scholarly journals Mental Health /Depression at Workplaces

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (SPL1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asrenee AB. Razak
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Good Mental Health ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Job Related Stress

There is an increasing trend of mental health issues in Malaysia. 1 in 3 Malaysian aged over 16 years old is at risk of having a mental health problem, and the trend is on the rise. The burden of mental health disorders on health and productivity, however, has long been underestimated. It is partly due to the cultural stigma attached to mental disorders. The recent 2018 Malaysia's Healthiest Workplace survey reported that more than half of employees in the survey have been affected by job-related stress such as burnout, anxiety, depression, and could lead to suicide. The serious consequences of these mental health issues not only affecting the individual but also lead to negative impacts on the productivity and performance of the company. On the other hand, workplaces that promote good mental health, and support people with mental disorders are more likely to reduce absenteeism, increase productivity as well as could benefit from associated economic gains. It is crucial for the workplace to integrate mental health intervention in their health and wellbeing strategy.  Among the useful intervention is mindfulness training. Mindfulness is not only proven to reduce the work stress but also teaches the employees to appreciate life and positively cope with their job demands. This presentation outlines the benefits of mindfulness and how it can be applied in daily life.

scholarly journals B.05 The importance of mental health in improving quality of life in transition-aged patients with epilepsy

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (s1) ◽  
pp. S11
Author(s):  
KC Mabilangan ◽  
S Healy ◽  
T Fantaneanu ◽  
S Whiting
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Aged Patients ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Transition Clinic ◽  
Elevated Rate ◽  
The Individual

Background: Growing evidence has that a suggested that mental health strongly influences quality of life (QoL) in adolescents with epilepsy. In addition, research has suggested that these mental health issues are associated with increased seizure burden and worsened health outcomes. Despite this, and the elevated rate of mental health issues in this population, seizure control tends to be the dominant or sole concern for treating physicians. Methods: In order to look at potential predictors of QoL in adolescents we looked at seizure related data, demographic variables, and comorbid conditions in 70 adolescents with epilepsy aged 14 to 18 (M= 16.3l; 37 males, 33 females) enrolled into an epilepsy transition clinic. Results: Regression analysis found that mental health remained a significant and independent predictor of QoL even when other significant seizure related variables were accounted for (t(58)= -3.44, p= .001). Furthermore, when looking at the individual subscales of patient QoL (e.g., memory, social support, stigma), mental health was consistently found to be the strongest correlate. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that in order to ensure the best outcomes for transition-aged adolescents with epilepsy, it is important to not only manage and treat seizures, but also to assess and treat mental health issues.

Our Academic Discipline Is Making Us Sicker

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-394
Author(s):  
Scott Magelssen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Past Generation ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
And Performance

That's right, sicker. At least insofar as sick is a social construct (more on that later). I'm speaking specifically about declining mental health, and for this short essay I focus on our most emergent of theatre and performance-studies scholars: our graduate students. Few of us would disagree that there has always been a significant amount of depression and anxiety among our masters and doctoral students. Recent studies, however, find that more grad students are reporting significant mental health issues today than in any past generation. Perhaps these higher numbers are simply a matter of different and better diagnosing. More likely, those entering graduate programs today have more stressors outside academia: family responsibilities, financial concerns, and culture-related anxiety (more minorities and other historically disenfranchised groups and international students are entering graduate programs than ever before). Moreover, the increase in treatments in the past decades has enabled more students with a history of mental health issues to make it to higher education. It's not the purpose of this short piece to suss out the kinds of student in our programs more likely to be mentally and emotionally distressed. Instead, I look at what we should be doing not to make it worse for the students we have in the years ahead, actions that will benefit the field as a whole and all of us individually.

scholarly journals Mental Health Issues Someone Who Has Divorce

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andria Pragholapati
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic

Mental health is a state of well-being associated with happiness, joy, satisfaction, achievement,optimism, or hope. While mental disorders are behavioral or psychological patterns that areshown by individuals that cause distress, dysfunction, and reduce the quality of life (Stuart,2013). Based on the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 18 Year 2014, mental health is acondition where an individual can develop physically, mentally, spiritually, and socially so thatthe individual is aware of his own abilities, can deal with stress, can work productively, and isable to contribute to the community.

scholarly journals Depictions of psychopathology and mental health issues in music: themes and musical genres

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabián Pavez ◽  
Erika Saura ◽  
Gemma Pérez ◽  
Pedro Marset
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Concerns ◽  
Musical Genres

Introduction. In previous communications we have proposed that the analysis of cultural products related to art, and music in particular, can inform us about the social representations of psychiatry and mental illness. This topic is not irrelevant to our clinical practice, since it favors a better understanding about what are the meanings of our profession and its scope of practice for our patients and general population. In this work, we focused on portrayals of psychopathology in music and the musical genres associated. Objectives. By exploring studies addressing depictions of mental disorders or mental health concerns in music, we intend: - to assess the distribution of psychopathological themes alluded; and - to characterize the most studied musical genres that are associated to portrayals of mental disorders or mental health concerns. Methods. Starting from a previous systematic review of studies addressing depictions of mental disorders or mental health issues in music, thirty-seven articles are examined. Frequency of portrayed themes and musical genres associated are presented. Results/Conclusion. As we can expect, references to substance use in music are the most frequently studied. Studies addressing references to 'madness' in music are frequent too, but in a lesser extent. Other mental health issues depicted are: affective disorders; suicide; sexuality and gender; personality disorders; self-destructive behavior; resilience; as well as general links between music and mental illness/psychiatry. Studies addressing substance use are mostly focused on multiple genres (based in popularity rankings). With regards substance use, Rap and Rock are two genres specifically studied. Links between country music, alcohol use and suicide have been described in literature. Rock and Opera are the genres more frequently associated with references to 'madness'.

Sexual Abuse and Mental Health in Humanitarian Disasters

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Spowart
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Health Initiatives ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mental Health Effects ◽  
Public Health Initiatives ◽  
Very High

This chapter provides an overview of the importance of addressing mental health issues due to sexual violence in humanitarian disasters. It provides an overview of the relevance of sexual violence in conflict and its connection to mental health concerns and a heightening of the impacts of the humanitarian disaster. Sexual violence further destroys societies and increases the repercussions of the humanitarian disaster for decades after the conflict has ended. The very high levels of sexual violence that accompany humanitarian disasters are not inevitable. Underlying cultural and societal beliefs that exist before the humanitarian disaster occurs can be aggravated and brought to surface to further exasperate the negative impacts. Large scale public health initiatives that use marketing such as radio, billboards, social media, and television advertisements for example can be helpful and impactful for changing awareness and consciousness of societal norms and assumed inevitabilities that happen in societies. Humanitarian disaster research has revealed that it is common for individuals to view sexual violence as normal and for perpetrators to minimize the effects of it. However, this is a coping strategy that does not take away from the individual, societal and familial mental health effects of sexual violence from humanitarian disasters.

scholarly journals Mental health, community care and human rights in Europe: Still an incomplete picture?

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (16) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Jill Stavert
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Good Mental Health ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Incomplete Picture

<p align="LEFT">Mental health issues are increasingly finding their way onto national, European and international agendas. Moreover, the term ‘mental health’, though sometimes difficult to define with precision, has been taken to include not only mental ill health but also the maintenance of good mental health in general.</p><p align="LEFT">This article examines progress in the field of human rights recognition as it pertains to mental health, in a European and a wider context.</p>

scholarly journals Manual Strategies for COVID-19 Prevention and Management of Mental Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 131-150
Author(s):  
Nurul Syuhaida Abdul Razak ◽  
Muhammad Aslahuddin ◽  
Muhammad Hazmi Shafie ◽  
Vidhya Raj Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
District Hospital ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Small Unit ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Good Mental Health ◽  
As Stress

The coronavirus disease outbreak 2019 (COVID-19) is foreseen to precipitate the increase in mental health issues such as stress, depression, and anxiety. This article aims to share and suggest the strategies, experience and actions taken by Hospital Tengku Ampuan Jemaah (HTAJ) as a small unit in a small district hospital through Mental Health and Psychological Support Service (MHPSS) in supporting mental health amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The existing data, literature review on the existing cases, SOPs and recommendations from the authorities and department staffs were reviewed and adjusted for local usage. An online mental health survey was distributed and reviewed. All data and information gathered were organised and transformed into a structured manual procedure. This procedure was implemented, and the feedback received were evaluated. The strategies introduced by MHPSS will help develop good mental health and strengthen the resiliency in the community and frontliners for the fight against COVID-19.

scholarly journals Strengthening the Voice of Those with Mental Health Issues: A Community Approach to Developing a Mental Health Identification System

Social Work ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-223
Author(s):  
Andrew Quinn ◽  
Mary Otteson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Credit Card ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Community Approach ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Voice

Abstract This article describes how an action research approach was used to involve a community of individuals with mental health issues and their support systems in the development and adoption of a mental health identification (ID) card. The intent of the card was to provide individuals with mental health issues a way to communicate and manage the idiosyncratic nature of their behaviors. A credit card–size ID card was developed that has the individual’s picture, address, diagnosis, idiosyncratic behaviors, best approach with the individual when those behaviors are present, medications, allergies, and emergency contact information. Benefits and concerns about the ID system in regard to the cardholder, card recipients, the provision of consent, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance, and the balancing of reducing and increasing stigmas and stereotypes emerged throughout the process. In the end, the ID card has come to be seen as a social justice mechanism that allows for communication and awareness for those with mental health issues.

scholarly journals The psychiatric impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 791-795
Author(s):  
Sonja Cabarkapa ◽  
Joel A King ◽  
Chee H Ng
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Trauma Stress

Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) are a vulnerable population who have been exposed to high work-related stress during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the high risk of infection and excessive workloads. HCWs are at greater risk of mental illness, particularly sleep disturbances, post-trauma stress syndromes, depression and anxiety. Objective The aim of this article is to highlight the psychiatric impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline HCWs, the need for screening and early diagnosis by general practitioners (GPs), and the appropriate psychosocial strategies and treatments to address this. Discussion Opportunistic screening for mental health issues among HCWs is especially important during the current pandemic. Various tools and strategies can be used for efficient assessment and treatment of the common mental health issues HCWs are likely to face.

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