Adolescents with chronic headaches- mental health problems and coping patterns

The number of people suffering from mental health problems in the workplace is alarming. As costs resulting from lost productivity increase, so does the need for work organizations to address mental health issues. Because stress negatively contributes to mental health, employers are encouraged to tackle mental health problems by assisting employees with stress management. In addition to creating a supportive environment, training employees on boundary and coping strategies, promoting and supporting daily recovery efforts, and encouraging and facilitating access to social support are described as three approaches work organizations may want to embrace.

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Long-term effects of the Family Bereavement Program on spousally bereaved parents: Grief, mental health problems, alcohol problems, and coping efficacy

Development and Psychopathology ◽

10.1017/s0954579416000328 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 801-818 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Irwin Sandler ◽

Jenn-Yun Tein ◽

Heining Cham ◽

Sharlene Wolchik ◽

Tim Ayers

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Health Problems ◽

Alcohol Problems ◽

Coping Efficacy ◽

Psychiatric Distress ◽

Bereaved Parents ◽

Program Effects ◽

And Coping

AbstractThis study reports on the findings from a 6-year follow-up of a randomized trial of the Family Bereavement Program (FBP) on the outcomes for spousally bereaved parents. Spousally bereaved parents (N = 131) participated in the trial in which they were randomly assigned to receive the FBP (N = 72) or literature control (N = 59). Parents were assessed at four time points: pretest, posttest, and 11-month and 6-year follow-up. They reported on mental health problems, grief, and parenting at all four time periods. At the 6-year follow-up, parents reported on additional measures of persistent complex bereavement disorder, alcohol abuse problems, and coping efficacy. Bereaved parents in the FBP as compared to those in the literature control had lower levels of symptoms of depression, general psychiatric distress, prolonged grief, and alcohol problems, and higher coping efficacy (for mothers) at the 6-year follow-up. Multiple characteristics of the parent (e.g., gender, age, and baseline mental health problems) and of the spousal death (e.g., cause of death) were tested as moderators of program effects on each outcome, but only 3 of 45 tests of moderation were significant. Latent growth modeling found that the effects of the FBP on depression, psychiatric distress, and grief occurred immediately following program participation and were maintained over 6 years. Mediation analysis found that improvement in positive parenting partially mediated program effects to reduce depression and psychiatric distress, but had an indirect effect to higher levels of grief at the 6-year follow-up. Mediation analysis also found that improved parenting at the 6-year follow-up was partially mediated by program effects to reduce depression and that program effects to increase coping efficacy at the 6-year follow-up was partially mediated through reduced depression and grief and improved parenting. FBP reduced mental health problems, prolonged grief, and alcohol abuse, and increased coping efficacy of spousally bereaved parents 6 years later. Mediation pathways for program effects differed across outcomes at the 6-year follow-up.

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6.10-P28Below the surface: a systematic review on the mental health problems, sources of stress and coping among female foreign domestic workers

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/cky048.232 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (suppl_1) ◽

Author(s):

S Sommariva

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Domestic Workers ◽

Health Problems ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Foreign Domestic Workers ◽

And Coping

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COVID-19, Economic Impact, Mental Health, and Coping Behaviors: A Conceptual Framework and Future Research Directions

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.759974 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Xiaoqian Lu ◽

Zhibin Lin

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Health Problems ◽

Social Consequences ◽

Future Research ◽

Coping Behaviors ◽

Research Directions ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

And Coping

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious economic and social consequences. Recent research shows that the pandemic has not only caused a physical health crisis but also caused many psychological and mental crises. Based on the contemporary cognitive-behavioral models, this article offers a conceptual analysis of how the pandemic affects individual mental health and coping behaviors from the perspective of individual economic status, individual context, and social context. The analysis shows that (1) the pandemic has led to increased economic uncertainty, increased unemployment and underemployment pressure, increased income uncertainty, and different degrees of employment pressure and economic difficulties; (2) these difficulties have stimulated different levels of mental health problems, ranging from perceived insecurity (environmental, food safety, etc.), worry, fear, to stress, anxiety, depression, etc., and the mental health deterioration varies across different groups, with the symptoms of psychological distress are more obvious among disadvantageous groups; and (3) mental health problems have caused behavior changes, and various stress behaviors such as protective behaviors and resistive behaviors. Future research directions are suggested.

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