scholarly journals Analysis of E-mental Health Research: Mapping the Relationship between Information Technology and Mental Healthcare

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
tatsawan timakum ◽  
Min Song ◽  
Qing Xie
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Text Mining ◽  
Information Extraction ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Mental Wellbeing

Abstract Background: E-mentalhealthcare is the convergence of digital technologies with mental health services. It has beendevelopedto fill a gap in healthcare for people who need mental wellbeing support and may never otherwise receive psychological treatment.This study aimed to apply text mining techniques to analyze the huge data of e-mental health researches and to report on research clusters and trends as well as the co-occurrence of biomedical and the use of information technology in this field.Methods: The e-mentalhealth research data was obtainedfrom 3,663 bibliographicrecords from Web of Science (WoS)and 3,172 full-text articlesfrom PubMed Central (PMC). The text mining techniques utilized for this study includedbibliometric analysis, information extraction, and visualization.Results: The e-mental health research topic trendsprimarily involvede-health care services and medical informatics research. The clusters of research comprise 16 clusters, which refer to mental sickness, ehealth, diseases, IT, and self-management. Based onthe information extraction analysis, in the biomedical domain, a “depression” entity was frequently detected and it pairs with other entities in the network with a betweenness centrality weighted at 0.046869 (eg. depression-online, depression-diabetes, depression-measure, and depression-mobile).The IT entity-relations of “mobile” were the most frequently found(weighted at 0.043466). The top pairs are related to depression, mobile health, and text message.Conclusions: E-mental health research trends focused on disease related-depression and using IT for treatment and prevention, primarily via online and mobile devices. Producing AI and machine learning are also being studied for e-mental healthcare. The results illustrate that physical sickness is likely to cause a mental health problem and identify the IT that was applied to help manage and mitigate mental health impacts.

scholarly journals Information Technology in Mental Health Research: Impediments and Implications in One Chronic Pain Study Population

Pain Medicine ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (suppl 3) ◽  
pp. S176-S181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samar A. Jasser ◽  
Jennifer H. Garvin ◽  
Nancy Wiedemer ◽  
Dominic Roche ◽  
Rollin M. Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Study Population

scholarly journals The global impact on mental health almost 2 years into the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-246
Author(s):  
Blanaid Gavin ◽  
John Lyne ◽  
Fiona McNicholas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Global Impact ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Population Mental Health ◽  
Global Population

AbstractApproaching 2 years into a global pandemic, it is timely to reflect on how COVID-19 has impacted the mental health of the global population. With research continuing apace, a clearer picture should crystallise in time. COVID-19 has undoubtedly had some impact on population mental health, although the severity and duration of this impact remain less clear. The exceptional period of COVID-19 has provided a unique prism through which we can observe and consider societal mental health. This is a momentous time to be involved in mental health research as we strive to understand the mental health needs of the population and advocate for adequate resourcing to deliver quality mental healthcare in the post-pandemic period.

Normality, subjectivity and mental health: A genealogy of Danish psychiatry, 1938–2017

2019 ◽  
pp. 136345931987410
Author(s):  
Malene Broch Clemmensen ◽  
Simo Køppe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
The Subject

The increasing prevalence of mental disorders together with the uncertain validity of psychopathological diagnostics challenges psychiatry as the primary home of studying, diagnosing and treating mental health problems and developing mental healthcare. This marks an emerging paradigmatical shift towards ‘alternative’ mental health perspectives. With the ambition of attending authoritatively in definitory practices, contemporary scholars of psychology, sociology, anthropology and philosophy call for an interdisciplinary approach to mental health, with a predominant focus on the subject. We argue that a paradigmatical shift of mental health requires structural–historical considerations of the foundations upon which subjectivity has been and still is manifested through psychiatry. On this basis, we critically investigate fluctuating psychiatric discourses on subjectivity, normality and pathology. We conducted a genealogical analysis of 13 psychiatric sources (1938–2017) focusing on ‘Psychopathy’ as a fluctuating diagnosis. We elucidate how subject concepts in psychiatry develop in parallel to subject concepts in society and culture, exemplified through convincing similarities between psychopathic symptoms and neoliberal ideals. Considerations like these, offer scholars valuable bases for mental health research and debate, and also valuable insights to healthcare professionals.

The ghettoization of persons with severe mental illnesses

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Laura Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Support Worker ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline the reflections of a person with lived experience of a severe mental illness (SMI) and former peer support worker in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, who has also worked for seven years in mental health research. It describes a tendency of resources and services to create ghettos of people with SMIs by failing to support the integration of people with SMIs into the community at large or in exploring options for meaningful, fulfilling occupation, reinforcing social exclusion and ghettoization. Design/methodology/approach This paper shows a reflective and narrative account of personal experiences and observations of the ghettoizing tendency in mental health services. Findings Mental healthcare professionals tend to support people with SMIs in engaging activities within resources for the mentally ill, and not in carrying out activities in the community at large. The range of activities offered is limited, an obstacle to finding meaningful, fulfilling occupation. Harmful psychological effects include self-stigma, low self-esteem and a sense of marginalization, generating a ghettoized mentality. The difficulties encountered in an effort to leave the mental health ghetto are touched on with examples of how to overcome them. Practical implications The need for professional support for social integration of people with SMIs is identified, which could ultimately favor social inclusion of people with SMIs. Originality/value It is written from the perspective of a user and provider of mental health services, who also has seven years’ experience in mental health research.

scholarly journals The current state of mental healthcare in Bangladesh: part 2 – setting priorities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
M. Tasdik Hasan ◽  
Tasnim Anwar ◽  
Enryka Christopher ◽  
Sahadat Hossain ◽  
Md Mahbub Hossain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Current State ◽  
Mental Health Facilities

This is the second of a two-part profile on mental healthcare in Bangladesh. It describes the state of mental health research in the country and presents a set of priorities for addressing improvements to the fundamental gaps in mental healthcare highlighted in part 1. Focus on building infrastructure for public mental health facilities, training skilled mental health professionals, adequate distribution of financial resources and addressing stigma are all priorities that will contribute to significantly improving mental healthcare in Bangladesh.

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