What is mental health?
Lack of consensus on the definition of mental health has implications for research, policy and practice. This study aims to start an international, interdisciplinary and inclusive dialogue to answer the question: What are the core concepts of mental health?
The Use of Social Networking Sites in Mental Health Interventions for Young People: Systematic Review
This review aimed to systematically identify available evidence regarding the use of SNS-based interventions to support the mental health of young people aged up to 25 years, to evaluate their effectiveness, suitability, and safety, and identify gaps and opportunities for future research.
Self-harm behaviors and their intentions: a cross-cultural analysis
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.
Mental Health Without Well-being
In the ongoing movement to promote mental health at work and in schools, to reduce stigma and to establish parity between mental and physical health, there is a clear enthusiasm about the concept of mental health and a recognition of it as a central value in human life. However, it is much less clear what mental health means in all these efforts and whether there even is a single concept underlying them.
A rapid review describing the scalability of early childhood education and care-based programs targeting children's social and emotional learning
The early years of life offer a critical window for fostering social and emotional growth in children. Social and emotional learning is the process in which individuals acquire skills to manage emotions, focus attention, and control behaviour.
How are we measuring resilience in children? A systematic review
Resilience in children has received considerable interest from research bodies, policymakers, practitioners, and education bodies due to its potential impact on well-being, as well as physical and mental health. To support and cultivate resilience, appropriate measurement is important. However, numerous definitions and measures of resilience exist. To provide clarity, this paper offers a systematic review of measures used to assess resilience in children.
Self-regulation for adults: Strategies for getting a handle on emotions and behavior
Everyone has unpleasant emotions from time to time, such as anger, jealousy, fear, or anxiety. It's human nature. But a key to living a satisfying life and getting along with others is to be able to manage your emotions and behavior even in times of stress. One way to do this is with self-regulation.
Recognizing and easing the physical symptoms of anxiety
Blame your autonomic nervous system. This is a system in your body that you don't consciously control, but that regulates things like your heart rate, breathing, urination, and sexual function. It's also the system that reacts when you are under a physical threat. The autonomic nervous system produces your fight-or-flight response, which is designed to help you defend yourself or run away from danger.
Panic attacks: Recognizing and managing panic attacks and preventing future attacks
When you are in a stressful situation, such as giving a presentation at work or being confronted by an angry driver on the road, your body responds in a physical way. You may notice your heart is beating quickly, you start to sweat or tremble, and your muscles tense. This is your body's autonomic nervous system, or "fight-or-flight" response, kicking into gear.
How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime | Nadine Burke Harris | TED
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime, to the point where those who’ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer. An impassioned plea for pediatric medicine to confront the prevention and treatment of trauma, head-on.
The Mental Health Benefits of Religion & Spirituality
Religion and spirituality are both rooted in trying to understand the meaning of life and, in some cases, how a relationship with a higher power may influence that meaning. While religion and spirituality are similar in foundation, they are very different in practice.
Religion is an organized, community-based system of beliefs, while spirituality resides within the individual and what they personally believe. “The idea of religion and spirituality is like a rectangle versus a square. Within religion there is spirituality, but if you have spirituality, it doesn’t necessarily mean you have religion,” says someone who practices both religion and spirituality.