivers and drivers with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to different driving-relevant deficits. Among these deficits, somatic factors have received little attention so far.

Methods: In a prospective observational on-road driving study, we examined whether somatic factors can predict on-road driving skills in a mixed sample of healthy older drivers and drivers with MCI (n = 99) and whether the inclusion of age explains additional variance.

Two Sides of Theory of Mind: Mental State Attribution to Moving Shapes in Paranoid Schizophrenia Is Independent of the Severity of Positive Symptoms.

Background: Theory of Mind (ToM) impairment has repeatedly been found in paranoid schizophrenia. The current study aims at investigating whether this is related to a deficit in ToM (undermentalizing) or an increased ToM ability to hyperattribute others' mental states (overmentalizing).

Methods: Mental state attribution was examined in 24 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia (12 acute paranoid (APS) and 12 post-acute paranoid (PPS)) with regard to positive symptoms as well as matched healthy persons using a moving shapes paradigm.

[Everyday Life and Mental Health of Elderly with Cognitive Impairment During the Covid-19 Pandemic].

Objective: The aim is to analyze pandemic-related effects on everyday life and psychosocial health in the understudied vulnerable group of cognitively impaired elderly people living at home.

Methods: Structured telephone interviews in 2020 (n+=+141) and 2021 (n+=+107) were used to survey over-65s with cognitive impairment (MMSE Ø 23.4).

[Work and Employment Situation of People with Mental Illness Receiving Independent Supported Housing: An Analysis of Routine Data from a Community Psychiatry Service].

Objectives: Due to insufficient empirical data on the occupational participation of people affected by severe mental illness receiving integration assistance, routine data from a community psychiatry service were evaluated.

Methods: Reference workers filled out a short questionnaire on different occupational and employment aspects of their clients from supported housing/floating outreach. In addition to descriptive and exploratory analyses, overall results from previous survey rounds were also evaluated.

[Personalized psychotherapy of posttraumatic stress disorder : Overview on the selection of treatment methods and techniques using statistical procedures].

Background: A relevant heterogeneity of treatment effects in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is discussed with respect to the debate about the necessity of phase-based treatment and in light of the new diagnosis of complex PTSD and has recently been proven; however, there has been little personalization in the treatment of PTSD. This article presents the current state of research on the personalized selection of specific psychotherapeutic methods for the treatment of PTSD based on patient characteristics using statistical methods.

Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted in the PubMed (including Medline), Embase, Web of Science Core Collection, Google Scholar, PsycINFO and PSYNDEX databases to identify clinical trials and reviews examining personalized treatment for PTSD.

Everyday memory in patients with depression: An explorative pilot study using an ecological assessment paradigm.

Background: People with major depressive disorder (MDD) often experience significant memory problems in their daily lives, which, however, frequently do not correspond to standardized memory test (SMT) results. The present pilot study aimed to examine the everyday memory performance of people with MDD by means of an ecological assessment paradigm (EAP).

Methods: Participants were unexpectedly called one week after their neuropsychological test assessment and asked about their memories of specific details of the former test situation.

The Interplay of Oxytocin and Attachment in Schizophrenic Patients: An fMRI Study.

Background: Attachment theory offers an important framework for understanding interpersonal interaction experiences. In the present study, we examined the neural correlates of attachment patterns and oxytocin in schizophrenic patients (SZP) compared to healthy controls (HC) using fMRI. We assumed that male SZP shows a higher proportion of insecure attachment and an altered level of oxytocin compared to HC.

Therapeutic alliance and dropout in patients with borderline pathology receiving residential dialectical behavior therapy.

Background: This study focused on the impact of therapeutic alliance on therapy dropout in a naturalistic sample of patients with borderline pathology receiving dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in a residential setting. We assumed that low therapeutic alliance shortly after admission would be associated with elevated dropout.

Methods: 44 participants with borderline pathology (≥ 3 DSM-5 borderline personality disorder criteria) in a residential DBT program completed a quality assurance questionnaire set assessing demographic information, pretreatment psychopathology and therapeutic alliance during the first seven days of their residential stay.

Psychosocial functioning as a mediator between childhood trauma and symptom severity in patients with schizophrenia.

Background: There is empirical evidence that childhood trauma is associated with symptom severity and psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia.

Objective: The present study aimed to further elucidate these associations by examining which subdomains of schizophrenic symptoms and psychosocial functioning are associated with childhood trauma. In addition, it should be tested whether the association between childhood trauma and schizophrenic symptoms is mediated by psychosocial functioning.

Do depressed patients really over-report cognitive impairment?

Background: Depressed patients report more severe cognitive impairment than is detectable by neuropsychological tests because they may underestimate their cognitive performance. Alternatively, it is possible that cognitive impairment primarily occurs under everyday life conditions as referred to in most questionnaires. The aim of the present study is to investigate the validity of self-reports in patients with major depression in order to better understand the pronounced impairment in self-reports.

Overestimation of on-road driving performance is associated with reduced driving safety in older drivers.

Objectives: Older drivers often show less precise self-ratings with a tendency to overestimate themselves. It is unclear, however, how overestimators differ from underestimators or drivers with adequate self-ratings.

Methods: 59 healthy older drivers participated in this on-road study.

Combined physical activity training versus aerobic activity training in unipolar depressive disorder: a quasi-randomised evaluation study.

Objective: The positive effect of sport and exercise interventions on the treatment of unipolar depressive disorder (UDD) is well documented with respect to aerobic exercise. However, few studies have determined the effectiveness of other types of interventions (e.g.

Give Me a Sign: Concrete Symbols Facilitate Orientation in Alzheimer's Disease Dementia.

Objectives: Persons with Alzheimer's disease dementia (ADD) often show impaired orientation, particularly in unknown environments. Signs may offer an opportunity to compensate for these deficits and thus improve participation.

Methods: We assessed 30 persons with ADD and 36 healthy controls by using a sign comprehension paradigm (SCP) in a real-life environment.

Neural correlates of emotion acceptance and suppression in borderline personality disorder.

Background: Emotion dysregulation is a central feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Since impaired emotion regulation contributes to disturbed emotion functioning in BPD, it is crucial to study underlying neural activity. The current study aimed at investigating the neural correlates of two emotion regulation strategies, namely emotion acceptance and suppression, which are both important treatment targets in BPD.

Joint Crisis Plans and Crisis Cards in Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment—a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Joint Crisis Plans (JCP) and crisis cards (CC) are both instruments designed to improve the management of future psychiatric crisis situations, but they differ, for example, in terms of resource use, legal validity, and aims. International research findings for JCP are inconsistent.

Methods: From January 2018 to December 2020, a single-blinded, two-armed multicenter RCT was carried out, with assessments at T0 (baseline) and T1 (18 months later).

Neuropsychological predictors of vocational rehabilitation outcomes in individuals with major depression: A scoping review.

Background: Major depression is one of the leading causes of disability and limited capacity to work. Neuropsychological impairment is a common symptom in acute and remitted major depression and is associated with poor psychosocial functioning. This scoping review aimed to identify research on the role of neuropsychological functioning in outcomes of vocational rehabilitation programs in individuals with depression.

Evaluation of a supported education and employment program for adolescents and young adults with mental health problems: A study protocol of the StAB project.

The majority of mental illnesses begins in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood before the age of 25. The transition from adolescence to adulthood is a particularly vulnerable time for adolescents with mental illness, affecting psychosocial functioning and participation in work life. Therefore, they need-in contrast to classic standard vocational interventions-a long-term, holistic and individually oriented vocational rehabilitation program.