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2. Review of analysis techniques in mental health research with consumer instruments – a guide for researchers.
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Badu, Eric, O'Brien, Anthony Paul, and Mitchell, Rebecca
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,CINAHL database ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,PATIENT satisfaction ,MEDLINE ,MEDICAL research - Abstract
Purpose: This integrative review aimed to identify and synthesis literature on analysis techniques and methodological approaches used to analyse consumer measures in mental health research. Design/methodology/approach: The review included papers published up to January 2020 across seven databases: CINAHL, Web of Science, Medline, PsycINFO, EMBASE, Scopus and Google Scholar. Data search and extraction was conducted according to the recommended guidelines for conducting review by Cochrane and Joanna Briggs Institute. Mixed method synthesis was used to integrate both qualitative and quantitative data into a single synthesis. Findings: The initial search yielded a total of 2,282 papers. A total of 32 papers were included in the synthesis. Most of the included papers (25/32; 78.12%) focused on psychometric properties, whereas 14% (5/32) targeted analysis techniques, and 6.3% (2/32) addressed methodological justification. The measurement models (e.g. psychometric properties) were analysed through validity and reliability testing as part of instrument development and adaptation. The structural models were analysed using techniques such as structural equation modelling, multivariable regression models, intraclass correlation coefficient and partial least squares–structural equation modelling. Practical implications: Although consumer-reported instruments are analysed using techniques involving linear, hierarchical and longitudinal effects, no attempt has been given to procedures that applied complex data mining or machine learning. Consumer researchers, clinicians and quality management are encouraged to apply rigorous analysis techniques to critically evaluate consumer outcome measures. Originality/value: This review provides evidence on the analysis techniques in mental health research to inform the training of mental health professionals, students and quality assessment practitioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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3. Research on Mental Health Monitoring Scheme of Migrant Children Based on Convolutional Neural Network Based on Deep Learning.
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Yang, Guangyan
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,DEEP learning ,TEACHER-student relationships ,SCHOOL health services ,SELF-perception ,SOCIAL media ,MIGRANT labor ,FACIAL expression ,COLLEGE teacher attitudes ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESEARCH funding ,ARTIFICIAL neural networks ,URBANIZATION ,ANXIETY ,STUDENT attitudes ,ALGORITHMS ,CHILDREN - Abstract
In recent years, with the acceleration of urbanization and the implementation of compulsory education, the pressure on students' study and life has increased, and the phenomenon of psychological and behavioral problems has become increasingly prominent. Therefore, the school has regarded students' mental health education as the top priority in teaching work. Effective expression classification can assist psychology researchers to study psychology and other disciplines and analyze children's psychological activities and mental states by classifying expressions, thereby reducing the occurrence of psychological behavior problems. Most of the current mainstream methods focus on the exploration of text explicit features and the optimization of representation models, and few works pay attention to deeper language expressions. Metaphors, as language expressions often used in daily life, are closely related to an individual's emotion, cognition, and psychological state. This paper studies children's smiling face recognition based on deep neural network. In order to obtain a better identification effect of mental health problems of children, this paper attempts to use multisource data, including consumption data, access control data, network logs, and grade data, and proposes a multisource data-based mental health problem identification algorithm. The main research focus is feature extraction, trying to use one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D-CNN) to mine students' online patterns from online behavior sequences, calculate abnormal scores based on students' consumption data in the cafeteria, and describe the dietary differences among students. At the same time, this paper uses the students' psychological state data provided by the psychological center as a label to improve the deficiencies caused by the questionnaire. This paper uses the training set to train five common classification algorithms, evaluates them through the validation set, and selects the best classifier as our algorithm and uses it to identify students with mental health problems in the test set. The experimental results show that precision reaches 0.68, recall reaches 0.56, and F 1 -measure reaches 0.67. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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4. Assessing the influence of forest therapy on maternal health: a medical perspective and recommendations.
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Kyung Ju Lee
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,MATERNAL health services ,NATUROPATHY ,BIRTH rate ,PREGNANT women ,NATURE ,HEALTH promotion - Abstract
Background: The health promoting benefits of greenness exposure were addressed before, during, and after pregnancy. Addressing the low-birth-rate issue of Korea, this review focuses on forest-based interventions to assess the mental and physical health of pregnant women in green environments, both nationally and internationally. It also proposes the utilization of green environmental resources as a strategy to improve maternal health and address the low-birth-rate issue. Current Concepts: Keyword search was done using PubMed, Web of Science, and Research Information Sharing Service (RISS) databases manually for references of retrieved papers until September 2023. Keywords included forest, greenness, and antenatal education. Of 107 potentially relevant papers related to prenatal education in forest or green environments, 12 papers were finally analyzed (comprising six domestic and 6 international academic journals). Overall, these papers showed at least moderate levels of bias. This review explored the influence of green spaces, forest activities, and psychological wellbeing on pregnant women. When analyzing pregnancy outcomes about green environments, differences between domestic and international studies became evident due to age, location, sample size, study design, and female participation rates. Discussion and Conclusion: The primary assessment tools focused on mental health, stress levels, quality of life, and overall psychological wellbeing. Domestic studies emphasized stress, anxiety, life satisfaction, inner peace, and maternal identity during pregnancy, while international research underscored the positive impact of green environments on pregnancy outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. Impact of contact with the baby following stillbirth on parental mental health and well‐being: A systematic review and meta‐analysis.
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Sun, Shiwen, Qian, Jialu, Wang, Fang, Tian, Yanping, Sun, Yaping, Zheng, Qiong, and Yu, Xiaoyan
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,MENTAL depression risk factors ,WELL-being ,ONLINE information services ,MEDICAL databases ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,RELATIVE medical risk ,PSYCHOLOGY of parents ,META-analysis ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,POST-traumatic stress disorder ,SATISFACTION ,PERINATAL death ,RISK assessment ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CHI-squared test ,MEDLINE ,DATA analysis software ,ANXIETY ,ODDS ratio - Abstract
Aim: This study aims to identify and synthesize available research reporting parental mental health outcomes related to contact with a stillborn baby. Background: Stillbirth is devastating events for parents. The effects of contact with the stillborn baby on parental mental health are uncertain. Methods: This was a systematic review and meta‐analysis carried out by searching six international electronic databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane, Web of Science, PsycINFO and CNKI databases from inception to 15 January 2023. Review Manager software was used for data analysis. Results: Ten studies were included (n = 3974). Contact with a stillborn baby increased the risks of anxiety, depression and post‐traumatic stress disorder in the short term and increased the risks of anxiety and post‐traumatic stress disorder in the long term. Parents who had contact with a stillborn baby were more satisfied with their decision. Subgroup analysis showed that seeing a stillborn baby had no significant effect on anxiety or depression, but holding a stillborn baby increased the risks of anxiety. Conclusions: Caregivers should respect the parents' decision on whether to have contact with the stillborn baby and provide parents with continuous information, emotional and behavioural support after they have contact with stillborn babies. Summary statement: What is already known about this topic? Stillbirth is a tragic event for parents and the extended families and can trigger intense grief and devastating psychosocial symptoms.Although some studies have been conducted to investigate the effect of contact with the stillborn baby on parental mental health, there is no consensus on the effectiveness of contact with the stillborn baby. What this paper adds? Contact with stillborn baby, particularly holding a stillborn baby, may increase the risk of harm to parental mental health.Parents were more satisfied with their decision to have contact with a stillborn baby rather than no contact with their stillborn baby. The implications of this paper: This study may provide evidence for managers and caregivers about the development of guidelines for contact with a stillborn baby and promote parental mental health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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6. Development of the clinical competency assessment scale in child and adolescent mental health nursing.
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Funakoshi, Akiko, Miyamoto, Yuki, Tsuchiya, Tomoko, and Tsunoda, Aki
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NURSING audit ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,PEDIATRIC nursing ,MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,PEARSON correlation (Statistics) ,RESEARCH funding ,STRUCTURAL models ,MEDICAL errors ,T-test (Statistics) ,CRONBACH'S alpha ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH evaluation ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,HOSPITALS ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,PSYCHIATRIC nurses ,RESEARCH methodology ,PSYCHOMETRICS ,STATISTICAL reliability ,STATISTICS ,INTRACLASS correlation ,NATIONAL competency-based educational tests ,PSYCHIATRIC nursing ,FACTOR analysis ,DATA analysis software - Abstract
Accessible Summary: What is known on the subject?: Children and adolescents' mental health problems, such as autism spectrum disorder, anxiety disorder and attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder, are a global public health concern, and nurses require advanced expertise and skills to properly care for this population.There is a gap between the required competencies and the actual skills and knowledge of CAMHN practitioners. Previous studies suggest that educational interventions for nurses are necessary to enhance the quality of care for children and adolescents with mental health problems. However, the corresponding evaluation indicators have not been verified, making it difficult to determine the most effective methods. What this paper adds to existing knowledge?: The present study developed the two‐factor (direct care for children and their family members and approach to the care environment) Clinical Competency Assessment Scale in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nursing (CCAS‐CAMHN).We demonstrated that the assessment scale was reliable and valid, based on its adequate internal consistency and temporal stability, the acceptable range of its model‐fit indexes, and its good concurrent and divergent validity. What are the implications for practice?: The newly developed scale is useful for assessing nurses' competency and could help them identify their difficulties in CAMHN.The scale could contribute to the development of effective educational interventions to enhance the quality of care for children and adolescents with mental health problems. Introduction: Caring for children and adolescents with mental health problems, such as autism spectrum disorder, anxiety disorder and attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder, requires expertise and skills. A quantitative clinical competency measurement tool in child and adolescent mental health nursing (CAMHN) is needed to evaluate the indicators of advanced expertise. Aim: The aim of this study was to develop a clinical competency assessment scale in CAMHN and evaluate its psychometric properties. Method: Scale items were derived from previous studies and adjusted based on cognitive interviews with five CAMHN experts. In total, 505 nurses in CAMHN from 29 hospitals in Japan participated in the self‐administered survey. The scale's construct validity, criterion‐related validity, internal consistency and test–retest reliability were assessed. Results: A two‐factor (direct care for children and their family members and approach to the care environment) scale was constructed. A secondary structural model showed that a two‐factor model fits best. The total score was significantly and positively correlated with excellence in nursing practice, amount of clinical experience and mental status. The overall scale exhibited good validity and reliability. Discussion: The scale is reliable and valid for assessing CAMHN clinical competency. Implications for Practice: The scale is useful for assessing nurses' competency and evaluating educational interventions' effectiveness for nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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7. Perceived organizational support, self‐efficacy and cognitive reappraisal on resilience in emergency nurses who sustained workplace violence: A mediation analysis.
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Huang, Hanjun, Su, Ya, Liao, Liwen, Li, Rui, and Wang, Lin
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,CORPORATE culture ,EMOTION regulation ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,RISK assessment ,CROSS-sectional method ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,SELF-efficacy ,COGNITIVE testing ,DATA analysis ,CRONBACH'S alpha ,RESEARCH funding ,PILOT projects ,HOSPITAL nursing staff ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH evaluation ,VIOLENCE in the workplace ,TERTIARY care ,HOSPITAL emergency services ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,NURSING practice ,ENVIRONMENTAL exposure ,PSYCHOLOGICAL stress ,STATISTICS ,SOCIAL support ,FACTOR analysis ,COMPARATIVE studies ,DATA analysis software ,EMERGENCY nurses ,EVALUATION - Abstract
Aims: The aims of this study were as follows: (a) to examine the relationship between perceived organizational support and resilience; (b) to investigate the potential mediating role of general self‐efficacy and cognitive reappraisal among emergency nurses who have experienced workplace violence; and (c) to explore the application of Kumpfer's resilience framework to emergency department nurses. Design: A cross‐sectional study. Methods: From February 17, 2021, to March 8, 2021, 825 emergency nurses working in the emergency departments of tertiary hospitals in Shanghai, China, completed an online survey. Data on resilience, organizational support, cognitive reappraisal and general self‐efficacy were collected through questionnaires. The Spearman analysis was employed to investigate the relationship between variables, while the mediation analysis was conducted using AMOS 23.0 statistical software. Results: The findings of a study involving 825 emergency nurses who reported experiencing workplace violence reveal a positive correlation between perceived organizational support and resilience. Additionally, it has been observed that the relationship between these two factors is mediated by both cognitive reappraisal and general self‐efficacy. Furthermore, the mediating effect of cognitive reappraisal is more significant in this relationship. Conclusion: Kumpfer's resilience framework is found to apply to emergency nurses. Perceived organizational support, an environmental factor, affects resilience directly and positively. In addition, cognitive reappraisal and general self‐efficacy, which are individual factors, mediate this influence path. These findings suggest an interaction between environmental and individual factors in determining the resilience of emergency nurses. Impact: These findings have implications for developing resilience intervention strategies for emergency nurses exposed to occupational violence. Enhancing personal attributes such as general self‐efficacy and cognitive reappraisal is as significant as strengthening external organizational support environments for enhancing nurses' resilience. Patient or Public Contribution: Emergency nurses participated in the pilot test of our questionnaire survey and gave their opinions on the questionnaire design. Summary Statement: What is already known about the topic? In emergency rooms, workplace violence is prevalent, and it seriously endangers nurses' physical and mental health. Enhancing resilience can improve nurses' ability to self‐regulate after experiencing violence. However, the drivers and mechanisms of resilience among emergency nurses who have experienced workplace violence remain unidentified. What this paper adds? This study confirms the applicability of Kumpfer's resilience framework to emergency nurses who have experienced workplace violence. Nurses' self‐efficacy and cognitive reappraisal mediate the relationship between perceived organizational support and resilience after exposure to workplace violence. The resilience process for emergency nurses involves the interaction of individual and environmental factors. Implications for practice/policy. Managers and researchers should consider the interaction between individual and environmental factors when developing resilience intervention strategies for emergency nurses who have suffered workplace violence. It is essential to support emergency nurses from the dyadic dimensions of the environment and the individual. A supportive organizational environment and individual positive adjustment strategies are equally important in promoting resilience among nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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8. Ukraine: Meeting the mental health needs of service veterans.
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Deahl, Martin P and Andreassen, Michael
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,CIVIL defense ,WAR ,PRACTICAL politics ,PSYCHOLOGY of veterans ,CONFLICT (Psychology) ,REFUGEES ,PSYCHOLOGY of military personnel ,NEEDS assessment ,MEDICAL needs assessment ,PSYCHOLOGICAL distress - Abstract
The current conflict in Ukraine is a tragedy of epic proportions that without doubt is causing serious psychological damage with inevitable long term consequences affecting combatants, civilians, not to mention displaced refugees. This paper focuses on the mental health needs of service veterans returning home to a country, devastated by the current conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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9. Human stories about self-neglect: told, untold, untellable and unheard narratives in safeguarding adult reviews.
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Preston-Shoot, Michael
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,HEALTH policy ,SOCIAL support ,PUBLIC administration ,EVIDENCE-based medicine ,SELF-neglect ,QUALITATIVE research ,LEARNING strategies ,REINFORCEMENT (Psychology) ,AT-risk people ,INFORMATION resources ,PUBLIC welfare ,PATIENT safety ,CORPORATE culture ,ADULTS - Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to update the core data set of self-neglect safeguarding adult reviews (SARs) and accompanying thematic analysis. The initial data set was published in this journal in 2015 and has since been updated annually. The complete data set is available from the author. The second purpose is to reflect on the narratives about adult safeguarding and self-neglect by focusing on the stories that are told and untold in the reviews. Design/methodology/approach: Further published reviews are added to the core data set, drawn from the national SAR library and the websites of Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs). Thematic analysis is updated using the domains used previously, direct work, the team around the person, organisational support and governance. SAR findings and recommendations are also critiqued using three further domains: knowledge production, explanation and aesthetics. Findings: Familiar findings emerge from the thematic analysis and reinforce the evidence-base of good practice with individuals who self-neglect and for policies and procedures with which to support those practitioners working with such cases. SAR findings emphasise the knowledge domain, namely, what is actually found, rather than the explanatory domain that seeks to answer the question "why?" Findings and recommendations appear to assume that learning can be implemented within the existing architecture of services rather than challenging taken-for-granted assumptions about the context within which adult safeguarding is situated. Research limitations/implications: A national database of reviews completed by SABs has been established (www.nationalnetwork.org.uk), but this data set remains incomplete. Drawing together the findings from the reviews nonetheless reinforces what is known about the components of effective practice, and effective policy and organisational arrangements for practice. Although individual reviews might comment on good practice alongside shortfalls, there is little analysis that seeks to explain rather than just report findings. Practical implications: Answering the question "why?" remains a significant challenge for SARs, where concerns about how agencies worked together prompted review but also where positive outcomes have been achieved. The findings confirm the relevance of the evidence-base for effective practice, but SARs are limited in their analysis of what enables and what obstructs the components of best practice. The challenge for SAR authors and for partners within SABs is to reflect on the stories that are told and those that remain untold or untellable. This is an exercise of power and of ethical and political decision-making. Originality/value: The paper extends the thematic analysis of available reviews that focus on work with adults who self-neglect, further reinforcing the evidence base for practice. The paper analyses the degree to which SARs answer the question "why?" as opposed simply to answering the question "what?" It also explores the degree to which SARs appear to accept or challenge the context for adult safeguarding. The paper suggests that SABs and SAR authors should focus explicitly on what enables and what obstructs the realisation of best practice, and on the choices they make about the stories that are told. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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10. Autobiographical Cerebral Network Activation in Older Adults Before and After Reminiscence Therapy: A Preliminary Report.
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Viard, Armelle, Allen, Andrew P., Doyle, Caoilainn M., Naveau, Mikaël, Bokde, Arun L. W., Platel, Hervé, Eustache, Francis, Commins, Sean, and Roche, Richard A. P.
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,ANXIETY prevention ,SELF-evaluation ,INDEPENDENT living ,RESEARCH funding ,TASK performance ,PROMPTS (Psychology) ,PILOT projects ,INTERVIEWING ,EPISODIC memory ,PREFRONTAL cortex ,OCCIPITAL lobe ,STATISTICAL sampling ,MAGNETIC resonance imaging ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,ANXIETY ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,HEMODYNAMICS ,RANDOMIZED controlled trials ,AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL memory ,PRE-tests & post-tests ,STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory ,LARGE-scale brain networks ,QUALITY of life ,ANALYSIS of variance ,REMINISCENCE therapy ,COMPARATIVE studies ,AFFECT (Psychology) ,SHORT-term memory ,PARIETAL lobe ,HIPPOCAMPUS (Brain) ,PSYCHOLOGICAL tests ,DATA analysis software ,MENTAL depression ,MIDDLE age ,OLD age - Abstract
Introduction: Reminiscence therapy (RT), which engages individuals to evoke positive memories, has been shown to be effective in improving psychological well-being in older adults suffering from PTSD, depression, and anxiety. However, its impact on brain function has yet to be determined. This paper presents functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data to describe changes in autobiographical memory networks (AMN) in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: This pilot study used a within-subject design to measure changes in AMN activation in 11 older adults who underwent 6 weeks of RT. In the scanner, participants retrieved autobiographical memories which were either recent or remote, rehearsed or unrehearsed. Participants also underwent a clinical interview to assess changes in memory, quality of life, mental health, and affect. Findings: Compared to pretreatment, anxiety decreased (z = −2.014, p =.040) and activated significant areas within the AMN, including bilateral medial prefrontal cortex, left precuneus, right occipital cortex, and left anterior hippocampus. Conclusion: Although RT had subtle effects on psychological function in this sample with no evidence of impairments, including depression at baseline, the fMRI data support current thinking of the effect RT has on the AMN. Increased activation of right posterior hippocampus following RT is compatible with the Multiple Trace Theory Theory (Nadel & Moscovitch, 1997). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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11. WePlay! Across the USA and abroad: Adaptation and expansion of a postpartum caregiver-child support program.
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Antenucci, Nikki, Adams, Olivia, Cerqueira, Mariana, Dugoni, Hannah, Clarke, U'nek, Elliott, Kelly L., and Vozar, Tracy M.
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,SUPPORT groups ,PLAY ,HEALTH services accessibility ,EVALUATION of human services programs ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,POSTNATAL care ,COMMUNITIES ,CHILDREN'S hospitals ,PSYCHOEDUCATION ,CHILD development ,FAMILIES of military personnel ,PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers ,WELL-being ,SENSITIVITY & specificity (Statistics) ,CULTURAL pluralism - Abstract
In this paper, we share cultural adaptations of facilitated play and psychoeducation caregiverchild support groups, WePlay! and Nosotros Jugamos. Originating in Denver and expanding to Washington, DC, the programs prioritize caregiver-driven, flexible, inclusive, and culturally responsive approaches. Future group considerations include a year-round, open-group format and tailoring offerings for specific populations, such as military families and those receiving inpatient services. WePlay! and Nosotros Jugamos are also excited about the possibility of international expansion. This outreach reflects a commitment to dynamic, participant-centered programming that evolves based on feedback and regional population needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
12. The Effect of Mobile Social Media Sharing Behavior on the Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health Regulation of Internet Users.
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Lu, Mingqing and Ma, Qiangqiang
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,RELIABILITY (Personality trait) ,STRUCTURAL equation modeling ,DIGITAL divide ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,SOCIAL media ,TELEPHONES ,MATHEMATICAL models ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,SURVEYS ,CRONBACH'S alpha ,THEORY ,INFORMATION resources ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH funding ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,INFORMATION-seeking behavior ,INFORMATION needs ,ANXIETY ,INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems ,EMOTIONS ,TELEMEDICINE ,MEDICAL research ,GROUP process ,INFORMATION technology - Abstract
Mobile Healthcare Social Media (MHSM) is an innovative combination of mobile devices and mobile communication technology. How can users shift from spontaneous to conscious cognitive mode, break their usage inertia, and actively adapt to the social structure of mobile health social media to improve information-sharing performance? This study uses adaptive structuring theory as the theoretical foundation to deeply analyze adaptive information-sharing behavior and its specific forms in the mHealth social media environment; it uses cognitive shift theory and social exchange theory as the theoretical framework to comprehensively explore the antecedent motivations of users engaging in adaptive information-sharing behavior and its posterior effects. Theoretically, it promotes the innovation and development of information-sharing behavior research and the further deepening of the application of adaptive structuring theory at the information behavior level. It is also conducive to bridging the digital divide and maximizing the value of health information resources. This paper takes 1000 survey data as the experimental data source for studying the influence of mobile social media sharing behavior on the subjective well-being and mental health regulation of Internet users and concludes that in practice, it is beneficial to optimize the design of information-sharing-related functions in mobile health social media, improve the effect of user information sharing in mobile health social media environment, and enhance the efficiency of information sharing so that mobile social media sharing behavior can better contribute to the subjective well-being and mental health regulation of Internet users. This paper has an obvious psychological adjustment effect on groups who use too much social media and can help them analyze why they are affected by some social media, thereby producing psychological effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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13. PERSONAL COMPETENCY INFLUENCES ON EMPLOYEE BURNOUT IN BANKING SECTOR.
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Miruthula, G. and Shanmugapriya, Alaguthevar Ramaraj
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout ,EMOTIONAL intelligence ,ORGANIZATION ,BUSINESS enterprises - Abstract
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14. The effects of yoga on mental health in school-aged children: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Randomised Control Trials.
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Khunti, Kirti, Boniface, Sadie, Norris, Emma, De Oliveira, Cesar M, and Nicola Shelton
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MENTAL illness treatment ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,MENTAL illness prevention ,CINAHL database ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,ONLINE information services ,MEDICAL databases ,MINDFULNESS ,SCHOOL mental health services ,YOGA ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,MEDLINE ,ERIC (Information retrieval system) ,EVALUATION - Abstract
It is becoming increasingly common for frontline clinicians to see children and teenagers struggle with their mental health. Since mental health issues have increased over the past ten years in the UK, they are now the leading cause of disability and cost the British economy £105 billion annually. The review discusses the evidence base underpinning the effect of yoga on children's mental health and summarises the results of 21 research papers. The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsycINFO, ERIC, Web of Science, PubMed, Medline and Cochrane Library were searched through Ovid from January 2008 until May 2022. The keywords 'yoga OR mindfulness – AND school AND children OR child OR youth OR adolescent' were used. The search was limited to studies in the English language. The quality of each study was rated against Version 2 of the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomised control trials and a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria. The evidence for yoga therapies in children is encouraging, although studies include methodological flaws such as small sample sizes and sparse information on interventions. This review has highlighted that yoga interventions may be implemented in schools as a preventative and therapeutic measure for mental health issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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15. Legal Analysis of Competency to Stand Trial in Pakistan.
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Ajmal, Ali and Rasool, Faiza
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FAIR trial ,MENTAL health laws ,CRIMINAL procedure ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,CRIMINAL trials - Abstract
The competence to stand trial is a legal concept that determines that a person having a mental disorder cannot be proceeded against in a criminal trial. Adjudicating such a person who is incapable of understanding the legal proceedings and assisting his attorney would violate his right to a fair trial. The incompetency to proceed results in the postponement of a trial subject to the fulfillment of certain criteria. The competency evaluation of an accused taking the plea of incompetency to stand trial is a sine qua non. This paper analyzes the law on the competency to stand trial in Pakistan using the doctrinal legal analysis approach. The findings of this paper suggest that the relevant law must be amended considering modern development in the field of mental health and law. Furthermore, there is a need to build the professional capacity of judges, lawyers, psychiatrists, psychologists, jail personnel, and interdisciplinary researche [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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16. Applications of Deep Learning in the Evaluation and Analysis of College Students' Mental Health.
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Zhou, Lanfeng
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DEEP learning ,MENTAL health of students ,COLLEGE students ,ARTIFICIAL neural networks ,CONVOLUTIONAL neural networks ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) - Abstract
It is an important research direction of mental health discipline in the current era to evaluate and analyze college students' mental health by using deep learning methods and form visual data characteristics and analyzable discipline conclusions. Based on this, this paper carries out the research method of convolutional neural network by using the research concept of deep learning. Firstly, the paper summarizes the fast intelligent analysis model based on the convolutional neural network system algorithm, classifies and summarizes the unique characteristics of college students' mental health, and uses the convolutional neural network processing model to analyze, evaluate, and observe college students' mental health combined with the big data theory. Secondly, through the expansion and utilization of multi-layer neuron self-coding neural network, the psychological health of college students is evaluated and analyzed in the psychological discipline, the discrete data structure is established by using the relevant psychological data, the psychological behavior of college students is analyzed, summarized, and classified, and the data model is filled to judge the mental health status of college students. Finally, through the design of confirmatory experiments, the results show that the college students' mental health evaluation and analysis model based on deep learning is more efficient in individual data analysis. Compared with the mode of analyzing college students' mental health through in-depth learning, the traditional psychological research method has a large workload and is not suitable for the universality and consistency of college students. This paper solves this problem and provides a reference for relevant research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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17. Depression among currently married ever pregnant adolescents in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar: Evidence from understanding the lives of adolescents and young adults (UDAYA) survey, India.
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Patel, Priyanka, Bhattacharyya, Krittika, Singh, Mayank, Jha, Ravi Prakash, Dhamnetiya, Deepak, and Shri, Neha
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,POSTPARTUM depression ,MENSTRUATION disorders ,CROSS-sectional method ,TEENAGE mothers ,FAMILY conflict ,PUBLIC health ,VIOLENCE ,FETAL development ,PREGNANCY outcomes ,SUICIDAL ideation ,MENTAL depression ,TEENAGE pregnancy ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,TEENAGERS' conduct of life ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,LONGITUDINAL method ,RELIGION ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Background: Depression is a major public health concern among Indian adolescents. Pre- and post-natal depression can often alter fetal development and have negative consequences on the physical and mental health of the mother. This paper aims to draw attention to the prevalence of depression and its correlates among currently married, ever-pregnant adolescents from two Indian States, i.e. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Methods: This study utilizes data from a subsample (n = 3116) of the prospective cohort study Understanding the Lives of Adolescents and Young Adults (UDAYA) among 10 to 19 year-old adolescents. Bivariate analysis was performed to assess the prevalence of depression by sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics. To further access the predictors associated with depression a logistic regression model was applied. Results: Around one-tenth (9%) of pregnant adolescents had depression. Regression analysis indicated that substance use, religion, autonomy, considering attempting suicide, premarital relationship, violence, dowry, adverse pregnancy outcome, menstrual problem, and parental pressure for the child immediately after marriage were significantly associated with depression. Conclusions: This study confirms the pre-existing annotation that teen pregnancy is linked with depression. Findings indicate that Adolescent mothers experiencing violence, and a history of adverse pregnancy outcomes are at increased risk of developing depression. These study findings call for an urgent need to address depression among adolescent mothers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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18. Viable justice: survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and/or torture amongst South Sudanese refugees living in settlements in Northern Uganda.
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Liebling, Helen Jane, Barrett, Hazel Rose, Artz, Lillian, and Shahid, Ayesha
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,TORTURE ,SOCIAL support ,PSYCHOLOGY of refugees ,RESEARCH methodology ,VIOLENCE ,INTERVIEWING ,COMMUNITY health services ,PUBLIC administration ,FAMILIES ,GENDER ,QUALITATIVE research ,SEX crimes ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESPECT ,REPRODUCTIVE health ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience - Abstract
Purpose: The study aimed to listen to refugee survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and/or torture and explore what justice meant to them in exile. This study argues that what the survivors who participated in this research wanted was "viable justice". The research was funded by the British Academy and Leverhulme Trust. Design/methodology/approach: Using a survivor-focussed justice lens combined with a trauma-informed approach, narrative interviews were held with 41 women and 20 men refugee survivors living in refugee settlements in Northern Uganda. The researchers also conducted semi-structured interviews with 37 key informants including refugee welfare councils, the UN, civil society, non-government and government organisations. Thematic analysis of the data resulted in the following themes being identified: no hope of formal justice for atrocities that occurred in South Sudan; insecurity; lack of confidence in transitional justice processes in Ugandan refugee settlements; abuse and loss of freedom in refugee settlements; and lack of access to health and justice services in refugee settlements. Findings: This study argues that what the survivors who participated in this research wanted was "viable justice". That is justice that is survivor-centred and includes elements of traditional and transitional justice, underpinned by social justice. By including the voices of both men and women survivors of SGBV and/or torture and getting the views of service providers and other stakeholders, this paper offers an alternative form of justice to the internationally accepted types of justice, which offer little relevance or restitution to refugees, particularly where the crime has been committed in a different country and where there is little chance that perpetrators will be prosecuted in a formal court of law. Research limitations/implications: The research findings are based on a small sample of South Sudanese refugees living in three refugee settlements in Northern Uganda. Thus, wider conclusions should not be drawn. However, the research does suggest that a "viable justice" approach should be implemented that is gender and culturally sensitive and which could also be trialled in different refugee contexts. Practical implications: Improvements in refugee survivors' dignity, resilience and recovery are dependent upon the active engagement of refugees themselves using a "survivor-focussed approach" which combines formal and community-based health services with traditional and transitional justice responses. Social implications: The provision of a "viable justice approach" ensures those who have experienced SGBV and/or torture, and their families, feel validated. It will assist them to use their internal, cultural and traditional resilience and agency in the process of recovery. Originality/value: The research findings are original in that data was collected from men and women survivors of SGBV and/or torture and service providers. The empirical evidence supports this study's recommendation for an approach that combines both formal and survivor-focussed approaches towards health and viable justice services to meet the needs of refugees living in refugee settlements. This is a response that listens to and responds to the needs of refugee survivors in a way that continues to build their resilience and agency and restores their dignity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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19. The Melbourne Study of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy III: Patients' and psychotherapists' perspectives on progress and challenges.
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Grady, Jacqueline, Dean, Suzanne, Godfrey, Celia, Beaufoy, Jeanette, Pullen, Jill, Hill, Christine, Ivey, Gavin, and Tonge, Bruce
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PSYCHOTHERAPY patients , *PSYCHOTHERAPIST-patient relations , *PSYCHOTHERAPISTS , *COMPETENCY assessment (Law) , *PSYCHOTHERAPY - Abstract
Qualitative exploration of the experience of psychoanalytic psychotherapy complemented the quantitative evaluation of mental health and life functioning improvements in the Melbourne Study of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Twice‐weekly treatment was offered to adults for 2 years by the private sector Glen Nevis Clinic for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, established by the Victorian Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists as a subsidized, low‐cost community service over 8 years. This paper is the second of two presenting the qualitative arm of the study, involving in‐depth narrative interviews with patients and psychotherapists. Analysis of 143 transcripts further contributes to evidence of the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in a community setting. The first qualitative paper reports themes concerning patient expectations of psychotherapy and perspectives of both patients and psychotherapists on the experience and benefits of the treatment. This paper reports what was perceived by participants as facilitative or challenging for therapeutic progress, illuminating how experiences of the nature of psychoanalytic psychotherapy may have affected the Implementation, Effectiveness and Maintenance of the program. The most notable facilitative factors emerging were the exploratory, insight‐oriented nature of the work, elements of the patient‐psychotherapist relationship, and the frame of the treatment. Challenges were also often seen as inherent to Effectiveness; however, proposing the frame of 2‐year treatment, as both an expectation and a limit, probably inhibited program Reach, Adoption and overall Implementation. The limitations and strengths of the qualitative arm of the research, together with implications for further investigation, are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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20. A mixed‐method exploration of mental toughness, perceived stress and quality of life in mental health workers.
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Turkington, Gordon D., Tinlin‐Dixon, Rowan, and St Clair‐Thompson, Helen
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,MENTAL health personnel ,CONFIDENCE ,RESEARCH methodology ,WORK ,COGNITION ,EXPERIENCE ,COMPASSION ,QUALITATIVE research ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,QUALITY of life ,EXPERIENTIAL learning ,STRESS management ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,EMOTIONS ,THEMATIC analysis ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,PSYCHOLOGICAL stress ,HEALTH promotion - Abstract
Accessible Summary: What is Known on the Subject?: Staff working with other people's mental health are in more danger of experiencing high stress at work.These members of staff are more likely to have mental health problems themselves.Previous research has suggested that training these members of staff to deal with their daily stress and become mentally tougher can protect them. What this Paper Adds to Existing Knowledge?: The findings showed that higher levels of perceived stress and reduced quality of life in mental health workers were related to lower levels of mental toughness.This research provides a detailed understanding of the current issues experienced in a range of different mental health settings, which may contribute to stress and quality of life.The research highlights the importance of protecting staff mental wellbeing, controlling and reducing levels of stress and suggests that one route to doing this is improving mental toughness. What are the Implications for Practice?: These findings suggest a need to increase the awareness of and further protect the mental health of staff working in the mentioned settings.Staff working in mental health settings should be provided with information about how to enhance mental toughness and how to reduce stress.This will lead to a better quality of life for mental health staff and in turn improve the quality of care provided. Introduction: Clinicians working in mental health services are at increased risk of stress at work. Previous work suggests that mental toughness is a protective mechanism for stress in other professions. This has not yet been examined in mental health workers. Aim/Question: To examine whether mental toughness predicts perceived stress and quality of life in mental health workers, to develop an understanding of the factors contributing to and techniques used to deal with stress in this population. Method: Sixty‐two workers completed measures of mental toughness, perceived stress, quality of life and answered questions regarding their personal experience of stress at work. Results: Mental toughness was a predictor of stress (F(7, 54) = 10.58, p <.001) and quality of life (F(6, 55) = 7.58, p <.001, F(7, 54) = 7.15, p <.001 and F(7, 54) = 6.81, p <.001, for compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary traumatic stress, respectively), with particular roles for the interpersonal confidence and control of life components. Qualitative analysis revealed sources of stress for health workers and a variety of stress management techniques to cope with workplace stress. The findings suggested that mental toughness develops in some but not all health workers due to the demands of their role. Discussion: The findings provide an insight into stress, quality of life and protective factors for stress in mental health workers and suggest that future research should consider mental toughness training in mental health workers. Implications for Practice: There is a need to increase the awareness of factors contributing to stress in mental health workers, such as a lack of resources and staff, and to promote organizational change to improve their professional quality of life. Future research should also explore the potential of mental toughness training in this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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21. Eating behaviour, body image, and mental health: updated estimates of adolescent health, well-being, and positive functioning in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Babbott, Katie M., Consedine, Nathan S., and Roberts, Marion
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PREVENTION of eating disorders ,PREVENTION of mental depression ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,ANXIETY prevention ,FOOD habits ,WELL-being ,INTERNET ,QUANTITATIVE research ,PEDIATRICS ,ADOLESCENT health ,PSYCHOLOGICAL tests ,T-test (Statistics) ,MENTAL depression ,DISEASE prevalence ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,ANXIETY ,DATA analysis software ,BODY image ,EATING disorders ,HEALTH promotion ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Introduction. Body image dissatisfaction and its associated challenges have been related to poorer health outcomes among adolescents worldwide, including disordered eating behaviour, depression, and anxiety. However, current prevalence estimates of these issues in Aotearoa New Zealand or, relatedly, the estimates of positive attitudes and behaviours, such as intuitive eating and body appreciation are dated. Aim. The primary aim of this paper was to provide updated estimates for a variety of constructs related to eating behaviours and body image, sourced from a diverse range of early adolescent participants. Methods. For this report, a brief online survey was advertised to adolescents throughout Aotearoa New Zealand (n = 893) via school and community noticeboards. Results. Approximately one-in-three male participants and one-intwo female participants reported body image dissatisfaction. One in four participants reported clinically significant symptoms of depression and anxiety. Discussion. Given such issues, there is clearly still much progress to be made in advancing positive health among early adolescents. Identifying potentially protective constructs such as intuitive eating and body appreciation may offer guidance into the best targets for prevention and early intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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22. A bridge to recovery: an interpretative phenomenological analysis with peer support specialists in Singapore.
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Ng, Jing Ting Lynn and Barlas, Joanna
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,AFFINITY groups ,WELL-being ,SOCIAL support ,CONVALESCENCE ,RESEARCH methodology ,FAMILY support ,SOCIAL stigma ,INTERVIEWING ,QUALITATIVE research ,PHENOMENOLOGY ,COMPARATIVE studies ,HEALTH attitudes ,HEALTH care teams ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,PATIENT-professional relations ,SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors ,MENTAL health services - Abstract
Recovery-oriented mental health care approach is gaining acceptance in Asian countries, including Singapore. Following Western countries, Singapore started hiring peer support specialists (PSS) as part of mental healthcare services. The aim of this paper was to explore and understand how individual peer support specialists in Singapore perceive and make sense of their role given their unique perspective as both recipients and providers of mental healthcare treatment. Six PSS in Singapore were interviewed utilizing a semi-structured interview schedule. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Four superordinate themes were generated illustrating how PSS viewed their role: embracing and embodying recovery, balancing on a bridge, impossible without support, and helping to end stigma. Findings also illustrated participants' awareness of the nature of the job and the role of PSS as still in the infancy stage. They embraced a recovery-oriented mindset despite experiencing stigma from professionals and/or their social support. The need to understand familial attitudes towards the PSS role is discussed. The limitations, contributions to the research, and several areas for future research are also outlined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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23. Art therapy in acute inpatient care.
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Noble, Joanne and Hackett, Simon
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,SCHIZOPHRENIA ,PSYCHOSES ,PSYCHODYNAMIC psychotherapy ,ART therapy ,CRITICAL care medicine ,HOSPITAL care ,CASE studies ,MENTAL illness - Abstract
There is a long tradition of offering art therapy to inpatients. NICE guidelines (2009 p.25) recommend considering offering 'arts therapies to all people with psychosis or schizophrenia, particularly for the alleviation of negative symptoms'. However art therapy can still be unavailable. This paper describes how art therapy is offered to people on acute inpatient wards, and focuses on their experience of art therapy. A service evaluation was registered and approved by the NHS Trust allowing non – identifiable information collected within the art therapy service. People with acute mental health problems attending art therapy were invited to complete a short survey. The thoughts and experiences of respondents (n = 24) are reported here. The art therapy approach offered is informed by psychodynamic thinking and is adapted to meet the needs of people in acute inpatient settings who may be experiencing psychotic symptoms or have experienced trauma. Results found art therapy to be a positive experience. Themes included the ability for self –expression, to think more clearly, a reduction in stress levels, anxiety, anger, and voice hearing. People receiving art therapy while in hospital reported it to be a helpful part of their treatment and contributed to their overall recovery and discharge. Further views from people receiving art therapy and from staff would be helpful using a different method for example interviewing and focus groups. This paper describes art therapy as it was offered to people while they are staying on acute inpatient wards. We asked people who had attended art therapy for their feedback and we discuss how art therapy was offered in acute wards. The approach and theoretical framework of art therapy in acute inpatient care is explained as well as describing the experiences and views of 24 people who attended art therapy while in hospital and who agreed to take part in the service evaluation. People who used the service commented that they liked the calm atmosphere of the art therapy room and found it allowed time for them to express difficult feelings. People described feeling listened to and one person said it made them feel more human. Feedback indicated attending art therapy could lead to a reduction in symptoms such as anxiety, suicidal thoughts, voice hearing and stress. People using the service said art therapy was a welcome alternative or addition to medication in the treatment of their difficulties. To summarise, the paper describes how attending art therapy offers inpatients an opportunity to express difficult thoughts and feelings in a calm and relaxing setting and people reported that this helped reduce symptoms such as anxiety, suicidal thoughts and stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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24. The business case for a healthy office; a holistic overview of relations between office workspace design and mental health.
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Kropman, Daan, Appel-Meulenbroek, Rianne, Bergefurt, Lisanne, and LeBlanc, Pascale
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EMPLOYEE psychology ,JOB stress prevention ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,WORK environment ,LIGHTING ,TEMPERATURE ,NOISE ,INTERIOR decoration ,HEALTH facility design & construction ,INDUSTRIAL hygiene ,COLOR - Abstract
The role of the physical workspace in employee mental health is often overlooked. As a (mentally) healthy workforce is vital for an organisation's success, it is important to optimise office workspace conditions. Previous studies on the effects of the physical workspace on mental health tended to focus on the effects of a specific element of the physical workspace on one or only a few mental health indicators. This study takes a more holistic approach by addressing the relationship of physical workspace characteristics with ten broad indicators of work-related mental health. Results of a systematic review of empirical evidence show that many aspects of (day)light, office layout/design, and temperature and thermal comfort have been proven to be related to many mental health indicators. Less tacit workspace characteristics (e.g., noise, use of colours) have been explored too, but so far have only been related to a few mental health indicators. Practitioner summary: The absence of holistic insights regarding the empirical proof of the effects of workspace design on employee mental health prevents a clear business case for workplace investments. This paper presents a content analysis of existing studies and shows how seven elements of workspace design relate to 10 mental health indicators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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25. High performance work systems and employee mental health: The roles of psychological empowerment, work role overload, and organizational identification.
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Kim, Kyoung Yong, Messersmith, Jake G., Pieper, Jenna R., Baik, Kibok, and Fu, Sherry
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout ,RESEARCH ,WELL-being ,WORK environment ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,EMPLOYEE attitudes ,JOB descriptions ,EVALUATION of organizational effectiveness ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,MATHEMATICAL models ,SELF-efficacy ,SURVEYS ,COMPARATIVE studies ,ORGANIZATIONAL change ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,EMPLOYEES' workload ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,THEORY ,ATTENTION ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,STATISTICAL correlation ,CORPORATE culture ,INDUSTRIAL relations - Abstract
Employee mental health is a central issue in today's global workplace. This paper analyzes the effect of high performance work systems (HPWSs) on employee mental health. We integrate HPWS concepts with job demands‐resources (JD‐R) theory to examine competing theoretical perspectives—a positive HPWS influence and a negative HPWS influence on employee mental health. We examine employees' perceptions of psychological empowerment as an indicator of the motivational pathway of the JD‐R and work‐role overload as an indicator of the strain pathway to explain the differential effect of HPWSs on mental health. We also incorporate organizational identification theory to demonstrate how one's identification with the organization can either accentuate or attenuate feelings of both psychological empowerment and work‐role overload. Findings from a study of 999 employees in 174 South Korean organizations indicate that HPWSs are positively associated with employee mental health via employee perceptions of empowerment and that HPWSs are negatively associated with employee mental health through perceptions of work‐role overload. Furthermore, the study finds that organizational identification attenuates the relationship between HPWS and both empowerment and overload. Practice‐level post hoc analyses also reveal that the job design characteristics, pay level, and participative decision‐making are linked to empowerment. In addition, participative decision‐making is most strongly associated with work overload. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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26. Skills Assessment Criteria for Aircraft Maintenance Technician in the Context of Industrial Revolution 4.0.
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Thulasy, T. Nanthakumaran, Nohuddin, Puteri Nor Ellyza, Nusyirwan, Istas Fahrurrazi, Rahim, Noorlizawati Abd, Amrin, Astuty, and Chua, Stephanie
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REPAIR & maintenance service personnel ,INDUSTRIAL technicians ,INDUSTRIAL revolution ,BOOLEAN searching ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,MAINTENANCE - Abstract
Professional certification is required for aircraft maintenance technicians in order to undertake sophisticated maintenance tasks that need a wide set of skills and competencies. Due to the increasing demand for workforce preparedness for Industrial Revolution 4.0, numerous publications stress only a subset of aircraft maintenance skills criteria in their skills assessment curriculum. The purpose of this paper is to review previous research publications on skill and competency evaluation in the aircraft maintenance industry in order to develop a comprehensive set of skill and competency assessment criteria through a systematic review of the literature. It applies the PRISMA approach in selecting and evaluating the included articles. The papers were retrieved from five journal databases using a set of Boolean search terms related. The filtered fifteen articles are systematically reviewed for talent evaluation criteria applicable to the aircraft maintenance work scope in order to deal with the Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0). Certain articles concentrate on a subset of assessment criteria for enhancing and tracking critical skills assessment criteria for the aircraft maintenance workforce, rather than on IR4.0 skill standards specifically. This paper summarizes seven skill criteria gathered in order to develop a comprehensive skill assessment framework for aircraft maintenance workforce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. Anxiety and Associated Stressors Among Farm Women in England and Wales.
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Wheeler, Rebecca and Lobley, Matt
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) , *WELL-being , *PSYCHOLOGY of agricultural laborers , *JOB stress , *PESSIMISM , *RISK assessment , *SURVEYS , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *LONELINESS , *RESEARCH funding , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *ANXIETY , *DATA analysis software , *WOMEN'S health - Abstract
The findings presented here derive from a wider study that sought to establish a baseline understanding of mental health and wellbeing among the agricultural community in England and Wales. This paper focuses on selected questions that investigated levels of anxiety and associated stress factors among farm women, a group which has been relatively neglected within previous research on farming mental health in the United Kingdom. A questionnaire survey was widely distributed to members of the agricultural community in England and Wales (n = 15,296) in both paper and online formats. The survey included a number of standardised instruments to assess mental health and wellbeing, including the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7). Focusing on a sub-sample of female respondents (n = 3487), this paper details the findings from the GAD-7, alongside those from a selection of other questions investigating sources of stress, loneliness and perceived business viability. A significant proportion of female respondents were experiencing anxiety at the time of survey completion, with 23.3% reaching the threshold for clinically relevant anxiety based on their GAD-7 scores (medium or severe anxiety, scores≥10). A further 34.6% were classified as experiencing mild anxiety (scores 5–9) whilst 42.1% were not suffering from anxiety (scores 0–4). Medium/severe anxiety was identified as being associated with a number of stress factors, feelings of loneliness and pessimistic perceptions of farm business viability. There were important age-based differences, with working-aged women identified as more likely to suffer from anxiety, loneliness and certain stressors than older women. The findings reported here indicate concerning levels of anxiety among farming women and this should be seen as a call to action. There are clear associations between anxiety and a range of stressors and, although we cannot ascertain causality, these point to issues that demand attention in efforts to improve mental health within this social group. The factors contributing to anxiety are, however, multiple and complex and farm women may be affected by particular gender-based challenges that have not yet been explicitly explored in relation to mental health. Further research is needed to investigate and understand these issues in greater depth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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28. Help is on its Way: Exploring the Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes of a Massed Community Choir Program.
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Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh, Boydell, Katherine, Walton, Jack, and Peter Young
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) , *WELL-being , *EVALUATION of human services programs , *SINGING , *RESEARCH methodology , *QUALITATIVE research , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *RESEARCH funding , *THEMATIC analysis - Abstract
Background: This paper explores the mental health and wellbeing outcomes of a massed community choir program in Australia. Methods: This study employed a mixed methods approach. Data were collected via a survey of choir participants (N = 305), four qualitative interviews and focus groups with facilitators and participants (N = 22), and two workshops with organising staff (N = 5). Questions were derived from a co-designed program logic, and data were triangulated and analysed thematically. Results: Participants reported feeling a sense of connectedness (psychological), but also experiencing connection (social) with their fellow singers. Psychological outcomes included the sensations of affect, arousal, and affirmation. Social outcomes included experiencing belonging, inclusion, and sharing. These positive psycho- social experiences promoted positive mental health and wellbeing outcomes in the large group of participating singers. Conclusions: This paper addresses gaps in our understanding about the mental health and wellbeing outcomes fostered by community choirs at scale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Implementation and evaluation of a multi-level mental health promotion intervention for the workplace (MENTUPP): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.
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Arensman, Ella, Leduc, Mallorie, O'Brien, Cliodhna, Corcoran, Paul, Griffin, Eve, Leduc, Caleb, Coppens, Evelien, Tsantila, Fotini, Ross, Victoria, Abdulla, Kahar, Hauck, Pia, Amann, Benedikt L., Aust, Birgit, Pashoja, Arlinda Cerga, Cresswell-Smith, Johanna, D'Alessandro, Luigia, Fanaj, Naim, Greiner, Birgit A., Luyten, Jeroen, and Mathieu, Sharna
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EMPLOYEE health promotion ,MENTAL health promotion ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,JOB stress ,WELL-being ,RESEARCH protocols - Abstract
Background: Well-organised and managed workplaces can be a source of wellbeing. The construction, healthcare and information and communication technology sectors are characterised by work-related stressors (e.g. high workloads, tight deadlines) which are associated with poorer mental health and wellbeing. The MENTUPP intervention is a flexibly delivered, multi-level approach to supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in creating mentally healthy workplaces. The online intervention is tailored to each sector and designed to support employees and leaders dealing with mental health difficulties (e.g. stress), clinical level anxiety and depression, and combatting mental health-related stigma. This paper presents the protocol for the cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) of the MENTUPP intervention in eight European countries and Australia. Methods: Each intervention country will aim to recruit at least two SMEs in each of the three sectors. The design of the cRCT is based on the experiences of a pilot study and guided by a Theory of Change process that describes how the intervention is assumed to work. SMEs will be randomly assigned to the intervention or control conditions. The aim of the cRCT is to assess whether the MENTUPP intervention is effective in improving mental health and wellbeing (primary outcome) and reducing stigma, depression and suicidal behaviour (secondary outcome) in employees. The study will also involve a process and economic evaluation. Conclusions: At present, there is no known multi-level, tailored, flexible and accessible workplace-based intervention for the prevention of non-clinical and clinical symptoms of depression, anxiety and burnout, and the promotion of mental wellbeing. The results of this study will provide a comprehensive overview of the implementation and effectiveness of such an intervention in a variety of contexts, languages and cultures leading to the overall goal of delivering an evidence-based intervention for mental health in the workplace. Trial registration: Please refer to Item 2a and registration ISRCTN14104664. Registered on 12th July 2022. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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30. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil: assessing complex trauma in young children.
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Brand, Matthew
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TRAUMATOLOGY diagnosis , *COMPETENCY assessment (Law) , *SCHOOL environment , *POST-traumatic stress disorder , *INTERVIEWING , *CONCEPTUAL structures , *CLINICAL medicine , *PARENT-child relationships , *CLINICAL education , *CHILDREN - Abstract
Complex trauma generally refers to a child's exposure to multiple traumatic events often within the context of an interpersonal relationship. Childhood traumatic events are commonplace and can have significant implications for physical and mental health. However, traumatic events are often not assessed by clinicians involved in their care. This paper outlines an approach to assessing complex trauma in young children in clinical settings. This approach involves an initial interview, an assessment of traumatic events and trauma symptoms in the child, an assessment of the parent–child interaction, an understanding of the child's functioning in multiple settings, and an assessment of parental trauma where relevant. Complex trauma takes time to assess and is dependent on the parent's ability to recognise and acknowledge the effect trauma has had. The paper concludes with some of the challenges when assessing complex trauma in young children in clinical settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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31. Data Classification of Mental Health and Personality Evaluation Based on Network Deep Learning.
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Zhou, Lin and An, Wenjun
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DEEP learning ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,MENTAL health of students ,MENTAL illness ,MENTAL health ,CLASSIFICATION - Abstract
In real life, people are at a risk of encountering various negative emotions all the time, and in the case of long-term negative emotions, it is easy to fall into a state of depression. However, in the current mental health system, the diagnosis of the depressive state of a client usually requires a doctor or a consultant to conduct face-to-face or video consultation with the client, which is time consuming and labor intensive. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt IT for mental health monitoring and personality data analysis. In order to achieve better results in identifying the students' mental health problems, this paper attempts to use multiple data sources, proposes an algorithm for identifying mental health problems based on multiple data sources, and uses the data on students' mental states provided in psychology as labels to improve the shortcomings brought about by the questionnaire approach. To further optimise the model identification results, this paper proposes a mental health problem identification algorithm based on the DeepPsy model. A 2D-CNN was used to extract the online pattern of a day, an LSTM network was used to capture the temporal dependency between days, and a deep learning network was designed to combine the underlying features with the online trajectory pattern. Experiments showed an accuracy of 0.71, a recall of 0.75, and an F1-Measure of 0.72, and were able to identify 75% of students with mental health problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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32. The effect of mindfulness‐based interventions on biomarkers in cancer patients and survivors: A systematic review.
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Matiz, Alessio, Scaggiante, Bruna, Conversano, Ciro, Gemignani, Angelo, Pascoletti, Gaetano, Fabbro, Franco, and Crescentini, Cristiano
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) , *PSYCHOTHERAPY , *LEUKOCYTE count , *LEUCOCYTES , *HORMONES , *MINDFULNESS , *CANCER patients , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *HYDROCORTISONE , *SYSTEMATIC reviews , *MEDLINE , *HEART beat , *GENE expression , *RESPIRATORY measurements , *ONLINE information services , *TUMOR classification , *BLOOD pressure , *TELOMERES , *CYTOKINES , *BIOMARKERS , *C-reactive protein , *WELL-being - Abstract
Various reviews and meta‐analyses have shown the positive effects of mindfulness‐based interventions (MBIs) on the mental health of cancer patients and survivors. Some studies have also investigated the impact of MBIs on physiological markers of health in oncology, but a systematic review has not been conducted in this field. The current paper aims to fill this gap in the literature. Following preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta‐analyses 2020 guidelines, data were obtained from the databases of Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science in May 2022. Twenty‐five studies were included. Globally, 35 biomarkers were employed in these studies and were categorized 8 groups (cortisol; blood pressure (BP), heart rate, and respiratory rate; C‐reactive protein; telomere length and telomerase activity (TA); genetic signature; cytokines and hormones; leucocyte activation; leucocyte count and cell subpopulation analysis). In seven of these categories of biomarkers, positive effects of MBIs were observed. The most promising results were obtained for cortisol, BP, TA and pro‐inflammatory gene expression. However, the generally low number of studies per single biomarker limits the possibility to draw reliable conclusions. The present review presents a comprehensive state‐of‐the‐art for MBIs in oncology on biomarkers, confirming MBIs' potential for improving physiological health in cancer patients and survivors besides those already shown in literature on psychological well‐being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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33. Digital screening for mental health in pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review.
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Clarke, Jocelyn R., Gibson, Melanie, Savaglio, Melissa, Navani, Rhea, Mousa, Mariam, and Boyle, Jacqueline A.
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) , *PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis , *MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems , *COMMUNITY support , *HEALTH literacy , *EMOTION regulation , *ECOLOGY , *OCCUPATIONAL roles , *GROUP identity , *HEALTH attitudes , *DIGITAL health , *PUERPERIUM , *CINAHL database , *PREGNANT women , *SELF-control , *PROFESSIONAL identity , *SYSTEMATIC reviews , *MEDLINE , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *PROFESSIONS , *THEMATIC analysis , *PSYCHOLOGY of mothers , *CLINICAL competence , *SOCIAL skills , *PREGNANCY complications , *MEDICAL screening , *PATHOLOGICAL psychology , *SENSITIVITY & specificity (Statistics) , *PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems , *HEALTH care rationing , *PERINATAL period - Abstract
Purpose: This systematic review aimed to determine if digital screening for mental health in pregnancy and postpartum is acceptable, feasible and more effective than standard care (paper-and pen-based screening or no screening). The second aim was to identify barriers and enablers to implementing digital screening in pregnancy and postpartum. Method: OVID MEDLINE, PsycINFO, SCOPUS, CINAHL, Embase, Web of Science, Joanna Briggs Database and All EMB reviews incorporating Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (OVID) were systematically searched for articles that evaluated digital screening for mental health in pregnancy and postpartum between 2000 and 2021. Qualitative articles were deductively mapped to the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Results: A total of 34 articles were included in the analysis, including qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods studies. Digital screening was deemed acceptable, feasible and effective. TDF domains for common barriers included environmental context and resources, skills, social/professional role and identity and beliefs about consequences. TDF domains for common enablers included knowledge, social influences, emotion and behavioural regulation. Conclusion: When planning to implement digital screening, consideration should be made to have adequate training, education and manageable workload for healthcare professionals (HCP's). Organisational resources and support are important, as well as the choice of the appropriate digital screening assessment and application setting for women. Theory-informed recommendations are provided for both healthcare professionals and women to inform future clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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34. Violence exposure, mental distress, substance use behaviors, and overdose experiences among people who inject drugs.
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Otachi, Janet K., Thrasher, Shawndaya S., and Surratt, Hilary L.
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) , *DRUG overdose , *SUBSTANCE abuse , *SELF-evaluation , *POST-traumatic stress disorder , *VIOLENCE , *PSYCHOLOGICAL distress , *COMPULSIVE behavior , *PROFESSIONAL practice , *RESEARCH funding , *SOCIAL services , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *ODDS ratio , *EMOTIONAL trauma , *RURAL population , *COMPARATIVE studies , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *INTRAVENOUS drug abusers , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors , *SOCIAL isolation , *SLEEP disorders , *WELL-being , *ADULTS - Abstract
Rates of exposure to traumatic events are up to two times higher among people with substance use disorders (SUDs) compared to the US general population. Overdoses (OD) and overdose fatalities have continued to increase nationally and in Kentucky and are associated with elevated trauma symptoms. This paper examines the impacts of witnessing and experiencing OD among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in Kentucky. Study participants were recruited via Respondent-Driven Sampling techniques supplemented with direct community outreach. Our findings showed that participants reporting past year severe mental health distress and lifetime violence exposure had higher odds of both witnessing and experiencing OD. Additionally, participants who reported early abuse had higher odds of both witnessing and experiencing OD as did participants with early onset injection drug use. The study findings suggest the need for incorporating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices in treating SUD among PWID. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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35. Applied Logic in the Age of Big Data: The Evolution of Linguistic Programming and Decoding in Psychological Trend Analysis.
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Liang, Lang
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TREND analysis ,BIG data ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,MENTAL health education ,PSYCHOMETRICS ,PSYCHIATRIC research - Abstract
Mental health quality is closely related to individual mental health level. High mental health quality can help high school students deal with mental illness in time, actively seek help from others, and improve their stigmatized abnormal beliefs, so as to improve their overall mental health level. The party and the government pay more and more attention to the shaping of everyone's proactive social psychology, which has been widely concerned in modern society. Therefore, this article scientifically studies the applied logic of the information age: the evolution of language programming and decryption in the trend of psychological change. SQL Server data management system, Oracle big data statistical analysis and research ideas, ACSI mental health evaluation index system, and language expression encoding and decoding method were used to measure the mental health of Chinese teenagers and children, and the relevant measurement conclusions were compared. The results show that the accuracy of language programming is higher than that of traditional mental health measurement. Finally, the paper discusses the scientific research of mental health, puts forward corresponding proposals, and finally prospects the future of the exploration of the ways of mental health cultural education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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36. A study of regular exercise, social support and depression in the community‐dwelling older people.
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Fang, Li, Fang, Ching‐Lin, and Fang, Shu‐Hui
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PREVENTION of mental depression ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,MENTAL depression risk factors ,RESEARCH ,HEALTH education ,SOCIAL support ,CROSS-sectional method ,AGE distribution ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,ONE-way analysis of variance ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,RISK assessment ,SEX distribution ,CRONBACH'S alpha ,T-test (Statistics) ,PEARSON correlation (Statistics) ,EXERCISE ,INDEPENDENT living ,HEALTH behavior ,RESEARCH funding ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,STATISTICAL correlation ,JUDGMENT sampling ,STATISTICAL sampling ,DATA analysis software ,HEALTH promotion ,OLD age - Abstract
Aims: This study aims to explore the relationship between regular exercise, social support and depression in community‐dwelling older people and find out the predictors of depression. Methods: Cross‐sectional and correlation designs were used. The participants were recruited from August to October in 2020. The STROBE was used as a checklist for this study. Results: The study found that female gender, older age, poor sleep quality, irregular exercise and low social support were the main predictors of depression among the community‐dwelling older people. Conclusion: It is suggested that healthcare professionals motivate the older people to exercise regularly in the community using individualized exercise routines designed according to their physical conditions such as different types, frequencies and intensity of exercise. Providing social support to each other at the community care site should be encouraged, and regular assessment of the mental health of community‐dwelling older people should be done. It is also recommended to organize a timely depression‐related education course for older people in the community. Summary statement: What is already known about this topic? In older people depression can lead to further physical and psychological problems. What this paper adds? This study provides information about regular exercise, social support and depression in community‐dwelling older people.Female gender, older age, poor sleep quality, irregular exercise and low social support were the main predictors of depression among these community‐dwelling older people. The implications of this paper for policy/practice/research/education It is suggested that healthcare professionalss motivate older people to exercise regularly in the community care site using individualized exercise routines designed according to their physical condition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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37. Application of Clustering Algorithm in English Proficiency Evaluation under the Framework of Big Data.
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Shang, Jiling and Liang, Chaohui
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BIG data ,LANGUAGE ability ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,K-means clustering ,ALGORITHMS - Abstract
With the advancement of science and technology as well as the continual improvement of big data analysis technology, the accuracy of traditional data information classification has declined, making it impossible to assess English ability effectively. A competency evaluation model for college English teaching vacancies is built using this information and the big data architecture. The ability of the big data information model is evaluated and feature information of ability constraints is extracted using the predefined constraint parameter index analysis model. Simultaneously, the K-means clustering algorithm is used to cluster and integrate a series of index parameters of English ability using big data, and the English teaching resource allocation plan is completed in accordance with this, allowing for the scientific evaluation of English teaching ability. The results of the studies show that the clustering method utilized in the context of big data can aid in the evaluation of English competence. In the experiment, four test cycles of English teaching skills were set up, and the effectiveness of the English evaluation techniques described in this paper and two classical cluster evaluation methods were compared and tested. The research shows that using the method described in this paper to evaluate English teaching skills can significantly improve the full utilization of data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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38. Locked down and drinking? Are more people self-identifying as having mental health difficulties alongside their drinking via an online platform?
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Calcan, Angela and Holmes, Mark
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,PRIVACY ,TELEPSYCHIATRY ,INTERNET ,SOCIAL stigma ,SEX distribution ,ALCOHOL drinking ,MEDICAL ethics ,STAY-at-home orders ,SHAME ,COVID-19 pandemic ,MEDICAL needs assessment - Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer a viewpoint on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on people's engagement with an online alcohol service in the UK. This paper examines whether self-reported mental health concerns increased during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic times. Design/methodology/approach: A comparison was made between service data captured in one contract area – West Sussex, England – pre-pandemic (April 2019 to March 2020) and during pandemic (April 2020 to March 2021). Findings: Self-reported mental health treatment needs increased during the pandemic period (71.2% of presentations compared to 50% pre-pandemic) via the online coaching service. Male referrals increased by 74% during the pandemic period compared to the previous year. Female referrals decreased by 4% in the same time period. Feelings of shame and guilt as well as loss of a confidential space to engage in online interventions were common concerns reported by service users. Research limitations/implications: Research limitations include the relatively small sample size, the sample comprised of self-referred treatment seeking clients, and there was no control group. All data collected is self-report therefore subjective and not necessarily meeting diagnostic criteria. Practical implications: Of note was the impact of the pandemic on women and their reduced access to the online service during the pandemic. Commissioners and services must adapt their service design and delivery alongside the new "normal" way of living and working. Routine screening of mental health and alcohol use are recommended. Originality/value: This paper offers insight from an established online/digital service and the impact of the pandemic on people's engagement with the service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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39. An Empirical Analysis of Mental Health and Social Support in the Elderly of Different Age Groups: A Survey and Analysis of Data from China.
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Qiang, Huiyuan and Liu, Lin
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,SOCIAL support ,INTERNET ,SEX distribution ,SURVEYS ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,STATISTICAL sampling ,EMPIRICAL research ,DATA analysis software ,OPTIMISM ,EDUCATIONAL attainment ,MIDDLE age ,OLD age - Abstract
To explore the effects of social support on the mental health of older adults in different age groups in China, and to provide reference for the development of social support policies to promote the mental health of older adults in China. This paper uses a random sampling method to conduct a questionnaire survey of 3,000 older adults aged 60 years or older in Nanjing and a dichotomous logistic regression model for empirical analysis. The two dimensions of mental health and social adjustment were used to measure the mental health status of the elderly. The results showed that the overall mental health status of the elderly in Nanjing city was more optimistic, and the nonempty nesters with male gender, higher education level, and partners were generally healthier; objective and subjective support had significant positive effects on the mental health of middle and high aged elderly, while the utilization of support had more significant effects on the health of low-aged elderly. This paper proposes that government departments should develop a localized elderly support system and social support policies adapted to the actual situation in Nanjing according to the quantitative distribution and demand characteristics of the mental health of elderly people in different age groups. The study is structured as follows: the second part contains data sources and statistical methods. The third part is the analysis of empirical results. The fourth part is the discussion and conclusion part of the article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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40. "Safety and security are everything": a qualitative study on the quality of life of Syrian refugees living in Za'atari camp.
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Momani, Aaliyah M., Alduraidi, Hamza, and Zaghmouri, Abeer
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,SAFETY ,PSYCHOLOGY of refugees ,GROUNDED theory ,RESEARCH methodology ,INTERVIEWING ,HEALTH status indicators ,EXPERIENCE ,QUALITATIVE research ,SOCIAL context ,QUALITY of life ,REFUGEE camps ,SOUND recordings ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,DATA analysis ,ADULTS - Abstract
Purpose: Many refugees around the world are forced to leave their counties seeking safety and security. Millions of Syrian refugees fled their country since the conflict started in Syria. Jordan is one of the host countries for refugees from different countries including Syria. Health-related quality of life of individuals influences both the individual and the community, and how these two interact with one another. This study aims to explore the four domains – physical health, psychological health, social relationships and environment domains – of health-related quality of life of adults residing in Za'atari camp in the North of Jordan. Design/methodology/approach: A constructivist grounded theory approach was used. Data were collected using semi-structured, face-to-face, audio-recorded interviews. Data were analysed using different levels of coding, constant comparative analysis and writing reflective memos. Findings: Pursuing safety and security emerged as a core theme in this study. Participants were pursuing safety and security since the conflict started in Syria. Lack of safety and security led them to flee Syria. For participants, safety and security were among the most important aspects of their lives. The meaning of safety and security for Syrian refugees is presented in this paper. Originality/value: To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study exploring the health-related quality of life of Syrian refugees residing in Za'atari camp using a qualitative approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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41. An MAGDM approach with 2-tuple linguistic neutrosophic number for mental health education evaluation of college students.
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Huang, Juan and Zhang, Chaoren
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,HIGHER education ,MENTAL health education ,MENTAL health of college students ,GROUP decision making - Abstract
Generally speaking, the evaluation of mental health education (MHE) in colleges is an activity and process of evaluating the elements, processes and effects of MHE in schools by systematically collecting relevant information, following reasonable evaluation principles and applying specialized evaluation methods and techniques according to certain evaluation index systems and value judgment systems. The fundamental goal of MHE evaluation in colleges is to promote and regulate the scientific, healthy and smooth development of MHE in colleges and universities, improve the quality of MHE, promote the reform of MHE, build a good psychological atmosphere in colleges and universities, and effectively improve the psychological quality and mental health of college students. The MHE evaluation of college students is looked as multiple attribute group decision-making (MAGDM). In this paper, the 2-tuple linguistic neutrosophic number cross-entropy (2TLNN-CE) method is defined based on the traditional cross-entropy and 2-tuple linguistic neutrosophic sets (2TLNSs). Then, 2TLNN-CE method is established for MAGDM. Finally, a numerical example for MHE evaluation of college students was given and some comparisons are also conducted to further illustrate advantages of the built method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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42. Design and Implementation of Online Intelligent Mental Health Testing Platform.
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Ren, Shengtao, Hou, Xiangling, and Xi, Juzhe
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,MENTAL health ,PSYCHIATRIC research ,DECISION trees - Abstract
In order to solve the problems of high misevaluation rate and low work efficiency in the process of mental health intelligent evaluation, a method of mental health intelligent evaluation system oriented to the decision tree algorithm is proposed. First, the current research status of mental health intelligent evaluation was analyzed and the framework of mental health intelligent evaluation system was constructed. Then, the mental health intelligent evaluation data were collected and the decision tree algorithm was used to analyze and classify the mental health intelligent evaluation data to obtain the mental health intelligent evaluation results. Finally, specific simulation experiments are used to analyze the feasibility and superiority of the mental health intelligent evaluation system. The experimental results show that the recall rate of each system increases with the increasing number of iterations, and the system has the highest recall rate. Also, it is stable after the number of iterations reaches 20, with good recall and adaptive scheduling performance. The recall rate of comparison system 1 and comparison system 2 fluctuates greatly, and the recall rate is lower than that of the system in this paper. It is proved that the method of the mental health intelligent evaluation system of the decision tree algorithm can effectively solve the problem and improve the accuracy of the mental health intelligent evaluation. The efficiency of mental health intelligent evaluation is improved, and the system stability is better, which can meet the actual requirements of current mental health intelligent evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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43. Offshore coxswain competency evaluation model for internal on‐board competency monitoring and assessment.
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Lim, Wen Khai, Rusli, Risza, and Nazir, Salman
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,OFFSHORE structures ,HUMAN error ,GAS industry ,PETROLEUM industry ,PETROLEUM in submerged lands - Abstract
Lifeboats are widely installed on offshore facilities to transfer personnel‐on‐board to safe location during an emergency. However, an unacceptably high number of incidents that cause serious or fatal injury to the involved crew still occur during routine maintenance and lifeboat drills. Therefore, a competency evaluation model that is suitable for implementation of on‐board offshore facilities and produces reliable results is essential. This paper proposes a theoretical competency evaluation model to minimize human error and continuously improve the proficiency of offshore lifeboat coxswains in on‐board offshore installations. The offshore coxswain competency evaluation model (OC2EM) is designed in two different sections: Section 1 comprises the base section, and Section 2 comprises the assessment section. OC2EM is assessed with the OPITO Offshore Lifeboat Coxswain Competence Assessment and OPITO Offshore Lifeboat Coxswain Training Standard, which are recognized globally in the oil and gas industry to determine the effectiveness and suitability for implementation. On the basis of the results obtained from the emergency scenarios generated and analysis with the OPITO training and competence standards, OC2EM has proven to be a promising model for implementation in on‐board offshore installations because of its capability to be implemented flexibly depending on the requirement of the particular installation while maintaining realistic results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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44. Staff Wellbeing and Retention in Children's Social Work: Systematic Review of Interventions.
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Turley, Ruth, Roberts, Sophie, Foster, Catherine, Warner, Nell, El-Banna, Asmaa, Evans, Rhiannon, Nurmatov, Ulugbek, Walpita, Yasaswi, and Scourfield, Jonathan
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EDUCATION of social workers ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,JOB stress prevention ,WELL-being ,CINAHL database ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout ,AFFINITY groups ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,SOCIAL support ,PSYCHOLOGY of social workers ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,CLIENT relations ,FAMILY health ,COMMUNITY health services ,SATISFACTION ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,CHILDREN'S accident prevention ,ABILITY ,TRAINING ,ORGANIZATIONAL change ,COST effectiveness ,CHILD health services ,CHILDREN'S health ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,SECONDARY traumatic stress ,JOB satisfaction ,RESEARCH funding ,INDUSTRIAL hygiene ,OCCUPATIONAL health services ,MEDLINE ,EMPLOYEE retention ,SOCIAL case work ,FAMILY services ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,EVALUATION - Abstract
Objective: To systematically review international evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions targeting the mental health, wellbeing, and retention of child and family social workers and their impact on child and family outcomes. Method: Systematic review and narrative synthesis of quantitative comparative studies. Published or unpublished research was sought via 12 bibliographic databases, websites, contact with experts, and citation tracking. Studies in any language were eligible for inclusion. Quality was assessed using Cochrane appraisal tools. Results: Fifteen studies were identified from 24 papers. Three studies considered individual-level interventions, with mixed and inconclusive findings. Eleven considered organisational interventions, with mixed but more promising findings. One study considered community-level interventions, with positive findings but a serious risk of bias. Only one study considered costs. Conclusion: The quality of evidence overall does not warrant clear recommendations for services. Organisation-level interventions show some promise. Robust, high-quality interventional studies are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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45. The Mental Health Evaluation System of College Students Based on Data Mining.
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Li, Peng
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,DATA mining ,COLLEGE students ,DATABASES ,MENTAL health of students - Abstract
In order to solve the problems of high misevaluation rate and low work efficiency in the current mental health evaluation process of college students, a mental health evaluation system based on data mining algorithms is proposed. First, analyze the research status of college students' mental health evaluation and data mining algorithms and build a mental health evaluation system framework; then, collect college students' mental health questionnaire data, use the Apriori algorithm based on a three-dimensional matrix to analyze and classify, traverse each attribute of each transaction in the two-dimensional matrix, and directly obtain the frequent item set, frequent binomial set, and frequent three-item set by reading the three-dimensional attribute matrix and the mental health evaluation data to obtain mental health intelligent evaluation results. Finally, specific simulation experiments are used to analyze the feasibility and superiority of the mental health intelligent evaluation system. The results show that the system in the article overcomes the shortcomings of the current mental health intelligent evaluation system, improves the accuracy of mental health intelligent evaluation, improves the efficiency of mental health intelligent evaluation, and the system is more stable, which can meet the actual requirements of current college students' mental health evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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46. 基于胜任力模型的建筑产业工人绩效评价研究.
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王 凯, 钟波涛, 孙 峻, and 骆汉宾
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CONSTRUCTION workers ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,CONSTRUCTION management ,CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) ,PERFORMANCE management - Abstract
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47. A Fuzzy Qualitative Simulation Study of College Student's Mental Health Status.
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Deng, Xiying
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MENTAL health of students ,COLLEGE students ,MENTAL health education ,MENTAL health policy ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,STRUCTURAL equation modeling - Abstract
The fuzzy qualitative approach used in this paper provides an in-depth study and analysis of the simulation of the mental health state of college students, which is continued from another perspective using structural equation modeling, in which sufficient conditions for the equation to satisfy local asymptotic stability, instability, and global attraction at the zero equilibrium point and sufficient conditions for the existence and instability of nonzero equilibrium points are discussed, respectively. In addition, the paper proves the boundedness of the solutions of the equation by mathematical induction and obtains sufficient conditions to ensure that the solutions are bounded. The intrinsic causes of college students' psychological problems lie in the lack of social support in the family and outside the family and the influence of the overall social environment on college students. Finally, this paper puts forward some suggestions and countermeasures based on this research finding from three levels: family, school, and society, giving full play to the role of family support; schools should expand the main body of support, enrich the form of support, and provide comprehensive and multifaceted social support for college students. Finally, the simulation of the equation is carried out to verify the correctness of its conclusion. The rate of mental subhealth is 1.605 times that of college students admitted to ideal universities, which is consistent with our actual situation. At the level of condition guarantee, the hardware facilities, management system, and professional team of mental health education for college students are evaluated; from the specific content, the teaching work, educational activities, psychological counseling, and crisis intervention of mental health education for college students are evaluated; from the perspective of effect, the degree of goal achievement, social adaptation, and result satisfaction of the effect of mental health education for college students are evaluated. The final part analyzes and elaborates on the construction of evaluation indexes of mental health education for college students, the design of weight of guiding indexes, and the content and optimization path of the evaluation test. The results of the study show that personal ability and external pressure are important factors influencing college students' mental health, and the influence of external pressure is greater. Logistic regression and structural equation modeling methods complement each other, and the findings of structural equation modeling are more comprehensive and integrated, while logistic regression illustrates the degree of each influencing factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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48. Bereaved Parents' Change in Mental Health during a Dyadic Diary.
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Buyukcan-Tetik, Asuman, Topal, Mustafa Anil, Deryalar, Belgin, Ergun, Turan Deniz, Aydin, Eda Nur, and Aykutoglu, Bulent
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) , *RESEARCH funding , *SPOUSES , *SEX distribution , *PUERPERIUM , *LABOR (Obstetrics) , *PERINATAL death , *PARENT attitudes , *ANXIETY , *PSYCHOLOGY of women , *BEREAVEMENT , *DIARY (Literary form) , *PSYCHOLOGY of parents , *GRIEF - Abstract
Recent years have seen a shift in the number of bereavement studies examining daily grief processes, but our knowledge is still limited due to the lack of dyadic research. In this paper, we explored the change in mental health in the course of a seven-day dyadic diary with bereaved couples who lost their child during pregnancy, labor, or afterward. We conducted dyadic latent growth curve analyses. In the bereaved parents who experienced a pregnancy loss, we found reduced grief (for both partners) and anxiety symptoms (only for women) and no changes in depression symptoms or personal strength levels across the diary days. In the bereaved parents who lost their child during labor or afterward, both partners' grief and depression symptoms and women's anxiety symptoms stayed stable, men's anxiety symptoms decreased, but women experienced a decline in their personal strength. Overall, negative aspects of mental health showed no sign of a dyadic diary's harm to the bereaved parents and even pointed to increased mental health in some respects during the study. However, a feeling of reduced capacity to deal with difficulties during the diary was also observed in women. Our findings indicated that both negative and positive aspects of mental health should be considered to evaluate the impact of diary studies on the participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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49. The emoji current mood and experience scale: the development and initial validation of an ultra-brief, literacy independent measure of psychological health.
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Davies, Jason, McKenna, Mark, Denner, Kate, Bayley, Jon, and Morgan, Matthew
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) , *PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience , *HEALTH , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *EMOTIONS , *COMMUNITIES , *EXPERIMENTAL design , *RESEARCH methodology , *MULTIDIMENSIONAL scaling , *INTERPERSONAL relations , *AFFECT (Psychology) , *LITERACY ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
There is increasing interest in measuring wellbeing and mental health in a range of settings and services outside conventional mental health care settings. However, ensuring that measurement does not intrude on the primary service activity whilst promoting inclusion through minimizing literacy demands, requires ultra-brief and easy to use tools. To develop and test a brief emoji-based tool to assess mental health, wellbeing, resilience and community connection. In study 1, 672 adults completed an online questionnaire study comprising a new emoji measure and established questionnaires assessing mental health, resilience, community connection and wellbeing. In study 2, 415 participants completed a paper-and-pencil version of the emoji measure, mental health and community connection, with 212 individuals providing data at a second time point. Multidimensional scaling revealed a meaningful structure to the emoji measure with validity demonstrated through relationships to existing scales. Stability over time and sensitivity to change were also demonstrated. The emoji-based measure presented here provides an ultra-brief measure of mood and current experience, with minimal literacy demands on participants. Further research is now needed to test the properties and utility of the scale with other participant groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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50. Decreased thigh pain and increased mental acuity and physical performance in a 26-year-old male under Chiropractic care: A case report.
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Hawkes, David A., Postlethwaite, Ruth, and McIvor, Clare
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PAIN management ,COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,MEDICAL history taking ,PHYSICAL diagnosis ,PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation ,PROPRIOCEPTION ,STRETCH (Physiology) ,SCOLIOSIS ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,CANCER patients ,SUBLUXATION ,THIGH ,MEMORY ,SLEEP ,BODY movement ,AFFECT (Psychology) ,CHIROPRACTIC ,TESTIS tumors ,RANGE of motion of joints ,ADULTS - Abstract
Background: A 26-year old male testicular cancer survivor presented for Chiropractic care with a primary complaint of intermittent thigh pain. Intervention: The patient underwent a course of subluxation-based Chiropractic care during which he was checked and adjusted using Advanced Bio-Structural Correction Technique. Outcome: Despite a singular presenting concern of intermittent thigh pain from an four-year-old injury, he returned numerous other positive outcomes he attributed to Chiropractic. This presents numerous questions as to the body's state of adaptability even years after cancer, and the role Chiropractic may play in building up this adaptability again over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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