Journal of Mental Health

INTRODUCTION: Workplace trauma in mental health settings is defined as exposure to verbal and physical aggression, witnessing self-harm or hearing about patients' histories of abuse. Support for workplace trauma is important for staff well-being, staff retention and ultimately patient care. Assessing the extent and adequacy of staff support for workplace trauma in mental health settings is important in identifying areas of need and good practice. AIM: To determine what staff support systems are in place for workplace trauma in mental health services across England...

BACKGROUND: Common mental health problems (CMHP) are prevalent among junior doctors and medical students, and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenging situations with education disruptions, early graduations, and front-line work. CMHPs can have detrimental consequences on clinical safety and healthcare colleagues; thus, it is vital to assess the overall prevalence and available interventions to provide institutional-level support. AIMS: This overview summarises the prevalence of CMHPs from existing published systematic reviews and informs public health prevention and early intervention practice...

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BACKGROUND: Students who identify with a chronic physical condition are a growing population and their conditions may be associated with poor mental well-being. AIM: To compare suicidal ideation prevalence between Canadian school-attending young adults with and without a chronic physical condition. We hypothesized that students living with a chronic condition have a higher likelihood of experiencing suicidal ideation. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a nationally representative sample of 2297 Canadian school-attending young adults (ages 15-29 years) from the 2012-13 Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health (CCHS-MH)...

BACKGROUND: Substance use amongst young people poses developmental and clinical challenges, necessitating early detection and treatment. Considering the widespread use of technology in young people, delivering interventions digitally may help to reduce and monitor their substance use. AIMS: We conducted a systematic review and two meta-analyses to assess the effectiveness of digital interventions for reducing substance use (alcohol, smoking, and other substances) among young people aged 10 to 24 years old...

BACKGROUND: Recovery Colleges are an innovative approach to promoting personal recovery for people experiencing mental illness. AIMS: This study was to explore experiences of students, supporters, staff, educators and external stakeholders (i.e. partner organisations) of a pilot Recovery College in the Australian Capital Territory (ACTRC), and the impact of participation in the College for students and supporters. METHODS: ACTRC students, supporters, staff and educators, and external stakeholders were invited to participate in a mixed-method evaluation via an online survey, interviews and/or focus groups...

BACKGROUND: There has been a shift to implement human rights-based approaches in acute mental health care due to increasing concerns around quality of care. National Health Service (NHS) Trusts have a legal duty to uphold a person's human rights, therefore it is important to understand what any barriers might be. Using psychological theory may help to develop this understanding. AIM: To test whether the theory of planned behaviour can be an effective model in understanding mental health professionals' intentions to work using a human rights-based approach...

BACKGROUND: Two of the most common modifiable barriers to help-seeking for mental health problems during adolescence are stigma and poor mental health literacy. However, relatively little is known about stigma as it relates to suicide, and knowledge about suicidality in this age group. AIMS: To assess levels of suicide literacy and suicide attitudes in an adolescent sample, and to identify correlates of these constructs. METHODS: Data were drawn from the pre-intervention survey of the Sources of Strength Australia Project...

BACKGROUND: LGBTQ+ young people have elevated rates of poor mental health in comparison to their cisgender heterosexual peers. School environment is a key risk factor and consistently associated with negative mental health outcomes for LGBTQ+ adolescents. AIMS: To examine how, why, for whom and in what context school-based interventions prevent or reduce mental health problems in LGBTQ+ adolescents. METHODS: A realist review methodology was utilised and focused on all types of school-based interventions and study designs...

BACKGROUND: Averting incidents of patient self-harm is an ongoing challenge in acute inpatient mental health settings. Novel technologies that do not require continuous human visual monitoring and that maintain patient privacy may support staff in managing patient safety and intervening proactively to prevent self-harm incidents. AIM: To assess the effect of implementing a contact-free vision-based patient monitoring and management (VBPMM) system on the rate of bedroom self-harm incidents...

AIM: This study aimed to understand the influence of clinical instructors' caring behavior on the psychological well-being of student nurses. DESIGN: This study survey used the quantitative cross-sectional research design. METHOD: The sample comprised 405 Saudi nursing students studying at Shaqra University. The study used two instruments: the "Nursing Students' Perceptions of Instructor Caring" and the "Student Well-being Process Questionnaire...

BACKGROUND: A significant portion of suicides are precipitated by interpersonal relationship problems. AIMS: To examine demographic and clinical correlates of any intimate partner conflicts (IPC) and other interpersonal conflicts (OPC) as suicide precipitants. METHODS: We analyzed data on 92,805 (72,628 male; 20,177 female) adult suicide decedents from the 2017 to 2019 U.S. National Violent Death Reporting System, using multinomial and binary logistic regression models...

BACKGROUND: Self-harm behaviors (performed with either lethal and non-lethal intentions) are common, especially among individuals suffering from mood disorders, and the reasons individuals self-harm vary both by person and by the type of behavior. Understanding these variations may help clinicians determine levels of risk more accurately. AIMS: To understand whether culture and gender are associated with the likelihood of engaging in specific self-harm behaviors and whether the intention (lethal, ambivalent, non-lethal) of these behaviors vary with culture and gender...

BACKGROUND: Research on the pandemic-related burnout has focused on work-related burnout especially among healthcare workers, but not in the general population. AIM: To develop a valid and reliable instrument scale to measure pandemic-related burnout in the general population. METHODS: We took several steps to develop the scale items and achieve content and face validity; literature review, panel of experts, calculation of content validity ratio, and cognitive interviews...

BACKGROUND: Major depressive disorder and heavy-episodic drinking are risk factors for the development of anxiety. However, the interactive effect between these constructs for predicting anxiety symptoms remains understudied. AIMS: This study sought to examine how major depressive disorder moderates the relationship between heavy-episodic drinking frequency and the development of anxiety symptoms in adolescence and emerging adulthood among a sample of justice-involved youth, with expectations that the salience of this relationship may differ based on life-course stage...

BACKGROUND: Newspapers that address mental disorders affect health care positively or negatively and can affect the public's perspective with the way they explain mental disorders. AIMS: To examine the representation of news about mental disorders published in Turkish newspapers. METHODS: Using the document analysis method, 230 news about mental disorders published in the six most read newspapers in 2022 were examined. RESULTS: It has been concluded that the descriptive characteristics of individuals with mental disorders are often stated, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders are mentioned most, mental disorders are associated with delinquency and violent behaviour, these people are mostly represented by being detained as a result of the events, and negative concepts are frequently used in newspaper reports...

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BACKGROUND: Accommodating and addressing the beliefs and attitudes of Muslim patients, means designing culturally competent mental health services. Practicing Muslims around the world often use the Qur'an when seeking guidance for health. AIMS: The aim of this study was to identify interventions using the Qur'an as a promoting factor for mental health. METHODS: The paucity of academic literature in the area meant a systematic scoping review of the evidence was appropriate...

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BACKGROUND: The empirical literature on the lived experience of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is limited, divergent, and largely focused on the experiences of procedures, (adverse) effects, information provision, or decision-making. AIMS: This study aimed to investigate aspects related to the lived experience and meaning-making of people who have had ECT. METHOD: In-depth interviews with 21 women (21-65 years old) were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)...