scholarly journals Mental Health and Social Development Effects of the Abecedarian Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6997
Author(s):  
Joseph Sparling ◽  
Sharon Landesman Ramey ◽  
Craig T. Ramey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
School Entry ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Before School

The Abecedarian Approach is an early intervention and contains a broad-spectrum adult/child curriculum. The Approach has been studied in three longitudinal randomized controlled trials in the USA, starting in 1972 and continuing today. Recent research studies in multiple countries have examined the Abecedarian Approach during the first three years of life. The collective findings from these studies lead to the conclusion that human development is malleable, especially in the years before school entry, and that high-quality early intervention exerts positive, early, and long-lasting influences on human development, including social development and mental health.

scholarly journals Impact of life events on child mental health before school entry at age six

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 717-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tilman Furniss ◽  
Thomas Beyer ◽  
Jörg M. Müller
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
School Entry ◽  
Before School

High Quality Early Literacy Programs

2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonie Arthur ◽  
Laurie Makin
Keyword(s):  
Early Literacy ◽  
New South ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Literacy Programs ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Literacy Experiences ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Children's Home ◽  
Before School

There is an increasing recognition of the importance of literacy learning in the years before school. Key principles of high quality literacy programs for young children have been developed as the result of a recent study of 79 preschool and long day care centres in New South Wales. These principles include communicating with families about literacy, building on children's home experiences, planning to support individual literacy needs, integrating literacy experiences across the curriculum, and adult—child interactions that scaffold literacy understandings.

scholarly journals A Model of Intervention and Implementation of Quality Building and Quality Control in Childcare Centers to Strengthen the Mental Health and Development of 1-3–Year Olds: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of Thrive by Three (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratib Lekhal ◽  
May Britt Drugli ◽  
Turid Suzanne Berg-Nielsen ◽  
Elisabet Solheim Buøen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Childcare Centers ◽  
Teacher Report ◽  
Randomized Controlled

BACKGROUND Universal, high-quality childcare offers a unique opportunity to prevent developmental trajectories leading to mental health problems. Yet, growing evidence has shown that the process quality of Norwegian childcare centers varies considerably, and that research-based models for quality building are significantly lacking. OBJECTIVE To examine whether a model for quality building in childcare centers, Thrive by Three, increases the quality of child–caregiver interactions, and promotes child development, well-being, and mental health. METHODS The Thrive by Three study is a clustered randomized controlled trial involving 187 toddler groups in childcare centers across 7 municipalities within southern and central Norway. Each center is randomly allocated to the intervention or wait-list control group. Data are collected at 4 points: preintervention (T1), midway (T2), postintervention (T3), and 1-year postintervention (T4). Primary outcomes are changes in childcare quality measured by the Classroom Assessment Scoring System toddler version (CLASS), Student–Teacher Relationship Scale, Short Form (STRS-SF), and Life in Early Childhood Programs (LECP), as well as child development and mental health measured by The Brief Infant Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA, parent and teacher report), the Caregiver–Teacher Report Form (C-TRF), and Child Behavior Checklist (parent report) from the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) from 1.5 to 5 years, and child well-being measured by the Leiden Inventory for Child’s Well-Being in Day Care (LICW-D). Secondary outcomes are child cortisol levels, assessed in a subsample of 372 children. RESULTS As of August 2020, a total of 1531 children and 769 staff from 187 toddler groups were recruited. Because of turnover, the recruitment of staff will be ongoing until August 2020. As of January 2020, the intervention group has been working with Thrive by Three for 1.5 years. Data at T1, T2, and T3 from both the intervention and control groups have been completed and T4 will be completed in August 2020. CONCLUSIONS This study makes an important contribution to the field of quality building in childcare centers. The results will provide greater insight into how high quality can be obtained and the effects of high-quality early childcare on child mental health. This in turn will be significant for policymakers and to the Norwegian society at large. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03879733; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03879733 and Norwegian Research Council 260624/H10; https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/#/project/NFR/260624/Sprak=en INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT DERR1-10.2196/17726

The effects of Sahaja Yoga meditation on mental health: a systematic review

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Hendriks
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Randomized Studies ◽  
Cross Sectional Studies

Abstract Objectives To determine the efficacy of Sahaja Yoga (SY) meditation on mental health among clinical and healthy populations. Methods All publications on SY were eligible. Databases were searched up to November 2017, namely PubMed, MEDLINE (NLM), PsychINFO, and Scopus. An internet search (Google Scholar) was also conducted. The quality of the randomized controlled trails was assessed using the Cochrane Risk Assessment for Bias. The quality of cross-sectional studies, a non-randomized controlled trial and a cohort study was assessed with the Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale. Results We included a total of eleven studies; four randomized controlled trials, one non-randomized controlled trial, five cross-sectional studies, and one prospective cohort study. The studies included a total of 910 participants. Significant findings were reported in relation to the following outcomes: anxiety, depression, stress, subjective well-being, and psychological well-being. Two randomized studies were rated as high quality studies, two randomized studies as low quality studies. The quality of the non-randomized trial, the cross-sectional studies and the cohort study was high. Effect sizes could not be calculated in five studies due to unclear or incomplete reporting. Conclusions After reviewing the articles and taking the quality of the studies into account, it appears that SY may reduce depression and possibly anxiety. In addition, the practice of SY is also associated with increased subjective wellbeing and psychological well-beng. However, due to the limited number of publications, definite conclusions on the effects of SY cannot be made and more high quality randomized studies are needed to justify any firm conclusions on the beneficial effects of SY on mental health.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness and Safety of Mind-Body Modalities for Mental Health of Nurses in Hospital Setting: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8855
Author(s):  
Su-Eun Jung ◽  
Da-Jung Ha ◽  
Jung-Hyun Park ◽  
Boram Lee ◽  
Myo-Sung Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Methodological Quality ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Comprehensive Search

The mental health of nurses including burnout is an important issue. The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate whether mind-body modalities improve burnout and other mental health aspects of nurses. A comprehensive search was conducted using six electronic databases. Randomized controlled trials using mind-body modalities on the mental health of nurses, up to January 2021, were included. The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. Seventeen studies were included in the review. Data on mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and yoga were available for burnout, and there was no evidence that multimodal resilience programs including MBIs statistically significantly improved burnout levels compared to no intervention or active control groups. However, one study reported that yoga could significantly improve emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, which are subscales of burnout, compared to usual care. In addition, the effects of MBIs, relaxation, yoga, and music on various mental health outcomes and stress-related symptoms have been reported. In conclusion, there was some evidence that yoga was helpful for improvement in burnout of nurses. However, due to the heterogeneity of interventions and outcomes of the studies included, further high-quality clinical trials are needed on this topic in the future.

scholarly journals A Model of Intervention and Implementation of Quality Building and Quality Control in Childcare Centers to Strengthen the Mental Health and Development of 1-3–Year Olds: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of Thrive by Three

10.2196/17726 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e17726
Author(s):  
Ratib Lekhal ◽  
May Britt Drugli ◽  
Turid Suzanne Berg-Nielsen ◽  
Elisabet Solheim Buøen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Childcare Centers ◽  
Teacher Report ◽  
Randomized Controlled

Background Universal, high-quality childcare offers a unique opportunity to prevent developmental trajectories leading to mental health problems. Yet, growing evidence has shown that the process quality of Norwegian childcare centers varies considerably, and that research-based models for quality building are significantly lacking. Objective To examine whether a model for quality building in childcare centers, Thrive by Three, increases the quality of child–caregiver interactions, and promotes child development, well-being, and mental health. Methods The Thrive by Three study is a clustered randomized controlled trial involving 187 toddler groups in childcare centers across 7 municipalities within southern and central Norway. Each center is randomly allocated to the intervention or wait-list control group. Data are collected at 4 points: preintervention (T1), midway (T2), postintervention (T3), and 1-year postintervention (T4). Primary outcomes are changes in childcare quality measured by the Classroom Assessment Scoring System toddler version (CLASS), Student–Teacher Relationship Scale, Short Form (STRS-SF), and Life in Early Childhood Programs (LECP), as well as child development and mental health measured by The Brief Infant Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA, parent and teacher report), the Caregiver–Teacher Report Form (C-TRF), and Child Behavior Checklist (parent report) from the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) from 1.5 to 5 years, and child well-being measured by the Leiden Inventory for Child’s Well-Being in Day Care (LICW-D). Secondary outcomes are child cortisol levels, assessed in a subsample of 372 children. Results As of August 2020, a total of 1531 children and 769 staff from 187 toddler groups were recruited. Because of turnover, the recruitment of staff will be ongoing until August 2020. As of January 2020, the intervention group has been working with Thrive by Three for 1.5 years. Data at T1, T2, and T3 from both the intervention and control groups have been completed and T4 will be completed in August 2020. Conclusions This study makes an important contribution to the field of quality building in childcare centers. The results will provide greater insight into how high quality can be obtained and the effects of high-quality early childcare on child mental health. This in turn will be significant for policymakers and to the Norwegian society at large. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03879733; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03879733 and Norwegian Research Council 260624/H10; https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/#/project/NFR/260624/Sprak=en International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/17726

scholarly journals Is early intervention for psychosis a waste of valuable resources?

2003 ◽  
Vol 182 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony J. Pelosi ◽  
Max Birchwood
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Disease Process ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Psychotic Illness ◽  
Consultant Psychiatrist ◽  
Intervention Teams ◽  
Intervention Service ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

The concept of early intervention for psychosis has received much attention in recent years. The experience of pioneer services in the USA and Australia has convinced the UK Government to set aside millions of pounds to make dedicated early intervention teams an integral part of standard mental health services across the country. Other governments are set to follow suit. The rationale for early intervention is that there is a higher success rate if psychotic symptoms are treated early than if they are treated after they have been present for some time. It is also claimed that interventions early in the course of the illness can decrease the psychosocial impact of a psychotic illness that leads to secondary disability. But have these assertions been empirically demonstrated? Do such services simply take valuable resources, both in terms of funding and staff, from an already-overstretched mental health system, or do they change the trajectory of the disease process in a fundamental way? Dr Max Birchwood, Director of the Birmingham Early Intervention Service, and Dr Anthony Pelosi, consultant psychiatrist with a ‘generic’ community service in East Kilbride, Scotland, debate this issue.

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