Mental Health Promotion Through Collection Of Global Opinion Data

Poverty, gender and mental health promotion in a global society.

Evaluation of School Mental Health Promotion Program: A Qualitative Study

Background: Due to the need to identify problems related to mental health among students and their proper management by offering specialized medical services to them, recently a relevant research project has been fully implemented in schools of all grades in Iran. Since the only way to measure the effectiveness and find the strengths and weakness of a program is to evaluate it, the present stud...

Data Collection for Mental Health Studies Through Digital Platforms: Requirements and Design of a Prototype

BACKGROUND Mental and behavioral disorders are the main cause of disability worldwide. However, their diagnosis is challenging due to a lack of reliable biomarkers; current detection is based on structured clinical interviews which can be biased by the patient's recall ability, affective state, changing in temporal frames, etc. While digital platforms have been introduced as a possible solution...

Understanding Data Collection Behaviour of Mental Health Practitioners

Failure to detect patients at risk of attempting suicide can result in tragic consequences. Identifying risks earlier and more accurately helps prevent serious incidents occurring and is the objective of the GRiST clinical decision support system (CDSS). One of the problems it faces is high variability in the type and quantity of data submitted for patients, who are assessed in multiple context...

Ethnic Differences in Mental Health and Race-Based Data Collection.

There is strong evidence of ethnic disparities in chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases; however, less is known about ethnic differences in mental illness and health service utilization. Previous studies have shown that Asians are more likely to avoid or delay seeking help for their mental illness. We conducted a population-based study using Ontario health adm...