Tag: mental health

Loneliness was found to both predict and be reinforced by severe common mental disorders.

A review of the literature demonstrates that coercive practices lack empirical support and violate human rights.

Major study finds that economic deprivation and a lack of social capital are driving increasing rates of suicide in the U.S.

Clinicians play a key role in empowering adolescents and their parents to make decisions about their mental health treatment.

The alternative treatment model of Soteria helps individuals suffering from schizophrenia without relying on medication or coercion.

Psychoeducation that explains depression in biological terms increases prognostic pessimism, perceived stability of depression, and openness to psychiatric medication.

Study explores the emotional and embodied experience of individuals undergoing a first crisis in psychosis.

Researchers investigate service users' lived experiences and their views on mental disorder classifications.

Social scientists explore how psychiatry’s use of biotechnology is being used to reinvent and secure the idea of the disordered brain

Clinical mental health research that includes community participation circumvents problems with traditional research.

MIA’s Justin Karter interviews critical psychiatrist and philosopher Pat Bracken about the necessity of challenging received wisdom.

Drawing on the relationship between nature and wellbeing, researchers propose a model to improve community environments to improve mental health.

Analysis suggests that Open Dialogue aligns with human rights-based perspectives on mental health care.

An understanding of the importance of social risk factors in mental health outcomes has professionals calling for better models and integrated treatments.

Teacher’s personal wellbeing plays a role in students’ mental health outcomes, suggests a new study.

New research synthesizes insights from 45 studies to construct a conceptual framework relating different elements of recovery narratives to trauma-informed approaches to care.

A new study suggests proximity to green space as a child is linked to lower rates of mental health issues in adulthood.

A new systematic review illustrates features of the relationship between anxiety and school attendance patterns.

The first ever population-level study of the brain-gut connection in humans finds evidence for a link between gut bacteria and mental health.

Climate change-related extreme weather and increasing temperatures associated with higher rates of mental health challenges.

A new paper explores how the disputed nature of psychiatric knowledge influences public perceptions and debates within the field of mental health.

A new study examines the benefits of collaborating with mental health consumers in research.

A new article suggests integrating physical activity throughout the day may help to address the mental health of students.

A new study explores feelings of belongingness as a protective factor for childhood trauma and adult mental health outcomes.

A new meta-analysis analyzes randomized control trials of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for adolescents.