Using participant-oriented research in post-secondary mental health program development and evaluation
Jennifer E. Thannhauser, Andrew C.H. Szeto, Keith S. Dobson, David Nordstokke
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
With the recent release of the National Standard for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students, there is increased interest to integrate research and practice for mental health services on post-secondary campuses. Participant-oriented research is a useful framework to bridge this gap. This paper aims to describe the program development and evaluation process and reports challenges and lessons learned to inform future implemen...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - September 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jennifer E. Thannhauser
Andrew C.H. Szeto
Keith S. Dobson
David Nordstokke Source Type: research
Book review
Julian Ashton
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp.271-273 (Source: Journal of Public Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - August 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Julian Ashton Source Type: research
Editorial
Julian Ashton
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp.197-198 (Source: Journal of Public Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - August 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Julian Ashton Source Type: research
Drugs or despair? Unraveling the rise in deaths of despair in Illinois
This study aims to examine the relationship between county-level economic distress, drug availability and mortality from deaths of despair collectively and for each contributing cause of death individually in the state of Illinois to better understand drivers of mortality locally.
Two cross-sectional analyses were conducted for 2010–2014 and 2015–2019. Correlations, regression analyses and relative weight analyses were applied to assess the relationship between deaths of despair mortality rate and the individual variables.
Deaths of despair mortality collectively and for each cause of death individually incre...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - August 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jessica Cataldo Source Type: research
Uncertainty in illness among individuals with schizophrenia: a phenomenology study in Indonesia
This study aims to explore the uncertainty in illness among individuals with schizophrenia.
Eight individuals with schizophrenia living in the community were interviewed regarding their illness. The phenomenology approach was used to collect and analyze the data.
Three themes emerged from the findings of the study; the unpredictable course of the illness, compliance amid uncertainty and uncertainty of information about their illness. This study provides an essential overview of how patients with schizophrenia live in uncertain conditions.
It should be considered by various parties, particularly the community...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - July 25, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fardelyn Hacky Irawani
Asniar Asniar
Marthoenis Marthoenis Source Type: research
User participation in decision-making – a qualitative intervention study on mental health professionals’ experiences
Maria Bendtsen Kronkvist, Karl-Anton Forsberg, Margareta Rämgård, Mikael Sandlund, Tove Janarv, Patrik Dahlqvist Jönsson
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this study was to describe mental health professionals’ experiences of changes in attitudes towards, and knowledge about, users of mental health-care recovery and decisional participation in clinical practice after an educational intervention.
Users of mental health care want to participate in decisions regarding their own mental health care. Shared decision-making as a met...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - July 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria Bendtsen Kronkvist
Karl-Anton Forsberg
Margareta R ämgård
Mikael Sandlund
Tove Janarv
Patrik Dahlqvist J önsson Source Type: research
The relationship between mental and physical health: a longitudinal analysis with British students
This study aims to examine how physical health variables influence changes in mental health symptoms, and vice versa, over time, in a sample of British undergraduate students.
A longitudinal design over a one-year time period. A national sample of 430 British undergraduate students completed measures of mental health and physical health online at up to four time-points across their first two years of university.
General physical health and energy and fatigue predicted more severe depression, anxiety, stress and poorer general mental health over time. Depression and stress predicted poorer physical functioning ove...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - July 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Megan Jansen
Chloe Chapman
Thomas Richardson
Peter Elliott
Ron Roberts Source Type: research
The relationship between mental and physical health: a longitudinal analysis with British student
This study aims to examine how physical health variables influence changes in mental health symptoms, and vice versa, over time, in a sample of British undergraduate students.
A longitudinal design over a one-year time period. A national sample of 430 British undergraduate students completed measures of mental health and physical health online at up to four time-points across their first two years of university.
General physical health and energy and fatigue predicted more severe depression, anxiety, stress and poorer general mental health over time. Depression and stress predicted poorer physical functioning ove...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - July 9, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Megan Jansen
Chloe Chapman
Thomas Richardson
Peter Elliott
Ron Roberts Source Type: research
Public perceptions of the effectiveness of income provision on reducing psychological distress
Emma Bridger, Daniel Nettle
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to understand public perceptions of the role of income for improving mental health, since public perceptions shape political decision-making. Socioeconomic determinants such as poverty cause a great deal of mental ill-health, yet it is not clear whether the general public believes this to be true. Lay understandings of health often overemphasize the roles of individual habits and medical treatments and underappreciate the importance of socioeconomic determinant...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - June 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emma Bridger
Daniel Nettle Source Type: research
Conceptualizing mental health among diverse Americans
Ethan Haymovitz, Kelly Barrett, Brianda Torres-Conley, Allison Schaefer, Rebecca Zimmerman, Yaara Zisman-Ilani, Debora M. Ortega
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
A single conceptualization of mental health based on empirical research has yet to be adopted by researchers and practitioners. This paper aims to explore how diverse Americans define mental health. The aim of the study was to build a conceptualization of the term “mental health”, using qualitative and quantitative methods, on the basis of definitions provided by an ethnically diverse s...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - May 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ethan Haymovitz
Kelly Barrett
Brianda Torres-Conley
Allison Schaefer
Rebecca Zimmerman
Yaara Zisman-Ilani
Debora M. Ortega Source Type: research
Editorial
Neil Quinn, Julian Ashton
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp.93-94 (Source: Journal of Public Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - May 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Neil Quinn
Julian Ashton Source Type: research
Impact on community members of a culturally appropriate adaptation of a social and emotional well-being intervention in an aboriginal community
Julia Anwar-McHenry, Lesley Murray, Catherine F. Drane, Julie Owen, Amberlee Nicholas, Robert J. Donovan
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Indigenous Australians report mental health problems at a much higher rate than non-Indigenous Australians. However, rather than more services, it has been proposed that there should be a positive, socially based approach to improving mental health in Indigenous communities. The population-wide Western Australian Act-Belong-Commit mental health promotion campaign appeared to be consistent with such an approach. He...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - April 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Julia Anwar-McHenry
Lesley Murray
Catherine F. Drane
Julie Owen
Amberlee Nicholas
Robert J. Donovan Source Type: research
Facilitating free and paid vaccine acceptance in Malaysia: effectiveness of vaccine and fear of COVID-19
This study aims to examine how demographic and psychological predictors of free and paid vaccine acceptance operate within an infectious environment. The psychological predictors were derived from the protection motivation theory (PMT), including the appraised effectiveness of vaccine in containing the pandemic and the fear of COVID-19.
A representative data set that consists of responses from 2,850 Malaysians was used in this study. Multi-level modelling was used to analyse the data.
Results indicated that the acceptance of free and paid vaccination did not differ by region. This suggests that the effects of the...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - April 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Soon Li Lee Source Type: research
Ethnic mental health inequalities and mental health policies in England 1999-2020
Basharat Hussain, Ada Hui, Stephen Timmons, Kennedy Nkhoma
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper presents a thematic synthesis of mental health policies published in England from 1999 to 2020.
This paper aims to present a thematic synthesis of mental health policies published in England from 1999 to 2020. The authors specifically focus on ethnicity-related mental health issues highlighted in policies, policy recommendations and performance measurements of policy implementation.
Findings from this synthesis demonstrate that ethnic men...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - March 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Basharat Hussain
Ada Hui
Stephen Timmons
Kennedy Nkhoma Source Type: research
Gender differences in use of suicide crisis hotlines: a scoping review of current literature
Lauren Sealy Krishnamurti, Lindsey L. Monteith, Ian McCoy, Melissa E. Dichter
Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Little is known about the gender profile of callers to crisis hotlines, despite distinct gender differences in suicide risk and behavior. The authors assessed current knowledge of the role of caller gender in the use of crisis hotlines for suicide, specifically whether there are differences in frequency, reason for call and caller outcomes by gender.
The authors conducted a scoping literature review of peer-reviewed studies published s...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - March 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lauren Sealy Krishnamurti
Lindsey L. Monteith
Ian McCoy
Melissa E. Dichter Source Type: research
