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Mental health
About: Mental health is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 183794 publications have been published within this topic receiving 4340463 citations. The topic is also known as: mental wellbeing.
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TL;DR: The authors found that first-generation immigrants experience less depression and greater positive well-being than their native-born agemates of similar demographic and family background, while second-generation immigrates do not differ significantly from nativeborn youth in terms of psychological wellbeing.
Abstract: Utilizing data on adolescents in secondary school from the
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health),
this article examines the link between immigrant generation and
adolescent psychological well-being. I find that first-generation
immigrants experience less depression and greater positive well-being
than their native-born agemates of similar demographic and family
backgrounds. Second-generation immigrants, however, do not differ
significantly from native-born youth in terms of psychological
well-being. A number of family influences serve as "protective" factors
that enable first-generation immigrants to maintain their higher
levels of well-being. These factors include parental supervision,
lack of parent-child conflict, religious practices, and social
support. Assimilation among first-generation immigrants, as measured by
age at arrival in the U.S., does not significantly affect their positive
well-being.
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TL;DR: The results support the hypothesis that students with characteristics differing from most other students, such as minority race or ethnicity, international status, and low socioeconomic status, are at greater risk of social isolation.
Abstract: This study is the first, to our knowledge, to evaluate the relationship between mental health and social support in a large, random sample of college students. A Web-based survey was administered at a large, public university, with 1,378 students completing the measures in this analysis (response rate = 57%). The results support our hypothesis that students with characteristics differing from most other students, such as minority race or ethnicity, international status, and low socioeconomic status, are at greater risk of social isolation. In addition, the authors found that students with lower quality social support, as measured by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, were more likely to experience mental health problems, including a sixfold risk of depressive symptoms relative to students with high quality social support. These results may help administrators and health providers to identify more effectively the population of students at high risk for mental illness and develop effective interventions to address this significant and growing public health issue.
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TL;DR: There seems to be a mismatch between risk factors for adverse mental health outcomes among HCWs in the current pandemic, their needs and preferences, and the individual psychopathology focus of current interventions.
Abstract: The covid-19 pandemic has heavily burdened healthcare systems throughout the world. We performed a rapid systematic review to identify, assess and summarize research on the mental health impact of the covid-19 pandemic on HCWs (healthcare workers). We utilized the Norwegian Institute of Public Health's Live map of covid-19 evidence on 11 May and included 59 studies. Six reported on implementing interventions, but none reported on effects of the interventions. HCWs reported low interest in professional help, and greater reliance on social support and contact. Exposure to covid-19 was the most commonly reported correlate of mental health problems, followed by female gender, and worry about infection or about infecting others. Social support correlated with less mental health problems. HCWs reported anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and distress during the covid-19 pandemic. We assessed the certainty of the estimates of prevalence of these symptoms as very low using GRADE. Most studies did not report comparative data on mental health symptoms before the pandemic or in the general population. There seems to be a mismatch between risk factors for adverse mental health outcomes among HCWs in the current pandemic, their needs and preferences, and the individual psychopathology focus of current interventions.
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TL;DR: The first results of the use of health services for mental disorders in six European countries as part of the ESEMeD project are presented.
Abstract: The ESEMeD ⁄ MHEDEA 2000 investigators. Use of mental health services in Europe: results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) project. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2004: 109 (Suppl. 420): 47–54. a Blackwell Munksgaard 2004. Objective: Comprehensive information about access and patterns of use of mental health services in Europe is lacking. We present the first results of the use of health services for mental disorders in six European countries as part of the ESEMeD project. Method: The study was conducted in: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. Individuals aged 18 years and over who were not institutionalized were eligible for an computer-assisted interview done at home. The 21 425 participants were asked to report how frequently they consulted formal health services due to their emotions or mental health, the type of professional they consulted and the treatment they received as a result of their consultation in the previous year. Results: An average of 6.4% of the total sample had consulted formal health services in the previous 12months. Of the participants with a 12-month mental disorder, 25.7% had consulted a formal health service during that period. This proportion was higher for individuals with a mood disorder (36.5%, 95% CI 32.5–40.5) than for those with anxiety disorders (26.1%, 95% CI 23.1–29.1). Among individuals with a 12-month mental disorder who had contacted the health services 12months previously, approximately two-thirds had contacted a mental health professional. Among those with a 12-month mental disorder consulting formal health services, 21.2% received no treatment. Conclusion: The ESEMeD results suggest that the use of health services is limited among individuals with mental disorders in the European countries studied. The factors associated with this limited access and their implications deserve further research. The ESEMeD ⁄ MHEDEA 2000
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TL;DR: The meaning of cultural competency, positions that have been taken in favor of and against it, and the guidelines for its practice in the mental health field are examined.
Abstract: Cultural competency practices have been widely adopted in the mental health field because of the disparities in the quality of services delivered to ethnic minority groups. In this review, we examine the meaning of cultural competency, positions that have been taken in favor of and against it, and the guidelines for its practice in the mental health field. Empirical research that tests the benefits of cultural competency is discussed.
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