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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Mental distress"”.
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Postnatal mental distress : exploring the experiences of professionals, mothers, and significant others
… thesis explores issues related to postnatal mental health from the perspective of professionals, mothers, and significant others. It comprises a literature review, an empirical paper, a critical appraisal of relevant issues, and an ethics section. The literature review reports a …
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A matter of context: cultural and institutional influences on healthcare seeking for mental distress in Lithuania and Spain
Tesis con mención internacional y por compendio de publicaciones
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People in mental distress, police and out-of-hours health services: a qualitative exploratory case study of experiences and the intersect of safeguarding services.
… was to explore the experiences of people in mental distress, who come to the attention of police and healthcare professionals outwith routine hours. Some people in the community call on police officers to help manage their self-harm behaviour, with the intention of preventing serious harm. As …
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No sovereign remedy: distress, madness, and mental health care in Guyana
… is an ethnographic examination of how mental distress is read and understood in Guyana. Through semi-structured qualitative interviews, site observations, media analysis, and document analysis (primary, secondary, tertiary, and grey literature), this research investigates (i) competing …
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An exploratory analysis of gender, sexual orientation and mental health outcomes
Higher rates of mental distress have been reported among gay, lesbian (GLB) and bisexual populations compared to their heterosexual counterparts. This study attempted to build on previous research and explore multiple risk and protective factors associated with mental health outcomes (depressive …
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"Getting together to play football" A participatory action research study with the Positive Mental Attitude Sports Academy
People with experience of mental distress have been identified as being less likely to participate in sport, in comparison to people in other groups characterised by an ongoing health or disability issue. Meanwhile, discourses about the positive effects of engaging in sport and physical activity …
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Mental health in forcibly displaced adults in Germany: Access and barriers to mental health service utilization, the impact of an insecure asylum status, and the moderating effect of perceived social support
… to leave their home country, prevalence rates of mental disorders are comparably high in populations of forcibly displaced people (Bozorgmehr et al., 2016; Gäbel et al., 2006). Even though research in this area is growing, numbers and data vary widely across studies. In addition, although a …
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Help-seeking intentions and perceived stigma : a survey among university students in Iceland
… help-seeking intentions of individuals in mental distress. The aim of this study was to investigate if gender, age, educational level, part-time or full-time studies, marital status, childrearing, employment with school, student loans, living situations, perceived stigma, depressive …
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Excessive Presences: An Ethnography of Experiences of Crisis in the Italian Asylum System
The debate around forced migration and mental health focuses mainly on the effect of stressful experiences on the wellbeing of migrants. Although there is a large body of anthropological literature criticizing the medicalisation of trauma and emphasizing the correlations between restrictive …
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Adolescents’ perceptions of mental health services: an interpretive descriptive study
… Adolescence is a peak period for the onset of mental distress, yet adolescents may not seek help from mental health services. While studies have been conducted on perceptions of mental distress from the perspectives of adolescents with no prior experience of accessing mental health services, …
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A Cross-sectional Study on Korean American Mental Health Challenges and Help-seeking Behavior
<p>Mental distress in the Korean American community remains chronically high yet professional service utilization is amongst the lowest of any ethnic group in the United States. With high rates of co-morbidity in this community, it is critical to utilize a multilevel approach to understand the …
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Beyond Symptom Accumulation: A Lacanian Clinical Approach to Obsession - A Case Study and Theoretical Exposition
… identifying and eradicating discrete symptoms. Mental "disorders" are determined by identifying "pathological" behaviors and superficial symptoms which are then lumped together arbitrarily and labeled as specific "mental illnesses." Despite a gross lack of supporting evidence, these "mental …
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The impact of job insecurity on mental health over time across gender and family responsibility
… evidence that job insecurity leads to increased mental distress, prior studies have not investigated how gender and parental responsibilities may exacerbate this relationship. Since gender and parental responsibilities may interact with job insecurity to produce unique stressors, examining their …
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Shedding Light on the Complex Picture of Psychosocial Factors that Promote Mental Health in Young People
… world about half a billion people suffer from mental health problems each year. Most of such mental distress starts to manifest before or during adolescence. Childhood adversity (CA) is strongly associated with mental health problems. Resilience factors (RFs), such as self-esteem or social …
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Culture and Mental Health Help-Seeking Attitudes in Mexico.
… and 2) Mexican citizens' explanatory models of mental distress. Questionnaire data from 110 Mexican college students indicate that those who report a higher tolerance for stigma report lower endorsement of both the construct of personalismo and the machismo. Respondents who reported more …
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An Investigation of Mental Health and Occupational Stressors Among Farmers in Canada
… In2016, a national survey investigating mental health outcomes among farmers in Canadafound increased levels of mental distress among this population compared to thegeneral public. Farmers are known to face a unique host of occupational stressors, andthe COVID-19 pandemic introduced …
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Being my true self: An existential phenomenological inquiry into how transition influences identity in trans men
… waiting to be seen, who may also be experiencing mental distress, gender dysphoria and related anxiety and depression, include self-medication and counselling. There has been little research into the lived experience of trans male gender transition, specifically in the area of identity and the …
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False Starts: A Collection of Stories
… Their loose thematic connection is that of the mental states of distress and illness like loneliness, frustration, depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and hallucinations. Most of the stories follow a magically real or surreal tone. The stories focus on the interior lives of my characters and …
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