In this article, the authors explore evaluation between a local mental health agency and a researcher from the local university with a focus on issues for ongoing inquiry[...]

Muslims across the word underutilize mental health services for addressing their wellbeing and biopsychosocial, spiritual, and contextual issues. By 2030, the global Musl[...]

The ongoing wars around the world have led to an ever increasing exodus of refugee populations for resettlement in developed countries, including the U.S. Importantly, it[...]

The diversity of the refugee population in the United States requires practicing psychologists to respond by adapting clinical services to meet their mental health needs.[...]

New graduates are often discouraged from working in psychiatric/mental health settings by "well-meaning" nurses and nursing faculty (especially non-psychiatric/mental hea[...]

Sedentary behavior (SB) has negative mental health consequences, yet older adults spend most waking hours engaged in SB. Most of the research focusing on relations betwee[...]

Aloha' health counseling with older persons is an emerging specialty, stimulated by changing demographics and dramatic increases in the numbers of older persons during th[...]

Counselors are needed to help meet the mental health needs of older persons; yet, to be effective they must understand fully the special needs of the older population. Co[...]

Women disproportionately experience victimization as children, with at least one in five women reporting a history of child sexual abuse. The short and long term effects,[...]

Adolescents are spending an increasing amount of their time online and connected to each other via digital technologies. Mobile device ownership and social media usage ha[...]

The purpose of this study was to compare rates of anxiety disorders and symptoms in college students with and without ADHD and to identify factors that protect against an[...]

This thesis asks questions of God and grapples with our limitations both mental and physical. It catalogs difficult moments, strange observations, and contends with how t[...]

Women are frequently considered more vulnerable and generally experience higher levels of stress than do men in disaster environments. This is due in minor part to biolog[...]

Background: Previous studies have suggested that compared to the general population, refugees can be more susceptible to disaster mental disorders in the face of a public[...]

This study examined the relationships between perceived physical competence, social anxiety, and the participation in leisure time physical activity among college student[...]

Institutions of higher education are experiencing an influx of students in distress. It is imperative that all members of campus are involved in prevention and safety eff[...]

The purpose of this study was to examine the association of demographic factors, serum Vitamin D levels, hypertension (HTN) (by HTN diagnosis, systolic blood pressure [SB[...]

Low adherence to guidelines for weight-related behaviours (e.g. dietary intake and physical activity) among US children underscores the need to better understand how pare[...]

Few studies have investigated the specific features implicated in neighborhood–health associations. We examined associations between measures of neighborhood problems and[...]

To examine the mental health experiences of international graduate students of Color (IGSC) as they navigate through a multitude of systemic barriers, the researchers int[...]

Researchers, scholars and counseling practitioners note the differences in help-seeking behaviors among racial and ethnic minority clients. With African Americans in part[...]

The literature shows that improvements in cognitive performance may be observed following anacute bout of exercise. However, evidence in support of the biological mechani[...]

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) young adults are strong and resilient. Interventions designed to improve their mental health and help-seeking skills are especia[...]

Conceptualizations of mental health and mental illness continue to be an important influence in shaping social work practice and education. By critically analyzing the em[...]

Objectives: Past literature documents many individual predictors of treatment engagement among mental health clients in community settings, but few studies have examined [...]