06/05/2025
Opinion
The Power of Volunteer Empowerment
Kids Help Phone, Canada, discuss the ripple effects of empowering crisis response volunteers
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Opinion
Psychoanalysis in India: A legacy in search of relevance
Researchers at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar, and Chirayu Medical College and Hospital call for meaningful cultural adaptations of psychotherapy in India due to existing colonial era influences
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05/08/2025
lived experience focus group
How is our Lived Experience Focus group shaping the journal?
Focus groups are only useful if you take action and don't just listen. Here are some of the ways the group will shape our journal
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02/21/2025
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06/11/2025
epidemiology of mental health
Mental health of health care workers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic – a longitudinal cohort study
Researchers at Amsterdam UMC examine changes in well-being among health care workers that occurred with changes in COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
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06/09/2025
public mental health and policy
Developing programme theory for a place-based, systems change approach to adolescent mental health: A developmental realist evaluation
University of Exeter leads an evaluation of the 'Kailo' framework and identifies key themes for future iterations to focus on
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06/04/2025
public mental health and policy
Mental Health Challenges and Resilience Strategies of Indigenous Youth Citizen Scientists Living in Rural Areas During COVID-19 School Closures
Researchers at Western University, University of Regina and Toronto Metropolitan University explore how school closures and online learning during the pandemic influenced the active living and mental health of Indigenous youth.
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06/13/2025
community mental health
Moderation of Financial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Black Catholics: A Social-Ecological Pathway Utilizing Latent Class and Structural Equation Analyses
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05/30/2025
behavioural medicine and mental health economics
Primary care health screening in patients with severe mental illness: What influence do financial incentives have?
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05/28/2025
socio-economics and political approaches
Mental Health, social connection and economic disparities
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05/22/2025
socio-economics and political approaches
“I just don’t know what will be better other than an apartment which I can’t afford”: Experiences of Housing Quality Following Homelessness in Ontario, Canada
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Challenges and Barriers
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