Pub Date : 2021-02-22DOI: 10.2174/221067661004210217115200
L. Flaherty
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Pub Date : 2021-02-22DOI: 10.2174/2210676610999201229141153
Georgia A. Naldrett, Jane L. Wood
The current study investigated the relationship between gang involvement and multiple mental health difficulties; anxiety, depression, paranoia, victim trauma and perpetrator trauma. Additionally, it examined the mediating influence of an individuals’ exposure to violence within this relationship. One hundred adolescents aged 11-16 years old, completed two questionnaires and an interview which investigated their friendship groups, exposure to violence and mental well-being. Eighteen participants were identified as current or ex-gang members and the other eighty-two were classified as the non-gang comparison group. Findings show that gang members displayed more symptoms of depression and perpetrator trauma compared to non-gang members. The relationship between gang involvement and these mental health difficulties was mediated by exposure to violence. Discussion focuses on the need for researchers, practitioners and policy makers to acknowledge the relationship between gang involvement and mental health difficulties and implement additional strategies to support young people currently or previously involved in gangs.
{"title":"Gang Involvement, Mental Health Difficulties and Exposure to Violence in 11-16-Year-Old School Students","authors":"Georgia A. Naldrett, Jane L. Wood","doi":"10.2174/2210676610999201229141153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2210676610999201229141153","url":null,"abstract":"The current study investigated the relationship between gang involvement and multiple mental health difficulties; anxiety, depression, paranoia, victim trauma and perpetrator trauma. Additionally, it examined the mediating influence of an individuals’ exposure to violence within this relationship. One hundred adolescents aged 11-16 years old, completed two questionnaires and an interview which investigated their friendship groups, exposure to violence and mental well-being. Eighteen participants were identified as current or ex-gang members and the other eighty-two were classified as the non-gang comparison group. Findings show that gang members displayed more symptoms of depression and perpetrator trauma compared to non-gang members. The relationship between gang involvement and these mental health difficulties was mediated by exposure to violence. Discussion focuses on the need for researchers, practitioners and policy makers to acknowledge the relationship between gang involvement and mental health difficulties and implement additional strategies to support young people currently or previously involved in gangs.","PeriodicalId":43326,"journal":{"name":"Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":"10 1","pages":"244-255"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49555354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-02-22DOI: 10.2174/2210676611666210111093742
Thyna Catamaran, C. Savoy, H. Layton, E. Lipman, K. Boylan, R. J. Lieshout
Young mothers have higher rates of mental health problems yet can be difficult to engage in care. Few interventions exist targeting the full range of mental health problems these women face. While transdiagnostic psychotherapies have been utilized in adolescent groups, they have not been tested in young mothers. Our objective was to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a public health nurse-delivered transdiagnostic CBT-based resilience curriculum for young mothers in a supported school setting, and to determine preliminary estimates of the program’s effects. 56 mothers 21 years of age or younger were recruited from a supported high school program in Canada. Using a pretest/post-test design with no control group, measures of maternal depression, anxiety, emotion regulation, and offspring behaviour were collected immediately before and after the completion of the weekly 10-session intervention. The intervention was feasible and acceptable to young mothers. While few statistically significant changes were noted in the complete sample, for those with moderate-severe depression at baseline, program participation resulted in clinically meaningful improvements in depression, anxiety, and emotion regulation. Provision of a transdiagnostic CBT-based resilience building program delivered by public health nurses in a supported school setting was both feasible and well-tolerated. Given the preliminary nature of this study, its clinical utility is unclear, though it may have benefits for young mothers with more significant mental health problems at baseline.
{"title":"Feasibility of Delivering a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-Based Resilience Curriculum to Young Mothers by Public Health Nurses","authors":"Thyna Catamaran, C. Savoy, H. Layton, E. Lipman, K. Boylan, R. J. Lieshout","doi":"10.2174/2210676611666210111093742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2210676611666210111093742","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000 Young mothers have higher rates of mental health problems yet can be difficult to engage in care.\u0000Few interventions exist targeting the full range of mental health problems these women face. While transdiagnostic\u0000psychotherapies have been utilized in adolescent groups, they have not been tested in young mothers.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Our objective was to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a public health nurse-delivered transdiagnostic\u0000CBT-based resilience curriculum for young mothers in a supported school setting, and to determine preliminary estimates\u0000of the program’s effects.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000 56 mothers 21 years of age or younger were recruited from a supported high school program in Canada. Using a\u0000pretest/post-test design with no control group, measures of maternal depression, anxiety, emotion regulation, and offspring\u0000behaviour were collected immediately before and after the completion of the weekly 10-session intervention.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The intervention was feasible and acceptable to young mothers. While few statistically significant changes were\u0000noted in the complete sample, for those with moderate-severe depression at baseline, program participation resulted in\u0000clinically meaningful improvements in depression, anxiety, and emotion regulation.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Provision of a transdiagnostic CBT-based resilience building program delivered by public health nurses in a\u0000supported school setting was both feasible and well-tolerated. Given the preliminary nature of this study, its clinical utility\u0000is unclear, though it may have benefits for young mothers with more significant mental health problems at baseline. \u0000","PeriodicalId":43326,"journal":{"name":"Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":"10 1","pages":"317-329"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49129643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-02-10DOI: 10.2174/2210676611666210210104431
D. Kanchibhotla, Saumya Subramanian, S. Kulkarni
Background: Today’s teenagers face several challenges that result in poor mental health, depression and anxiety. Several studies in the past decade have explored meditation as an adjunctive therapy for mental illness however the long term residual benefits of meditation have rarely been studied. The aim of the study was to investigate the benefits of a four day meditation retreat on cognitive abilities, mental and emotional well-being of teenagers. 303 teenagers participated in this study. Cognitive abilities of the students were measured using theSix letter cancellation test (SLCT). Mental and emotional well-being was measured using World Health Organization Well-being index (WHO-5) and Strength and Difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) respectively. Data analysis was performed using paired sample t-test and repeated measure ANOVA. Teenagers demonstrated a 33% increase in average accuracy for SLCT post intervention. WHO-5 mental well-being index scores also increased significantly (p <1). The participants experienced significant reduction in emotional problems and hyperactivity as measured by SDQ. The benefits of the retreat continued to persist, when measured after 40 days of the intervention. A well-structured meditation retreat has significant and long term benefits on teenagers’ mental well-being, emotional stability and cognitive capacity.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-02DOI: 10.2174/2210676611666210202090610
L. Bond, A. Murtagh, S. Morgan
COVID-19 is one of the most challenging and devastating public health emergencies we have experienced in our lifetimes. There is a growing concern that the pandemic and its imposed public health restrictions may be harming a generation of young people. This is concerning for child and adolescent psychiatry as there is already a mismatch between resources and demand. This paper will outline the day to day working challenges encountered by the SPMHS adolescent service, staffstaff, and patients in the initial months of the COVID-19 crisis and some of the strategies implemented to deal with these. In St. Patrick’s University Hospital in Ireland, significant challenges in the adolescent service were encountered in the initial months of the COVID-19 crisis. These included cessation of face-to-face patient interactions, therapeutic leave and visiting restrictions, school closure, social restrictions, difficulties in organizing medical appointments and investigations, family stress and increased workload for staff. Strategies including telepsychiatry have enabled the delivery of an efficient and accessible adolescent service during this crisis. Future research into how best we can support children and adolescents during COVID-19 particularly those with existing mental illness is crucial.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-25DOI: 10.2174/2210676611666210125085400
D. Rettew
Many states are currently considering legislature that would legalize and commercialize cannabis for medical and recreational purposes. Physicians and other health professionals are frequently called upon to offer an expert opinion on the public health implications of these bills. For many, the role as a scientific expert and advocate in a political process is new. To outline themes and lessons learned for science-minded clinicians engaged in deliberations over cannabis legislation. To describe how science can get used and misused in the political process. This article describes the experience of a psychiatrist who was actively involved in one state’s deliberations through cannabis legalization bills. Major themes that emerged during the process are described as are recommendations for other health professionals who may find themselves involved in similar processes related to cannabis legalization and other controversial initiatives that rely on the interpretation of scientific information. Psychiatrists and other clinicians can make important contributions to the political process for legislative debates that involve science-based mental health information.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-08DOI: 10.2174/2210676610999201208214837
Noga Oschry-Bernstein, N. Horesh-Reinman, Adar Avnon, Tomer Mevorach, A. Apter, S. Fennig
The separateness of anxiety disorder and depressive disorder as two distinct disorders is often questioned. The aim of the current study is to examine whether there is a different profile of life events and personality characteristics for anxiety and depression disorders in adolescents. One hundred forty-six adolescents participated in the study, 57 boys and 89 girls, ranging in age from 11-18 years (mean=15.08+1.97). The study group included 92 adolescents with a clinical diagnosis of depression or anxiety, and the comparison group included 54 teenagers with no known psychopathology. Multinomial logistic regression produced different predictive profiles for anxiety disorder and for depressive disorders. Life event variables, especially minor life events and early traumas, were found to be predictors for depression. Furthermore, interaction was found between early trauma and minor life events in the prediction of depression, such that the existence of trauma weakened the statistical correlation between minor life events and the onset of depression. In addition, contrary to the literature regarding adults, it was found that during adolescence personality variables have a unique contribution as predictive factors for vulnerability to the onset of anxiety and depression, thus reducing the significance of life events. Our findings suggest that different profile of life events and personality characteristics can be identified for the two disorders. In addition, it appears that early traumas are a dominant factor that overshadows more recent life events at the onset of depression among adolescents.
{"title":"The Relationship between Life Events and Personality Style to the Development of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders Among Adolescents","authors":"Noga Oschry-Bernstein, N. Horesh-Reinman, Adar Avnon, Tomer Mevorach, A. Apter, S. Fennig","doi":"10.2174/2210676610999201208214837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2210676610999201208214837","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000The separateness of anxiety disorder and depressive disorder as two distinct disorders is often questioned. The aim of the current study is to examine whether there is a different profile of life events and personality characteristics for anxiety and depression disorders in adolescents.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000One hundred forty-six adolescents participated in the study, 57 boys and 89 girls, ranging in age from 11-18 years (mean=15.08+1.97). The study group included 92 adolescents with a clinical diagnosis of depression or anxiety, and the comparison group included 54 teenagers with no known psychopathology.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Multinomial logistic regression produced different predictive profiles for anxiety disorder and for depressive disorders. Life event variables, especially minor life events and early traumas, were found to be predictors for depression. Furthermore, interaction was found between early trauma and minor life events in the prediction of depression, such that the existence of trauma weakened the statistical correlation between minor life events and the onset of depression.\u0000In addition, contrary to the literature regarding adults, it was found that during adolescence personality variables have a unique contribution as predictive factors for vulnerability to the onset of anxiety and depression, thus reducing the significance of life events.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Our findings suggest that different profile of life events and personality characteristics can be identified for the two disorders. In addition, it appears that early traumas are a dominant factor that overshadows more recent life events at the onset of depression among adolescents.\u0000","PeriodicalId":43326,"journal":{"name":"Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2020-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46909866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-02DOI: 10.2174/2210676610666200316100146
M. McDonald, J. Shatkin, Zhuorong Li, Emine Kahraman Sevgi Güngör Meltem E. Durgun, Y. Özsoy, Fatemeh Sheikholeslami-Farahani Ashraf Shahvelayati Zohreh Maryam Ghazvini, Saeid Abad, V. Tsanov, Hristo Tsanov, M. Rai, Rehan Qamar, M. Riaz, Yanqi Shi, Peng Liu, Tianyu Xie, Cheng Zhong
International data indicates that up to 20% of the world’s children and adolescents have at least one mental health disorder. In the United States, nearly 50% of teenagers meet DSM criteria for a psychiatric disorder, and over 25% suffer from a “severe disorder.” Mental health and substance use disorders remain two of the greatest contributors to the global disease burden. Typically, mental health professionals are not trained for prevention; however, over the past 50 years, the field of psychiatry has identified many practices that prevent and limit the severity of psychiatric disorders. In this overview, we first address the great degree of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral suffering that children and adolescents face world-wide. We then describe how a health promotion/disease prevention model differs from typical mental health care. Finally, we describe a series of interventions at the individual, community, and societal levels that can be utilized to prevent and lessen the burden of mental illness. Given our enhanced understanding of the prevalence of mental illness, the degree to which it interferes with healthy functioning, and the enormous global burden it causes, now is the time to engage psychiatrists and psychologists in health promotion and disease prevention. The field of psychiatry should begin to focus on designing and implementing mental health promotion and disease prevention programs, akin to those described here, to combat the onset, development, and progression of mental illness.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-02DOI: 10.2174/2210676610666200226090427
Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers
Autobiographical narrative (i.e., the process through writing or storytelling where one recalls life experiences and their impact on identity) has been found to effectively help adolescents cope with a range of medical and psychological issues. The current study addressed the overall preliminary research question: How does implementing an autobiographical narrative approach promote resilience, psychological well- being, and ethnic identity among adolescents? A secondary study aim was to explore how central the memories evoked by each workshop were to participant identity. The study’s third goal was to promote life skill development and self-awareness through participation in the autobiographical narrative intervention. The intervention incorporated a community-based participatory research (CBPR) framework in its partnership with a community centre in Northern England. The intervention consisted of an 8-week autobiographical program with youth participants from working and lower middle-class backgrounds. Socioeconomic status was operationalized by self-report on a demographic data sheet completed by participants. Analyses indicated that participants viewed the events discussed in the 8-week program as being more central to their lives after their participation. Maladaptive coping appeared to decrease after participation in the intervention. Results suggest interventions that incorporate an autobiographical narrative approach within a CBPR framework may promote positive outcomes among adolescents with limited economic resources.
{"title":"Exploration of Psychological Well-Being, Resilience, Ethnic Identity, and Meaningful Events Among a Group of Youth in Northern England: An Autobiographical Narrative Intervention Pilot Study","authors":"Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers","doi":"10.2174/2210676610666200226090427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2210676610666200226090427","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Autobiographical narrative (i.e., the process through writing or storytelling\u0000where one recalls life experiences and their impact on identity) has been found to\u0000effectively help adolescents cope with a range of medical and psychological issues.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The current study addressed the overall preliminary research question: How does\u0000implementing an autobiographical narrative approach promote resilience, psychological\u0000well- being, and ethnic identity among adolescents? A secondary study aim was to explore\u0000how central the memories evoked by each workshop were to participant identity. The\u0000study’s third goal was to promote life skill development and self-awareness through participation\u0000in the autobiographical narrative intervention.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The intervention incorporated a community-based participatory research (CBPR)\u0000framework in its partnership with a community centre in Northern England. The intervention\u0000consisted of an 8-week autobiographical program with youth participants from working and\u0000lower middle-class backgrounds. Socioeconomic status was operationalized by self-report on\u0000a demographic data sheet completed by participants.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Analyses indicated that participants viewed the events discussed in the 8-week program\u0000as being more central to their lives after their participation. Maladaptive coping appeared\u0000to decrease after participation in the intervention.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Results suggest interventions that incorporate an autobiographical narrative\u0000approach within a CBPR framework may promote positive outcomes among adolescents\u0000with limited economic resources.\u0000","PeriodicalId":43326,"journal":{"name":"Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":"10 1","pages":"92-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2020-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44005962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-02DOI: 10.2174/2210676610666200324113209
S. A. Garbacz, D. Minch, Phoebe Jordan, Kaitlyn Young, M. Weist
Partnerships with families in education settings should emphasize their roles as active and engaged co-equal partners. However, common practices in schools are to involve families at school-based events and share information with them about their child’s education in a manner that does not promote two-way interactions. The objectives of this paper are to describe relevant background on familyschool connections; approaches to promote academic performance and mental and behavioral health; and a framework to organize family partnerships that support all youth across a continuum of support intensity. A review based on the relevant family-school partnership and systems change literature was conducted. The review focused on prevention, tiered approaches that provide a continuum of support to students, and partnership-centered family engagement. Research supports family-school partnerships in a tiered prevention framework. A theory of change was developed to depict the impact of family partnerships on proximal and distal outcomes. Implications suggest a need for partnership-centered approaches to school reform in state and federal policy to support investments in school and district initiatives. Initiatives should embed culturally sensitive practices so that all children can thrive. Future directions for investigating effective approaches for family partnerships are described.
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