Strategies for Improving Psychological Well-Being from a Biobehavioral Perspective
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 February 2024) | Viewed by 962
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The pandemic has both exacerbated and highlighted the fragility of our societies’ mental health and wellness. Stress, anxiety, depression, isolation and loneliness are states of emotional dysfunction that are increasingly common among segments of the population. Whether one uses age, gender, socioeconomic status or other demographic stratifications, mental health crises are being experienced by people. There is a clear need to understand the origins, implications, developmental intersections and the contextual features of how threats to wellness are being experienced and effective approaches to distress reduction. Without a deeper understanding and appreciation of the confluence of forces at play, there will be many downstream/future implications including, but not limited to, disruptions in socio-emotional development, workforce economic stability, education and social connectedness.
This Special Issue of Healthcare is dedicated to elucidating the contemporary and historical underlying factors driving threats to mental health and wellness. The topics for consideration include: 1) the effects of structural racism on well-being, 2) post-pandemic depression, 3) the impact of depression on daily functioning, 4) wellness strategies for returning to work, 5) familial responses to children and adolescent anxiety, 6) the use of telemedicine approaches to manage wellbeing, 7) institutional (e.g., government, school-based and community-based) interventions to stem feelings of isolation and loneliness and to build social cohesive communities and 8) mental health co-morbidity in families, schools and communities.
Original research, short reports, reviews and opinion papers are encouraged.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Keith E. Whitfield
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- stress
- anxiety
- depression
- isolation
- loneliness
- emotional and behavioral disorders
- community-based wellness interventions
- developmental well-being challenges
- familial mental health co-morbidity
