Colorado has plans to create walk-in and mobile mental health crisis services in four regions of the state, alternatives to emergency rooms for those in immediate need and part of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s effort to increase services after the 2012 Aurora theater shooting that left 12 dead and...
Digital mental health tools have substantial potential to be easily integrated into people’s lives and fundamentally impact public health. Such tools can extend the reach and maximize the impact of mental health interventions. Before implementing digital tools in new settings, it is critical to under...
intersections of socioeconomic status with other identities, and aligning researcher and community needs, it may not be sufficient to foster trust with participants, especially in the context of events such as data breaches that have occurred at CrisisTextLine36, BetterHelp37, and other digital platf...
Finally, our results suggest the need for future mental health services to consider ways in which attempts to bridge the gap between Western mental health services and traditional cultural and religious practices, thereby allowing provision of culturally acceptable and empir- ically based care. ...
It has been suggested that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may be fuelling a mental health crisis, particularly in adolescents and young adults1,2. Even though severe disease and any direct neuropsychiatric effects caused by SARS-CoV-2 are uncommon in this age group, the psychological, social, ...
Chapter 5 Viewpoints of Other Scientists on Migration, Mental Health and PTSD: Review of Relevant Literature Abstract In this chapter, we provide a review of empirical studies conducted on PTSD, mental health and wellbeing of migrants. Most studies suggest that both pre- and post-migration stress...
All I can say to you is that fear goes away with time as you begin to trust your healthcare team. It’s not the kind of thing that happens overnight, but it does happen. Maybe your therapist can help you work through your feelings around the hospital commitment. Again, I’m sorry...
Discover Mental Health Review Prevalence of mental health and behaviour problems among adolescents in the English‑speaking Caribbean: systematic review and meta‑analysis Shaun Liverpool1,2 · Jamal Prescod3 · Brent Pereira4 · Catherine Trotman3 Received: 19 January...
Despite its obvious ripple into so many aspects of societal health, the ‘No Health without Mental Health’ dictum is often afforded only lip service by funding bodies [309]. The crisis-level mental health challenges on planet Earth are often given a back-seat to fanciful and fantastical resear...
The reports of both these Commissions— Action for Mental Health (1961) and Crisis in Child Health: Challenge for the 1970s (1969)—similarly emphasized the scope of the problem and the need for "a radical reconstruction of the present system" (Lourie, 1966: 1280). Despite all the ...