scholarly journals Assessing the New Normal: Dangers Related to the Internet Use and Risks Facing Vulnerable Psychiatric Populations

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
J’Andra Antisdel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Health Screenings

Background: Despite the social and cultural changes surrounding the immergence of social media and the risks related to internet use for adolescents, mental health screenings have not changed to assess the psycho-social implications of social media and internet use in general as social supportPurpose: Mental health professionals who assess patient use of social media and internet will be informed of dangerous online support groups promoting negative coping behaviors and risk or occurrence of psychological, physical or sexual abuse arising from dangerous internet use.Method: The following databases were searched: Academic Search Premier, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, MEDLINE, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, and SocINDEX with Full Text, using a combination of search terms self-harm, and Internet with Boolean phrase and, and limiters including publication years between 2010-2018.Conclusion: During the screening process, mental health professionals can begin to address this emergent concern by asking internet specific questions designed to inform the professional about patient risk concerning social media and internet use. It is important to continue to assess and evaluate screening methods to ensure mental health screenings are adapting to the changing technological world. Social media and internet use have changed the way humans communicate and form social connections. It is imperative mental health professionals assess the implications of dangerous social media and internet use concerning mental health.

scholarly journals It is ethical to diagnose a public figure one has not personally examined

2018 ◽  
Vol 213 (5) ◽  
pp. 633-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Gartner ◽  
Alex Langford ◽  
Aileen O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
British Journal ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Public Figure ◽  
Duty To Warn ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
The Press

SummaryShould psychiatrists be able to speculate in the press or social media about their theories? John Gartner argues the risk to warn the public of concerns about public figures overrides the duty of confidentiality; whereas Alex Langford suggests this is beyond the ethical remit of psychiatric practice.Declaration of interestA.O'B is joint debates and analysis Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry. J.G. is the founder of Duty To Warn, an association of mental health professionals who advocate the president's removal under the 25th Amendment on the grounds that he is psychologically unfit and dangerous.

Pet Bereavement Support Groups: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chelsey L. Hess-Holden ◽  
Christy L. Monaghan ◽  
Cheryl A. Justice
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Bereavement Support ◽  
Pet Bereavement

scholarly journals A utilização das redes sociais digitais no cuidado psicossocial infantojuvenil, diante da pandemia por Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-61
Author(s):  
Lorena Andrade ◽  
Ana Mauch ◽  
Jéssica Costa ◽  
Kelly Silva ◽  
Lucas Almeida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Online Chat ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Key Words Adolescents ◽  
Distrito Federal ◽  
Mental Health Unit ◽  
Online Group

RESUMO   Objetivo: Analisar como as redes sociais digitais podem ser ferramentas essenciais para profissionais dentro dos serviços de saúde, mediante as alterações que ocorreram com a pandemia. As rotinas de prática assistencial para o público infantojuvenil na clínica psicossocial foram diretamente afetadas. Metodologia: Em uma abordagem qualitativa descritiva prospectiva, esse artigo apresenta o planejamento, a execução e os desafios enfrentados pela equipe de um Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Infantil no Distrito Federal na utilização das redes sociais como fontes de comunicação e atendimento. Trata-se de um grupo terapêutico para adolescentes, no qual o meio de comunicação e mediação das discussões foi um chat online. Na condução do grupo a equipe é composta por três profissionais da unidade, e a duração do chat é de uma hora e meia. Conclusão: O uso das mídias sociais é um meio de orientação, acolhimento e esclarecimento de dúvidas é facilmente articulado pela equipe, seja por meio de teleatendimento, chats online, vídeo chamadas. Aliás, tais recursos digitais devem ser utilizados com responsabilidade por profissionais de saúde. As informações e abordagens devem priorizar a privacidade dos relatos dos pacientes e a veracidade das informações compartilhadas acerca das precauções em frente a pandemia do COVID-19.    Palavras-chave: Adolescente, saúde mental, coronavírus, TIC em saúde.   ABSTRACT Objective: Analyse how social media is capable to become an essential and effective tool for health professionals. Since the emergence of Covid-19, the routines inside de psychosocial clinic were directly affected. Methods: This article possesses a qualitative approach, which description is about the schedule, execution, effectiveness, and challenges will be presented for a Mental Health Unit from a Psychosocial Clinic at Distrito Federal, Brasilia - Brazil. Social media was selected to be a major tool for communication and assistance for kids, adolescents, and families. The initiative is a therapeutic online group for adolescents. The discussions and interactions were held by online chat. All the conduction is executed by mental health professionals from a reference local unit. Conclusion: Social media has great potential to establish a good and healthy connection with their patients during the quarantine. It can be used as a means of orientation, welcoming, and further explanations. The Health Team can use alternatives of home-office, live web chats, video calls, and smart posts on open or private social media. That said, it must be used by health professionals with accurate responsibility to avoid fake news and to preserve all patient information.   Key-words: Adolescents, mental health, Coronavirus, HIT.

Mental Health Peer to Peer Support via Social Media practice reference During COVID-19 Pandemics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Wang ◽  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Pu Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Psychological Practice ◽  
Novel Model

This article describes a psychological practice reference to provide peer support via social media, derived from the experience learned from our intervention project, which was developed and carried out by a group of experienced mental health professionals, offering peer psychological support to healthcare professionals working at the frontline of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. The authors describe the infrastructure of the team and the novel model of peer-to-peer crisis intervention via social media. This offers a model for intervention that can be used elsewhere for current pandemic and future crises.

scholarly journals Influential Factors of Non-suicidal Self-Injury in an Eastern Cultural Context: A Qualitative Study From the Perspective of School Mental Health Professionals

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Chen ◽  
Ying Zhou ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Yanfei Hou ◽  
Ding Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Sex Bias ◽  
Academic Pressure ◽  
Self Injury

Background: Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is becoming a serious public health concern worldwide. In recent years, there has seen a significant increase in both the growth rate and cases of NSSI in Eastern countries, such as Japan, India, and China. In China, most schools have a mental health office that comprises mental health professionals (MHPs), who are the first to respond to student mental health problems, which include NSSI. MHPs possess comprehensive knowledge as well as unique insight into adolescent NSSI. However, very few studies on NSSI have incorporated their perspectives. In this work, we seek to add novel insight by conducting a study focusing on adolescent NSSI from the perspective of MHPs.Methods: We recruited a total of 24 MHPs from different schools using purposive sampling and conducted a semi-structured interview on NSSI-related issues. Each interview was voice recorded and lasted ~30 min. A thematic analysis was performed for the responses to study the most common and concerning issues underlying NSSI.Results: We extracted three major themes and eight sub-themes from the interview records, which included (1) the impact of Chinese culture on NSSI (sex-bias discrimination, overly high expectations, and inappropriate parenting style); (2) life events in school (internet use, academic pressure, and romantic relationships); and (3) opinions on the status quo of NSSI in China (ignorance and stigma).Conclusion: Results showed that culturally sensitive influential factors, such as sex-bias discrimination, the imposing of unrealistic expectations for personal achievement, and inappropriate parenting style, should be given more attention to prevent, assess, and intervene in NSSI. Emerging factors of modern society and adolescent lifestyles, such as academic pressure, internet use, and romantic relationships, should also be considered for treatments.

scholarly journals Family murder in post-apartheid South Africa: reflections for mental health professionals

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M C Marchetti-Mercer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Full Text

In the late eighties the phenomenon of family murder was closely linked to Afrikaans-speaking families faced withpolitical change and uncertainty. Opsomming In die laat 1980s het die opvatting ontstaan dat daar ’n noue verband bestaan tussen gesinsmoord en Afrikaansprekende gesinne wat met politieke veranderinge en onsekerheid gekonfronteer word. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

Identifying Risk Factors and Enhancing Protective Factors to Prevent Adolescent Victimization on the Internet

2010 ◽  
pp. 152-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan E. Call ◽  
Jason J. Burrow-Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Online Victimization ◽  
Media Reports

The Internet is widely used among adolescents. Although the Internet is a beneficial tool for youth, some children and adolescents are at risk for being victimized online. Media reports portraying online predators and their victims have received increasing publicity. However, some information in these stories can be inaccurate or misleading. Therefore, it is important that mental health professionals and parents receive accurate information about online victimization in order to protect youth from harm. The purpose of this chapter is to provide research-based information on adolescent Internet use and the risk factors associated with online victimization. Further, recommendations for increasing protective factors are provided as a means to keep youth safe while using the Internet.

Contagion, Identity, Misinformation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis C. Charland
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Emotional Contagion ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Challenges

The evolution of the internet and associated social media pose novel challenges for psychiatric ethics. Issues surrounding emotional contagion, personal identity, and misinformation figure importantly among these new challenges, with important consequences for consumers of mental health services, as well as psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. The evolution of the internet and associated social media pose novel challenges for psychiatric ethics. Issues surrounding emotional contagion, personal identity, and misinformation figure importantly among these new challenges, with important consequences for consumers of mental health services, as well as psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.

scholarly journals Malaysian Stakeholder Perspectives on Suicide-Related Reporting: Findings From Focus Group Discussions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin Ping Ng ◽  
Kai Shuen Pheh ◽  
Ravivarma Rao Panirselvam ◽  
Wen Li Chan ◽  
Joanne Bee Yin Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
The Impact

Media guidelines on safe suicide-related reporting are within the suicide prevention armamentarium. However, implementation issues beleaguer real-world practice. This study evaluated the perspectives of the Malaysian media community, persons with lived experience of suicidal behavior (PLE), and mental health professionals (MHP) on suicide-related reporting in terms of the impact, strategies, challenges, and the implementation of guidelines on safe reporting. Three focus group discussions of purposively sampled Malaysian media practitioners (n = 8), PLE (n = 6), and MHP (n = 7) were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded and thematically analyzed. Inclusion criteria were: English fluency, no clinical depression or suicidal ideation (current), no recent previous suicide attempts or suicide bereavement. Three major themes emerged: (1) Unsafe Reporting; (2) Impact; and (3) Safe Reporting. Most described current reporting as unsafe by being potentially triggering to media users and may contribute to contagion effect. Positive impacts identified included raised awareness toward suicide and its prevention. Unsafe reporting was attributed to inadequate awareness, knowledge, and guidance, lack of empathy and accountability, job-related factors, popularity-seeking, lack of monitoring and governance, and information source(s) with unsafe content. Majority agreed on how suicide stories should be framed to produce a safe report. The media community diverged on how detailed a suicide story should be. Safe reporting challenges included difficulties in balancing beneficial versus harmful details, social media ubiquity and its citizen reporters. Participants suggested these safe reporting strategies: stakeholder engagement, educational approaches, improving governance and surveillance, and guidelines revision. Most acknowledged the relevance of guidelines but were unaware of the existence of local guidelines. Implementation challenges included the dilemma in balancing media industry needs vis-à-vis safe reporting requirements, stakeholder engagement difficulties and social media regulation. There is poor awareness regarding safe suicide-related reporting across all groups. PLE and MHP were negatively impacted by current unsafe messaging which aggravated trauma and grief reactions. Postvention support gaps for mental health professionals were highlighted. Safe reporting promotion strategies should include stakeholder engagement to increase awareness on minimizing Werther and maximizing Papageno effects. Strategic re-examination and dissemination of local media guidelines to address new media issues, and effective surveillance mechanisms, are crucial in sustainable improvement of safe reporting practices.

scholarly journals Editorial

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujit Sarkhel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Current Issue ◽  
Online Gaming ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Behavioral Addiction ◽  
Negative Consequences

Technological advancements in the last two decades have brought about major changes in our lifestyle. Along with several positive changes, we have also faced several negative consequences. Addiction to Internet, online gaming and social media through either computers or smartphones are examples of the adverse consequences of technology. Opinions of mental health professionals are being sought on many such cases of addiction to Internet and various social media, which have been classified under the broad rubric of “Behavioral Addiction”. In our current issue, we have a review article on the neurobiological basis of such addictions.We intend to bring forth reviews on other aspects of this topic in future issues. Happy Reading!

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