The government’s newly announced targets to address New Zealand’s ongoing mental health crisis offer some hope, but not much detail on how they will be achieved.
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Knowing which kind of provider to see and how to access help can be half the battle.
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.
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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Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Distinguished Professor, Brock University
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Professor of Migration Studies, Maastricht University, Head of Migration Studies at Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
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Senior Research Associate, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Associate professor, Department of Political Science, Brock University
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Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Senior Lecturer, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, Law and Social Work, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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PhD Candidate, Comparative Public Policy, McMaster University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in maternal and child health, The University of Queensland
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Senior Clinical Lecturer, King's College London
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
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Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
