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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The need for a behavioural science focus in research on mental health and mental disorders
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, Volume 23, No. S1, Year 2014
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Psychology as a science offers an enormous diversity of theories, principles, and methodological approaches to understand mental health, abnormal functions and behaviours and mental disorders. A selected overview of the scope, current topics as well as strength and gaps in Psychological Science may help to depict the advances needed to inform future research agendas specifically on mental health and mental disorders. From an integrative psychological perspective, most maladaptive health behaviours and mental disorders can be conceptualized as the result of developmental dysfunctions of psychological functions and processes as well as neurobiological and genetic processes that interact with the environment. The paper presents and discusses an integrative translational model, linking basic and experimental research with clinical research as well as population-based prospective-longitudinal studies. This model provides a conceptual framework to identify how individual vulnerabilities interact with environment over time, and promote critical behaviours that might act as proximal risk factors for ill-health and mental disorders. Within the models framework, such improved knowledge is also expected to better delineate targeted preventive and therapeutic interventions that prevent further escalation in early stages before the full disorder and further complications thereof develop. In contrast to conventional "personalized medicine" that typically targets individual (genetic) variation of patients who already have developed a disease to improve medical treatment, the proposed framework model, linked to a concerted funding programme of the "Science of Behaviour Change", carries the promise of improved diagnosis, treatment and prevention of health-risk behaviour constellations as well as mental disorders. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Wïttchen, Hans Ülrich
Germany, Dresden
Technische Universität Dresden
Knappe, Susanne
Germany, Dresden
Technische Universität Dresden
Andersson, Gerhard
Sweden, Orebro
Swedish Institute for Disability Research
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Araya, Ricardo I.
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of Bristol
Banos, Rosa M.
Spain, Valencia
Universitat de València
Barkham, Michael
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
Beckers, Tom
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Universiteit Van Amsterdam
Berger, Thomas
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Berking, Matthias
Germany, Marburg
Philipps-universität Marburg
Botella, Cristina
Spain, Castellon de la Plana
Universidad Jaume I
Carlbring, Per
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholms Universitet
Colom, Francesc Victoriano
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
David, Daniel
United States, New York
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Emmelkamp, P. M.G.
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Universiteit Van Amsterdam
Essau, Cecilia A.
United Kingdom, London
University of Roehampton
Fava, Giovanni Andrea
Italy, Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum Università Di Bologna
Hermans, Dirk
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Hofmann, Stefan G.
United States, Boston
Boston University
Lutz, Wolfgang
Germany, Trier
Universität Trier
Muris, Peter E.H.M.
Netherlands, Maastricht
Universiteit Maastricht
Ollendick, Thomas H.
United States, Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Raes, Filip
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Rief, Winfried
Germany, Marburg
Philipps-universität Marburg
Riper, Heleen M.
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Amsterdam Umc - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
van der Oord, Saskia
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Universiteit Van Amsterdam
Vervliet, Bram
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Haro, Josep Maria
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental
Spain, Sant Boi de Llobregat
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Schumann, Gunter
United Kingdom, London
King's College London
Statistics
Citations: 36
Authors: 28
Affiliations: 30
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/mpr.1409
ISSN:
10498931
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Health System And Policy
Mental Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study