Present Situation of the Empty Nest Elderly’s Mental Health and Research Commentary

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muxue LU ◽  
Cheng GUO
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Empty Nest

Bridging the skills gap: apprentice assistant practitioners having an impact in mental healthcare services

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 452-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Morris ◽  
Patricia Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
Assistant Practitioner

It is important to have a well-trained workforce and this is especially so in mental healthcare services. This article is the first of four looking at mental healthcare services and the apprentice assistant practitioner (AAP). The background to the introduction of assistant practitioners (AP), both in generic terms and more specifically their potential in mental health provision, will be explored. The present situation in mental health services will be examined, along with how the AP role might help mitigate some of the critical challenges faced in this area of health. The development of higher apprenticeships will be discussed in relation to standardisation of the AP role and how universally recognised apprenticeship standards around knowledge, behaviours and values will aid a more consistent understanding of the AP position and their consequent deployment in services.

scholarly journals Father Involvement in Education Predicates the Mental Health Status of Chinese Primary School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Junhua Zhang ◽  
Siyuan Wang ◽  
Yuan Lu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Impact

Previous studies have shown that quality and the quantity of father involvement in education play an important rolein children’s development. The influence of father involvement in education on Chinese children's mental healthstatus still needs further study. To understand the present situation of father involvement in education and its impacton children's mental health, this study will concentrate on the impact of father involvement on the mental healthstatus of primary school students, This study surveyed 1669 primary school students in Yancheng, China. It waspointed out that 45.1% of fathers were not active in children's education, and 25.8% of fathers have not beensufficient time to accompany their children. Children's sex and grade were not associated with father involvement ineducation, which was linked to their father's occupation and education level. Father involvement dramaticallyaffected primary school students' sensitive tendency and impulsive tendency. Father involvement can make childrenmore optimistic and less focus on trifles and suspicious. More father involvement in education leads to better mentalhealth status. These results suggest the importance of increasing father involvement in education in promoting mentalhealth status in primary school students.  

Mental Health and Depressive Feeling of Empty-nest Elderly People in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1171-1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lixia Wang ◽  
Wenbo Liu ◽  
Yuhui Liang ◽  
Yuewei Wei
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Empty Nest ◽  
Social Welfare System ◽  
Economic Support ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Difference

Objectives: This paper reports on the first study in China that used nationally representative data to compare mental health and depressive feeling between empty-nest and non-empty-nest elderly people (over 60 years old), and examine whether the health disparities (if any) can be explained by differences in family, emotional, housework, and economic support. Methods: We used the 2010 China General Social Survey and multivariate regression models to examine mental health and depressive feeling of 556 non-empty-nest and 210 empty-nest elderly people in China. Results: After controlling for various socio-demographic characteristics, although the empty-nest elderly were significantly more likely to report depressive feeling and poor mental health than non-empty-nest elderly, the difference was only statistically significant for depressive feeling. Importantly, the disparity in both depressive feeling and mental health can be mediated by differences in family economic support and household economic pressure. Conclusions: Our results highlight the risks of depressive feeling arising from the empty-nest living arrangement of elderly people and suggest that a poorer economic situation may result from decreased mental health. Drawing upon these results, future public policies aimed at improving mental health of empty-nest elderly may need to be more targeted to improve their economic conditions such as ameliorating pension and social welfare system shortcomings.

Urban-rural differences in the effect of empty-nest on mental health and behaviors of Chinese older population

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Xiu-De Li ◽  
Hong-Juan Cao ◽  
Shao-Yu Xie ◽  
Kai-Chun Li ◽  
Kai-Yong Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Empty Nest ◽  
Older Population ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
And Behaviors

scholarly journals Can Yogic Breathing Techniques Like Simha Kriya and Isha Kriya Regulate COVID-19-Related Stress?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manjari Rain ◽  
Balachundhar Subramaniam ◽  
Pramod Avti ◽  
Pranay Mahajan ◽  
Akshay Anand
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Global Impact ◽  
Breathing Techniques ◽  
Yogic Breathing ◽  
Therapeutic Measures ◽  
Related Stress

The global impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is tremendous on human life, not only affecting the physical and mental health of population but also impacting the economic system of countries and individual itself. The present situation demands prompt response toward COVID-19 by equipping the humans with strategies to overcome the infection and stress associated with it. These strategies must not only be limited to preventive and therapeutic measures, but also aim at improving immunity and mental health. This can be achieved by yogic breathing techniques. In this perspective, we emphasize the importance of yogic breathing, Simha Kriya and Isha kriya, the simple yet effective breathing techniques.

scholarly journals Mental Health Classification and Quality of Life of Empty-nest Elderly in China: A Latent Profile Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Su ◽  
Yuqiu Zhou ◽  
Yunjiang Cai ◽  
Yun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Empty Nest ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Health Model ◽  
Mental Health Questionnaire ◽  
Latent Profile

Abstract Background：Latent profile analysis was used to identify the profiles of empty-nest elderly’s mental health. Associations of the profiles with quality of life were then examined. Methods: Three hundred and fifty empty-nest elderly adults in China were investigated with Elderly Mental Health Questionnaire and the Chinese version of the SF-36. Latent profile analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: A three-profile mental health model provided the best fit to the data. The resulting profiles were low mental health, moderate mental health, and high mental health. There were significant differences in quality of life among different profiles of mental health.Conclusion: The results provide a new and expanded view of empty nesters’ mental health, which may be used to improve empty-nest elderly’s quality of life.

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