Burnout Risks of Filipino College Students during the Covid- 19 Pandemic: A Basis for Institutional Mental Health Program

Student burnout is a concept born out of the occupational syndrome of working adults. In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and shift of learning from face-to-face to online, people have experienced mental health issues in terms of burnout, especially among college students. With no mental health program in place in many higher education institutions, there is a need to find out students' burnout risks and status. This study used a modified survey questionnaire from the American Public Welfare Association to determine the burnout risks of the 245 student participants of a university in the northern Philippines. Results showed that the participants have moderate to high risks for burnout, especially the female students. These students already need interventional measures to combat their present mental health problems. It is thus recommended that future researchers be done on burnout that studies the different student constructs of burnout to formulate a more comprehensive mental health program specifically designed for students.

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Pracitcum report: virtual mental health program

10.24124/2021/59205 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Michelle Bembridge

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Health Program ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Mental Health Program ◽

Small Communities ◽

Delivery Options

People who reside in rural areas are faced with ongoing barriers to accessing mental health services. A number of aspects of rural life such as the rural community, social networks, and limited access to service all have particular implications for people experiencing mental health issues. Additional issues such as the effect of rural culture on help-seeking for mental illness, the lack of anonymity in small communities and the difficulty to maintain confidence, and mental health and addictions stigma may further impact the recognition, treatment, and maintenance of mental health problems for people in rural and remote locations. Providing mental health services to residents in these places requires creative and flexible service delivery options. This practicum report details my experience with the Virtual Mental Health Program at Alberta Health Services and highlights the role that social workers play in delivering mental health services in underserved locations as well as the potentials for further developing these services.

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Self-harm and the COVID-19 pandemic: a study of factors contributing to self-harm during lockdown restrictions

10.1101/2020.12.04.20244129 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Keith Hawton ◽

Karen Lascelles ◽

Fiona Brand ◽

Deborah Casey ◽

Liz Bale ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Health Issues ◽

Related Factors ◽

Delivery Of Care ◽

Face To Face ◽

Characteristics Method ◽

Suicide Intent ◽

Self Harm ◽

The Impact

ABSTRACTIntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health measures may have major impacts on mental health, including on self-harm. We have investigated what factors related to the pandemic influenced hospital presentations following self-harm during lockdown in England.MethodMental health clinicians assessing individuals aged 18 years and over presenting to hospitals in Oxford and Derby following self-harm during the period March 23rd to 17th May 2020 recorded whether the self-harm was related to the impact of COVID- 19 and, if so, what specific factors were relevant. These factors were organized into a classification scheme. Information was also collected on patients’ demographic characteristics, method of self-harm and suicide intent.ResultsOf 228 patients assessed, in 46.9% (N=107) COVID-19 and lockdown restrictions were identified as influencing self-harm. This applied more to females than males (53.5%, N=68/127 v 38.6%, N=39/101, χ2 = 5.03, p=0.025), but there were no differences in age, methods of self-harm or suicide intent between the two groups. The most frequent COVID-related factors were mental health issues, including new and worsening disorders, and cessation or reduction of services (including absence of face-to-face support), isolation and loneliness, reduced contact with key individuals, disruption to normal routine, and entrapment. Multiple, often inter- connected COVID-related factors were identified in many patients.ConclusionsCOVID-related factors were identified as influences in nearly half of individuals presenting to hospitals following self-harm in the period following introduction of lockdown restrictions. Females were particularly affected. The fact that mental health problems, including issues with delivery of care, predominated has implications for organisation of services during such periods. The contribution of isolation, loneliness and sense of entrapment highlight the need for relatives, friends and neighbours to be encouraged to reach out to others, especially those living alone. The classification of COVID-related factors can be used as an aide-memoire for clinicians.

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Mental Health: Promoting Awareness Through 3D Animated Short Film

International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering - Special Issue ◽

10.35940/ijitee.k1034.09811s219 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (11S2) ◽

pp. 219-229

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Short Film ◽

Health Issues ◽

3 Dimensional ◽

Working Adults ◽

Mental Health Issues ◽

Health Promoting ◽

The Media

Having a mental health problem quite upsetting, confusing and scary at first. The scares often be filled with negative thoughts that can be unrealistic way to happen just like been shown on the media. Mental health is a common human experience, but by having the mental illness is something that needs the treatment. Some of people living in current times causing depression, anxiety and many others of mental health problems. Some young working adults struggle with emotional and physical issues as they leave university, before or maybe in working world. The aim of the research is to study about the mental health issues among the animators or artists in creative industry and it will be focus on the visualising the issues arise in animation in certain medium which is in 3D (3-Dimensional) animation. With this research, we hoped that it will increase the knowledge to people about mental illness that been faced by the animators and can create the awareness regarding mental health issues through the animation.

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Integration of General Practitioners and Mental Health Services: The Northern Queensland Integrated Mental Health Program

Australian Journal of Primary Health ◽

10.1071/py99016 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 20

Author(s):

Maureen Alsop ◽

Kristine Battye

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

General Practice ◽

Mental Health Service ◽

Health Service ◽

Mental Health Professionals ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Health Program ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Mental Health Program ◽

Integrated Mental Health

The Integrated Mental Health Program is a joint initiative of the Northern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice, Townsville Division of General Practice, and the Townsville District Integrated Mental Health Service (IMHS).The program seeks to empower general practitioners (GPs) to meet current gaps in mental health service delivery in North Queensland, and establish better liaison and integration of services provided by GPs and by hospital and community based mental health professionals. Sixty-three GPs and twenty-four mental health professionals were interviewed across the two divisions to identify barriers encountered in the management of people with mental health problems. The barriers identified fell into three broad categories: those related to referral, to discharge, and to communication. A two-week audit of the IMHS intake and discharge processes provided further data to clarify the difficulties involved in the integrated management of patients with mental health problems. Two-week audits are to be conducted at six monthly intervals throughout the course of the program as a tool for evaluation of the program's effectiveness. General findings from the audit indicate that, although the levelof GP referrals judged by mental health professionals to be inappropriate is low, the lack of information GPs provide when referring may create ambiguity regarding the appropriateness of their referrals, thus creating the perception that they make inappropriate referrals at a higher rate than is in fact the case. Strategies for improving communication between GPs and existing mental health services are being explored, with early initiatives towards a system of shared care being developed.

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Research on the countermeasures of college students’ mental health education under the background of the epidemic

International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education ◽

10.1177/00207209211005261 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002072092110052

Author(s):

Huifang Wang ◽

Longqin Jia

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

College Students ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Unmet Need ◽

Health Problems ◽

Psychological Problems ◽

Face To Face ◽

Large Fluctuations ◽

Scale Test ◽

And Control

In 2020, the epidemic spread rapidly and frightening. During the period of epidemic prevention and control, college students did not go out and lived in isolation at home, so some students had mental health problems, such as the lack of normal face-to-face social interaction, the unmet need to talk; family contradictions occurred from time to time, resulting in large fluctuations in college students’ mental health. This paper analyzes the causes of college students’ psychological problems under the background of the epidemic situation, and carries out the experimental data collection and statistical analysis in the form of scale test and telephone interview. The results show that college students are prone to psychological problems in the context of the epidemic, and senior students and female students are more likely to have psychological problems. This paper provides a theoretical basis for solving the mental health problems of college students, and has important reference significance.

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