Mental Health

Global health issues are a global burden and are relatively common in industrialized societies. The World Health Organization and researchers have developed and rebuilt tools to report the burden of disease affecting mortality and health of the people. Apart from America and Europe, which are at an average of global burden for mental health disease, in some regions it is a major priority to be addressed globally. In South East Asia, one of the affected regions is Kashmir, Northern Indian. Disasters have manifested in various forms encompassing the natural calamities of earthquake, flood, landslides and manmade calamities of violence. Trauma due to manmade calamities has taken over as a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among the most productive working age group of 12-35 years. The chapter aims to understand the patterns of resilience in people surviving war and conflict in Kashmir over last 60 years. The focus is on the young population of society. Generations in Kashmir have faced the psychosocial impact of ongoing political conflict since the 1980's.

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HAPPINESS FACING TO THE PERFIDIOUS AND INVISIBLE CHALLENGE OF COVID-19

Business Excellence and Management ◽

10.24818/beman/2020.s.i.1-05 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol S.I. (1) ◽

pp. 60-66

Author(s):

Alexandru Trifu ◽

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

World Health Organization ◽

Field Data ◽

World Health ◽

Economic Recovery ◽

The People ◽

The World ◽

Economic Infrastructure ◽

Health Organization

In this study we are dealing with a new aspect of the problem in discussion that is the pursuing of Happiness, supported by institutions and regulations in the domain, but in moments of disturbances, in moments of crisis. We need to have goals, actions to be accomplished, in order to achieve the desired state of satisfaction or Happiness that anyone can have. We are in the presence of a double determination: the first one is represented by the material, especially money background, influencing the life and activities of households and entities and, the second one is represented by the reverse action that is of Happiness affecting the management and the activities of individuals, households and firms/organizations. The survey of the literature in the field, data from the World Health Organization, from the national authorities, analyses of the specialists in healthcare and economics, reports of the people in difficult health and economic situations are used in order to be able to synthesize the situation at this moment and possible forecasts regarding medical healing and economic recovery of the countries. Nothing is hard to manage, if you have knowledge, required abilities/skills to anticipate challenges or to make fast and right decisions, altogether at Micro and Macro-levels, in the benefit of all parts involved in. The huge interest is to reestablish the economies, mental health of people, i.e. the elements of a functional economic infrastructure.

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Technological Issues in Emotional and Mental Health

Advances in Psychology, Mental Health, and Behavioral Studies - Psycho-Social Perspectives on Mental Health and Well-Being ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-1185-5.ch010 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 204-216

Author(s):

Suresh K. ◽

Manimozhi G. ◽

Elango M.

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Media ◽

Emotional Health ◽

World Health ◽

Emotional Wellbeing ◽

Negative Effects ◽

The People ◽

Good Mental Health ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Health Organization

In the 21st century, people are connecting with technology, and most of the people are spending time in social networks for sharing information. For the most part, spending time on social media is linked with an increased risk of loneliness and depression. Negative effects of social media and social network are affecting the person's mental, emotional, and physical health. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 8,000,000 people are dying due to suicide every year, and especially, every 40 seconds teenagers are dying. Generally, most of the teenagers are emotionally imbalanced; most of the suicide is committed on high depression. Depression is the foremost cause of emotional and mental illness. Emotional health is a state of emotional wellbeing, and it's a hidden and invisible factor as well as a factor for good mental health; mental health is a deep-seated problem for most humans. With this background, this chapter discusses the emotional and mental health with respect to technological issues.

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Technological Issues in Emotional and Mental Health

Research Anthology on Mental Health Stigma, Education, and Treatment ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-8544-3.ch005 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 83-93

Author(s):

Suresh K. ◽

Manimozhi G. ◽

Elango M.

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Media ◽

Emotional Health ◽

World Health ◽

Emotional Wellbeing ◽

Negative Effects ◽

The People ◽

Good Mental Health ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Health Organization

In the 21st century, people are connecting with technology, and most of the people are spending time in social networks for sharing information. For the most part, spending time on social media is linked with an increased risk of loneliness and depression. Negative effects of social media and social network are affecting the person's mental, emotional, and physical health. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 8,000,000 people are dying due to suicide every year, and especially, every 40 seconds teenagers are dying. Generally, most of the teenagers are emotionally imbalanced; most of the suicide is committed on high depression. Depression is the foremost cause of emotional and mental illness. Emotional health is a state of emotional wellbeing, and it's a hidden and invisible factor as well as a factor for good mental health; mental health is a deep-seated problem for most humans. With this background, this chapter discusses the emotional and mental health with respect to technological issues.

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Trauma Intervention in Sub-Saharan African Children: A Systematic Literature Review

Trauma Violence & Abuse ◽

10.1177/1524838017717747 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 453-469

Author(s):

Tiamo Katsonga-Phiri ◽

Kathryn E. Grant ◽

Molly Brown

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Resources ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

World Health ◽

African Countries ◽

The People ◽

Qualitative Systematic Review ◽

The World ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Health Organization

Sub-Saharan Africa is a part of the world that is highly affected by a large number of atrocities, causing a myriad of financial, physical health, and mental health consequences. Yet, unfortunately, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), this is also the part of the world that is least served by mental health services. In response, the WHO has created mandates to increase mental health resources and capacity in all countries. Researchers have taken on the work of introducing and adapting treatments in various sub-Saharan African countries with an aim to create sustainable, evidence-based treatment in a part of the world with high need. The current qualitative systematic review of the literature examines 20 articles that report on research conducted in sub-Saharan African countries with children who have suffered different types of traumas. This review answers questions concerning the types of treatments used, the people administering the treatments, the measures they take to adapt these treatments, and the types of outcomes that are seen. Overall, the majority of treatments being used are shown to be effective with the associated populations.

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Environmental Risk Factors on Suicide of Children and Young People

International Journal for Population Data Science ◽

10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.903 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Ann John ◽

Marcos Del Pozo Banos ◽

Keith Lloyd

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Suicide Risk ◽

Conditional Logistic Regression ◽

World Health ◽

Health Issues ◽

Number Of Factors ◽

Self Harm ◽

Suicide Risk Factors ◽

Health Organization

IntroductionThe World Health Organization recognizes suicide as a public health priority. Recent studies have focused on health care contacts for those who complete suicide to highlight opportunities for intervention. In Wales, electronic health records (EHR) are routinely collected, providing an invaluable opportunity for researching suicide risk factors. Objectives and ApproachWe aim at linking primary and secondary EHRs to identify suicide risk factors for those between 10 and 24 years of age. We linked 7 different demographic and health datasets from the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage Databank UK, and identified a total of 471 cases between 2001 and 2015, 10 matched controls of same gender and age (±1 year), as well as cases’ and controls’ mothers. We measured a number of factors from primary and secondary care including self-harm, mental health issues and drugs and alcohol misuse. We used conditional logistic regression to conduct our analyses. ResultsPreliminary results suggest that environmental factors extracted from cohabitants and mothers have a statistically significant effect even after adjusting for deprivation. Self-harm, possible maltreatment and alcohol and drugs misuse seem to be strongest factors of those studied. Factors related to mental health have smaller and more complex effects when adjusting for deprivation. Conclusion/ImplicationsOur preliminary analysis indicate that EHR can be linked to study the effect of the environment on suicide risk. Once completed, we hope this study will help to identify other suicide risk factors, improve our knowledge of the mechanisms underlying suicide and help to identify opportunities for intervention and improve care.

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Balanced : An Application To Improve Mental Health

ITM Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/itmconf/20214003035 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

pp. 03035

Author(s):

Mrunal Bhalerao ◽

Trisha Lewis ◽

Raj Salvi ◽

Rakhi Kalantri

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Well Being ◽

World Health ◽

Mental Health Issue ◽

Android Application ◽

Health Issues ◽

Mental Health Issues ◽

Health Organization ◽

And Behavior ◽

Suitable Change

Mental health reflects a person's emotional, psychological, and social well-being. A report by World Health Organization suggests that India is the most depressed country in the world. Hence, the idea is to develop an end-to-end solution for identifying and treating mentalhealth issues. This paper aims to develop an application to keep track of user's behaviour, both online and offline, to understand and identify the possible mental health issues using various analytical and psychological methodologies. The target users of this application would be the individuals just above the age of 18 which fall under the category of working class. Postidentification, the user is recommended a suitable change in his routine and behavior which would lead to a better lifestyle.Mental illnesses detection is a challenging undertaking because a misdiagnosis can lead to catastrophic consequences.Hence, our android application will take the necessary steps to accurately identify and treat the mental health issue.

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Global mental health – problem and response

International Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/s174936760000638x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 1-2

Author(s):

Hamid Ghodse

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Substance Misuse ◽

Global Mental Health ◽

World Health ◽

Global Burden ◽

Brain Disorders ◽

Huge Number ◽

Brain Disorder ◽

The World ◽

Health Organization

According to the World Health Organization, 450 million people in the world currently suffer from some form of mental or brain disorder, including alcohol and substance misuse. Within this huge number, 121 million people suffer from depression, and more than 800 000 people die by suicide each year, with young people accounting for well over half of these. Projections from 1990 to 2020 suggest that, in future, the proportion of the global burden of all disease accounted for by mental and brain disorders will increase to 15%.

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The Impact of Noise on Hearing in Intensive Care Unit Nurses

Acta Medica ◽

10.32552/0.actamedica.386 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 38-43

Author(s):

Süheyla Abitağaoğlu ◽

Alev Öztaş ◽

Fatma Şimşek Ceviz ◽

Ceren Köksal ◽

Tuğba Aslan Dündar ◽

...

Keyword(s):

High Frequency ◽

World Health ◽

Hearing Level ◽

Mean Values ◽

Normal Limits ◽

The People ◽

Working Age ◽

The Mean ◽

Health Organization ◽

The Impact

Introduction: The noise levels in the ICUs exceed the levels suggested by the World Health Organization, because of the noises caused by devices and human noises. The aim of this study is to retrospectively examine the changes in audiometry results of nurses working in ICU. Methods: The audiometry results of nurses who worked for an uninterrupted period of 1 year in ICU in the last 3 years were examined retrospectively based on the results recorded at the time of employment and in the last year of working. Age, gender, years of work, assessments of hearing level and high frequency hearing losses were recorded. The normal level of hearing was accepted as 0-25dB. Results: Totally 10 male (25.6%), 29 female (74.4%) were included in the study. The mean age was 26.97 ± 4.69 years and the mean time of employment was 1.82 ± 0.91 years. The mean values of pure tone levels during the years of working were within the normal limits but a significant increase was observed. Two subjects (5.1 %) were confirmed to have high frequency hearing loss. Discussion and Conclusion: We believe that safety of the staff might be improved by reducing the level of noise in the ICUs and identifying the people at risk with yearly audiometry follow-ups.

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Covid-19 Pandemic: Mental Dynamics of Quarantine and Social Isolation

Journal of Behavior Therapy And Mental Health ◽

10.14302/issn.2474-9273.jbtm-20-3497 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 15-21

Author(s):

Jainish Patel ◽

Prittesh Patel

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Emotional Health ◽

World Health ◽

Effective Vaccine ◽

Health Issues ◽

Psychological Issues ◽

Social Distancing ◽

Life Threatening ◽

Come Into The Market ◽

Health Organization

This paper explores the two major preventive concepts of the unpredictable life-threatening viral infection caused by Coronavirus that is ravaging the entire world from the beginning of the year 2020, as it pertains to mental health. Through scientific consultations, the expectation is that effective vaccine for the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) may not come into the market this year. Two (among others) preventive measures, namely Social Distancing and Quarantine are suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO). Using the principle of explorative research, this study established the flipside of quarantine and social distancing from the metal health perspective. It was discovered that there is a relationship between a long period of self-isolation and a high probability of concerned persons having anxiety, stress, and depression, which gradually leads to mental and emotional health issues. Consequently, mental health affects the overall health and affects how we handle different situations during the Covid-19 pandemic. By considering this important matter, this article recommended different ways to improve mental health during the pandemic in the quest to keep oneself away from psychological issues arising due to the Covid-19 situation.

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