The devastating 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and resulting nuclear disaster in Japan had
a high mental health impact — with some effects persisting several years later, according to a comprehensive research review in the January / February issue of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry, published by Wolters Kluwer.
Not exact matches
We are learning that trauma from
high impact experiences during childbirth is not only stored as nonverbal memories within newborns, it
impacts their life at a critical time in their development, affecting short and long term physical and
mental health — their entire neurological system, from their learning capacity to
mental orientation, emotional stability and stress management.
In this study, researchers analyzed the economic
impact of six widely - used SEL programs and found that on average, every dollar invested yields $ 11 in long - term benefits, ranging from reduced juvenile crime,
higher lifetime earnings, and better
mental and physical
health.
This compelling knowledge base underscores three significant, unmet needs: (1) valid and reliable biological and bio-behavioral measures (or «biomarkers») of «toxic stress» to identify children who are at
higher risk of chronic disease in adulthood; (2) more effective intervention strategies to prevent, reduce, or mitigate the long - term
health consequences of significant adversity in early childhood; and (3) biomarkers that are sensitive to change and can thus be used to assess the short - term and medium - term effects of intervention strategies whose ultimate
impacts on physical and
mental health may not be apparent until decades later.
At primary school level, Hardy said she also wanted to look at the
impact of
high - stakes primary assessment, particularly SATs, on the
mental health of pupils.
Working in partnership with sixteen
high schools in Louisiana and Michigan and program and research partners at the Child
Health and Development Institute and Louisiana State University, this study will provide an evidence base for how training and collaboration between schools, law enforcement, and community - based providers to identify and treat mental health issues among students can positively impact school climate and school s
Health and Development Institute and Louisiana State University, this study will provide an evidence base for how training and collaboration between schools, law enforcement, and community - based providers to identify and treat
mental health issues among students can positively impact school climate and school s
health issues among students can positively
impact school climate and school safety.
The report identifies the
mental, emotional, social, and physical
health problems many
high needs students face that could
impact their classroom behaviors and education outcomes, and identifies promising practices to address these challenges.
A report on the
impacts of climate change on human
health published by the European Commission Joint Research Council also shows that coastal flooding and
high sea - level rise scenarios could have significant negative effects on
mental health, in addition to
high economic costs.
For spousal support,
mental health issues come into consideration in Virginia in terms of whether they
impact the ability of the party requesting alimony to work or the limitations on the
higher earning spouses work.
These can include
higher universal healthcare costs as people deal with the physical and
mental health impacts of unresolved legal issues, increased reliance on social assistance, the price of incarceration, decreased workforce participation, and
higher rates of homelessness, addiction and other socially - costly
impacts.
While employed at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, at two different times in her career, Davis litigated class actions and engaged in
high -
impact policy work on behalf of poor people who were deprived of special education services,
mental health services and Social Security benefits.
Factors such as
high unemployment rates, substance abuse, complex
mental health needs and poor education
impact on the lives of many women prisoners.
Cannabis use in Cape York Indigenous communities:
high prevalence,
mental health impacts and the desire to quit
This proportion is approximately double that of children found to be at
high risk in the general New South Wales population (15 %) 27 but similar to the proportion noted in other studies of Aboriginal children (24 %, 5 22.5 % 28 and among Aboriginal participants in the New South Wales Population
Health Survey).27 There is only one other study to date that has measured the factors associated with Aboriginal child and adolescent mental health.5 SEARCH makes an important, new contribution to this emerging area of research by considering, for the first time, the impact of carer psychological dis
Health Survey).27 There is only one other study to date that has measured the factors associated with Aboriginal child and adolescent
mental health.5 SEARCH makes an important, new contribution to this emerging area of research by considering, for the first time, the impact of carer psychological dis
health.5 SEARCH makes an important, new contribution to this emerging area of research by considering, for the first time, the
impact of carer psychological distress.
For Indigenous Australians it identified a crisis comprising
high rates of
mental health conditions among us, the dreadful
impacts of these on our communities, and the compounding influence of substance abuse.
In 2015, researchers analyzed the economic
impact of six widely - used SEL programs and found that on average, every dollar invested yields $ 11 in long - term benefits, ranging from reduced juvenile crime,
higher lifetime earnings, and better
mental and physical
health (Belfield et al., 2015).
Group parenting programmes have been shown to have a positive
impact on the
mental health of children and parents in the short term.9 — 12 Positive results have been obtained from randomised controlled trials and other studies with parents of children with clinically defined behaviour disorders, 9,13,14 children at
high risk of behaviour problems, 9,15 and to a lesser extent with normal populations.16, 17 They have also been obtained in trials of interventions for parents and children of different ages.18, 19 The number of trials carried out in the UK is small.13, 15,20,21 A recent systematic review concluded that these programmes are effective in the long term, 12 but most of the trials on which this review was based used a waiting list control design, and as a result outcome data are not reported on the control groups beyond 6 months.
Rees said the program is not just about taking young Indigenous people on a fantastic trip to New York, but about empowering them personally and then to go back into their communities to help increase levels of physical activity, not just for the
impact on obesity and fitness rates but for the
impact exercise can have on
mental health issues that have led to
high Indigenous suicide rates.
Despite the significant
impact of maternal depression on mothers and children alike, maternal
mental health needs are often neglected or undiagnosed.18 Prevalence rates of maternal depression are
high among low - income women due to the greater challenges they may face related to financial hardships, low levels of community or familial support, and societal prejudice.19 In fact, the prevalence of maternal depression among low - income women in the United States is double the prevalence rate for all U.S. women.20 At the same time, these women are less likely to receive treatment or be screened for postpartum depression.21 Studies show there are clear racial and ethnic disparities in who accesses treatment in the United States, even among women of the same general socio - economic status: In a multiethnic cohort of lower - income Medicaid recipients, 9 percent of white women sought treatment, compared with 4 percent of African American women and 5 percent of Latinas.22
The results we report here replicate and extend previous results on the individual
impact of hazardous drinking and TBI on
mental health indicators.19, 20 ORs among current hazardous drinkers were significantly
higher for elevated psychological distress, being prescribed medication for anxiety, depression or both, being prescribed medication for ADHD, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and self - rated fair or poor
mental health in the past 12 months.
This possible «dose response» relationship (the
higher the «dose» the greater the
impact) between maternal
mental health and child outcomes indicates that the relationship may be causal; that is the mother's
mental health problems are a causal factor in the child's poorer outcomes.
the right to the
highest attainable standard of physical and
mental health [5]-- lateral violence can have negative
impacts on physical and
mental health causing physical injuries, stress - related illness, depression and other
health issues.