Perspectives in Behavioral and Mental Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral and Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 679
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Dear Colleagues,
Behavioral and mental health conditions can have a profound impact on individual functioning, which extends to family and community. Recent decades have seen increases in mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression. At the same time, there have been major innovations in detection, prevention, and intervention. New technologies have provided greater options and accessibility for interventions. Greater understanding of the role of nature in behavioral and mental health has facilitated insights into prevention and nature prescribing.
What are the main contributors to behavioral and mental health problems? How can we create positive behavioral and mental health work and education environments? What are the positive or negative impacts of new leisure activities such as gaming? What are the impacts of global crises such as war, forced displacement, and climate change? Has rapid urbanization contributed to an increase in behavioral and mental health problems? Are there country-specific or cultural considerations that are important to understand? Are there emerging behavioral and mental health issues that should be the focus of research?
The goal of this Special Issue of IJERPH is to collect and publish science-driven innovative perspectives in behavioral and mental health. The particular focus is on public health and the environment, emphasizing innovative research aimed at examining the nature and magnitude of the interaction of public health and environmental research with behavioral and mental health issues.
Dr. Shirley Wyver
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mental health
- behavioral health
- detection
- prevention
- intervention
- global crises
- minority populations
- culture
- urbanization
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