Examples of our research on mental health with some answers to the questions:

1. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe57d

2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101767

3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2243-z

من خلال توفير المادي وتزويدهم بالتامين ووسائل التقنيات الحديثة كبرامج او تطبيقات بالموبايل فيها توعية صحية او تذكير بممارسة الانشطة وتشجيع ذالك

En travaillant dans des groupes pour encourager la mise en liens de leurs idées, leurs émotions et leurs projets, par exemple.

Les ateliers du genre art thérapie peuvent être très bénéfiques.

Nostalgia may have bona fide benefits in hard times, like the pandemic

Researchers hope to develop therapies that trigger special memories for mental health gains...

Nostalgia may even help people cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. In a study published September 8 in Social, Psychological and Personality Science, researchers found when some lonely, unhappy people reminisced about better, pre-pandemic moments, they felt happier. The results suggest that nostalgia can serve as an antidote to loneliness during the pandemic, the researchers conclude.

“A good analogy is the immune system,” says social psychologist Tim Wildschut of the University of Southampton in England. “A viral infection may make you ill, but it also activates your immune system and your immune system makes you better. Loneliness reduces happiness but also triggers nostalgia, and nostalgia increases happiness.”

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nostalgia-mental-health-benefits-hard-times-pandemic?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=latest-newsletter-v2&utm_source=Latest_Headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest_Headlines

As we emerge from the pandemic, it’s crucial to make campuses and courses more compassionate... Plus, with an unprecedented global mental health crisis and rising stress among university staff, we brought six academics together to propose how best to support faculty right now and beyond the pandemic...

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/supporting-academias-wellbeing-during-and-beyond-covid19?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-make-campuses-and-courses-more-compassionate?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily

Fewer than two-thirds of postgraduate researchers at UK universities are satisfied with the pastoral support provided by their institutions during the Covid pandemic, a major survey has found...

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/phd-students-dissatisfaction-covid-support-concerning?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily

En ce qui concerne la période de la pandémie, le Centre d'Aide Psychologique de l'Université d'Alger 2 a organisé des télé-consultations en direction des étudiants et de la communauté universitaire de cette université. Le dispositif a réussi à éviter l'installation des troubles liés à la pandémie pour les personnes qui dispose chez eux d'une bonne connexion internet et d'un espace intime où ils peuvent parler avec nous en toute sécurité. Les inégalités sociales n'ont donc pas permis à une partie importante de notre population l'accès aux soins psychiques, pendant la pandémie.

En ce qui concerne la question: "Quelles activités pouvons-nous mettre en œuvre pour sensibiliser aux problèmes de santé mentale? Comment pouvons-nous soutenir ceux qui sont touchés et vulnérables ?", nous avons proposé à l'Agence Thématique de Recherche en Sciences Sociales et Humaines un projet de prévention, de dépistage et de traitement (ATRSSH) qui répond à cette question et que vous trouverez dans le fichier joint.

Tres bonne initiative merci prof.

Dear Muhammad Aledeh , nice discussion to come.

Stress and Resilience: How Our Bodies, Brains and Communities Respond to Crisis

Trauma and stress can have devastating impacts on our physical and mental health, and change our brains for the worse. But understanding the science of resiliency can help. New insights into how stress influences our brains, our behavior and our societies point to ways to recover from the pandemic and other challenges...

https://www.sciencenews.org/now?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=

Can psychedelics meet their potential for treating mental health disorders?

Psychedelics hold lots of promise as treatments for mental health disorders like PTSD and depression. But the drugs still face hurdles....

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/psychedelic-drugs-treatment-mental-health-disorders-depression?utm_source=Editors_Picks&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorspicks120521

Finding mental-health clarity under pandemic pressures

For two decades, mycologist Matt Kasson’s hyperactivity and anxiety felt like a superpower. Then COVID struck...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03760-4

Are you suffering from academania?

The escalating pressures of university life are resulting in all manner of exotic new psychological disorders...

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/are-you-suffering-academania?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily

Studies of smartphone apps for mental health are not rigorous enough to show whether the apps are effective compared with other treatments...

Researchers found that none of the trials showed “convincing evidence” that the mobile-phone-based interventions had any effect, because of shortcomings in the study designs. There was “highly suggestive” evidence that eight of the interventions were more effective than controls that provided no treatment at all — which still might be valuable, given that apps are vastly cheaper and more widely accessible than face-to-face interventions...

https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/19/mental-health-meditation-app-evidence/

We can create awareness by spreading the news that mental health issues can be life-threatening. By listening to their problems and showing empathy, we can bring wonders to their life. They need love, understanding, not neglect, and medicine.

‘Cognitive dissonance’ blamed for academics’ mental health woes

Academics’ mental health has been undermined by the “cognitive dissonance” experienced when researchers dedicated to open inquiry find themselves working for closed institutions...

Battling for truth in opaque organisations? It’s enough to blow your mind, researchers say...

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cognitive-dissonance-blamed-academics-mental-health-woes?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily

The pandemic shone a light on the impact long hours and high pressure can have on the mental health of technology workers – an issue that is at risk of continuing long after Covid...

https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Techs-ongoing-mental-health-crisis?utm_campaign=20220614_Tech%E2%80%99s+ongoing+mental+health+crisis&utm_medium=EM&utm_source=MDN&source_ad_id=252521113&asrc=EM_MDN_228010559&bt_ee=D6RMIYW0nFmqCkFNhZLW%2FS2qsks1OiQ0ILaFw90AgkPSfUlfWKI41JlCS8uXUKhqCiymuZVMIUaOXdMQT6ZWZg%3D%3D&bt_ts=1655217143246

Five steps universities can take to reduce student loneliness and provide better mental health support, by Georgia Wheadon...

While student loneliness isn’t new, it is a growing problem for higher education, with almost three quarters of students unsatisfied with university mental health support, according to a 2020 survey. Recent lockdowns and the move to more hybrid learning have increased the likelihood of loneliness among students...

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/what-can-your-university-do-combat-student-loneliness?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily&spMailingID=21247478&spUserID=MTAxNzcwNzE4MTk2NAS2&spJobID=2070072942&spReportId=MjA3MDA3Mjk0MgS2

“We live in a falsely divided world, which draws too hard a line — or makes a false distinction — between physical and mental health.” - Psychiatrist Edward Bullmore argues that a false dichotomy between mental and physical health holds back research and stigmatizes unwell people...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/12/the-big-idea-should-we-drop-the-distinction-between-mental-and-physical-health

It is critical that universities take a proactive approach to support their employees, writes Meredith Wilkinson at De Montfort University, noting that around 20 per cent of university staff meet the threshold for probable depression or anxiety. She suggests four ways institutions can take action...

Practical guidance for universities on how they can support the growing number of staff experiencing challenges relating to mental health and well-being...

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/epidemic-poor-mental-health-what-can-universities-do-help?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily&spMailingID=23628695&spUserID=MTAxNzcwNzE4MTk2NAS2&spJobID=2150912319&spReportId=MjE1MDkxMjMxOQS2

Predicting Mental Health from Twitter

Most of us are familiar with this information being used for targeted advertising on the internet, but digital information is increasingly being used by researchers to help better understand and prevent health conditions.

Our research in particular focuses on how our tweets and social media posts can indicate changes in our mental health over time, because what we choose to say and how we say it can be reflective of our emotional state...

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/04/14/guest-post-the-data-hazards-of-mental-health-prediction/?informz=1&nbd=6f03e560-5431-4744-8998-e00223ee7a82&nbd_source=informz

The pandemic has created a critical need for more mental health support services in academic institutions. Libraries are under increased pressure to meet the latest research needs while also providing support for patrons to look after their own mental health and foster a positive environment...

https://about.proquest.com/en/products-services/mental-health-and-wellbeing-ebook-subscription?utm_campaign=EM1_RTL_LeadGen_Newsletter_Apr_AG_EMEA_2023&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

Cat and dog owners grew closer to their pets during the COVID-19 pandemic. But pet ownership didn’t reduce overall stress or loneliness, new survey data show...

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pets-owners-bond-pandemic-stress?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=latest-newsletter-v2

Presidents were provided a list of common resources and policies that support the mental health and well-being of staff, and were asked to select all that apply.

• Three out of four presidents (75 percent) indicated that they had “revised their work-from-home policies” to support the mental health and well-being of staff, followed by 66 percent of presidents who indicated that they had implemented “flexible schedule and/or hours” and 55 percent who indicated that they had “expanded counseling services.”
• Presidents at private four-year institutions (74 percent) were more likely to indicate that they expanded “flexible schedule and/or hours” to support staff mental health and well-being than presidents at public four-year (67 percent) and public two-year (53 percent) institutions...

https://www.acenet.edu/research-insights/pages/senior-leaders/presidents-respond-covid-spring-ii.aspx?utm_campaign=EM4_Academic_Excellence_Mental_Health_LeadGen_Webinar_May16_AG_Global_2023&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

The Covid-19 pandemic has likely taken a disproportionate toll on foster children, who already face tremendous instability in their day-to-day lives and relationships. Because these children are underrepresented in research studies, however, we may never know the full extent of the harms they suffered...

https://undark.org/2023/05/18/opinion-amid-a-mental-health-crisis-foster-children-are-forgotten/

Encourage whistle-blowing: how universities can help to resolve research’s mental-health crisis

Low pay, job insecurity, bullying and harassment all contribute to academic researchers reporting above-average levels of anxiety and depression. Institutions can improve working environments by looking at best practice elsewhere...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01703-9

In recognition of May as Mental Health Awareness Month, I cannot help but put gun violence at the center of my paper to encouraged employers to create supportive workplaces that destigmatize mental health struggles and to provide access to counseling and other vital resources...

Associating mental illness with violence reinforces stigma and unwarranted fear of people with mental illnesses — people who need support to recover from serious brain-based conditions.

In addition, some mental health advocates may understandably be tempted to focus on violence in the quest for crucial funding of services but making such a case can led to misaligned priorities, misdirected resources, and misapplied coercive interventions against people with mental illnesses...

https://insights.cermacademy.com/420-mental-health-month-bill-pomfret-ph-d/

The death of Zahra Jalilian has upended Tehran University and, critics say, exposed Iran’s mental health care void...

“Clients report more anxiety, dysphoric mood, and unstable relationships than ever before,” Iman Najjar, a psychotherapist in private practice in Tehran who often treats university students, told Undark by email.

Despite the high number of people with mental illness, stigmatization is widespread in Iran. “There is no cultural understanding in our society; they ridicule us,” one person told researchers in a study published in 2013. “If my family realized that I am sick they would abandon me because they think it is in the genes.” In a 2017 study in the Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, a man referred to as a “recovered patient” said: “My family hides my disorder from neighbors, our relatives, and acquaintances. However, always there is a question that why I am not working or why I am not getting married?”

https://undark.org/2023/05/31/in-the-death-of-an-iranian-scientist-hints-of-unchecked-strife/

In 2020, when the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic began to destabilize my mood, being able to take three months off while my job was protected was a godsend. I felt badly about having to back out of projects and committee assignments that I’d committed to, but was assured by colleagues that they would survive without me, allowing me to focus completely on my recovery so that I could come back to work with dedication and passion...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01967-1

An apology to Indigenous communities sparks a mental health rethink

The leading U.S. psychological association pledged to embrace Indigenous approaches to healing, which requires rethinking how to address mental health...

For decades, health care has denied the importance of harmony between people and the planet

The harms of these practices to Indigenous communities are ongoing, the American Psychological Association acknowledged in a report released in February. For instance, culturally inappropriate mental health diagnoses and treatments have exacerbated Indigenous communities’ already disproportionately high rates of mental illness, chronic disease, incarceration and suicide...

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/apology-indigenous-communities-mental-health-rethink

Mental wellness is easier to achieve in the workplace when leaders model healthy boundaries, like setting reasonable work hours and taking breaks during the workday. Another key is to make mental wellness a part of workplace culture by talking about it openly. Ensure that your benefits will help your employees succeed; offer Employee Assistance Programs and robust health insurance...

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/11/06/introducing-mental-health-awareness-mondays-tips-for-publishers-from-the-center-for-workplace-mental-health/?informz=1&nbd=6f03e560-5431-4744-8998-e00223ee7a82&nbd_source=informz

In 2015, Massachusetts launched its GameSense program, which employs advisors within casinos to help people who have spent too much money or time gambling. While the program is helpful for some, for those who need mental health treatment, therapists certified in problem gambling are few and far between...

GameSense also allows gamblers to join the state’s “voluntary self-exclusion list.” Users choose a one-year, five-year, or lifetime ban, with the option of receiving follow-up recovery coaching by phone. More than 1,500 gamblers have signed up for the “self-ban,” Vander Linden says, and early evidence suggests problem gamblers find it helpful...

https://undark.org/2023/11/21/problem-gambling-massachusetts/

"During the Covid-19 period, I was struck not just that continued isolation for my parents and their peers made little sense in light of what we knew about the risk of Covid-19 in a vaccinated population, but also that it was clearly harming their health. Isolation is difficult for anyone; it is particularly hard for older adults for whom time with loved ones is uniquely precious. Efforts meant to safeguard the health of older adults were, in practice, robbing them of the chance to make risk calculations for themselves.

In keeping them sealed off even after they had been vaccinated, they were denied the opportunity to measure the diminished, but still present, risk of Covid-19 against the certain harm of lost time with family and friends. This implied a lack of confidence in their capacity to make the right choices for their health, overriding the autonomy of competent people “for their own good.”

It also reflected public health’s unwillingness to grapple with the trade-offs inherent in lockdown and isolation policies..."

https://undark.org/2023/12/22/book-excerpt-within-reason/

Mental Health Awareness: What is Racial Battle Fatigue?

"Racial battle fatigue (RBF) is the cumulative outcome of a natural stress response related to race, triggered by distressing mental and emotional conditions. These conditions arise from consistently encountering dismissive, demeaning, insensitive, and/or hostile racial environments or individuals. Coined by William Smith in 2004, the term was initially associated with African American men, but has since been extended to encompass racially marginalized groups more broadly. The daily experience of micro and macro aggressions in various settings inflicts race-targeted stress on people of color..."

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/01/22/guest-post-mental-health-awareness-what-is-racial-battle-fatigue/?informz=1&nbd=6f03e560-5431-4744-8998-e00223ee7a82&nbd_source=informz

Global well-being needs mental health

"Mental health is part of the UN Sustainable Development Goal for ‘good health and well-being’. But there is a large gap between what is needed and what is available, says psychiatrist Shekhar Saxena. In some countries, including India and the United States, suicide rates among young people are rising rapidly. “It reflects the society that we live in where a young person does not feel that life is worth living,” says Saxena. He argues that socioeconomic policies and community-led initiatives are needed to prevent mental disorders early..."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00210-9

Mental Health Awareness

Categorizing Mental Health Research

"As mental health concerns rise in global prominence, understanding the diverse landscape of research in this field becomes crucial for optimal funding and researcher support...

The multidisciplinary nature of mental health research, encompassing psychology, neuroscience, public health, social work, and psychiatry, inherently challenges efforts to define clear boundaries and scope. Consequently, even the broadest classification in Dimensions, ANZSRC Fields of Research (FoR), lacks a dedicated category for mental health research. Nonetheless, analyzing patterns within this vast body of publications holds significant potential, offering insights into research and funding trends, emerging topics, and key collaboration networks..."

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/02/26/guest-post-mental-health-awareness-mondays-categorizing-mental-health-research/?informz=1&nbd=6f03e560-5431-4744-8998-e00223ee7a82&nbd_source=informz

Mental Health Awareness Mondays: A Brief Guide to Mental Health Taxonomies

"An important part of mental health awareness is knowing what resources are available. There are a lot of databases, publications, helplines, etc. and they are often supported by a controlled vocabulary, like a taxonomy, or thesaurus. Sometimes they are classifications, outlines, or decision trees. The nature of the content, and therefore the tracking of the data, will be determined by the taxonomy or outline of knowledge that is used as the classification tool (a.k.a taxonomy or thesaurus or ontology) the same data or content will showcase differently with different outlines..."

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/03/18/guest-post-mental-health-awareness-mondays-a-brief-guide-to-mental-health-taxonomies/?informz=1&nbd=6f03e560-5431-4744-8998-e00223ee7a82&nbd_source=informz

Mental Health Awareness Mondays: The Menopausal Effect on the Workforce

"Certain mental health concerns are more easily tackled in the workplace, whereas others, often concealed, are not discussed as often — such as menopause, the topic of this post. This piece is not intended to be a medical reference, but a way to begin to normalize conversations about menopause and to bring awareness of it across all five generations currently active in the workforce...

Menopause in working women aged around 45-60 is a fact of life and can have pronounced effects on mental health, as can perimenopause, which can begin in a woman’s thirties but most often affects those aged 40-44. Thirty-eight percent of women in late perimenopause (onset) experience mood changes such as depression, irritability, mental fatigue, high anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, or even feelings of being overwhelmed by life..."

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/04/29/mental-health-awareness-mondays-the-menopausal-effect-on-the-workforce/?informz=1&nbd=6f03e560-5431-4744-8998-e00223ee7a82&nbd_source=informz

Building a Supportive Workplace: Reflections on Mental Health Initiatives and Adaptation

"Mental health isn’t just anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar, and many more conditions; it could just simply be a bad day, a challenging time, isolation; or it could be related to illness, finances, gender, and many more reasons. Often it’s a combination of these or other factors. Mental health is all around us and affects everyone. Instead of focusing on labeling it, we should strive for understanding, compassion, and support for every individual’s unique mental well-being journey. Everyone deserves access to support and guidance..."

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/05/13/mental-health-awareness-mondays-building-a-supportive-workplace-reflections-on-mental-health-initiatives-and-adaptation/?informz=1&nbd=6f03e560-5431-4744-8998-e00223ee7a82&nbd_source=informz

Better Mental Health through Embodiment

"Living a short distance from our body means being aware that we have a body, but having very little awareness of what is actually going on there. It is a state of disconnection or dissociation from one’s physical self or reality. It can suggest a feeling of being detached or removed from one’s physical sensations, emotions, or experiences.

In this Scholarly Kitchen post focusing on mental health, we look at the construct of embodiment and practices within it that create a symbiotic relationship between embodied experiences and psychological flourishing. Embodiment holds the key to unlocking a deeper understanding of our mental well-being and offers pathways to cultivate self-awareness, emotional regulation, and resilience..."

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/05/28/mental-health-awareness-mondays-better-mental-health-through-embodiment/?informz=1&nbd=6f03e560-5431-4744-8998-e00223ee7a82&nbd_source=informz