Integrative Mental Health

Researchers examine the transformation of work, life, and identity in India as a result of Western corporate and psychological culture.

Can current guidelines for sleep, exercise, and screen time in childhood be linked to positive cognitive outcomes?

Direct access to care in safe locations is key in reducing healthcare costs and increasing quality of life for homeless populations.

A new study examines the preventative effects of school-based mental health care when delivered by school personnel.

A new study finds ideal sleep duration differs in adolescents for peak mental health and academic outcomes.

New research examines factors that make mindfulness interventions in school most effective for adolescent’s mental health outcomes.

Remediating dilapidated physical environments in urban settings can contribute to better mental health.

Researcher Dr. Silke Schwarz highlights how Western psychology’s construction of individual resilience deflects emphasized individual pathology and deflects efforts at structural change.

Researchers examine the relationship between vitamin D and clinical and cognitive symptoms in first-episode psychosis.

Researchers explore efforts to integrate educational psychology and child psychiatry.

Study finds adults with a pro-inflammatory diet have a greater incidence of depression.

New research examines important factors of adherence when prescribing exercise to treat depression.

New study finds that intensive prolonged exposure is a promising treatment option for individuals with multiple trauma experiences.

$24,000 later and no one knew what was wrong with me. They sent me home with a bag of pills. After being in the hospital, I developed a fear and mistrust of doctors. My general practitioner suggested antidepressants. More pills. It was all they could recommend. I wouldn’t take them. My anxiety worsened. I was obsessed with the idea that if I slept, I would die. So, I stayed awake as much as I could. For an entire year, this was how I lived.

A randomized control trial finds that receiving peer support from individuals with similar lived experiences reduces one’s risk of readmission to an acute crisis unit.

Researchers find that nearly half of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) patients experience treatment side effects.

Review finds a need for more rigorous research to increase physical activity in people diagnosed with a severe mental illness (SMI).

Researchers detect discrepancies between the language used to describe lived experiences of mental health and the language used in modern screening tools.

New research demonstrates the lasting effects of mindfulness training on stress and wellbeing among university students.

Research investigates clinicians’ perspectives on best care practices and the complicated realities of providing care in the face of agency limitations and mechanized interventions.

Individualist psychological models of poverty pathologize poor communities, decolonial approaches that emphasize context and interdependence may be more sustainable.

A new study in JAMA Psychiatry found that transcranial magnetic stimulation was no better than placebo for treatment-resistant depression.

A new study examines the effects of midlife exercise on depression and cardiovascular health later in life.

Coordinated care with employment support and family therapy leads to superior outcomes for those diagnosed with psychotic disorders.

A new study investigates the effects of mindfulness-based interventions on employee’s wellbeing across different workplace environments.