With child and adolescent mental health problems on the rise, here is a step-by-step guide for caregivers for recognizing signs of mental distress and responding with support and resources.
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One way to prevent mental health challenges in children: Recognize and treat the mental health issues of their parents.
Many of the preventable pregnancy-related deaths documented by the CDC are directly attributable to failures and barriers in the maternal care system.
Men, older adults, people with language barriers and racial and ethnic minorities are less likely to be screened for depression.
Data linkage, assessing information from over 113,000 teenagers in South London, addresses important gaps in research on the mental health and socio-economic risk factors for self-harm.
The more deaths there were, the more news reports used the perpetrator’s name. But something changed in 2012. The Brooklyn subway shooting may be an exception.
Research on how text messaging could provide mental health resources resulted in SaskWell, a texting service for people in Saskatchewan that provides 10 weeks of mental health and wellness prompts.
Just because Asian content is currently trending, doesn’t mean anti-Asian racism and discrimination aren’t. Let’s support Asian people in accessing mental health services.
Comprehensive early childhood education, mental health support, internet connectivity and post-secondary funding are part of reducing the consequences of poverty so all students may excel.
It’s worth recapping what’s known about how Australia’s chaplaincy program has operated so far, and what alternatives exist.
The percentage of women receiving the recommended perinatal mental health screening has tripled since 2000 – but one in five women are still missing out.
Our research on gender-based violence in mental health inpatient units in Victoria shows many women are not safe in these environments.
The New Zealand government has put a record NZ$1.9 billion mental health package at the centre of its well-being budget. It’s a welcome step in the right direction.
An inquiry into mental health in New Zealand has called for a major shift towards prevention and promotion of mental well-being.
After mass shootings, a cry for mandated treatment of people with mental illness often arises. Doing so, however, is unlikely to curb gun violence.
Increasing the public’s awareness of mental health issues rings hollow when vital services are crumbling.
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Karen Martin is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Psychology and Public Health, AUT, Auckland University of Technology
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Research Associate, UCL
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Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Law and Social Work, RMIT University
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Professor, Brock University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Te Wānanga Toi Tangata Division of Education; Professor of Measurement, Assessment and Evaluation, University of Waikato
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Professor of Migration Studies and Head of Migration Studies at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and UNU-MERIT, United Nations University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in maternal and child health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Psychology, North Carolina State University
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Research Associate, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, RMIT University
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Senior lecturer, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
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Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
