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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Mental Health Disparities"”.
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Understanding the usage of mental health apps among post-secondary students
… racial students experience a high prevalence of mental disorders yet underutilize health services. Culturally relevant mental health apps that incorporate insights from the targeted population can possibly reduce the mental health disparities that exist among marginalized groups. The study uses a …
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Reimagining Parent and Family Engagement for African American Children and their Families
<p>Achievement gaps and mental health disparities for Black children have been written about extensively and still persist. Closure of these gaps have moved at a glacial pace. These disparities have significant implications for one's sense of agency. Black family voice has remained underutilized. …
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Impact of COVID-19 on Latinx and Black Communities
… have become more conscious of the effects of health disparities within racial and ethnic minorities, which has warranted increased advocacy by educating health and mental health providers and creating and providing resources to these communities and clinicians. The review focused on the health …
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Bridging the Gap: Exploring the Intersection of Formal Mental Health Services and Informal Social Supports in BIPOC Communities
<p>Despite growing awareness of mental health disparities, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities continue to face significant barriers in accessing culturally responsive mental health care. This dissertation explores the intersection between formal mental health services and …
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Social Determinants of Psychosis: An examination of loneliness, stress, discrimination, and neighborhood cohesion in psychotic disorders
… to individuals without any diagnosis of a mental disorder as well as compared to individuals who may have other mental disorders other than psychosis. We further examined racial difference among individuals with psychotic disorders and found that black individuals experienced significantly …
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Re-examining the best interests of child principle. Can this help tamariki and rangatahi Māori achieve the highest attainable standard of mental health?
… to achieve the highest attainable standard of mental health. Although New Zealand has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, which enshrines the “best interests of the child” principle, significant disparities in mental health outcomes remain between tamariki …
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Bisexuality, Biphobia, and its Effects on Sexual Identity, Religious Identity and Mental Health: Examining Clinical Implications
… and bisexual people report poorer physical and mental health, and higher rates of sexual assault (Israel, 2018). Also, biphobia leads to statements that cast doubt on the validity of the bisexual identity, such as “bisexuality is a phase” (Human Rights Campaign, n.d.). This literature review’s …
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Social Relationships and Immigrant Health: Structural and Temporal Perspectives
… of research have paid extensive attention to the health outcomes of immigrants and the implications of their social relationships. Scholars have yet to fully appreciate, however, how immigrants' personal relationships are fundamentally shaped by the structural conditions that encompass their lived …
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Minority stress and depression among Black college students: investigating the protective contributions of faculty support and coping
… environment. Structural inequality, mental health disparities, and the compounding effects of racial and non-racial stress threaten Black students’ psychological well-being and serve as barriers to access to institutional resources. Though effective as primary social support, peer and …
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Ecological Momentary Assessment of Mechanisms Linking Racial Discrimination and Substance Use in Black College Students
… to disproportionate substance use and mental health disparities. This dissertation serves as a methodological blueprint for more nuanced research on racial discrimination and substance use. In the context of a 2025 national climate marked by rolling back racial equity and neglecting …
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This Woman's Work: The Sociopolitical Activism of Bebe Moore Campbell
… the 1960s Black Student Movement, and later as a mental health advocate near the end of her life in 2006. It also analyzes Campbell's first and final novels, Your Blues Ain't Like Mine and 72 Hour Hold (2005) and the direct relationship between her novels and her activist work. Oral history …
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The impact of ACT interventions on psychological flexibility and minority stress within sexual minority groups - a mixed-methods evaluation
… experience disproportionately higher rates of mental health difficulties compared to heterosexual individuals. Meyer’s (2003) Minority Stress (MS) theory explains this disparity, reporting stigmatising processes and stressful social environment that sexual minorities encounter as a unique …
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Nonbinary in a Binary World: The Impact of Identity Concealment and Blending on Nonbinary People’s Mental Health
… of man and woman. Nonbinary people experience mental health disparities related to gender minority stress and discrimination within the United States and other societies that espouse gender binarism. Purpose: The nonbinary community is an understudied population who may experience key …
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"We Were Queens": Historical Loss Among Native Hawaiians: Exploring Historical Trauma-Informed Suicide Prevention
… and/or queer (LGBTQM) Native Hawaiians, face health and mental health disparities that are disproportionate when compared with other racial/ethnic minorities in Hawai`i, and when compared to the United States as a whole. Native Hawaiians have the highest mortality rates for numerous biomedical …
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The interpersonal and mental health implications of the coherence of coming out narratives for a sample of gay men in committed romantic relationships
… out process has been conceptualized as a developmental imperative for those who will eventually accept their same-sex attractions. It is widely accepted that homophobia, heterosexism, and homonegativity are cultural realities that may complicate this developmental process for gay men. The current …
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Designing Accessible Mental Health Care in an Urban Community: Lived Experiences of Key Stakeholders Planning Emergent Community-Based Services
<p>Disparities in mental health care between African Americans and Caucasians have increased significantly since the 1990s, and social determinants such as poverty, access to resources, education, institutionalization, and housing status can have an additional negative influence these disparities …
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Mental Health Literacy of Latina Women in the United States for Their School-Aged Children
<p>Despite known mental health (MH) disparities faced by Latino children relative to children from other minority groups of similar socioeconomic status (SES), little is known about how Latina mothers make MH decisions for their children. The present study examined links between Latina mothers' …
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Diverse Families Navigating Mental Health at the Pediatrician’s Office: A Mixed Methods Exploration of the Interplay of Stress, Culture, and Child Mental Health in the Primary Care Setting
… persistently low participation in traditional mental health care. General pediatricians are often the first and only healthcare providers with whom many families engage around their child’s emotional and behavioral development. Using both quantitative analysis of retrospective secondary data …
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<b>Unpacking Sustainability: An Examination of Factors Influencing Integrated Behavioral Health in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)</b>
… the sustainability of integrated behavioral health (IBH) services in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). As IBH models gain prominence for improving holistic patient care, understanding their long-term viability is important. Behavioral health conditions affect over 58 million U.S. …