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Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated by males is the most prevalent form of violence against women across the globe. A systematic review was carried out to identify published randomized controlled trials of... more
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      Domestic ViolenceAfricaGlobal Mental HealthIntimate Partner Violence
Mental Health in Qatar: Challenges and Prospects is the first volume of its kind to explore in breadth and in-depth the field of mental health in Qatar. The development of mental health services and the support of mental health research... more
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      Mental HealthMental Health PromotionGlobal Mental HealthAmber Haque
In order to better cope with the pressures and stresses of the current day, modern psychology is anxiously seeking to find new therapies to address the increasing disorders within the human psyche. In the process new fields of research,... more
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      ReligionNew Religious MovementsComparative ReligionHistory
The focus of this paper is on the integration of artistic techniques within the feld of gestalt therapy. From a humanistic and phenomenological framework, this paper focuses on how these techniques can enhance mental well-being and... more
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      PsychologyExperimental PsychologyPsychiatryCreativity
AKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Professor Philip J. Jaggar for the precious support he has given throughout the year with my dissertation, as well as all the knowledge he has taught me along the years as my... more
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      PsychiatryGlobal HealthHausaGlobal Mental Health
This is the syllabus of the curriculum  of the autonomous stream of BTech and MTech students. Powered by www.unitedwecare.com
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      PsychologyMental HealthPsychotherapy and CounselingPsychiatric & Mental Health Nursing
FULL TEXT HERE: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TisUSYK5gw3iQctC3e7w/full Autism (AUT) is one of the most prevalent developmental disorders emerging during childhood, and can be amongst the most incapacitating mental disorders. Some... more
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      AutismChild and adolescent mental healthMental HealthAutism Spectrum Disorders
Title: Where Is the Family in Global Mental Health? Presenter: Vincenzo Di Nicola, M.D., Ph.D. Learning Objectives: Audience participants will be able to: (1) Articulate why a central role for families is needed for the effectiveness... more
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      Cultural StudiesSociology of Children and ChildhoodFamily studiesChild and adolescent mental health
While the largely medical evidence base put out through the 1990s- totalling up to the "global mental health" agendas- suggests only medical cures for psychosocial impact of social inequalities, disadvantage and exclusion, there is a tiny... more
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      Community-Based Mental Health ServicesGlobal Mental HealthPsychosocial ResearchUN CRPD
Background We systematically reviewed implementation research targeting depression interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to assess gaps in methodological coverage. Methods PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and EMBASE were... more
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    • Global Mental Health
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      PsychiatryMedical EducationGlobal Mental Health
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      HumanitiesHuman RightsMental HealthSocial Justice
Women in North India are socialized to care for others, so what do they do when they get a disease like diabetes that requires intensive self-care? In Sugar and Tension, Lesley Jo Weaver uses women’s experiences with diabetes in New Delhi... more
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      Psychological AnthropologyMedical AnthropologyDepressionDiabetes
Global Mental Health’s (GMH) proposition to “scale up” evidence-based mental health care worldwide has sparked a heated debate among transcultural psychiatrists, anthropologists, and GMH proponents; a debate characterized by the... more
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      Global Mental HealthGlobal mental Health (Health Sciences)
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      PsychologyMental HealthDepressionGlobal Mental Health
Climate change and mental health concerns are both defining issues of the generation of today. It has been established that the worsening climate causes many environmental disasters and physical health problems. However, its psychological... more
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      PsychologyCognitive ScienceClimate ChangeMental Health
In this Think Piece we argue that mental health system reforms are not mainly driven by scientific evidence and international standards, but rather by concrete political constellations, national and international development agendas,... more
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      Mental HealthGlobal HealthPalestineArmed Conflict
BORDERS & BELONGING: From Adversity to Diversity in Cultural Child & Family Psychiatry Vincenzo Di Nicola, MPhil, MD, PhD, DFAPA Professor of Psychiatry University of Montreal Abstract: Objectives: To provide a perspective... more
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      Developmental PsychologyDevelopmental PsychopathologyChild and adolescent mental healthChildren and Families
This study explores the disparity between psychiatric interventions and the lived experience of problematic drinking, which is a critical global mental health issue, including in an indigenous area in Northern Taiwan. This strategically... more
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      Medical AnthropologyCritical Medical AnthropologyAlcohol StudiesIndigenous Peoples
Children and adolescents affected by armed conflict are in critical need of support, however, there is a paucity of research dedicated to understanding preventative mental health interventions for children in post-conflict settings. This... more
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      Child and adolescent mental healthCommunity-Based Mental Health ServicesPost-conflict Reconstruction and DevelopmentNon-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Mental health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) people due to stigma and minority stress have received even less attention. The mental health of LGBTIQ people in Thailand is... more
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      Mental HealthLGBT IssuesThailandGlobal Mental Health
Family Matters: The Family as a Resource for the Mental, Social, and Relational Wellbeing of Migrants, Asylum Seekers, and Other Displaced Populations Vincenzo Di Nicola and Suzan Song World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP)... more
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      Family TherapyGlobalizationTraumatic StressMarriage & Family Therapy
Doon Theological Journal 11.2 (2014): 144-155. “There is no health without mental health”1– what a bold statement in a world, where mental illness is still shamefully hidden, rejected and demonized! What a bold statement in a country,... more
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Bolivia’s mental health plan is not currently embedded in mental health legislation or a legal framework, though in 2014 legislative change was proposed that would begin to provide protection and support for the hospital admission,... more
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      SchizophreniaBoliviaGlobal Mental HealthPublic mental health
Global Mental Health (GMH) initiatives aim to address inequities in mental health care across the world. Particular emphasis is placed on building mental health service capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) where over 80% of... more
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      Global Mental HealthAcceptance and Commitment TherapyGlobal mental Health (Health Sciences)Contextual behavioral science
Concerted efforts are being made to scale up psychological interventions in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) aims to reduce psychological inflexibility and has been shown to be effective for... more
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      Global Mental HealthAcceptance and Commitment TherapyGlobal mental Health (Health Sciences)ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Background. In this period of unprecedented levels of displacement, scalable interventions are needed to address mental health concerns of forced migrants in low-resource settings. This paper describes the adaptation and piloting of a... more
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This book, written by Carl Walker (a senior lecturer in psychology at the school of applied social science, university of Brighton) within a critical psychology perspective, aims mainly at defending the following thesis: "depression is a... more
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      Critical TheoryCultural StudiesClinical PsychologyPsychiatry
This article describes the Summer Institute in Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, a brief immersion training program for mental health, health, and allied professionals who work with populations that have endured severe... more
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      Community ResilienceResilienceGlobal Mental HealthFamily Resilience
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      Infectious disease epidemiologyPsychiatric & Mental Health NursingEnvironmental HealthAction research (Methodology)
 One hundred and seventy-two women randomly selected from a Zimbabwean township were interviewed with a Shona screen for mental disorders and a semi-structured interview to assess symptoms suggestive of emotional distress,... more
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      DepressionAfricaGlobal Mental HealthZimbabwe
Objectives: Conversations between anthropologists and psychiatrists have led to new theoretical trajectories, research agendas and clinical practices as social scientists and medical practitioners forged new understandings about the... more
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      PsychiatryMedical AnthropologyCritical Medical AnthropologyGlobal Mental Health
The number of people encountering a humanitarian crisis around the world is the highest since the Second World War, with over 76 million people in need of assistance (1). Amongst these, millions have a mental disorder, which in most... more
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      Mental HealthEcuadorGlobal Mental HealthHumanitarian Emergency Aid
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      PsychiatryCultural PsychologyCultural PsychiatryGlobal Mental Health
In the past decade, a large number of studies have been conducted exploring the relationship between gratitude, psychological well-being and happiness. Empirical studies have indicated potential variations in the relationship between... more
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      PsychologyPositive PsychologyPsychiatryMental Health
No existing review has synthesized key questions about acculturation experiences among international migrant workers. This review aimed to explore (1) What are global migrant workers' experiences with acculturation and acculturative... more
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      Coping StrategiesHealth DisparitiesMental Health DisparitiesAcculturation Stress
In this chapter, we interrogate some assumptions of Western (Euro-American) psychology to open up a broader conversation about the diversity of human experience in health and illness. Our approach draws from cultural constructivist and... more
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      African StudiesSelf and IdentityMental HealthPostcolonial Studies
Background Nowadays, the youth are more engaging with their more advanced smartphones having high-quality graphics and gaming features. However, existing literature depicts that adolescents suffer from several forms of psychological... more
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      Global Mental HealthMedicine
The term ‘‘cultural concepts of distress’’ (CCD) was introduced in DSM-5 to better characterize the broad set of constructs identified in clinical and ethnographic research on cultural variations in distress. The contributions to this... more
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      Medical AnthropologyMental HealthResilienceCultural Psychology
Cultural clinical psychology and psychiatry aim to address the mental health needs of diverse communities by integrating attention to cultural differences in knowledge, social institutions, identities, and practices. These differences... more
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      Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)MigrationCultural PsychologyTrauma Studies
A lacuna de cuidados em Saúde Mental (SM) é um problema mundial. A Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) é a base para estruturação da rede assistencial integral que o solucione. Sua integração com a Psiquiatria é parte deste desafio. Partindo... more
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      PsychiatryMental HealthPrimary Health CareGlobal Mental Health
Efforts to address global mental health disparities have given new urgency to longstanding debates on the relevance of cultural variations in the experience and expression of distress for the design and delivery of effective services.... more
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      Cultural PsychologyNepalCultural PsychiatryGlobal Mental Health
The Global South: An Emergent Epistemology Summary In this essay, I discuss the sociopolitical notion of the Global South as a bridge between globalization and the Global Mental Health (GMH) movement. A brief history of the Global... more
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      Latin American StudiesDevelopment EconomicsEpistemologyDevelopment Studies
At a time of uncertainty and change in Oaxaca, Mexico, mental-health practice dovetails with political-economic projects to reflect and produce tensionsaround“culture.”Promotingmental health is linked to goals for economic development,... more
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      Development StudiesMental HealthGovernmentalityModernization
Oaxaca is known for many things--its indigenous groups, archaeological sites, crafts, and textiles--but not for mental health care. When one talks with Oaxacans about mental health, most say it's a taboo topic and that people there think... more
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      PsychologyPsychiatryAnthropologyPsychological Anthropology
In recent years, the Movement for Global Mental Health (MGMH) and the World Health Organization have worked closely with governments across the global South to redress major treatment gaps to improve access to mental health services. In... more
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      PsychiatrySouth Asian StudiesCritical Medical AnthropologyGlobal Mental Health
No existing review has synthesized key questions about acculturation experiences among international migrant workers. This review aimed to explore (1) What are global migrant workers' experiences with acculturation and ac-culturative... more
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      Coping StrategiesHealth DisparitiesMental Health DisparitiesAcculturation Stress
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      PsychologySocial PsychologyPsychiatryAnthropology
Adolescence is a crucial period for developing and maintaining social and emotional habits thus mental health issue among youth is not a new concern. This silent crisis among teenagers is usually disregarded and untreated. As students... more
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      Health PromotionE-learningChild and adolescent mental healthMental Health