A study of attitudes and experiences relating to alcohol use in a community of family farmers from Southern India.

Problematic drinking is found to be common among Indian farmers. This study aims to improve our understanding of the causes, consequences, and culture surrounding drinking in Indian farming communities. 36 semi-structured interviews with male and female farmers were thematically analyzed.

Prospective prediction of PTSD diagnosis in a nationally representative sample using machine learning.

Background: Recent research has identified a number of pre-traumatic, peri-traumatic and post-traumatic psychological and ecological factors that put an individual at increased risk for developing PTSD following a life-threatening event. While these factors have been found to be associated with PTSD in univariate analyses, the complex interactions of these risk factors and how they contribute to individual trajectories of the illness are not yet well understood. In this study, we examine the impact of prior trauma, psychopathology, sociodemographic characteristics, community and environmental information, on PTSD onset in a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States, using machine learning methods to establish the relative contributions of each variable.

Mental health needs of sex trafficking survivors in New York City: Reflections on exploitation, coping, and recovery.

It is increasingly acknowledged by academics, practitioners, and policymakers that sex trafficking can lead to various mental health sequelae, such as depression, anxiety, and trauma symptoms, and have lasting effects on the survivors' health and well-being. What has been lacking in this dialogue, however, are the firsthand stories of survivors. This qualitative, exploratory study was designed to capture the depth and complexity of survivors' lived experiences of mental health, pathways of recovery, and social reintegration posttrafficking.

Validity of cognitive complaints in substance-abusing patients and non-clinical controls: the Patient's Assessment of Own Functioning Inventory (PAOFI).

To determine the validity of substance-abusing (SA) patients' self-reports of cognitive impairments, we assessed the independent contributions of depression, actual neurocognitive performance and an index of cognitive decline, in predicting cognitive complaints in groups of SA patients and normal controls. The SA sample comprised 74 veterans enrolled in day treatment. The non-clinical sample consisted of 150 English-speaking adults.