Mental health as a public health concern

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Y. S. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on socioeconomic and mental health aspects in Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (8) ◽  
pp. 748-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kritika Poudel ◽  
Pramod Subedi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Psychosocial Effects ◽  
Safety Nets ◽  
The People

Background: Public health concern is increasing with recent rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Nepal. To curb this pandemic, Nepal is facing some forms of lockdown, encouraging people to implement social distancing so as to reduce interactions between people which could eventually reduce the possibilities of new infection; however, it has affected the overall physical, mental, social and spiritual health of the people. Methods: Published articles related to psychosocial effects due to COVID-19 and other outbreaks were searched and reviewed. Conclusion: While many countries are supporting their citizens with sophisticated health safety-nets and various relief funds, some developing countries have unique challenges with vulnerable populations and limited resources to respond to the pandemic. This review presents the consequences of pandemic and lockdown on socioeconomic, mental health and other aspects in Nepalese society.

Driving Frequency and Its Impact on Road Rage Offending and Victimization: A View From Opportunity Theory

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 602-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Asbridge ◽  
Jennifer Butters
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Driving Frequency ◽  
Road Rage ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Opportunity Theory ◽  
Using Data

Road rage has been described as a key criminal justice and public health concern. Although research attention to this issue has expanded dramatically, most of this work has focused on the identification of predisposing individual factors. It is equally important to begin to assess those factors that may modify the likelihood of road rage including the broader structural opportunities that are connected with the propensity to be involved in a road rage incident. Drawing on opportunity theory, this article examines whether there is a relationship between increased opportunities to be involved in road rage and an increased likelihood of being a road rage victim or offender. The analysis is further extended to specifically test whether this relationship is linear, thereby examining the applicability of the opportunity saturation hypothesis. Using data from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Monitor, our findings support both the application of opportunity theory to understanding road rage and the presence of opportunity saturation. Although a clear relationship exists between kilometers driven and experiences of road rage, evidence emerged suggesting there may be a threshold whereby increased opportunities for road rage do not lead to road rage behavior.

Mental health is an urgent public health concern

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy P. Hanrahan ◽  
Gail W. Stuart ◽  
Kathleen R. Delaney ◽  
Connie Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern

scholarly journals Using an Adapted Case Study Approach to Understand Rural Veteran Experiences in Patient Engagement and Patient-Centered Care Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara A. Zamora ◽  
Traci H. Abraham ◽  
Christopher J. Koenig ◽  
Coleen C. Hill ◽  
Jeffrey M. Pyne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Patient Engagement ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Study Approach

How to best engage rural veterans in mental health care is challenging and a topic of public health concern. Rural-dwelling veterans experience greater mental health burden and poorer outcomes than their urban counterparts, making rural veteran engagement in mental health care a public health concern. In this article, we describe how institutional notions of “patient engagement” align with or diverge from rural veteran patient experiences of engagement in mental health care. Using an adapted case study approach developed for our study, we detail the mental health care experiences of three rural-dwelling veteran participants. These case studies illustrate varied forms of mental health care engagement, including use of community resources and self-management activities, that might not be recognized by clinicians as contributing to mental health treatment. Our findings highlight how critical gaps in institutional definitions of care engagement fail to acknowledge veterans’ experiences.

scholarly journals Common Agents used in parasuicide in Buffalo City

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Kiran Sukeri
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Health Facility ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Preventive Strategies ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Health Unit ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Mental Health Unit

<p><strong>Background.</strong> Parasuicide is a serious public health concern. Understanding the methods used will help in developing preventive strategies.</p><p><strong>Objective.</strong> To investigate the agent(s) used in parasuicide attempts by individuals aged 10 - 20 years in Buffalo City (which includes the municipalities of East London, King William’s Town and Bhisho in the Eastern Cape).</p><p><strong>Method.</strong> All referrals for parasuicide to the East London Mental Health Unit, the only mental health facility servicing Buffalo City, for the period January 2006 to December 2008 were analysed with regard to age, agent(s), number of attempts and psychiatric disorder.</p><p><strong>Results.</strong> Of 1 169 patients referred after parasuicide by ingestion of substances, 360 (31%) were between the ages of 10 and 20 years. Eighty-three per cent were female and 17% male. Cattle dip was the commonest agent used, followed by amitriptyline.<strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Conclusion.</strong> The study showed that organophosphates were the commonest agent used in parasuicide in Buffalo City and that the incidence of parasuicide was higher in females than in males.</p>

scholarly journals Not Flourishing Mental Health Is Associated with Higher Risks of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-48
Author(s):  
Isabelle Doré ◽  
Jennifer O’Loughlin ◽  
Marie-Pierre Sylvestre ◽  
Catherine Michelle Sabiston ◽  
Guy Beauchamp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions

Youth mental health is a major public health concern. This study assesses whether baseline and short-term changes in mental health predict anxiety and depressive symptoms in college students. Not flourishing mental health at baseline was a risk factor for high levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Compared to participants with stable flourishing mental health, those who declined to not flourishing and those who were stable not flourishing had increased risks of high anxiety and depressive symptoms. Assessing mental health may be effective in predicting mental disorder symptoms and supports the need for mental health promotion interventions.

scholarly journals Ambient temperature and mental health hospitalizations in Bern, Switzerland: A 45-year time-series study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0258302
Author(s):  
Marvin Bundo ◽  
Evan de Schrijver ◽  
Andrea Federspiel ◽  
Andrea Toreti ◽  
Elena Xoplaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Warm Season ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern

Background Psychiatric disorders constitute a major public health concern that are associated with substantial health and socioeconomic burden. Psychiatric patients may be more vulnerable to high temperatures, which under current climate change projections will most likely increase the burden of this public health concern. Objective This study investigated the short-term association between ambient temperature and mental health hospitalizations in Bern, Switzerland. Methods Daily hospitalizations for mental disorders between 1973 and 2017 were collected from the University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in Bern. Population-weighted daily mean ambient temperatures were derived for the catchment area of the hospital from 2.3-km gridded weather maps. Conditional quasi-Poisson regression with distributed lag linear models were applied to assess the association up to three days after the exposure. Stratified analyses were conducted by age, sex, and subdiagnosis, and by subperiods (1973–1989 and 1990–2017). Additional subanalyses were performed to assess whether larger risks were found during the warm season or were due to heatwaves. Results The study included a total number of 88,996 hospitalizations. Overall, the hospitalization risk increased linearly by 4.0% (95% CI 2.0%, 7.0%) for every 10°C increase in mean daily temperature. No evidence of a nonlinear association or larger risks during the warm season or heatwaves was found. Similar estimates were found across for all sex and age categories, and larger risks were found for hospitalizations related to developmental disorders (29.0%; 95% CI 9.0%, 54.0%), schizophrenia (10.0%; 95% CI 4.0%, 15.0%), and for the later rather than the earlier period (5.0%; 95% CI 2.0%, 8.0% vs. 2.0%; 95% CI -3.0%, 8.0%). Conclusions Our findings suggest that increasing temperatures could negatively affect mental status in psychiatric patients. Specific public health policies are urgently needed to protect this vulnerable population from the effects of climate change.

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