Self‐criticism and self‐reassurance as mediators between mental health attitudes and symptoms: Attitudes toward mental health problems in Japanese workers

This chapter reviews data on the mental health problems of Japanese workers. Some of the main theories that analyze mental health problems are introduced, including occupational/job stress theory, work motivation, work engagement, and social skills. In light of Japan’s disgraceful record of more than 30,000 suicides every year the past ten years or more—a level that is rare in developed nations—an issue related to work circumstances, represented by the term Karoshi, is suggested. This chapter presents an argument toward a solution to the mental health problem in Japan.

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Difficulties in Receiving a Medical Consultation among Japanese Workers with Mental Health Problems

Journal of Occupational Health ◽

10.1539/joh.11-0065-fs ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 54 (1) ◽

pp. 51-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Suguru Okubo ◽

Kazuhito Yokoyama ◽

Mayo Suzuki ◽

Iori Tani ◽

Wakaha Ikeda ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Health Problems ◽

Medical Consultation ◽

Japanese Workers

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Factors in medical school that predict postgraduate mental health problems in need of treatment. A nationwide and longitudinal study

Medical Education ◽

10.1046/j.1365-2923.2001.00770.x ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 110-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 110

Author(s):

Reidar Tyssen ◽

Per Vaglum ◽

Nina T Gronvold ◽

Oivind Ekeberg

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Medical School ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Health Problems

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Fetal growth and subsequent mental health problems in children aged 4 to 13 years

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology ◽

10.1017/s0012162200000049 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 42 (01) ◽

pp. 14 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

Stephen R Zubrick ◽

Jennifer J Kurinczuk ◽

Brett M C McDermott ◽

Robert S McKelvey ◽

Sven R Silburn ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Fetal Growth ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Health Problems

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Mental Health Among Adolescents from Returned Portuguese Immigrant Families

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024/1421-0185/a000015 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 69 (3) ◽

pp. 131-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Félix Neto

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Immigrant Families ◽

Health Problems ◽

Mental Health Outcomes ◽

Control Group ◽

Older Adolescents ◽

The Mean ◽

Portuguese Adolescents

This study investigated mental health problems and their predictors among adolescents from returned immigrant families. The sample consisted of 360 returned adolescents (mean age = 16.8 years; SD = 1.9). The mean duration of a sojourn in Portugal for the sample was 8.2 years (SD = 4.5). A control group of 217 Portuguese youths were also included in the study. Adolescents from immigrant families reported mental health levels similar to those of Portuguese adolescents who have never migrated. Girls showed more mental health problems than boys. Younger adolescents showed fewer mental health problems than older adolescents. Adaptation variables contributed to mental health outcomes even after acculturation variables were accounted for. Implications of the study for counselors are discussed.

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Physical and Psychological Benefits of Written Emotional Expression

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000231 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 242-251 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Éva Kállay

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Expressive Writing ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Health Problems ◽

Future Research ◽

Psychological Benefits ◽

Cost Effective Treatment ◽

Meta Analyses

Abstract. The last several decades have witnessed a substantial increase in the number of individuals suffering from both diagnosable and subsyndromal mental health problems. Consequently, the development of cost-effective treatment methods, accessible to large populations suffering from different forms of mental health problems, became imperative. A very promising intervention is the method of expressive writing (EW), which may be used in both clinically diagnosable cases and subthreshold symptomatology. This method, in which people express their feelings and thoughts related to stressful situations in writing, has been found to improve participants’ long-term psychological, physiological, behavioral, and social functioning. Based on a thorough analysis and synthesis of the published literature (also including most recent meta-analyses), the present paper presents the expressive writing method, its short- and long-term, intra-and interpersonal effects, different situations and conditions in which it has been proven to be effective, the most important mechanisms implied in the process of recovery, advantages, disadvantages, and possible pitfalls of the method, as well as variants of the original technique and future research directions.

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