«Regular evaluation and continual
improvement of mental health support programs should be implemented and school counsellors should be given more support to expand their services,» he said.
Not exact matches
The economic analysis allowed for the possibilities that 50 %
of the
improvement in a young person's
mental health would either have occurred anyway, since some children will recover without counselling
support, or that their recovery might not be sustained over time.
These
supports will include evidence - based
improvement strategies and models; addressing human capital capacity through professional learning and development; school and district audits with action planning to address priority needs; matching schools and districts with vetted external partners to address specific needs; and technical assistance by a cadre
of OSIT staff that includes academic content experts, school
improvement and strategy personnel, in addition to climate, culture, and
mental health specialists.
Alternatively, a commitment was made in the preamble as the legislation reads, ``... the Government
of Canada has committed to develop non-legislative measures that would
support the
improvement of a full range
of options for end -
of - life care, respect the personal convictions
of health care providers and explore other situations — each having unique implications — in which a person may seek access to medical assistance in dying, namely situations giving rise to requests by mature minors, advance requests and requests where
mental illness is the sole underlying medical condition...»
There is emerging evidence from the literature about the greater effectiveness
of «shared - care» models for the management
of depression in the PC setting.27, 31,95 — 97 There is also increasing evidence to
support that quality
improvement strategies and techniques can change PC practitioner behavior both in
mental health and in other arenas.98, 99
Studies conducted on different populations have generally demonstrated that parenting
support programmes encourage positive parenting practices, strengthen parent — child relationships and promote the
mental health of parents.11 — 17 Previous studies have linked parenting
support programmes with an
improvement of parents» sense
of competence, 18 19 which, in turn, has an impact on parents»
mental health.20 According to Bandura's theory on self - efficacy, stronger self - efficacy in child rearing leads to better satisfaction in parenting and decreased stress and depression.21 Some studies have found a positive relationship between parents» sense
of competence and parenting behaviour22 and that increased maternal self - efficacy is associated with decreased depressive symptoms in postpartum mothers.23 To date, it is unclear whether parenting
support programmes are effective in improving the
mental health of parents directly or via increased self - efficacy and satisfaction in the parenting role.
The quality
improvement intervention included (1) expert leader teams at each site that adapted and implemented the intervention; (2) care managers who
supported primary care clinicians with patient evaluation, education, medication and psychosocial treatment, and linkage with specialty
mental health services; (3) training
of care managers in manualized CBT for depression; and (4) patient and clinician choice
of treatment modalities (CBT, medication, combined CBT and medication, care manager follow - up, or referral).
In addition, little knowledge is available on the effect
of parenting
support programmes delivered to immigrant parents.24 The few studies available have mostly shown little or no
improvement in the
mental health of immigrant parents25 26 or even poorer outcomes for immigrant families27 and families with low socioeconomic status.28 Scarcity
of studies in this area may simply because few immigrant parents participate in such programmes.24 Several studies have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining immigrant parents in parenting
support programmes.29 30 Factors such as belonging to an ethnic minority, low socioeconomic status, practical aspects or experienced alienation and discrimination all contribute to low participation.28 31 Other studies have demonstrated that low participation and a high dropout rate
of immigrant parents are associated with a lack
of cultural sensitivity in the intervention, poor information about the parenting programme and lack
of trust towards professionals.24 A qualitative study conducted with Somali - born parents in Sweden showed that Somali parents experienced many societal challenges in the new country and in their parenting behaviours.
In this document, we propose a theoretical model
of occupational positive
mental health that relates it to elements
of organizational socialization (formation and coworkers
support) and characteristics
of authentic leadership (transparency in relationships, balanced processing and internalized morality), generating in the workers first, the
improvement of the interpersonal relations in the work and the development
of the strengths in the work, and these facilitate the empowerment in the tasks when combined with elements
of socialization, generating personal well - being and allowing to form in the workers a philosophy
of working life.
Therefore, we think that the findings
of this study represent true
improvements among critically ill children and their mothers who received the experimental program, with the results
of this study
supporting the value
of the COPE intervention in improving the
mental health and coping outcomes
of mothers and young children who experience critical care hospitalization.
It is important to seek help as it facilitates the
improvement of children's
mental health while
supporting families and early childhood service staff who spend most time with the child.
This approach is all about continuous
improvement and learning that promotes and
supports the
mental health of our communities too.
The quality
improvement intervention included: expert leader teams at each site to implement and adapt intervention; care managers to
support primary care clinicians with evaluation, education, medication, and psychosocial treatment, and linking with specialised
mental health services; training care managers in manual cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for depression; and access to participant and clinician choice
of treatment (CBT, medication, combined CBT and medication, care manager follow up, or referral).
As the Initiative works to better integrate the city's social services for children in general and make dramatic
improvements to children's
mental health services in particular, FrameWorks is
supporting the initiative's efforts to build a more robust public understanding
of child
health and wellbeing.
Collaborative care is an empirically
supported method
of extending the reach, quality, and outcomes
of care for common
mental disorders in medical settings.6, 7 Randomized trials
of collaborative care have demonstrated improved outcomes among patients with depression and anxiety,7 - 9 depression - related suicidal ideation, 10 depression and chronic
health conditions (eg, diabetes, asthma), 11 and chronic pain.12, 13 For PTSD, however, we are aware
of only 3 published randomized trials, 1 demonstrating
improvements in PTSD14 and 2 that do not15, 16 — hence the need for additional study
of collaborative care for PTSD.
As good prognostic factors we can identify the ending
of the abuse after intervention, the child's encouragement and
support from parents and teachers and the
improvement of parental relations as results
of parent training and family
support by
mental health professionals.