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Title: A 360° View of Psychiatric Boarding in the Emergency Department
Author: Veri, Shelby
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mental health
Description: This dissertation utilizes a three article approach to examine the current status of psychiatric boarding in the emergency department (ED). The number of ED visits for mental health concerns in the United States has been increasing for the past se...

Title: A Multilevel Analysis of Black Male Secondary School Student Discipline and Achievement in Relation to Violence Exposure
Author: Garo, Laurie
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Education, Mental health
Description: This study examined school outcomes for Black male secondary school students in relation to neighborhood violence, focusing on Disproportionality in out of school suspension and below-proficiency achievement on selected standardized tests. Grounde...

Title: A Phenomenological Inquiry to Understand Environmental Work Factors, Academic Readiness and Supervisory Needs of Interprofessional Collaborative Counselors
Author: Kipick Cawn, Michelle
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Education, Counseling psychology, Mental health
Description: The multi-professional health care setting calls for a stronger evidence-based practice for providing collaborative framework/theory across disciplines. The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the perspectives of counselors wh...

Title: Association Between the Affordable Care Act and Emergency Department Admission by Psychiatric Patients
Author: Asgharian, Afsaneh
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Mental health
Description: AbstractThis was a cross-sectional study to evaluate the association between the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the emergency department (ED) admission by psychiatric patients, characteristics of psychiatric patients admitted to ED, and the ED visi...

Title: Breaking the data value-privacy paradox in mobile mental health systems through user-centered privacy protection : a web-based survey study
Author: Zhang, Dongsong, Lim, Jaewan, Zhou, Lina, Dahl, Alicia A.
Subjects--Topical: Mobile apps, Mental health, Privacy
Description: Background: Mobile mental health systems (MMHS) have been increasingly developed and deployed in support of monitoring, management, and intervention with regard to patients with mental disorders. However, many of these systems rely on patient data...

Title: Caregivers’ Role in Youth Functioning Among Bereaved Caregiver-Child Dyads
Author: Carter, Taylor
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Counseling psychology, Mental health
Description: This study explored indicators of caregiver functioning, the caregiver-child relationship, and child functioning among bereaved youth (aged 6 to 13 years) and their caregivers attending peer support programming at two grief centers (n = 56 caregiv...

Title: Contributions of Documentation Status, Spiritual Coping, and Acculturation on the Stress Level of Adult Hispanic Immigrants
Author: Benitez, Elba
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Mental health
Description: ABSTRACTELBA CAROLINA BENITEZ. Contributions of Documentation Status, Spiritual Coping, and Acculturation on the Stress Level of Adult Hispanic Immigrants(Under the direction of DR. PHYLLIS POST)Nearly 35% of the more than 55 million Hispanics who...

Title: Differences Between Resident Advisors And Undergraduate Residential Students On Resilience, Mental Health, Burnout, And Perceived Stress
Author: Harris, Corrine
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Mental health
Description: The mental health and well-being of college students has become a growing concern for colleges and universities. Research has shown that prevalence rates of mental health in college students is growing and there are multiple complicating impacts o...

Title: Evaluating Sexual Prejudice Among Substance Abuse Counselors
Author: Powell, James
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Mental health, Queer studies
Description: ABSTRACTJAMES EDWARD POWELL. Evaluating sexual prejudice among substance abuse counselors. (Under the direction of DR. JOHN R. CULBRETH) Sexual minority individuals seeking substance abuse treatment services are not immune from barriers of sexual ...

Title: Examining The Lived Experiences of Counselors of Color Working in The Eating Disorder Field
Author: Biang, Amy
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Mental health
Description: Though eating disorders (EDs) affect a diverse population of people, among professionals who treat EDs, Counselors of Color (COC) are under-represented (Jennings-Mathis et al., 2020). Because the ED field is predominately comprised of White profes...

Title: Examining the roles of neuroticism and extraversion with social support on depression : potential pathways to enhance mental health
Author: Hopkins, Jasmine, Bennett, Jeanette M.
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Depression, Mental, Mental health
Description: Background: Depression is a common worldwide illness that affects the quality of life, alters brain structures, and can even lead to suicide. Over the past few decades, the increase in depression and depressive symptoms among college students has ...

Title: Exploring the Relationship Between Military Veterans and Their Attitudes Towards Mental Health Counseling
Author: Williams, Kimberly
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mental health
Description: The United States veteran population continues to grow, presenting increasing concerns about mental health needs of this unique group. Veterans are at a higher risk of military-related problems and mental health issues, particularly given that the...

Title: Factors Related to Weight-Bias Among Counselors
Author: Christensen, Katie
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mental health, Psychology, Multicultural education
Description: More than two-thirds of adults and one-sixth of children and adolescents in the United States experience higher levels of body fat and/or obesity (Hales et al., 2020). Individuals with higher levels of body fat often experience weight-bias, prejud...

Title: Factors Related to the Use of Play Therapy Among Elementary School Counselors
Author: Van Horne, Jill
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Early childhood education, Mental health
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine variables that are related to elementary school counselors' use of play therapy in the elementary school setting. The specific variables explored were age, years of experience, workshop hours, graduate cour...

Title: Identifying Health and Mental Health Needs and Facilitating Access to Care among Youth in Foster Care
Author: Hogan, Katherine
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Mental health, Social service
Description: Youth placed in foster care typically confront a host of health and mental health conditions and related concerns. To address these potential health challenges early, federal legislation stipulates the need to develop case plans and coordinate the...

Title: Implications and preventions of cyberbullying and social exclusion in social media : systematic review
Author: Ademiluyi, Adesoji, Li, Chuqin, Park, Albert
Subjects--Topical: Social media, Mental health, Cyberbullying
Description: Background: The growth of social networking has created a paradigm in which many forms of personal communication are being replaced by internet communication technologies, such as social media. This has led to social issues, such as cyberbullying....

Title: Me, Myself, and Depression: Identity Construction and Depression
Author: Thomas, Rachael
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Mental health
Description: In this narrative autoethnography, I write about and analyze my experiences with depression in order to understand how my identity is socially constructed within that context. Through thematic analysis, I use Goffman's (1963) identity theory as a ...

Title: Predicting Positive Career Planning Attitudes Among Division I College Student-Athletes
Author: Tyrance, Shaun
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Mental health
Description: This study examined the extent that athletic identity, race, gender, sport and expectation to play professionally predict Career Planning Attitudes (Career Optimism, Career Adaptability and Career Knowledge) among Division I college student-athlet...

Title: Predicting youth adjustment following service discharge in a system of care
Author: Scott, Jennifer
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mental health, Behavior therapy
Description: Systems of Care (SOC) have demonstrated modest benefits for youth with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances; however, it is uncertain that youth benefit more when they receive treatment in a SOC relative to traditional treatment. Although...

Title: Psychological distress is more common in some occupations and increases with job tenure : a thirty-seven year panel study in the United States
Author: Laditka, Sarah B., Laditka, James, Arif, Ahmed A., Adeyemi, Oluwaseun J.
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Mental health, Job stress
Description: Background Workers in certain occupations may have elevated risks of psychological distress. However, research is limited. For example, researchers often measure distress that may have existed before occupational exposures. We studied occupations ...