What Good Are Treatment Effects without Treatment? Mental Health and the Reluctance to Use Talk Therapy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Cronin ◽  
Matthew Forsstrom ◽  
Nicholas Papageorge
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Treatment Effects ◽  
Talk Therapy

How Do You Do Talk Therapy With Someone Who Can't Talk? Perspectives From Mental Health Providers on Delivering Services to Individuals With Aphasia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Katie A. Strong ◽  
Jenna Randolph
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Mental Health Providers ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Talk Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Care Providers

Purpose Aphasia is correlated with depression and anxiety, and it has a negative impact on quality of life. Aphasia is also frequently misunderstood among mental health care providers. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of mental health providers who provide services to people living with aphasia. Method Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to analyze interviews of six mental health providers who had some experience in providing services to people with aphasia. Results Three main themes among mental health care providers' experiences providing services to people with aphasia were identified: barriers, interprofessional collaboration, and therapy looks different. Subthemes associated with barriers included insufficient training and knowledge of aphasia, the stigma of receiving mental health services, and accessibility to services. Subthemes related to interdisciplinary collaboration included referrals, knowledge and awareness, and strategies and tools. Subthemes supporting therapy looks different included a new approach to therapy and challenges. Conclusions Mental health providers' experiences reveal the need for an action-oriented approach to overcome barriers, a nontraditional approach to talk therapy for people with aphasia, and increased collaboration with speech-language pathologists (SLPs). Future research should explore expanding the collaboration between SLPs and mental health providers to increase shared knowledge and skills in issues related to reducing depression and anxiety to support the well-being of people with aphasia.

scholarly journals Mindful Parenting in Secondary Child Mental Health: Key Parenting Predictors of Treatment Effects

Mindfulness ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Marie Emerson ◽  
Evin Aktar ◽  
Esther de Bruin ◽  
Eva Potharst ◽  
Susan Bögels
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Treatment Effects ◽  
Mindful Parenting

scholarly journals The worse the better? Quantile treatment effects of a conditional cash transfer programme on mental health

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius Ohrnberger ◽  
Eleonora Fichera ◽  
Matt Sutton ◽  
Laura Anselmi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Treatment Effects ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfer ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Quantile Treatment Effects

Abstract Poor mental health is a pressing global health problem, with high prevalence among poor populations from low-income countries. Existing studies of conditional cash transfer (CCT) effects on mental health have found positive effects. However, there is a gap in the literature on population-wide effects of cash transfers on mental health and if and how these vary by the severity of mental illness. We use the Malawian Longitudinal Study of Family and Health containing 790 adult participants in the Malawi Incentive Programme, a year-long randomized controlled trial. We estimate average and distributional quantile treatment effects and we examine how these effects vary by gender, HIV status and usage of the cash transfer. We find that the cash transfer improves mental health on average by 0.1 of a standard deviation. The effect varies strongly along the mental health distribution, with a positive effect for individuals with worst mental health of about four times the size of the average effect. These improvements in mental health are associated with increases in consumption expenditures and expenditures related to economic productivity. Our results show that CCTs can improve adult mental health for the poor living in low-income countries, particularly those with the worst mental health.

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