{"results":[{"id":"ss_5bd7a99a1e400545366a54ac35e48ebd86a278f5","title":"A tough, antibacterial and antioxidant hydrogel dressing accelerates wound healing and suppresses hypertrophic scar formation in infected wounds","authors":[{"name":"Xiaoqing Liu"},{"name":"Yiming Sun"},{"name":"Jie Wang"},{"name":"Yong Kang"},{"name":"Zhaolong Wang"},{"name":"W. Cao"},{"name":"Juan Ye"},{"name":"Changyou Gao"}],"abstract":"Wound management is an important issue that places enormous pressure on the physical and mental health of patients, especially in cases of infection, where the increased inflammatory response could lead to severe hypertrophic scars (HSs). In this study, a hydrogel dressing was developed by combining the high strength and toughness, swelling resistance, antibacterial and antioxidant capabilities. The hydrogel matrix was composed of a double network of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and agarose with excellent mechanical properties. Hyperbranched polylysine (HBPL), a highly effective antibacterial cationic polymer, and tannic acid (TA), a strong antioxidant molecule, were added to the hydrogel as functional components. Examination of antibacterial and antioxidant properties of the hydrogel confirmed the full play of the efficacy of HBPL and TA. In the in vivo studies of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, the hydrogel had shown obvious promotion of wound healing, and more profoundly, significant suppression of scar formation. Due to the common raw materials and simple preparation methods, this hydrogel can be mass produced and used for accelerating wound healing while preventing HSs in infected wounds.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2024,"language":"en","subjects":["Medicine"],"doi":"10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.12.019","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/5bd7a99a1e400545366a54ac35e48ebd86a278f5","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.12.019","is_open_access":true,"citations":187,"published_at":"","score":73.61},{"id":"crossref_10.5040/9781350463509.ch-007","title":"Healing and the management of chronic mental illnesses in prayer camps","authors":null,"abstract":"","source":"CrossRef","year":2026,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.5040/9781350463509.ch-007","url":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350463509.ch-007","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":70},{"id":"arxiv_2603.29239","title":"Diffusion Mental Averages","authors":[{"name":"Phonphrm Thawatdamrongkit"},{"name":"Sukit Seripanitkarn"},{"name":"Supasorn Suwajanakorn"}],"abstract":"Can a diffusion model produce its own \"mental average\" of a concept-one that is as sharp and realistic as a typical sample? We introduce Diffusion Mental Averages (DMA), a model-centric answer to this question. While prior methods aim to average image collections, they produce blurry results when applied to diffusion samples from the same prompt. These data-centric techniques operate outside the model, ignoring the generative process. In contrast, DMA averages within the diffusion model's semantic space, as discovered by recent studies. Since this space evolves across timesteps and lacks a direct decoder, we cast averaging as trajectory alignment: optimize multiple noise latents so their denoising trajectories progressively converge toward shared coarse-to-fine semantics, yielding a single sharp prototype. We extend our approach to multimodal concepts (e.g., dogs with many breeds) by clustering samples in semantically-rich spaces such as CLIP and applying Textual Inversion or LoRA to bridge CLIP clusters into diffusion space. This is, to our knowledge, the first approach that delivers consistent, realistic averages, even for abstract concepts, serving as a concrete visual summary and a lens into model biases and concept representation.","source":"arXiv","year":2026,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.CV"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29239","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29239","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2026-03-31T04:08:20Z","score":70},{"id":"arxiv_2603.14007","title":"Formal Abductive Explanations for Navigating Mental Health Help-Seeking and Diversity in Tech Workplaces","authors":[{"name":"Belona Sonna"},{"name":"Alain Momo"},{"name":"Alban Grastien"}],"abstract":"This work proposes a formal abductive explanation framework designed to systematically uncover rationales underlying AI predictions of mental health help-seeking within tech workplace settings. By computing rigorous justifications for model outputs, this approach enables principled selection of models tailored to distinct psychiatric profiles and underpins ethically robust recourse planning. Beyond moving past ad-hoc interpretability, we explicitly examine the influence of sensitive attributes such as gender on model decisions, a critical component for fairness assessments. In doing so, it aligns explanatory insights with the complex landscape of workplace mental health, ultimately supporting trustworthy deployment and targeted interventions.","source":"arXiv","year":2026,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.AI"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.14007","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.14007","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2026-03-14T16:17:02Z","score":70},{"id":"arxiv_2603.27994","title":"Filipino Students' Willingness to Use AI for Mental Health Support: A Path Analysis of Behavioral, Emotional, and Contextual Factors","authors":[{"name":"John Paul P. Miranda"},{"name":"Rhiziel P. Manalese"},{"name":"Ivan G. Liwanag"},{"name":"Rodel T. Alimurong"},{"name":"Alvin B. Roque"}],"abstract":"This study examined how behavioral, emotional, and contextual factors influence Filipino students' willingness to use artificial intelligence (AI) for mental health support. Results showed that habit had the strongest effect on willingness, followed by comfort, emotional benefit, facilitating conditions, and perceived usefulness. Students who used AI tools regularly felt more confident and open to relying on them for emotional support. Empathy, privacy, and accessibility also increased comfort and trust in AI systems. The findings highlight that emotional safety and routine use are essential in promoting willingness. The study recommends AI literacy programs, empathic design, and ethical policies that support responsible and culturally sensitive use of AI for student mental health care.","source":"arXiv","year":2026,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.HC","cs.CY"],"doi":"10.4018/979-8-3373-4222-1.ch015","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27994","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.27994","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2026-03-30T03:35:06Z","score":70},{"id":"arxiv_2603.16204","title":"A Scoping Review of AI-Driven Digital Interventions in Mental Health Care: Mapping Applications Across Screening, Support, Monitoring, Prevention, and Clinical Education","authors":[{"name":"Yang Ni"},{"name":"Fanli Jia"}],"abstract":"Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled digital interventions, including Generative AI (GenAI) and Human-Centered AI (HCAI), are increasingly used to expand access to digital psychiatry and mental health care. This PRISMA-ScR scoping review maps the landscape of AI-driven mental health (mHealth) technologies across five critical phases: pre-treatment (screening/triage), treatment (therapeutic support), post-treatment (remote patient monitoring), clinical education, and population-level prevention. We synthesized 36 empirical studies implemented through early 2024, focusing on Large Language Models (LLMs), machine learning (ML) models, and autonomous conversational agents. Key use cases involve referral triage, empathic communication enhancement, and AI-assisted psychotherapy delivered via chatbots and voice agents. While benefits include reduced wait times and increased patient engagement, we address recurring challenges like algorithmic bias, data privacy, and human-AI collaboration barriers. By introducing a novel four-pillar framework, this review provides a comprehensive roadmap for AI-augmented mental health care, offering actionable insights for researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to develop safe, effective, and equitable digital health interventions.","source":"arXiv","year":2026,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.CY","cs.AI","cs.HC"],"doi":"10.3390/healthcare13101205","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.16204","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.16204","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2026-03-17T07:33:29Z","score":70},{"id":"arxiv_2504.12337","title":"\"It Listens Better Than My Therapist\": Exploring Social Media Discourse on LLMs as Mental Health Tool","authors":[{"name":"Anna-Carolina Haensch"}],"abstract":"The emergence of generative AI chatbots such as ChatGPT has prompted growing public and academic interest in their role as informal mental health support tools. While early rule-based systems have been around for several years, large language models (LLMs) offer new capabilities in conversational fluency, empathy simulation, and availability. This study explores how users engage with LLMs as mental health tools by analyzing over 10,000 TikTok comments from videos referencing LLMs as mental health tools. Using a self-developed tiered coding schema and supervised classification models, we identify user experiences, attitudes, and recurring themes. Results show that nearly 20% of comments reflect personal use, with these users expressing overwhelmingly positive attitudes. Commonly cited benefits include accessibility, emotional support, and perceived therapeutic value. However, concerns around privacy, generic responses, and the lack of professional oversight remain prominent. It is important to note that the user feedback does not indicate which therapeutic framework, if any, the LLM-generated output aligns with. While the findings underscore the growing relevance of AI in everyday practices, they also highlight the urgent need for clinical and ethical scrutiny in the use of AI for mental health support.","source":"arXiv","year":2025,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.CL","cs.CY","cs.HC","cs.SI"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12337","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.12337","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2025-04-14T17:37:32Z","score":69},{"id":"arxiv_2507.19218","title":"Technological folie à deux: Feedback Loops Between AI Chatbots and Mental Illness","authors":[{"name":"Sebastian Dohnány"},{"name":"Zeb Kurth-Nelson"},{"name":"Eleanor Spens"},{"name":"Lennart Luettgau"},{"name":"Alastair Reid"},{"name":"Iason Gabriel"},{"name":"Christopher Summerfield"},{"name":"Murray Shanahan"},{"name":"Matthew M Nour"}],"abstract":"Artificial intelligence chatbots have achieved unprecedented adoption, with millions now using these systems for emotional support and companionship in contexts of widespread social isolation and capacity-constrained mental health services. While some users report psychological benefits, concerning edge cases are emerging, including reports of suicide, violence, and delusional thinking linked to perceived emotional relationships with chatbots. To understand this new risk profile we need to consider the interaction between human cognitive and emotional biases, and chatbot behavioural tendencies such as agreeableness (sycophancy) and adaptability (in-context learning). We argue that individuals with mental health conditions face increased risks of chatbot-induced belief destabilization and dependence, owing to altered belief-updating, impaired reality-testing, and social isolation. Current AI safety measures are inadequate to address these interaction-based risks. To address this emerging public health concern, we need coordinated action across clinical practice, AI development, and regulatory frameworks.","source":"arXiv","year":2025,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.HC","cs.AI","q-bio.NC"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19218","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.19218","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2025-07-25T12:38:54Z","score":69},{"id":"arxiv_2502.19860","title":"MIND: Towards Immersive Psychological Healing with Multi-agent Inner Dialogue","authors":[{"name":"Yujia Chen"},{"name":"Changsong Li"},{"name":"Yiming Wang"},{"name":"Tianjie Ju"},{"name":"Qingqing Xiao"},{"name":"Nan Zhang"},{"name":"Zifan Kong"},{"name":"Peng Wang"},{"name":"Binyu Yan"}],"abstract":"Mental health issues are worsening in today's competitive society, such as depression and anxiety. Traditional healings like counseling and chatbots fail to engage effectively, they often provide generic responses lacking emotional depth. Although large language models (LLMs) have the potential to create more human-like interactions, they still struggle to capture subtle emotions. This requires LLMs to be equipped with human-like adaptability and warmth. To fill this gap, we propose the MIND (Multi-agent INner Dialogue), a novel paradigm that provides more immersive psychological healing environments. Considering the strong generative and role-playing ability of LLM agents, we predefine an interactive healing framework and assign LLM agents different roles within the framework to engage in interactive inner dialogues with users, thereby providing an immersive healing experience. We conduct extensive human experiments in various real-world healing dimensions, and find that MIND provides a more user-friendly experience than traditional paradigms. This demonstrates that MIND effectively leverages the significant potential of LLMs in psychological healing.","source":"arXiv","year":2025,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.CL","cs.AI"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.19860","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.19860","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2025-02-27T08:04:27Z","score":69},{"id":"doaj_10.1177/26334895251389461","title":"Cascading Training Model to Promote Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Across South Africa: Rollout in an HIV Service Organization","authors":[{"name":"Kira DiClemente-Bosco"},{"name":"Caroline Kuo"},{"name":"Goodman Sibeko"},{"name":"Shaheema Allie"},{"name":"Timothy Souza"},{"name":"Tim Janssen"},{"name":"Warren Cornelius"},{"name":"Ayanda Mkhize"},{"name":"Andrew Scheibe"},{"name":"Anje Pretorius"},{"name":"Tricia Sterling"},{"name":"Sara J. Becker"}],"abstract":"Background In South Africa, rates of HIV and alcohol use are among the highest globally, with a detrimental synergistic relationship. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based, cost-effective approach to identifying people at risk of alcohol-related problems to deliver early intervention. We developed and deployed a cascading train-the-trainer model to promote SBIRT implementation in a large nongovernmental organization offering HIV services across South Africa. Method Between 2021 and 2022, we completed preparatory activities including designing scalable training resources prior to rolling out the train-the-trainer model across two South African provinces. We conducted a comprehensive assessment of outcomes at the trainer- (knowledge, fidelity), provider- (attitudes, confidence, perceived implementation potential, adoption), and client-encounter (reach) levels over approximately one year. Results We trained 12 novice trainers who then trained 206 providers to implement SBIRT. Trainer SBIRT knowledge increased pre- to posttraining, and fidelity of training delivery was high (99.0% of elements covered across sessions). Provider attitudes, confidence, and perceived implementation potential increased over time, and 64% of providers adopted SBIRT. Reach of the model varied by component, with 41,793 clients screened by trained providers. Of those screening positive for risky alcohol use, 86% received brief intervention (BI) and 53% received referral to treatment (RT). Additionally, 15,353 clients who did not screen as having risky alcohol use received BI and 1,122 received RT. Conclusion Results indicated that the cascading training model was delivered with high fidelity, associated with improvements in all provider outcomes, and reached high numbers of clients for the screening component of the model. Rates of BI and RT delivery were moderate to high, though data suggested over-application of these elements with some clients, highlighting the tension between reach and fidelity. Lessons learned will inform future scale-out of this model in HIV service settings in low- and middle-income countries.","source":"DOAJ","year":2025,"language":"","subjects":["Mental healing","Psychiatry"],"doi":"10.1177/26334895251389461","url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895251389461","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":69},{"id":"ss_0a4e56e5f39f9b5296dbef85e83794dd55e1b236","title":"Traditional healing practices, factors influencing to access the practices and its complementary effect on mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review","authors":[{"name":"K. Berhe"},{"name":"H. Gesesew"},{"name":"P. Ward"}],"abstract":"Objectives In areas with limited and unaffordable biomedical mental health services, such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), traditional healers are an incredibly well-used source of mental healthcare. This systematic review synthesises the available evidence on traditional healing practices, factors to access it and its effectiveness in improving people’s mental health in SSA. Design Systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses approach. Data sources PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL and Scopus studies published before 1 December 2022. Eligibility criteria Qualitative and quantitative studies reported traditional healing practices to treat mental health problems in SSA countries published in English before 1 December 2022. Data extraction and synthesis Data were extracted using Covidence software, thematically analysed and reported using tables and narrative reports. The methodological quality of the included papers was evaluated using Joanna Briggs Institute quality appraisal tools. Results In total, 51 studies were included for analysis. Traditional healing practices included faith-based (spiritual or religious) healing, diviner healing practices and herbal therapies as complementary to other traditional healing types. Objectively measured studies stated that people’s mental health improved through collaborative care of traditional healing and biomedical care services. In addition, other subjectively measured studies revealed the effect of traditional healing in improving the mental health status of people. Human rights abuses occur as a result of some traditional practices, including physical abuse, chaining of the patient and restriction of food or fasting or starving patients. Individual, social, traditional healers, biomedical healthcare providers and health system-related factors were identified to accessing traditional healing services. Conclusion Although there is no conclusive, high-level evidence to support the effectiveness of traditional healing alone in improving mental health status. Moreover, the included studies in this review indicated that traditional healing and biomedical services collaborative care improve people’s mental health. PROSPERO registration number CRD42023392905.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2024,"language":"en","subjects":["Medicine"],"doi":"10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083004","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/0a4e56e5f39f9b5296dbef85e83794dd55e1b236","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083004","is_open_access":true,"citations":30,"published_at":"","score":68.9},{"id":"ss_90d2f6387a2eb0ff08b22498e7ce1300fe0503b2","title":"Healing Stitches: A Scoping Review on the Impact of Needlecraft on Mental Health and Well-Being","authors":[{"name":"Danielle Le Lagadec"},{"name":"R. Kornhaber"},{"name":"Colleen Johnston-Devin"},{"name":"Michelle Cleary"}],"abstract":"Abstract Encompassing many crafts, needlecraft has been popular, particularly amongst women, for centuries. This scoping review mapped and explored primary research on sewing, crocheting, knitting, lacemaking, embroidery and quilting and its impact on mental health and well-being. A comprehensive systematic search across PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus and Google Scholar was conducted in January 2024, identifying 25 studies that met the inclusion criteria. Four themes (and 15 subthemes) emerged from the data: (1) mental well-being; (2) social connection, sense of value and belonging; (3) sense of purpose, achievement and satisfaction; and (4) self-identity, family, culture and legacy. The review showed that needlecraft has an overwhelmingly positive effect on mental health and general well-being. This scoping review may be used to inform mental health nurses and other professionals of the benefits of needlecraft for a wide variety of consumers and may also find application in the well-being of healthcare workers.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2024,"language":"en","subjects":["Medicine"],"doi":"10.1080/01612840.2024.2364228","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/90d2f6387a2eb0ff08b22498e7ce1300fe0503b2","pdf_url":"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01612840.2024.2364228?needAccess=true","is_open_access":true,"citations":9,"published_at":"","score":68.27000000000001},{"id":"arxiv_2402.08837","title":"Learning to Generate Context-Sensitive Backchannel Smiles for Embodied AI Agents with Applications in Mental Health Dialogues","authors":[{"name":"Maneesh Bilalpur"},{"name":"Mert Inan"},{"name":"Dorsa Zeinali"},{"name":"Jeffrey F. Cohn"},{"name":"Malihe Alikhani"}],"abstract":"Addressing the critical shortage of mental health resources for effective screening, diagnosis, and treatment remains a significant challenge. This scarcity underscores the need for innovative solutions, particularly in enhancing the accessibility and efficacy of therapeutic support. Embodied agents with advanced interactive capabilities emerge as a promising and cost-effective supplement to traditional caregiving methods. Crucial to these agents' effectiveness is their ability to simulate non-verbal behaviors, like backchannels, that are pivotal in establishing rapport and understanding in therapeutic contexts but remain under-explored. To improve the rapport-building capabilities of embodied agents we annotated backchannel smiles in videos of intimate face-to-face conversations over topics such as mental health, illness, and relationships. We hypothesized that both speaker and listener behaviors affect the duration and intensity of backchannel smiles. Using cues from speech prosody and language along with the demographics of the speaker and listener, we found them to contain significant predictors of the intensity of backchannel smiles. Based on our findings, we introduce backchannel smile production in embodied agents as a generation problem. Our attention-based generative model suggests that listener information offers performance improvements over the baseline speaker-centric generation approach. Conditioned generation using the significant predictors of smile intensity provides statistically significant improvements in empirical measures of generation quality. Our user study by transferring generated smiles to an embodied agent suggests that agent with backchannel smiles is perceived to be more human-like and is an attractive alternative for non-personal conversations over agent without backchannel smiles.","source":"arXiv","year":2024,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.CL"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.08837","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.08837","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2024-02-13T22:47:22Z","score":68},{"id":"doaj_10.20473/brpkm.v4i2.58069","title":"Hubungan Grit dan Persepsi Dukungan Supervisor dengan Komitmen Karier pada Karyawan Milenial","authors":[{"name":"Hanna Tania Dwi  Crisanti"},{"name":"Rosatyani Puspita Adiati"}],"abstract":"Perubahan komitmen karyawan saat ini mengarah pada karier mereka daripada organisasi tempat mereka bekerja. Komitmen karier adalah sikap individu terhadap pekerjaan yang meliputi tujuan karier pribadi. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan grit dan persepsi dukungan supervisor dengan komitmen karier karyawan. Partisipan penelitian ini sebanyak 87 partisipan merupakan karyawan/i berusia 24-35 tahun dan sedang bekerja penuh waktu di suatu perusahaan/organisasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan 3 skala, yakni skala Grit yang disusun oleh Duckworth, skala persepsi dukungan supervisor oleh Burns, dan skala komitmen karier oleh Carson dan Bedeian. Analisis data menggunakan bantuan software Jamovi 2.3.28. Hasil penelitian memperoleh terdapat hubungan grit dan persepsi dukungan supervisor dengan komitmen karier pada karyawan milenial. Dengan demikian, organisasi perlu mempertimbangkan pendekatan yang memfokuskan pada pengembangan personal grit karyawan serta memperkuat kualitas hubungan antara supervisor dan karyawan untuk memastikan komitmen jangka panjang karyawan terhadap karier mereka dan kesuksesan organisasi.","source":"DOAJ","year":2024,"language":"","subjects":["Psychology","Mental healing"],"doi":"10.20473/brpkm.v4i2.58069","url":"https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/BRPKM/article/view/58069","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":68},{"id":"doaj_10.20473/jps.v13i2.25639","title":"Postoperative Depression: Insight, Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Choice","authors":[{"name":"Risza Subiantoro"},{"name":"Margarita M Maramis"},{"name":"Nining Febriana"},{"name":"Lestari Basoeki"},{"name":"Sasanti Yuniar"},{"name":"I Gusti Ayu Indah Ardhani"}],"abstract":"Introduction: Postoperative depression is a condition of depressive effects in patients without symptoms of depressive mood that occurs a few weeks after surgery and persists for at least 2 weeks. It generally possesses the same symptoms as major depressive disorder. Review: Their difference is that surgery is the trigger of depression in postoperative depression cases. Postoperative depression is associated with increased patients’ morbidity and mortality, increased the risk of disease complications, reduced postoperative healing process, prolonged the duration of treatment, and reduced patients’ quality of life. Therefore, mental health conditions should always be assessed on patients after undergoing surgery. Postoperative depression therapy needs to consider the benefits of antidepressants and adequate pain management. Antidepressant considerations also need to consider interactions with other drugs. Psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy are also useful in postoperative depression management. Conclusion: This review is aimed to give insight about postoperative depression, its importance, and how to treat it.","source":"DOAJ","year":2024,"language":"","subjects":["Psychology","Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry"],"doi":"10.20473/jps.v13i2.25639","url":"https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JPS/article/view/25639","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":68},{"id":"ss_cf46ab33f405ae5be9a7258013d8dd7880d44647","title":"Healing: Our Path From Mental Illness to Mental Health","authors":null,"abstract":"","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2022,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.1016/j.jaac.2022.07.008","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/cf46ab33f405ae5be9a7258013d8dd7880d44647","is_open_access":true,"citations":44,"published_at":"","score":67.32},{"id":"arxiv_2307.10513","title":"Technology in Association With Mental Health: Meta-ethnography","authors":[{"name":"Hamza Mohammed"}],"abstract":"This research paper presents a meta-analysis of the multifaceted role of technology in mental health. The pervasive influence of technology on daily lives necessitates a deep understanding of its impact on mental health services. This study synthesizes literature covering Behavioral Intervention Technologies (BITs), digital mental health interventions during COVID-19, young men's attitudes toward mental health technologies, technology-based interventions for university students, and the applicability of mobile health technologies for individuals with serious mental illnesses. BITs are recognized for their potential to provide evidence-based interventions for mental health conditions, especially anxiety disorders. The COVID-19 pandemic acted as a catalyst for the adoption of digital mental health services, underscoring their crucial role in providing accessible and quality care; however, their efficacy needs to be reinforced by workforce training, high-quality evidence, and digital equity. A nuanced understanding of young men's attitudes toward mental health is imperative for devising effective online services. Technology-based interventions for university students are promising, although variable in effectiveness; their deployment must be evidence-based and tailored to individual needs. Mobile health technologies, particularly activity tracking, hold promise for individuals with serious mental illnesses. Collectively, technology has immense potential to revolutionize mental health care. However, the implementation must be evidence-based, ethical, and equitable, with continued research focusing on experiences across diverse populations, ensuring accessibility and efficacy for all.","source":"arXiv","year":2023,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.HC"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.10513","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.10513","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2023-07-20T01:25:08Z","score":67},{"id":"ss_c5f3f3107898720e01de6e8732f869e04b326d30","title":"Integrating Intersectionality, Social Determinants of Health, and Healing: A New Training Framework for School-Based Mental Health","authors":[{"name":"Kelly L. Edyburn"},{"name":"Agustina Bertone"},{"name":"T. Raines"},{"name":"T. Hinton"},{"name":"Jennifer M Twyford"},{"name":"E. Dowdy"}],"abstract":"Abstract Social justice-centered training has progressed in school psychology, yet training and practice still do not adequately address systems-level influences on mental health, let alone focus on dismantling the systemic inequities that adversely affect the wellbeing of marginalized children and youth. An equity- and intersectional justice-minded framework for training future school psychologists in school-based mental health is presented, informed by the theories of intersectionality, critical race theory, social determinants of health, and radical healing. The proposed framework is based on reflective practice and incorporates three pillars that emphasize the importance of decentralizing psychodiagnostic assessment, centralizing systems-level work, and renewing focus on strengths and healing. To advance training that critically evaluates social factors that affect child wellbeing while honoring children’s identities and strengths, various ways in which graduate programs can enact this paradigm shift are discussed. Future directions for the field, including research and policy, are also presented. Impact Statement This article offers a framework to train school psychologists on how to intervene at the systems and societal levels to promote equity in child mental health. The first pillar emphasizes the need to decentralize psychodiagnostic assessment in school psychology practice—in order to move away from predominantly reactive, deficit-focused assessment activities that perpetuate inequities and to carve out more time for prevention of mental health difficulties and promotion of wellness. The second pillar centralizes systems-level work, particularly through additional training in MTSS, systems-level consultation to build capacity and develop novel initiatives to address social determinants of mental health, and advocacy and policy work. The third pillar involves training with a renewed focus on strengths, as helping marginalized children resist and heal from oppression requires reversing entrenched tendencies to pathologize, and building on individual, familial, and cultural strengths to foster wellbeing.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2022,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.1080/2372966X.2021.2024767","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/c5f3f3107898720e01de6e8732f869e04b326d30","pdf_url":"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/2372966X.2021.2024767?needAccess=true","is_open_access":true,"citations":25,"published_at":"","score":66.75},{"id":"ss_0b8118b8b898beff14f7f143ea8cc8a3120adb2f","title":"Mental Resilience, Mood, and Quality of Life in Young Adults with Self-Reported Impaired Wound Healing","authors":[{"name":"J. Balikji"},{"name":"M. Hoogbergen"},{"name":"J. Garssen"},{"name":"J. Verster"}],"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of self-reported impaired wound healing on quality of life, wellbeing, and mood. It was hypothesized that individuals with impaired wound healing report significantly poorer mood compared to healthy controls. An online survey was conducted among 2173 Dutch young adults (18–30 years old) to investigate mood, neuroticism, and mental resilience. Participants were allocated to a healthy control group (N = 1728) or impaired wound healing groups comprising a wound infection group (WI, N = 76), a slow-healing wounds group (SHW, N = 272), and a group that experienced both WI and SHW (the COMBI group, N = 97). The Kruskal–Wallis test was used to compare outcomes the groups. Compared to the healthy control group, the SHW and COMBI groups, but not the WI group, reported significantly poorer mood, increased neuroticism, reduced mental resilience, and reduced quality of life. An analysis evaluating sex differences found that negative effects on stress, mental resilience, and neuroticism were significantly more pronounced among women than among men. In conclusion, self-reported impaired wound healing is associated with poorer mood and reduced quality of life. To improve future wound care, these findings advocate for an interdisciplinary approach taking into account mood effects accompanying having impaired wound healing.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2022,"language":"en","subjects":["Medicine"],"doi":"10.3390/ijerph19052542","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/0b8118b8b898beff14f7f143ea8cc8a3120adb2f","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/5/2542/pdf?version=1645671276","is_open_access":true,"citations":17,"published_at":"","score":66.50999999999999},{"id":"ss_6363b7bc4a7ce371997e406196550630c37067fd","title":"Healing the Healer: Protecting Emergency Health Care Workers’ Mental Health During COVID-19","authors":[{"name":"A. Wong"},{"name":"M. Pacella-LaBarbara"},{"name":"J. Ray"},{"name":"M. Ranney"},{"name":"B. Chang"}],"abstract":"","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2020,"language":"en","subjects":["Medicine"],"doi":"10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.04.041","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/6363b7bc4a7ce371997e406196550630c37067fd","pdf_url":"http://www.annemergmed.com/article/S019606442030336X/pdf","is_open_access":true,"citations":83,"published_at":"","score":66.49000000000001}],"total":3214419,"page":1,"page_size":20,"sources":["CrossRef","arXiv","DOAJ","Semantic Scholar"],"query":"Mental healing"}