The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHCA) of India is a landmark and welcome step towards centering persons with mental illness (PwMI) and recognizing their rights concerning their treatment and care decisions and ensuring the availability of mental healthcare services. As mentioned in its preamble,...
Women and gender-diverse individuals have faced disproportionate socioeconomic burden during COVID-19. There have been reports of greater negative mental health changes compared to men based on cross-sectional research that has not accounted for pre-COVID-19 differences. We compared mental health chan...
Persons with mental illness have the right to live a life with dignity like others. Despite a separate Mental Healthcare Act (MHC Act, 2017), mental illness is included in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD Act, 2016). We present a critical review of the Acts, their associated...
A growing body of studies report associations between music engagement and general indices of mental health, including increased well-being or emotional competence, lending support for the possibility that music engagement may also be associated with better specific mental health outcomes. In over 8000 ...
This article will address the process of involuntary detention and focus on the differences between the (former) Mental Health Act of Tasmania 1963, and the (current) Mental Health Act of Tasmania 1996 which was not enacted until November 2000. Three to four decades ago a person could be ...
The mental health of students has become one of the top concerns in higher education. The number of students reporting distress and seeking services has dramatically increased, and colleges and universities are struggling to address these challenges. A r
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One of the main advantages of IT interventions for mental health is the opportunity to act in environments that are not possible, accessible or safe in reality, such as visiting a place from one’s past experience or learning a new skill without the dangers entailed by testing it in the rea...
Latin dance is a well-liked physical activity. It has gained increasing attention as an exercise intervention for improving physical and mental health outcomes. This systematic review examines the effects of Latin dance on physical and mental health. Pre
MBSR, MBCT and ACT are the most frequently studied online MBIs and also the focus of this article. Since MBIs are based on the premise that enhancing mindfulness skills will contribute to better mental health outcomes, our secondary aim was to explore the effects of online MBIs on mindfulness....