Impact of nature on the mental health and well-being of the ICU survivors: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Supreet Kaur Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study is to comprehend the traumatic experiences of intensive care unit (ICU) patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the same post-discharge. It assesses the role of nature and open green spaces on the mental health and well-being of critically ill patients.Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, this study highlights the major factors contributing to adverse mental health and well-being. The subjects were interviewed using semi-structured personal interview techniques. Thematic content ...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - October 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Supreet Kaur Source Type: research
Public mental health and wellbeing interventions delivered by allied health professionals (AHPs): mapping the evidence and identification of gaps. A systematic review
This study aims to examine interventions delivered by allied health professionals (AHPs) to alleviate community stressors adversely impacting public mental health and well-being.Review inclusion criteria comprised experimental and qualitative process evaluations of public mental health interventions delivered by AHPs. Electronic searches in Cinahl, Embase, Medline, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Library, were combined with grey literature searches of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence public health guidance. A narrative synthesis and the Effective Public Health Practice Project appraisal tool were used to evaluat...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarah Wigham Eileen Kaner Jane Bourne Kanar Ahmed Simon Hackett Source Type: research
Prosocial attributes relate to lower recidivism in justice-involved youth: preliminary evidence using a novel measure of prosocial functioning
This study aims to provide a preliminary validation of a new measure of prosocial attributes (the Prosocial Status Inventory – PSI), which was designed to comprehensively evaluate in greater depth the prosocial functioning of urban, justice-involved youth.Youth (n = 51) were recruited as part of a larger study and were participants in a community-based mentoring program in a large, urban county in the Southern USA. Youth completed the PSI at baseline prior to their participation in the community-based mentoring program. The authors obtained follow-up data on recidivism from the county juvenile justice department.PSI scor...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - September 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Adam T. Schmidt Jacquelynn Duron Becca K. Bergquist Alexandra C. Bammel Kelsey A. Maloney Abigail Williams-Butler Gerri R. Hanten Source Type: research
The Belo Horizonte ’s harm reducers as a possible and effective peer support experience
This article aims to analyze the incorporation of harm reduction health workers with lived experience in all services focused on the care for drug users in Belo Horizonte’s mental health network, one of the largest Brazilian Psychosocial Care Networks (Rede de Atenção Psicossocial [RAPS]), and reports the findings of a qualitative study on the life stories, recovery journeys and the professional practice of harm reducers in Belo Horizonte.For the development of this research, the authors chose the following methodological tools: documentary research; follow-up of harm reduction interventions; access to harm reducers’...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - August 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Talita Cristiele Gomes Vieira Luana Alves Ciriaco Silvana Silva Santos Gabriel Lucas de Souza Polibio Jos é de Campos Souza Source Type: research
The Recovering Citizenship Learning Collaborative: a system-wide intervention to increase citizenship practices and outcomes
Elizabeth Flanagan, Janis Tondora, Annie Harper, Patricia Benedict, Julienne Giard, Billy Bromage, Bridgett Williamson, Paul Acker, Cheri Bragg, Virginia Adams, Michael Rowe Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to describe the Recovering Citizenship Learning Collaborative (RCLC), a training, consultation and implementation effort for 13 local mental health authorities and two state hospitals.The learning collaborative used a Recovering Citizenship approach, which holds that recovery occurs in the context of people’s lives in their communities and society, that is...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - August 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Elizabeth Flanagan Janis Tondora Annie Harper Patricia Benedict Julienne Giard Billy Bromage Bridgett Williamson Paul Acker Cheri Bragg Virginia Adams Michael Rowe Source Type: research
Exploratory study of an ally training program for mental health support
Beatrice Meda Wendeln, Lindsay Sheehan Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of an online mental health ally program on several measurements of readiness to help and stigma reduction. Allyship is one way to support people with mental health challenges beyond traditional care services.The efficacy of the program was evaluated in pre and postintervention surveys (n = 26) including measures of self-care, help-seeking intentions, peer-support self-efficacy, advocacy, knowledge of resources and stigma. A within-subject, repeated meas...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Beatrice Meda Wendeln Lindsay Sheehan Source Type: research
Ofsted suicides: who is responsible for suicide prevention?
Sarah Waters, Hilda Palmer Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this paper is to discuss the response of the relevant authorities to evidence that female primary schoolteachers have an elevated suicide risk in the UK. The paper situates the recent tragic death of a primary school head teacher, following an Ofsted inspection at her school, within the wider context of teacher suicide deaths and asks what, if any, action the authorities have taken to prevent avoidable suicide deaths from occurring.The paper examines a recent case of suicide by a primary head teacher wi...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - August 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarah Waters Hilda Palmer Source Type: research
Peer support in Brazil: experiences and strategies of inclusion, empowerment and citizenship
Clarissa Mendonça Corradi-Webster, Graziela Reis, Elizabeth B.V. Brisola, Cristiana Nelise de Paula Araujo, Éllen Cristina Ricci, Lívia Sicaroni Rufato, Cristina Andrade Sampaio, Mário César Rezende Andrade, José Alberto Orsi, Rosa Alba Sarno Oliveira, Ana Lúcia Cidade, Políbio Campos, Mark N. Costa Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this paper is to describe six recovery-oriented peer support experiences and strategies implemented in different regions of Brazil in the past 12 years, and explore challenges to their development and potential for empowerment...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - July 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Clarissa Mendon ça Corradi-Webster Graziela Reis Elizabeth B.V. Brisola Cristiana Nelise de Paula Araujo Éllen Cristina Ricci L ívia Sicaroni Rufato Cristina Andrade Sampaio M ário César Rezende Andrade Jos é Alberto Orsi Rosa Alba Sarno Oliveira An Source Type: research
The reluctance to the vaccine, mental health, fear of covid-19 and quality of life among Palestinians: an exploratory comparative study in different geographical areas
This study aims to explore the effect of mental health in terms of depression, anxiety, stress, fear of COVID-19 and quality of life (QoL) on the reluctance to be vaccinated in a population of Palestinian adults living in occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.The authors recruited 1,122 Palestinian adults who consented to participate in the study; 722 were females, and the mean age of the sample was 40.83 (SD 8.8). Depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS), World Health Organization QoL-BREF, FCov-19 and reluctance to the vaccine scale were administered; hierarchical regression analysis was applied to test vaccine...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - July 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Guido Veronese Anas Ismail Fayez Mahamid Basel El-Khodary Dana Bdier Marwan Diab Source Type: research
Service user participation in decision-making – a qualitative study from a services user’s perspective
This study reveals that there is a need of more systematic decisional support, such as shared decision-making, so that service users can be seen as important persons not only in guidelines and policy documents but also in clinical practice.The findings indicate that service users do not participate in decisions systematically, although policies, guidelines and laws providing that service users should be offered an active part in decision-making with regard to their care and treatment.Although it is known that service users would like to have more influence, and that methods like shared decision-making are recommended to em...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - July 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria Bendtsen Kronkvist Patrik Dahlqvist J önsson Karl-Anton Forsberg Mikael Sandlund Source Type: research
Editorial
Julian Ashton Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp.45-46 (Source: Journal of Public Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - June 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Julian Ashton Source Type: research
Conceptualising and measuring positive mental health literacy: a systematic literature review
Johanna Cresswell-Smith, Pia Solin, Kristian Wahlbeck, Nina Tamminen Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study is to systematically review how positive mental health literacy has been conceptualised and measured over the last 20 years. Positive mental health recognises the benefits of feeling good and functioning effectively. Developing clarity around conceptualisation and knowledge (or literacy) of what constitutes positive mental health is an area of continued development, and an important step in measuring the impact of mental health promotion.A systematic ...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - June 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Johanna Cresswell-Smith Pia Solin Kristian Wahlbeck Nina Tamminen Source Type: research
Job loss negatively impacts the mental health of working Medicaid beneficiaries
This study conducted a post hoc analysis of 1,538 adult Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled in a prospective cohort study. The authors matched participants who lost their job to participants who remained employed based on demographics, illness severity and social determinants of health. The authors estimated the effect of job loss on the odds of a diagnosis of depression and/or anxiety and self-reported mental health during a one-year follow-up period, stratified by prior history of depression and/or anxiety as documented in the Medicaid claims.Among participants with no preexisting depression or anxiety, the incidence of depr...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - June 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yixuan Li Scott L. Zeger Angelo Elmi Marcee E. Wilder Melissa L. McCarthy Source Type: research
Community knowledge and attitudes toward recovering citizenship and mental illness: a telephone survey approach
This study aims to assess the knowledge and attitudes toward recovering citizenship (RC)/5 Rs and mental illness of people aged ≥18 years in Hong Kong using a telephone survey approach.A questionnaire comprised the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MAKS), Short Form-Community Attitudes Toward Mental Illness (SF-CAMI) and questions on attitudes toward RC/5 Rs, was administered on the phone.A total of 1,009 respondents completed the telephone survey. A high mean score of MAKS (4.37 ± 1.08) was found with 68%–94% answering the knowledge items correctly. The mean score of SF-CAMI was 46.50 ± 8.74 with the most ...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - May 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fiona Yan-yan Wong Keith Kin-lung Wong Paul Chi-wai Lam Lok-yan Chin Cheung-tim Fung Source Type: research
People and places: the potential of city events to facilitate the inclusion of people with disabilities in the community life
Eglė Šumskienė, Violeta Gevorgianiene, Jurga Mataityte-Dirziene, Rasa Geniene Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to explore the symbolic meanings of physical places and social spaces for community members with and without disabilities in the process of relocation of people with disabilities into the communities. It particularly focuses on the potential of city events to become places for interacting with each other.The data was gathered using two methods: drawing ecological maps (indicating places a person visits) and conducting interviews with people with dis...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - May 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Egl ė Šumskienė Violeta Gevorgianiene Jurga Mataityte-Dirziene Rasa Geniene Source Type: research
