Sentences with phrase «mental health intervention improves»

«National school - based mental health intervention improves outcomes for at - risk students: Participation in Chilean Skills for Life program reduced mental health symptoms, improved school attendance and promotion.»

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Fletcher (2009) found that an intervention with a father whose partner was depressed not only improved the quality of his parenting (with inevitable positive impact on his baby's mental health) but also had positive knock - on effects on the quality of mother - infant interactions in that household.

The survey was conducted by RAND as part of efforts by the California Mental Health Services Administration (CalMHSA) to create prevention and early intervention programs designed to improve the mental health of California resiHealth Services Administration (CalMHSA) to create prevention and early intervention programs designed to improve the mental health of California resihealth of California residents.

For instance, at the individual level, mind - body interventions, such as yoga or meditation, were found to be accepted by disadvantaged groups and showed some effectiveness at improving mental and physical health outcomes.

«All patients should be well informed about the potential adverse effects of ADT, and interventions to improve mental and emotional health such as exercise programs and dietary / lifestyles changes could be of particular importance,» he concludes.

«The challenge remains to translate existing and future knowledge into interventions to improve social relationships for the benefit of physical and mental health,» wrote Dunkel Schetter, of the University of California, Los Angeles.

Feldman is planning to study intervention strategies that focus on the mother - child interaction pattern, and is hopeful that if successful, these strategies will improve mental health and social adjustment in children of mothers with depression.

Gardening is an activity that has been studied as a possible mental health intervention, and there is evidence to suggest that it can help improve mental health outcomes.

Mounting evidence suggests that yoga interventions for elderly adults with dementia may improve cardiovascular and respiratory fitness, and enhance physical strength, flexibility, range of motion, balance, and mental health.

In their paper published in Frontiers in Immunology, British researchers noted that, «There is considerable evidence for the effectiveness of mind - body interventions in improving mental and physical health, but the molecular mechanisms of these benefits remain poorly understood.»

Studies of plant - based diets have shown, for example, 90 percent reductions in angina attacks within just a few weeks, and plant - based diet intervention groups have reported improved digestion, increased energy, and better sleep, and significant improvement in their physical functioning, general health, vitality, and mental health.

The teams will provide a wider range of support and treatments in or near schools and colleges, to improve earlier intervention so mental health problems can be addressed before they become too serious.

Additionally, the EPI believes more should be done to improve early intervention, which would include the national programme on mental health and wellbeing within schools; the establishment of a trained mental health and wellbeing lead guaranteed in every school, college and university; and high quality statutory PSHE in all schools and colleges.

For all priority schools, districts must report how they will «adopt and implement policies or practices to develop, implement, improve, or expand positive behavioral interventions and supports, early intervening services, and school - based mental health programs.»

Hehir points out that interventions for this group are more likely to focus on controlling their disruptive behaviors in school than on providing mental health help or positive interventions to improve students» mental state and behaviors.

Some schools were working to improve the way they managed pupils» mental health by holding joint meetings with CAMHS specialists, to learn about the possible mental health risks and interventions relevant in a school environment.

Fully fund Title IV, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to improve school conditions for student learning through school based mental health services, bullying and harassment prevention programs, and schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports.

By reducing staff - to - student ratios and carrying out targeted and schoolwide mental health interventions, students» well - being and academic achievement can be improved simultaneously.

Although early intervention is key to building resiliency, better investments in mental health professionals can improve all students» school performance and reduce the risk of harm later in life.

In a 12 - month period, only 20 percent of children and adolescents 6 to 17 years old who were defined as needing mental health services received such services, most commonly in school.80 This is despite the fact that early intervention is key to building resiliency, improving school performance, and reducing the risk of harm later in life.81

The ANCOVA analyses (table 2) indicated that the parents in the intervention group had improved their mental health more than the parents in the control group 2 months after the intervention (95 % CI, 2.02 to 5.18).

This study found that culturally tailored parenting support programme improved the mental health and sense of competence in parenting in Somali - born adults, with large effect sizes 2 months after the intervention ended.

Our study shows that a culturally tailored parenting support programme improved the mental health and sense of competence in parenting of Somali - born parents 2 months after the intervention.

Finally, the total effect of change on parents» mental health (c path) was significant (β = − 3.90, p < 0.001), indicating that parents who received the intervention had improved mental health.

Effects at child age 2 years were most pronounced for women who were first - time mothers, had more than one antenatal risk factor or had poorer mental health.18 Intervention mothers who were born overseas (n = 62) also breast fed for longer (d = 0.87, p < 0.001) and reported an improved experience of being a mother (d = 0.54, p = 0.003) than the equivalent usual care subgroup.

Future interventions addressing both, perpetrators and victims are necessary for safer schools and homes, and to improve children's mental health.

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.

From a community health and public policy perspective, about half of the effect of family income on children's cognitive ability is the home environment.46 Thus, interventions to improve cognitive development in low - income children must focus on the parents» mental health and their ability to provide the children with adequate learning opportunities.

Early diagnosis and intervention for children with FASD are thought to be key to preventing behavioural, mental health and learning difficulties.36 — 38 However, Fitzroy Valley community members have reported that a current lack of diagnostic and intervention support for children with FASD impacts their children's ability to reach their full potential.14 Children with FASD need access to interventions which support their development of emotional and behavioural regulation skills.38 It is recognised that educators, alongside the family, play a crucial role in supporting children with FASD to improve life outcomes through contextually appropriate and evidence - based interventions.36 While there is limited evidence for strategies that can assist children affected by FASD, 2 particularly to improve self - regulation and executive functioning skills, 8 17 32 39 the Alert Program for Self - Regulation has evidence to suggest it is a promising intervention.17 39

Develop and implement intervention strategies to improve identification and treatment of cannabis and related mental health issues in young Indigenous clients within these services, using an action research approach;

Methods and analysis This randomised controlled trial will assess the effect of a multidimensional interdisciplinary lifestyle and psychosocial intervention aimed at improving the metabolic and mental health of 200 women with GDM and their offspring.

Therefore, the urgent need to test interventions aimed at improving the mental health and coping outcomes for this high - risk population is immediately evident.

If sleep deficits across the school term are found to be a predictor of mental health status in adolescents and, further, if cumulative sleep deficits are found to be related to increases in mental health problems, then results from this study could be used to develop targeted sleep intervention programs (trials of which are currently underway with members of this research team) and / or clinic - based intervention programs that aim to improve adolescents» sleep and mental health or even avoid them in the first place.

The study has provided evidence that the great majority of parents valued the intervention and that they perceived it to enable them to make beneficial changes to their parenting and to improve their mental health.

The Queensland Ed - LinQ Initiative (Ed - LinQ) is a strategic partnership between the mental health sector, the primary care sector and the education sector designed to improve early identification of, and intervention for, Queensland students with emerging mental illness.

We propose that this intervention — refined and developed over more than a decade — will be more effective in engaging youth in services and improving all family members» mental health as compared to current standard practice.

Review: limited evidence suggests mental health literacy interventions may improve help - seeking attitudes for depression, anxiety and general psychological distress

There are also several positive psychology interventions which operate under the assumption of mind - body integration, as they assume that there is a bidirectional relationship between improved physical health and higher levels of mental well - being (Wong et al., 2015, Zeller et al., 2004).

Overall the developed online psychological intervention for men following treatment for prostate cancer, My Road Ahead, appears to be engaging, user friendly and capable of providing a much needed accessible intervention to reduce mental health difficulties and improve quality of life.

The UK Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) program uses a government - sponsored «whole systems» approach to mental health service delivery using low intensity (LI) cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) interventions developed specifically to address access issues (including reaching people who are hard to reach).

An important distinction between ECMHC and other types of mental health interventions is the emphasis on improving child outcomes indirectly by enhancing caregivers» abilities to nurture children's social and emotional development and address challenging behaviors.

Why IMH matters to me: «I have worked for many years with families who are struggling with poverty, substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental health issues and feel strongly that early intervention with families is our greatest hope for helping improve outcomes for our children and for our communities.»

Furlong et al conclude that group - based behavioural and cognitive - behavioural parenting interventions are effective for improving children's conduct problems, and parents» parenting skills and mental health.

Learn more about how policymakers can improve the continuum of supports and services for at - risk infants, toddlers, and families through policies and programs that include promotion and prevention, as well as infant and early childhood mental health intervention.

The intervention's large evidence base demonstrates clinically significant improvements for typically about two thirds of participant children, including short - and long - term benefits such as reduced disruptive behaviour and improved parental mental health (e.g. Beauchaine et al. 2005; Webster - Stratton et al. 1989).

Evidence from systematic reviews shows that school - based mental health promotion interventions, when implemented effectively, can produce long - term benefits for young people, including improved emotional and social functioning and academic achievement [2 — 5].

Dr. Gilliam has conducted extensive research involving early childhood education and intervention policy analysis, ways to improve the quality and mental health of prekindergarten and child care services, early childhood mental health consultation, early childhood expulsions and suspensions, and the impact of early childhood education on school readiness.

In addition, these findings may provide empirical reference to help to establish effective psychosocial interventions with the aim of improving social support and family function in university students with low self - esteem, and hence improving mental health status.

The HERO Project is a strategy to join service providers and various programs (partners across LAUNCH, MIECHV, Head Start and Early Head Start, school districts, health care, and child care) into a seamless continuum of services and interventions aimed at improving overall outcomes for children — with mental health as the central focus.

Fund initiatives that help improve the capacity of the mental health system to address the needs of young children and their families, such as the Infant - Early Childhood Mental Health Promotion, Intervention, and Treatment grants included in the mental health reform bills in the 114th Conhealth system to address the needs of young children and their families, such as the Infant - Early Childhood Mental Health Promotion, Intervention, and Treatment grants included in the mental health reform bills in the 114th ConHealth Promotion, Intervention, and Treatment grants included in the mental health reform bills in the 114th Conhealth reform bills in the 114th Congress.