The Students’ Mental Health Status

Nami, Yaghoob; Nami, Mohmmad Saleh; Eishani, Khalil Allah

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.794

Cited by 12 publications

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“…Recent studies show that the PMH status of nursing students is crucial for a healthier transition to higher education and to develop professional skills and personal competencies (Ansari & Stock, 2010;Krumrei-Mancuso, Newton, Kim, & Wilcox, 2013;Nami, Nami, & Eishani, 2014). Most important, empowering these students with enhanced knowledge and training about the importance of PMH will very likely help foster optimal health care for individuals with a mental illness (Hapell & Gaskin, 2013;Hapell, Moxham, & Platania-Phung, 2011;Martinho, Pires, Carvalho, & Pimenta, 2014).…”

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Levels of Positive Mental Health in Portuguese and Spanish Nursing Students

Sequeira

Carvalho

Gonçalves

et al. 2019

J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc

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BACKGROUND: Positive mental health (PMH) is described as the sense of feeling good and functioning well. PMH is vital for the individual’s positive functioning and psychological well-being, particularly regarding the factors important for living a purposeful life and accomplishing personal goals. Nursing students are exposed to a variety of stressors that are very likely to decrease well-being and trigger stress, anxiety, and depression. Data focusing on PMH in nursing students are lacking, and this subject has been frequently neglected in nursing practice and research on positive functioning. AIMS: To assess positive mental health levels in two samples of nursing students. METHODS: A quantitative cross-sectional study. A convenience sample of 2,238 nursing students with an average age of 21 years (17-36 years old) were recruited from two nursing schools—Porto (Portugal) and Barcelona (Spain). The Positive Mental Health Questionnaire and sociodemographic items were used to measure the PMH. RESULTS: The majority of participants were female (88.6%), and 7.7% had physical health problem and 2.6% referred to a mental health problem. The mean PMH score was 83.4, indicating a good PMH level. A total of 58.4% reported a moderate PMH, and only 0.5% indicated low PMH level. Results were not significantly different between genders ( p > .05). CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study make important contributions to our understanding of PMH levels in a large sample of nursing students and the efficacy of Positive Mental Health Questionnaire, which is an accurate tool to measure PMH. Our findings also prompt discussion about PMH and its implications for practice and teaching.

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Levels of Positive Mental Health in Portuguese and Spanish Nursing Students

Sequeira

Carvalho

Gonçalves

et al. 2019

J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc

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“…Furthermore, the accuracy with which these diagnoses are applied may be the result of cultural bias and misunderstanding (Whaley & Hall, 2008), rather than real illness. To complicate matters further, people who are homeless, incarcerated, or living in foster care are more likely to develop mental illness; African Americans are more likely to be homeless, be in prison, and to be foster children compared to other racial groups in the United States (NAMI, 2004), thus increasing their risk of being diagnosed with a mental illness.…”

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Utilization of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 (MAYSI-2) with a Southern, African American Adolescent Male Population

Jaggers

Young

McKinney

et al. 2013

jofsw

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The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 (MAYSI-2) is a widely accepted instrument for screening adolescents in detention facilities for mental health problems. However, African Americans often experience mental illness differently from other racial groups. The purpose of this study is to examine the usefulness of the MAYSI-2 with Southern African American adolescents. Results indicate that the MAYSI-2 factor structure as originally conceived does not accurately represent mental illness as experienced by this group. Instead, findings suggest that African American adolescents do indeed experience mental illness in a way different from youth for whom the MAYSI-2 was designed. Furthermore, the MAYS-2’s ability to detect psychotic illness in this group is called into question by these findings.

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“…Lastly, ndings suggest that the lack of su cient mental health discharge planning practices across jails creates missed opportunities for linking individuals with mental illnesses to community resources that have the potential to prevent re-incarceration. Individuals in the criminal legal system are disproportionately made up of people of color and people from low socioeconomic backgrounds who are more likely to be struggling with other disparities such as homelessness, lack of transportation, and loss of employment that could increase recidivism (39)(40)(41)(42). Incarceration is also itself a trauma that has negative effects on morbidity and mortality (43)(44)(45).…”

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Mental Healthcare Practices from Entry to Release across Southeastern Jails

DiRosa,

Deinse,

Cuddeback

et al. 2024

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Background: Individuals with mental illnesses are disproportionately incarcerated in jails, which have become de facto mental health institutions across the US. Yet there is limited research describing mental healthcare practices from entry to release among multiple jails and states. Methods: We conducted 34 semi-structured interviews with jail healthcare personnel across five Southeastern states. Results: We report results on challenges and practices related to mental health staffing, screening, additional evaluations and services, and discharge planning in jails. Initial mental health screenings were often restricted to the detection of suicidality and history of treatment and medications as opposed to current mental health symptoms. Use of validated mental health screening forms was uncommon. We found delays in care between the initial health screening and being evaluated by a mental health professional. Most jails reported primary responsibilities for mental health care as preventing suicides and managing psychiatric medications. Jails reported mental health care as challenging to manage, with high volumes of individuals with mental health needs, yet limited resources, especially regarding staffing. Discharge planning was limited despite reports of poor continuity of mental healthcare. Conclusions: Jails have a constitutional duty and opportunity to provide adequate healthcare to individuals with mental illnesses, yet practices are insufficient and resources are limited across jails. Based on our findings, we recommend 1) greater adoption and revisions of jail health standards 2) system improvement that expands identification of mental illnesses and quicker, less variable follow-up mental health evaluations, 3) improved linkages and supports for community resources that prevent incarceration of this population.

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The Students’ Mental Health Status

Cited by 12 publications

References 2 publications

Levels of Positive Mental Health in Portuguese and Spanish Nursing Students

Levels of Positive Mental Health in Portuguese and Spanish Nursing Students

Utilization of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 (MAYSI-2) with a Southern, African American Adolescent Male Population

Mental Healthcare Practices from Entry to Release across Southeastern Jails

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