Factors That Influence Mental Illness Among Students in Public Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Social Relation ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
College Life ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Thinking Processes ◽  
Universiti Utara Malaysia

This study is about the interrelations between three factors which are financial distress, health condition and social relation with mental illness among students in Universiti Utara Malaysia. Mental illness affects individuals feeling, mood as well as thinking processes. This condition eventually disturbs the ability and functions that relates towards others. People with same diagnosis face different experience. A mental illness is not based on one specific event, therefore may include a stressful job or home life, victim of a crime, entering the college life or workforce, marriage, children, divorce, job changes or a job loss. Statistical Package software for Social Science (SPSS) Version 25.0 was used to analyse the data. Results showed that financial distress, health condition and social relation have a positive relationship towards mental illness.

UAE study of student-mothers highlights importance of mentoring and time management for successful internships

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-35
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Content Type ◽  
College Life ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Student Mothers ◽  
Local Schools

Purpose The purpose was to find out the experiences of student mothers on internships and assess how best to make the process go as well as possible. Design/methodology/approach The author interviewed student mothers in the UAE enrolled on full-time four-year degree courses. The 12-week internships in local schools were part of their final year and had just been completed. The interviews lasted 30 minutes and were transcribed, then analysed for common themes. Findings The biggest factor in a successful experience was time management, which allowed mothers to balance work and home life demands. All 10 students found work placements to be more challenging than college life because of the less relaxed atmosphere, greater accountability and lack of familiarity. The study also highlighted the importance of both mentoring and peer support. Originality/value The research was important because successful internships improve retention rates. In the UAE, especially, national teachers are highly sought after for their similar cultural backgrounds, religious understanding and ability to role-model bilingualism.

scholarly journals Health Regulatory Focus, Selection Optimization and Compensation Strategy and Sports Practice: A Mediational Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manon Laroche ◽  
Peggy Roussel ◽  
Nicolas Mascret ◽  
François Cury
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Promotion Focus ◽  
Mechanistic Pathway ◽  
First Time

AbstractThis study aimed to investigate associations of health promotion and prevention regulatory foci with sports practice, and examined the Selection, Optimization and Compensation (SOC) process behind the positive relationship between health promotion focus and sports practice. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 513 French volunteer sports participants aged from 18 to 82. Participants completed an online self-report survey measuring health regulatory foci, SOC strategy, Amount of Sports Practice (ASP), health condition, and educational level. Path analysis main results (χ2 = 16.64; df = 5; p < .01; RMSEA = 0.067; CFI = 0.98; R2 = .24) demonstrated that ASP was positively related with health promotion focus (β = .13, p < .01), SOC strategy (β = .28, p < .001) and negatively related with health prevention focus (β = –.20, p < .001). SOC strategy was positively related with health promotion focus (β = .39, p < .001) and bootstrapping analyses revealed that this strategy partially mediated the positive relationship between health promotion focus and ASP, 95% CI [.13, .29]. Finally, additional analyses showed that it was specifically the elective selection, optimization and compensation sub-components of SOC strategy which played mediating roles in this link, [.13, .29] < 95% CI < [.13, .29]. For the first time in the literature, these results evidenced direct links between health regulatory foci and sports practice, and a mechanistic pathway between health promotion focus and sports practice. The theoretical and applied implications of these results for sports promotion are discussed.

Extraordinary minds, impossible choices: mental health, special skills and television

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-239
Author(s):  
Rebecca C Beirne
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Mental Health Condition ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
The World

Over the last decade, there has been an increase in the number of televisual protagonist and major secondary characters specifically identified within the text as having a diagnosed mental illness. This is a significant development in the context of characters with a mental illness on television, who were previously usually minor and heavily stigmatised. A key trend with these new protagonists and major characters is the attribution of special talents or powers associated with mental health conditions. This paper analyses the discursive construction of this trope in five recent television series: Sherlock (UK, BBC, 2010-), Homeland (USA, Showtime, 2011-), Perception (USA, TNT, 2012–2015), Hannibal (USA, NBC, 2013–2015) and Black Box (USA, ABC, 2014). Theoretically, this paper draws on Sami Schalk’s formulation of the ‘superpowered supercrip narrative’, which refers to the ‘representation of a character who has abilities or "powers" that operate in direct relationship with or contrast to their disability'. This paper is also indebted to Davi A Johnson’s ‘Managing Mr. Monk’ (2008) for its discussion of mental illness as attaining ‘social value’ through becoming a resource with economic and ethical value, as do the conditions of the fictional characters explored in this article. Schalk’s work on disability is here expanded to a more specific discussion of mental illness on television, while Johnson’s work is updated to discuss whether the newer characterisations reflect the same rhetorical positioning as Monk (USA, USA Network, 2002–2009), one of the earliest texts celebrated for featuring a lead, sympathetic character clearly and explicitly identified with a mental health condition. Of the five lead characters examined here, three are figured as responsible for their symptoms because they have chosen not to take medication or withdraw from their medication. It is concurrently presented that if they do take medication, it dampens their abilities to perform valuable work in the community, thus removing their use value within the world of the series.

scholarly journals Perceptions of How the Transition From Home Life to College Life Affects Type 1 Diabetes Management

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyssa Fedor ◽  
Julie R. Schumacher ◽  
Jennifer Banning ◽  
Reilly McKinnis ◽  
Mardell Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
College Life ◽  
Home Life

What is Psychosis?

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T Compton ◽  
Beth Broussard
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Basic Question ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Patients Experience

We began the Preface with a list of questions that people experiencing psychosis and their family members often have. As we mentioned, an episode of psychosis can be frightening, confusing, and painful for the individual going through it and for his or her family members. We also noted that this book is meant to help readers through a very difficult time by providing much needed information. Part 1 of this book, Answering Your Basic Questions, focuses on explaining some of the most important facts about psychosis. This chapter addresses the first basic question, what is psychosis? In this chapter, we define what psychosis is and then dispel some myths by describing what psychosis is not. We then briefly describe what percentage of people develop psychosis and when it usually first begins. Next, we present the idea of a “psychosis continuum,” which means that experiences of psychosis can differ in level of seriousness. We then set the stage for later chapters by briefly introducing schizophrenia (one of the illnesses that is related to psychosis) and several other topics to come later in the book, including causes of psychosis, treatments, and recovery. Psychosis is a form of mental illness. A mental illness affects a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Like physical illnesses, mental illnesses are treatable. Psychosis is a treatable mental illness syndrome. You may be familiar with some other mental illness syndromes, such as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and panic attacks. So what exactly does psychosis mean? Psychosis is a word used to describe a person’s mental state when he or she is out of touch with reality. For example, a person might hear voices that are not really there (auditory hallucinations) or believe things that are not really true (delusions). Psychosis is a medical condition that occurs due to a dysfunction in the brain. People with psychosis have difficulty separating false personal experiences from reality. They may behave in a bizarre or risky manner without realizing that they are doing anything unusual. Similar to any other health condition, psychosis consists of a combination of both symptoms that patients experience and signs that doctors observe.

Ethnic Density is Unrelated to Incidence of Schizophrenia

1988 ◽  
Vol 153 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Cochrane ◽  
Sukhwant S. Bal
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Ethnic Density ◽  
Significant Positive Relationship ◽  
Admission Rates ◽  
Department Of Health

Data deriving from the Mental Health Enquiry were obtained from the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) for all 186 000 admissions in England in 1981 to test the ‘ethnic density hypothesis'. This hypothesis has been used to explain variations in rates of mental illness between ethnic groups in other countries, and suggests that there is an inverse relationship between the size of ethnic groups and their admission rates. The data analysed in the present paper for the main foreign-born immigrant groups to England not only failed to support the ethnic-density hypothesis, but in some cases, showed a significant positive relationship between group size and admission rates. Some possible reasons for these findings are explored.

Epidemiological Studies in Psychosomatic Medicine

1975 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 123-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Eastwood
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychosomatic Medicine ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Physical Disorder ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Psychosomatic Disorders ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Ecological View

The epidemiological triad of host, agent and environment used conceptually in infectious disease may serve as a model for psychosomatic disorders, despite the involvement of many more variables. There are major problems with diagnosis and measurement, however, and the term “psychosomatic” has several meanings. The two main senses are “specific” psychosomatic disorders and an ecological view of illness. The association between psychiatric and physical disorder has been examined in a variety of settings and the findings have suggested that there is a positive relationship. Despite considerable methodological and sampling difficulties in epidemiological research into psychosomatic illness, recent efforts have been made to overcome these. The results of ecological studies appear to be more consistent that those dealing with “specific” psychosomatic disorders and suggest that man has a general psychophysical propensity to disease. Although physical and mental illness do seem to be intimately linked, the reasons for “vulnerability” to illness and “clustering” of illness are obscure. The clarification of these areas appears to be the main task ahead for epidemiology in the field of psychosomatic medicine.

scholarly journals Causal beliefs and attitudes to people with schizophrenia

2005 ◽  
Vol 186 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias C. Angermeyer ◽  
Herbert Matschinger
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
Causal Beliefs ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Population Surveys ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

BackgroundIt is a widely shared belief that an increase in mental health literacy will result in an improvement of attitudes towards people with mental illness.AimsTo examine how the German public's causal attributions of schizophrenia and their desire for social distance from people with schizophrenia developed over the 1990s.MethodA trend analysis was carried out using data from two representative population surveys conducted in the Länder constituting the former Federal Republic of Germany in 1990 and 2001.ResultsParallel to an increase in the public's tendency to endorse biological causes, an increase in the desire for social distance from people with schizophrenia was found.ConclusionsThe assumption underlying current anti-stigma programmes that there is a positive relationship between endorsing biological causes and the acceptance of people with mental illness appears to be problematic.

scholarly journals Relationship between Psychological Health Condition and College Life Anxiety among Male First-year Students of Physical Therapy

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-438
Author(s):  
Kazuo SUGANUMA ◽  
Shigeru HIRABAYASHI ◽  
Chika KANEKO ◽  
Harumi TAKADA ◽  
Hidenori EGUCHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
College Life

scholarly journals Un modelo de opciones barreras para estimar las probabilidades de fracasos financieros de empresas. Barrier options model for estimate firm´s probabilities for financial distress

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Gastón S. Milanesi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Barrier Options ◽  
Barrier Option ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Option Model ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Capital Value

<p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>Asimilar el valor del patrimonio como una opción de compra sobre los activos permitió desarrollar un conjunto de modelos dinámicos para predecir fracasos financieros empresariales. No obstante, el concepto presenta una importante debilidad: la relación directa y positiva entre valor del capital (prima) y el nivel de volatilidad del activo subyacente. El razonamiento anterior indica que a mayor riesgo de la firma mayor debe ser su valor, lo que conduce a una lógica inconsistente para estimar probabilidades de fracasos financieros. Las opciones denominadas “exóticas barreras” constituyen un modelo alternativo para predecir dificultades financieras y su estructura se ajusta mejor a la relación valor-volatilidad en las empresas. El trabajo propone un modelo de opción barrera “operativo”, ya que simplifica la estimación de las inobservables variables: valor y riesgo del activo. Primero, se desarrolló formalmente los modelos de opción de compra simple y opción barrera para valorar el patrimonio de la firma y la estimación de probabilidades de fracaso financiero. Con un caso hipotético, se propuso un ejercicio de sensibilidad sobre volatilidades y plazos. Similar ejercicio se aplicó a dos firmas de capitales argentinos con diferentes grados de endeudamiento, gracias al cual se confirmó la consistencia entre volatilidad-valor-probabilidad de fracasos financieros del modelo propuesto. Finalmente se exponen las principales conclusiones.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>Assimilation of the capital value as a call option over firm’s assets allows to develop a group of dynamic models to predict corporate financial distress. However, the concept shows an important weakness: the direct and positive relationship between the capital value (call) with the level of underlying’s volatility. This reasoning indicates that the higher the risk is, the higher the value must be for the firm, leading to a weak rationality, in particular to estimate probabilities of financial distress. The exotic barrier options make an alternative approach for predicting financial distress, and its structure fits better to the firm valuevolatility relationship. The paper proposes a “naive” barrier option model, because it simplifies the estimation of the unobservable variables, like firm asset’s value and risk. First, a simple call and barrier option models are developed in order to value the firm’s capital and estimate the financial distress probability. Using an hypothetical case, it is proposed a sensibility exercise over period and volatility. Similar exercise is applied to estimate the capital value and financial distress probability over two firms of Argentinian capitals, with different leverage degree, confirming the consistency in the relationship between volatility-value-financial distress probability of the proposed model. Finally, the main conclusions are shown.</p>

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