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A significant number of research and experimentation efforts are currently underway to identify the effective ways of leveraging advanced gaming technologies towards the development of innovative training and education solutions for the mental health domain. This chapter identifies mental health...

This paper will argue that the arts can contribute to wellbeing by supporting positive mental wellbeing as demonstrated in the breadth and quality of current arts and mental health practice. This practice challenges existing notions of evidence-based policy used to inform the development of public...

This chapter addresses changes in the conceptualization of workforce development and its implications for mental health and addiction1 workers, services, and sectors. First we provide an overview of the background, historical and contextual factors impacting current approaches to workforce development....

This chapter will discuss action research conducted in Tuscany to fight stigma surrounding mental illness. Public mental health services (PMHS) in Italy are perceived as ascribing a mentally ill label to individuals who utilize these programs. Local associations, especially sports associations, can be...

Health literacy is a core element of patient-centered healthcare. Poor health literacy is a silent epidemic across the globe as it affects every aspect of health. Schools bear an important role in increasing health literacy. Improving health literacy in adolescence is supposed to improve the later life...

Meeting the needs of people with co-existing mental health and addiction problems is a challenge faced by many mental health and addiction services and providers. A compounding factor has been the separation of mental health and addiction services which has meant that many people with co-existing...

In the 21st century, people are connecting with technology, and most of the people are spending time in social networks for sharing information. For the most part, spending time on social media is linked with an increased risk of loneliness and depression. Negative effects of social media and social...

Mental disorders have been identified as one among the leading causes of the global disease burden. Despite being one of the first nations in the world to identify mental health as an important indicator of personal well-being and having adequate plans and policies for ensuring the same, one in every...

Clinical psychology used to view women's distress as biological and men's distress as externally induced. The psychology of gender relations has progressed to view gender as a principle of the social structure, but counselling practices continue to have an uncritical focus on the unequal gender...

When students leave home to attend college, they encounter many adjustments and new experiences. Some students have difficulty coping with the challenges they experience and over time may develop mild to severe mental health issues. Mental health illness among college students is associated with...

More beginning graduate students and new mental health professionals are seeing children and families in their therapeutic work, creating a growing need for play therapy-specific training and supervision. Training students and professionals in the art of play therapy is critical to the wellbeing of...

Mental disorders have been identified as one among the leading causes of the global disease burden. Despite being one of the first nations in the world to identify mental health as an important indicator of personal well-being and having adequate plans and policies for ensuring the same, one in every...

Social media has added a new dynamic for those living with mental illness. There are several benefits to using social media to obtain information and support for mental health issues, but there are also new challenges and drawbacks. This chapter explores social media for mental health initiatives, with...

In this chapter, the authors situate mental health issues in the context of U.S. institutes of higher education. They provide a brief history of the provision of mental health services on campus and contends that postsecondary schools should shift to a campus-wide, preventive, proactive approach to...

Understanding why people commit mass shootings in the United States is perplexing and discerning perpetrators' motivations is difficult because there have been a fairly limited number of shootings. In addition, there is incomplete research on mitigating historical evidence about the perpetrators....

The text is based on the scientific research carried out by the author during the many years that she has tried to follow the evolution of mental health at an international level, in Portugal and in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. It is based on the knowledge deepened through critical reflection...

This chapter focuses on the mental health factors that impact student success for Indigenous youth within the higher education landscape in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It emphasizes the need to address these mental health factors by strengthening cultural identity to...

People with mental health problems often struggle in getting the suitable treatment regarding not only the type of interventions available but also the conditions required for a proper treatment, mainly cost, locality, and frequency. The use of AI chatbots for this population is a new trend and can...

Nearly eight million American youth between the ages of 3 - 17 live with a psychiatric or behavioral health disorder. Many in grades K-12 are being unfavorably impacted in the classroom because of socioeconomic and environmental factors that include poverty, addiction, incarceration, trauma, domestic...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that occurs when people have experienced or been exposed to a traumatic event. PTSD is important to assess in African American clients due to systemic and constant traumas that dates back to slavery. This multigenerational trauma is...

Students' mental well-being plays an important role in academic achievement in higher educational institutions. A good mental state enables us to fully enjoy and appreciate our environment and the people around us. We can resist stress better and tackle daily life challenges with a positive frame...

More than 700,000 people die by suicide each year, according to WHO 2022. One fatality out of every 100 is suicide around the world. The fourth most common cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 29 is suicide. The importance of mental health awareness in higher education institutions has...

This study examined the impact of a one-month online-based mindfulness meditation intervention focusing on the emotional intelligence (EI) of 100 corporate workers in India. Using a Quasi-experimental approach (pre- and post-test), participants underwent weekly workshops over four weeks....

The Medical Tourism Industry is undergoing a transformative shift with the introduction of an innovative AI-based mental health care framework. This framework integrates wearable technology and advanced algorithms, enabling real-time analysis and personalized guidance for medical tourists. The study...

This chapter illuminates a critical, often overlooked aspect of mental health, social determinants affecting Black men. While mental health is a universal concern, the unique experiences and challenges of Black men require specific attention. The authors dissect the complex web of social determinants...