It Takes a Village: Graduate Health Care Students' Perceptions of the Campus Environment to Support Mental Health and Wellness

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 7512505169p1-7512505169p1
Author(s):  
Carol Lambdin-Pattavina ◽  
Meghan Bowler ◽  
Maighan Leblanc ◽  
Jana Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Campus Environment ◽  
Health Care Students ◽  
A Current ◽  
Primary Author

Abstract Date Presented Accepted for AOTA INSPIRE 2021 but unable to be presented due to online event limitations. Health care students are not immune to mental health challenges. An existing mental health crisis and a current climate of uncertainty and unrest call academic institutions to be proactive in providing services and environments that support student mental health and wellness. This mixed-methods study captured perceptions of more than 100 health care students from seven different professions including OT. Results can be used to inform campuswide interventions and enhancements. Primary Author and Speaker: Carol Lambdin-Pattavina Additional Authors and Speakers: Meghan Bowler, Maighan Leblanc, and Jana Montgomery

Innovation Through Virtualization: Crisis Mental Health Care during Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-75
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Hensel ◽  
James M. Bolton ◽  
Danielle Carignan Svenne ◽  
Lori Ulrich
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Transmission Risk ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Crisis Care

The covid-19 pandemic created major challenges for mental health crisis care. Our crisis centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba rapidly virtualized the full spectrum of services offered with remarkable uptake, resulting in avoided hospitalizations and reduced transmission risk for covid-19. We must determine how to best adopt these approaches into post-pandemic crisis care.

scholarly journals Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Data-Driven Policy Platform for a Psychiatric Mental Health Care Workforce

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Rice ◽  
Janette Stalling ◽  
Andrew Monasterio
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Health Care Workforce ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

OBJECTIVE: To describe the development of a data-driven policy platform for psychiatric nurses roles and outcomes to alleviate the current mental health crisis in the United States. METHOD: Drawing on census data, statistical reports, and analysis of the current psychiatric mental health nursing (PMHN) workforce, a data-driven policy platform is designed to recruit, train, and prepare psychiatric nurses for addressing the nation’s mental health crises. RESULTS: As noted by the Institute of Medicine’s 2010 & 2016 reports on the future of nursing, the largest available health care workforce is not being used effectively, particularly to address the nation’s mental health care needs. The development of a data-driven platform provides direction for psychiatric nurses in developing the workforce to meet the national mental health crisis. CONCLUSIONS: From education through practice and research, psychiatric-mental health nursing must build and share a data-driven, relationship-to-care platform emphasizing how PMHN care affects patient outcomes. Using a data-based platform to grow supportive public opinion, psychiatric mental health nursing can build a workforce to modify national accreditation standards and laws supporting data-driven PMHN care. The specialty profession must also seek to modify the nursing profession’s attitude toward embracing data-driven platform of care relationships to psychiatric mental health outcomes.

scholarly journals Mental health crisis and spatial accessibility to mental health services in the city of Toronto: A geographic study

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-213
Author(s):  
Lu Wang ◽  
Joseph Ariwi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Spatial Accessibility ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The City ◽  
Specialized Mental Health

Abstract: Mental illness includes a wide range of disorders that affect mood, thinking, behaviour and overall wellbeing. One in five Canadians has mental health care needs, many of which are unmet. Within the City of Toronto, the provision of specialized mental health care is delivered by over 100 public and private community service organisations and over 700 physicians with a psychiatric specialization - each providing community-based general or specialised care to residents in need. Research has shown that travel distance is an enabling factor of health service utilisation, thus equitable spatial access to services remains a key priority. Using spatial quantitative methods, this study examines potential spatial accessibility to both general and specialized mental health services within the City of Toronto, and levels of statistical association between access to care and prevalence of mental health crisis events. The main datasets analyzed including geo-referenced Census data and occurrence data on mental health crisis (represented by apprehensions under the Mental Health Act undertaken by the Toronto Police Service). The enhanced two-step floating catchment area (E2SFCA) method is used to model spatial accessibility to mental health services based four modes of transportation: driving, walking, cycling and public transit. Areas that are underserved by mental health specialists and mental health community services are identified and shown to have different socioeconomic characteristics. The study reveals spatially explicit patterns of access to various mental health services in Toronto, providing detailed data to inform the planning of and policy on mental health care delivery concerning severe mental health crisis.

scholarly journals Digital Mental Health: The Answer to the Global Mental Health Crisis?

10.2196/18472 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. e18472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany N Rudd ◽  
Rinad S Beidas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Global Mental Health ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Health Prevention ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Prevention And Intervention ◽  
Mental Health Interventions

Digital mental health interventions are often touted as the solution to the global mental health crisis. However, moving mental health care from the hands of professionals and into digital apps may further isolate individuals who need human connection the most. In this commentary, we argue that people, our society’s greatest resource, are as ubiquitous as technology. Thus, we argue that research focused on using technology to support all people in delivering mental health prevention and intervention deserves greater attention in the coming decade.

Mental health crisis of Japanese health care workers under COVID-19.

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (S1) ◽  
pp. S136-S137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miyuki Makino ◽  
Ayako Kanie ◽  
Aiichiro Nakajima ◽  
Yoshitake Takebayashi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Care Workers

scholarly journals The Hidden Crisis: Mental Health on Times of Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christof Heyns, ◽  
Rachel Jewkes, ◽  
Sandra Liebenberg, ◽  
Christopher Mbazira,
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Mental Health Support ◽  
Health Support ◽  
Financial Losses

[This Report links with the video "The policy & practice of drug, alcohol & tobacco use during Covid-19" http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/171 ]. The COVID-19 pandemic is most notably a physical health crisis, but it strongly affects mental health as well. Social isolation, job and financial losses, uncertainty about the real impact of the crisis, and fear for physical well-being affect the mental health of many people worldwide. These stressors can increase emotional distress and lead to depression and anxiety disorders. At the same time, there are enormous challenges on the health care side. People in need of mental health support have been increasingly confronted with limitations and interruptions of mental health services in many countries. In May 2020, the United Nations already warned that the COVID-19 pandemic has the seeds of a major mental health crisis if action is not taken. The panel discussed and analysed mental health in times of the COVID-19 pandemic with reference to South Africa, Nigeria, Germany and Spain.

scholarly journals P149: Do patients presenting to the emergency department with a mental health crisis have access to community healthcare resources?

CJEM ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (S1) ◽  
pp. S110-S110
Author(s):  
C. Thompson ◽  
S. McLeod ◽  
A. Sandre ◽  
B. Borgundvaag
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Mental Health Condition ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Healthcare Resources ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Community Healthcare

Introduction: The emergency department (ED) is often the first point of access to the health care system for patients with an acute mental health crisis. Outpatient resources are limited, typically do not operate after hours, and patients and their families often lack sufficient information on where and how to access mental health services within their communities. The objective of this study was to determine which community healthcare resources patients attempted to access for their mental health condition prior to presenting to the ED. Methods: Between April 2016 to June 2017, a convenience sample of adult ( 18 years) patients presenting to an academic ED (annual census 65,000) with a mental health complaint were invited to complete a 23-item, paper-based survey. The questionnaire was pilot-tested and peer-reviewed for feasibility and comprehension. Results: Of the 200 patients who completed the survey, mean (SD) age was 37 (16) years and 96 (48%) were male. 20 (10%) patients were brought to the ED involuntarily by police services. 175 (88%) had been previously diagnosed with a mental health condition, the most common being depression and/or anxiety (n=134, 67%). 47 (24%) patients indicated they were currently only connected to a primary care provider, while 94 (47%) patients indicated they had existing relationships with multiple mental healthcare providers. 117 (59%) patients attempted to see an alternative healthcare provider prior to coming to the ED. 78 (39%) patients had a pending scheduled appointment with a healthcare provider for their mental health condition, 44 (56%) of which were within 7 days of their ED visit, but chose to seek care in the ED. 38 (19%) patients either had a referral with no appointment date set, or had an impending mental health appointment scheduled more than 30 days from their ED visit. Conclusion: These findings suggest that most patients seeking ED care during a mental health crisis do so despite being connected to alternative healthcare providers and outpatient services. Future studies should attempt to determine reasons why patients with mental health conditions seek care in the ED, and examine barriers to mental health care in the community and outpatient setting.

scholarly journals Digital Mental Health: The Answer to the Global Mental Health Crisis? (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany N Rudd ◽  
Rinad S Beidas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Global Mental Health ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Health Prevention ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Prevention And Intervention ◽  
Mental Health Interventions

UNSTRUCTURED Digital mental health interventions are often touted as the solution to the global mental health crisis. However, moving mental health care from the hands of professionals and into digital apps may further isolate individuals who need human connection the most. In this commentary, we argue that people, our society’s greatest resource, are as ubiquitous as technology. Thus, we argue that research focused on using technology to support all people in delivering mental health prevention and intervention deserves greater attention in the coming decade.

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