Cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents with mental sub-health in China

ObjectiveAnalyze the correlation between CRF and mental health in adolescents from the perspective of mental sub-healt.Method16 545 adolescents were selected by random case method, and were conducted mental sub-health test by Multidimensional Sub-health Questionnaire of Adolescents (MSQA)and 20 m SRT.ResultThe overall 20mSRT performance of male adolescents who were mentally healthy, had mental sub-health symptoms and were in mental sub-health status were 34.6, 33.6, and 32.8shuttles, respectively. For female adolescents, the corresponding performance was 30.4, 29.7, and 28.9 shuttles, respectively; the detection rates of high CRF grade in adolescents with mental, emotional, conduct, and social adaptation sub-health were 0.195-, 0.236-, 0.226-, and 0.229-fold, respectively, that of the mentally-healthy subjects in the corresponding dimensions.ConclusionMental sub-health was negatively correlated with CRF in Chinese adolescents.     

The influence of the spiritual dimension as a complementary therapeutic dynamic in meditation practices and in the field of mental health

ObjectivesThe purpose of this article is to reinstate the framework of the notion of spirituality in the therapeutic field and to underline the potential link between meditation and spirituality, in order to question the potential hindrance to therapeutic effects caused the dissociation of meditation and spirituality. We explore the possible spiritual dimensions of meditation, and, lastly, discuss whether a spiritual dimension is relevant to meditative practice.MethodWe carried out a literature review, selecting the main research dealing with the link between spirituality and meditation.ResultsIt appears that the spiritual dimension has not been taken into account in the therapeutic applications of mindfulness meditation; it would be beneficial for spirituality to be integrated into the meditative process as a complementary tool for the adaptation and the stimulation of practice.DiscussionThe question of the link between spirituality and meditation questions the fact of meditation's having been cut off from its cultural substratum. We suggest that it would be appropriate in certain cases to reactivate this tradition, as well as the role of the psychotherapist in this dynamic.ConclusionThe dimension of spirituality could be a fecund tool in therapeutic accompaniment; integrating spirituality into therapeutic meditation could have positive impacts in terms of patients’ wellbeing and mental health.     

Exploration of mental health of health students: Dental and medical formations promote anhedonia

Objectives

Health students usually report to experience stress during their formation. This is due to their exposure to patient's disease or death, to their learning of interpersonal relationships, and to the discovery of health practitioner's responsibility. Anhedonia represents a deficit in experiencing pleasure that is promoted by stressful living conditions. We hypothesized that health formations promote anhedonia. Our objectives have consisted in measuring anhedonia and analyzing its variation and heterogeneity among health students.

Self-reported mental health symptoms,quality of life and coping strategies in French health sciences students during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: An online survey

IntroductionHealth sciences students usually report high rates of mental health problems. The COVID-19 pandemic context may have serious psychological impacts in this at-risk population. We aimed to assess the self-reported mental health status, health-related quality of life and coping strategies of health sciences students during the early stage of the pandemic.MethodAn online 128-item questionnaire sent to 17,673 health sciences students from the Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in April 2020 assessed: a) sociodemographic characteristics, b) conditions of lockdown, c) depressive (Beck Depression Inventory- Short Form, BDI-SF), anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-A, STAI-A) and traumatic symptoms (Impact of Event Scale -Revised, IES-R), d) health-related quality of life (SF12) and e) coping strategies (Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced, Brief COPE).ResultsThe participation rate was 9.9% (n = 1,765). A total of 19.5% of participants reported an IES-R > 33, 11.6% depressive symptoms, 58.1% anxiety symptoms, and 4.4% suicidal ideation. Their mental health-related quality of life was significantly poorer than for physical health. Female gender, COVID-like symptoms, social isolation due to the lockdown, pandemic-related financial restraint and exams-related stress were significantly associated with poorer self-reported mental health conditions. Volunteering in the healthcare system was significantly associated with lower mental health scores. Coping strategies were mostly oriented toward avoidance and positive appraisal.ConclusionFrench health sciences students exhibited high levels of self-reported mental health problems and a poor mental health-related quality of life during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specific risk factors related to the pandemic partly explain the observed prevalence.