Sentences with phrase «mental health case study»

Read the Infant mental health case study [189KB] here.

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The author opines, rightly, how useful it would be to construct a synthesis of mental health treatments and authentic Catholic spirituality, fleshing this out with some brief case studies.

Although it has not been proven via empirical studies, many mental health professionals do believe, based on case studies and clinical experience, that babies can and do become depressed.

Fear of confronting the tensions and conflicts brought on by existential concerns — the «big questions» of life — is linked with poorer mental health, including higher levels of depression, anxiety and difficulty regulating emotions, according to a new Case Western Reserve University study.

While at the Ed School, I remember reading case studies about mental health issues, sexual assaults, and selecting new presidents, all of which has helped me become a thoughtful and well - informed visitor.

Key elements of service programs (such as positive relationships with adults, opportunities to develop social competence, and involvement in a local community) are cited as powerful protective factors for young people and recent Australian studies have demonstrated a correlation between service activity and reduced rates of depression, isolation, mental disorders, psychological stress and (in some cases) even physical health conditions (Berry, 2007).

BBA case studies illustrate how supports for children's physical, mental, and dental health care be incorporated into the school day and system and resulting benefits.

The East Bay Area district south of Oakland offers a case study in the potential of an approach whose goal is to transform schools into hubs for the entire community by offering a range of services, such as mental health counseling, health clinics, after - school programs and classes for parents.

Unclaimed Children Revisited: California Case Study is a series of county - specific case studies, a statewide analysis, and a set of fiscal analyses of effective policy - linked strategies to improve children's mental health in the state of CaliforCase Study is a series of county - specific case studies, a statewide analysis, and a set of fiscal analyses of effective policy - linked strategies to improve children's mental health in the state of Califorcase studies, a statewide analysis, and a set of fiscal analyses of effective policy - linked strategies to improve children's mental health in the state of California.

The report added that case studies also acknowledged that for pupils to achieve academically then the school needed to fund mental health support to «enable each pupil to achieve».

Since this is an observational study, no definitive conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect, but the researchers postulate that preventive strategies that focus on diet, body chemistry, mental health, underlying disease, and lifestyle could help to lessen the number of new cases of Alzheimer's disease.

Designed by William McDonough + Partners, the Herman Miller «GreenHouse» office and manufacturing facility has become a case study in how a sustaining approach can enhance the physical and mental health of its occupants — not to mention corporate productivity and profits.

The journal is seeking papers including research articles, case studies and reviews of literature that explores how interventions involving parents and other carers in the family as change agents can influence the functioning of family members across diverse populations, with the aim of furthering the understanding of how to best support the mental health of children and adults.

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

Survey and case studies with schools on activities to support pupils» mental health and wellbeing.

Mental Health Information Centre The Mental Health Information Centre is an Australian website that provides information on common child mental disorders, including overviews of treatments and relevant case studies.

This webinar featured a facilitated interdisciplinary panel discussion of this fictional case study [251KB], which explored the experience of children aged 0 - 5 years, who have been navigating a variety of mental health and wellbeing challenges.

Compared with control children, they had more difficulties with friendships, 29 poorer theory of mind, 16 difficulties labelling and understanding the causes of common emotions, 16 increased fantasy proneness and difficulty distinguishing fantasy and reality, 31 increased negative attributional style, dysfunctional attitudes, rumination and self - criticism.32 They also experience difficulties in the mother — child relationship, with four studies reporting high levels of disrupted attachment styles, 21, 29, 31, 32 and in role - play scenarios elevated levels of role - reversal with parents, fear of abandonment, and negative expectations of parents.31 These factors are known to put children at risk of poor mental health outcomes, and indeed, this appears to be the case.

In other cases, these schools may partner with other graduate schools that offer family therapy degrees so that students can participate in a dual degree program, providing them with two degrees: one in a mental health discipline, the other in ministerial studies.

Special thanks to those early childhood mental health consultants working in Head Start, Early Head Start, and Migrant Head Start programs who provided vignettes and case studies as teaching tools for this tutorial.

In the case of the Zippy's Friends programme, the findings from this study suggest the need for an integrated model with a sequenced curriculum implemented through the primary school grades in combination with strategies promoting positive mental health at the school environment and community level.

Filled with illustrative case studies and ready - to - use practical techniques and suggestions, School - Based Play Therapy, Second Edition is an essential resource for all mental health professionals working in schools.

This study was undertaken to explore characteristics of cases which appeared to meet Gardner's criteria, to search for commonalities among the cases, and to alert mental health professional to this infrequent but serious outcome in children after divorce.

Case studies will emphasize efficacy as well as explore mental health issues as they present in different care settings, and how to harness the unique gifts of this developmental stage.

In fact, it is possible that child emotional or behavioral problems lead to paternal and / or maternal mental health problems, although the literature on maternal depression and other aspects of maternal mental health clearly indicate that in most such cases it is maternal mental health that influences child mental health.1, — , 12 Large sample sizes such as the 1 in this study sometimes result in statistically significant findings that may not be clinically significant, although this does not seem to be the case in this study, as paternal mental health problems or depressive symptoms were associated with considerably increased risks of child emotional or behavioral problems.

One study that did report mental health outcomes looked at the economic case for investing in multi-component workplace - based health promotion programme (personalized health and well - being information and advice; health - risk appraisal questionnaire, access to a tailored health improvement web portal, wellness literature, and seminars and workshops focused on identified wellness issues).

There has been a considerable body of research into the effectiveness of interventions to promote / protect the mental health and well - being of children and their parents, both within and external to school settings (Adi et al., 2007a, b; Dretzke et al., 2009); there is also a small but growing number of studies looking at the economic case for taking action, albeit largely set in either a USA or UK context.

Where these reviews identified evidence of the impact of an intervention on mental health and well - being, any studies that looked at the economic case for investment in those interventions, even if focused on non-health benefits, such as improved educational attainment, reduced crime and violence, were then eligible for inclusion.

Tables 3 and 4 summarize key findings on the economic case for investment in workplace mental health promotion from empirical and modelling - based studies.

The move made Weingarten a case study for the Center for Workplace Mental Health, an arm of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation that helps workers get the care they need and fights the stigma of mental illness.