OBJECTIVE Mental Health First Aid training is a course for the public that teaches how to give initial help to a person developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. The present study evaluated the effects of Mental Health First Aid training delivered by e-learning on knowledge about mental disorders, stigmatizing attitudes and helping behaviour. METHOD A randomized control...

The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses directs that mental health nurses must 'enable cultural safety in practice, taking into account age, gender, spirituality, ethnicity and health values'. The present study is a review of the existing literature undertaken in order to identify current knowledge and knowledge gaps regarding the experience of Indigenous women in acute mental health inp...

mental health is an essential component for positive adaptation that enables people to cope with adversity to achieve their full potential and humanity. in this study, using a community based approach, the social determinants of mental health in iranian women were extracted; and in addition, priority setting for interventional programs according to analytical framework of who was implemented.th...

BACKGROUND Given their vulnerability to coercion and exploitation, prisoners who participate in research are protected by Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) regulations designed to ensure their safety and wellbeing. Knowledge of these regulations is essential for researchers who conduct and institutional review boards (IRBs) that oversee mental health research in correctional settings...

OBJECTIVE To determine the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about mental illness among staff in general hospitals. METHOD A descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on staff in ten medical facilities in Kenya on their socio-demographic characteristics, professional qualifications and knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) toward mental illness. RESULTS A total of 684 general hospital st...

When attempting to evaluate expertise, it is important to assess not only what individuals know but also how they organize that knowledge. Numerous methods have been proposed for deriving graphical representations of knowledge organization, or mental models, but not enough is known about the relative effectiveness of these methods. Structural assessment (SA) and revealed casual mapping (RCM), t...

Developmental precursors to children's early understanding of gratitude were examined. A diverse group of 263 children was tested for emotion and mental state knowledge at ages 3 and 4, and their understanding of gratitude was measured at age 5. Children varied widely in their understanding of gratitude, but most understood some aspects of gratitude-eliciting situations. A model-building path a...

INTRODUCTION Knowledge Exchange refers to activities that help to create and support the conditions and culture that lead to the most effective access, implementation, utilization, and evaluation of the most credible evidence for improved mental health outcomes for children and youth in Ontario. Although knowledge exchange and associated concepts such as knowledge transfer and translation are i...

BACKGROUND There is a strong association between mental health problems and financial difficulties. Therefore, people who work with those who have financial difficulties (financial counsellors and financial institution staff) need to have knowledge and helping skills relevant to mental health problems. Conversely, people who support those with mental health problems (mental health professionals...

Adequate knowledge, cognitive skill and metacognition are the key ingredients leading to the development of leadership mastery. In this teaching demonstration, the application of reciprocal peer coaching to influence knowledge, cognition and more importantly metacognition is discussed. Metacognition is a higher order cognitive process that involves evaluating the state of one’s own knowledge ba...