Pub Date : 2026-02-14DOI: 10.1007/s44192-026-00391-x
Abel Savio, Manshvi Srivastava, Maria Rose Jose, Nikita Kumar, Crissin Sojan Elanjickal, Kuljeet Singh
{"title":"A review of artificial intelligence enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy using the BECK AI BOT for mental health interventions.","authors":"Abel Savio, Manshvi Srivastava, Maria Rose Jose, Nikita Kumar, Crissin Sojan Elanjickal, Kuljeet Singh","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00391-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00391-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146195998","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 : 2026-02-13DOI: 10.1007/s44192-026-00369-9
Cole E Giffin, Diana Coholic, Melonie Gilchrist, Melanie Romain, Thierry R F Middleton
{"title":"Investigating the benefits of an arts-based mindfulness program conducted with varsity student athletes.","authors":"Cole E Giffin, Diana Coholic, Melonie Gilchrist, Melanie Romain, Thierry R F Middleton","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00369-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00369-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12963574/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146183523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-12DOI: 10.1007/s44192-026-00386-8
Abel Woldemichael, Habtamu Wondimu, Assefa Berihun, Belay Tefera, Teka Zewdie
Background: While Ethiopia has a long history of relying on traditional and spiritual practices to support persons with mental health needs, modern mental health counseling is a relatively new field in the country. This scoping review aimed to map the current state of counseling services in Ethiopia and to identify existing practices, service delivery settings, key challenges, and opportunities for growth.
Method: A scoping review of literature was made by retrieving 49 published articles from PubMed, Google Scholar and Google. The review included peer-reviewed research articles, conceptual papers, fact sheets and policy reports published in English or Amharic between 1983 and May 9, 2025. A content analysis approach was used to extract and synthesize key themes related to counseling practices, service delivery contexts, challenges, and future prospects.
Findings: Mental health counseling in Ethiopia is delivered in schools, hospitals, private clinics, and online platforms. Despite the expansion of services, they remain largely inaccessible to the majority of the population, especially in rural areas. Service delivery has been concentrated in urban centers due to increasing demand, globalization, urbanization, and the expansion of counseling education. The future of counseling services in Ethiopia faces several challenges (limited public awareness, stigma, shortage of trained professionals, and poor accessibility); of which the use of Western counseling frameworks without sufficient cultural adaptation was the major one.
Implication: There is an urgent need to develop an Ethiopia-centered counseling approach that integrates cultural relevance with professional practices to better meet the needs of the population.
{"title":"A scoping review of mental health counseling practices, challenges, and prospects in Ethiopia.","authors":"Abel Woldemichael, Habtamu Wondimu, Assefa Berihun, Belay Tefera, Teka Zewdie","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00386-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00386-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>While Ethiopia has a long history of relying on traditional and spiritual practices to support persons with mental health needs, modern mental health counseling is a relatively new field in the country. This scoping review aimed to map the current state of counseling services in Ethiopia and to identify existing practices, service delivery settings, key challenges, and opportunities for growth.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A scoping review of literature was made by retrieving 49 published articles from PubMed, Google Scholar and Google. The review included peer-reviewed research articles, conceptual papers, fact sheets and policy reports published in English or Amharic between 1983 and May 9, 2025. A content analysis approach was used to extract and synthesize key themes related to counseling practices, service delivery contexts, challenges, and future prospects.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Mental health counseling in Ethiopia is delivered in schools, hospitals, private clinics, and online platforms. Despite the expansion of services, they remain largely inaccessible to the majority of the population, especially in rural areas. Service delivery has been concentrated in urban centers due to increasing demand, globalization, urbanization, and the expansion of counseling education. The future of counseling services in Ethiopia faces several challenges (limited public awareness, stigma, shortage of trained professionals, and poor accessibility); of which the use of Western counseling frameworks without sufficient cultural adaptation was the major one.</p><p><strong>Implication: </strong>There is an urgent need to develop an Ethiopia-centered counseling approach that integrates cultural relevance with professional practices to better meet the needs of the population.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13000053/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146168129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-08DOI: 10.1007/s44192-026-00381-z
Xuan Thu Le Thi
{"title":"Psychological and professional predictors of help-seeking attitudes in Vietnamese pre-service teachers.","authors":"Xuan Thu Le Thi","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00381-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-026-00381-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146144838","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 : 2026-02-06DOI: 10.1007/s44192-026-00374-y
Irma Hidayana, Zahira Rahvenia, Dicky C Pelupessy, Milya Urfa Ahmad
{"title":"Quality of life among individuals with long COVID symptoms in Indonesia at four points of recovery.","authors":"Irma Hidayana, Zahira Rahvenia, Dicky C Pelupessy, Milya Urfa Ahmad","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00374-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00374-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12976277/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146133707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-04DOI: 10.1007/s44192-026-00383-x
Masanori Kuroki
{"title":"The widening mental health gap between American homeowners and renters: 2013-2023.","authors":"Masanori Kuroki","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00383-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00383-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12961080/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146121046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-31DOI: 10.1007/s44192-026-00380-0
Eden Workalemahu Abeje, Lia Solomon Mogus, Esrom Hagos Gebrehiwot, Abel Teklit Haile, Mohammed Abdusemed Yahya, Salhadin Mohammed
{"title":"Quality of life and influencing factors among caregivers of psychiatric patients in tertiary care hospitals in Ethiopia.","authors":"Eden Workalemahu Abeje, Lia Solomon Mogus, Esrom Hagos Gebrehiwot, Abel Teklit Haile, Mohammed Abdusemed Yahya, Salhadin Mohammed","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00380-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00380-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12946617/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146094982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-30DOI: 10.1007/s44192-026-00375-x
Cheng Cheng, Yushan Li, Wenhao Lv, Jin Zhao, Yan Zhang, Hongliang Lu
This review explores novel strategies for enhancing emotion regulation in military personal under stress, based on the interaction mechanisms of the microbiota-brain-gut axis. Military stress often triggers emotional fluctuations, cognitive decline, and physiological dysregulation, significantly impairing both mental health and combat performance. Existing research has primarily focused on psychological remediation, with insufficient attention paid to physiological mechanisms-particularly brain-gut interactions in emotion regulation. This paper proposes a dual-mode intervention strategy combining "top-down" and "bottom-up" approaches. On one hand, non-invasive neuromodulation techniques such as transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) are used to precisely regulate emotion-related brain regions, enabling immediate mitigation of negative emotions. On the other hand, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is employed to restore gut microbial balance, thereby modulating neurotransmitter production and central nervous function via the gut-brain axis to enhance long-term emotional stability. Ultimately, we propose an integrated intervention combining tES and FMT, which addresses both acute emotional control and sustained regulation. This approach offers a promising theoretical and practical framework for enhancing emotion regulation, safeguarding psychological health, and maintaining combat effectiveness in high-stress military environments.
{"title":"A dual pathway intervention of tES and FMT enhances emotion regulation in stressed military personnel.","authors":"Cheng Cheng, Yushan Li, Wenhao Lv, Jin Zhao, Yan Zhang, Hongliang Lu","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00375-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00375-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review explores novel strategies for enhancing emotion regulation in military personal under stress, based on the interaction mechanisms of the microbiota-brain-gut axis. Military stress often triggers emotional fluctuations, cognitive decline, and physiological dysregulation, significantly impairing both mental health and combat performance. Existing research has primarily focused on psychological remediation, with insufficient attention paid to physiological mechanisms-particularly brain-gut interactions in emotion regulation. This paper proposes a dual-mode intervention strategy combining \"top-down\" and \"bottom-up\" approaches. On one hand, non-invasive neuromodulation techniques such as transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) are used to precisely regulate emotion-related brain regions, enabling immediate mitigation of negative emotions. On the other hand, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is employed to restore gut microbial balance, thereby modulating neurotransmitter production and central nervous function via the gut-brain axis to enhance long-term emotional stability. Ultimately, we propose an integrated intervention combining tES and FMT, which addresses both acute emotional control and sustained regulation. This approach offers a promising theoretical and practical framework for enhancing emotion regulation, safeguarding psychological health, and maintaining combat effectiveness in high-stress military environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12936295/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146094971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-29DOI: 10.1007/s44192-026-00377-9
Mouhammed Sleiay, Abdulrahman Ahmad Othman, Bilal Sleiay, Hasan Alsmoudi, Zeina Zakarya Marzouk, Sabrina Elias, Mirella Nakhle, Salem Almazroua, Merry Nakhleh, Shahd Awad Alali, Seba Alamawi, Fatemah Alyyan, Sajeda Aeed, Rim Al Assad, Sara Salim Saleh, Tahani Ahmedalabdalkhilat, Bushra Ramdan Alkhalaf, Raghad Rabia Aljalab, Masa Ahakim, Rama Kendakji
{"title":"Sleep quality, mental health, lifestyle factors, and academic performance among medical students in three Syrian Universities: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Mouhammed Sleiay, Abdulrahman Ahmad Othman, Bilal Sleiay, Hasan Alsmoudi, Zeina Zakarya Marzouk, Sabrina Elias, Mirella Nakhle, Salem Almazroua, Merry Nakhleh, Shahd Awad Alali, Seba Alamawi, Fatemah Alyyan, Sajeda Aeed, Rim Al Assad, Sara Salim Saleh, Tahani Ahmedalabdalkhilat, Bushra Ramdan Alkhalaf, Raghad Rabia Aljalab, Masa Ahakim, Rama Kendakji","doi":"10.1007/s44192-026-00377-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44192-026-00377-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72827,"journal":{"name":"Discover mental health","volume":" ","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12920859/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146088210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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