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Topical Advisory Panel Members' Collection Series: Emotional Regulation and Mental Health Interventions

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2023) | Viewed by 6041

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Rosa Wong

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Guest Editor
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: digital media use; child wellbeing; family wellbeing; mental health; non-pharmacological interventions; human-computer interactions; population studies
Dr. Anton Isaacs

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Guest Editor
School of Rural Health, Latrobe Regional Hospital, Monash University, Traralgon 3844, Australia
Interests: public mental health; innovations in care for persons with severe and persisting mental illness

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Good  mental health at every stage of life, requires one’s emotional, psychological and social well-being to be in balance.. When any of these aspects of mental health gets imbalanced, it affects how we feel, think and behave. Care for individuals with mental health problems therefore involves focusing on the different aspects that make up one’s mental health and wellbeing. For instance, Mental Health Interventions such as Emotional Regulation targets one’s emotional wellbeing. The design of mental health interventions and services are on the threshold of a paradigm shift.

We are pleased to announce this Special Issue titled “Topical Advisory Panel Members' Collection Series: Emotional Regulation and Mental Health Interventions”. It will bring together articles on the design of mental health interventions and services that will inform this shift.

This issue will be a Special Issue of papers from researchers invited by the Topical Advisory Panel Members. This Special Issue aims to provide a venue for networking and communication between IJERPH and scholars in the field of Emotional Regulation and Mental Health Interventions and services. All papers will be published with fully open access after peer review.

Dr. Rosa Wong
Dr. Anton Isaacs
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • psychotherapy
  • mental health
  • Emotional Regulation
  • psychological
  • mental illness
  • mental health services
  • community mental health services
  • Mental Health Services / organization & administration
  • Community Mental Health Services / organization & administration
  • Models, Organizational
  • Program Development

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Clinicians’ and Users’ Views and Experiences of a Tele-Mental Health Service Implemented Alongside the Public Mental Health System during the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Anton Isaacs, Eleanor K. L. Mitchell, Keith Sutton, Michael Naughton, Rochelle Hine, Shane Bullock, Denise Azar and Darryl Maybery
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(10), 5870; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20105870 - 19 May 2023
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A tele-mental health model called Head to Health was implemented in the state of Victoria, Australia to address the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a free centralized intake service that adopted a targeted approach with several novel elements, such as [...] Read more.
A tele-mental health model called Head to Health was implemented in the state of Victoria, Australia to address the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a free centralized intake service that adopted a targeted approach with several novel elements, such as stepped care and telehealth. This study examines the views and experiences of clinicians and service users of the tele-mental health service in the Gippsland region of Victoria during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from clinicians were obtained via an online 10-item open-ended survey instrument and from service users through semi-structured interviews. Data were obtained from 66 participants, including 47 clinician surveys and 19 service user interviews. Six categories emerged from the data. They were: ‘Conditions where use of tele-mental health is appropriate’, ‘Conditions where tele-mental health may not be useful’, ‘Advantages of tele-mental health’, ‘Challenges in using tele-mental health’, ‘Client outcomes with tele-mental health’, and ‘Recommendations for future use’. This is one of a few studies where clinicians’ and service users’ views and experiences have been explored together to provide a nuanced understanding of perspectives on the efficacy of tele-mental health when it was implemented alongside public mental health services. Full article
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Disentangling the Effects of Mindfulness, Savoring, and Depressive Symptoms among Emerging Adults
by Rebecca Y. M. Cheung and Melody C. Y. Ng
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(8), 5568; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085568 - 18 Apr 2023
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The links between mindfulness, savoring positive experiences, and depressive symptoms have been well established in the literature. Nevertheless, little has been done to disentangle the prospective relations among these constructs. Clarifying the longitudinal relations is crucial, as it enables researchers and practitioners to [...] Read more.
The links between mindfulness, savoring positive experiences, and depressive symptoms have been well established in the literature. Nevertheless, little has been done to disentangle the prospective relations among these constructs. Clarifying the longitudinal relations is crucial, as it enables researchers and practitioners to discern potential trajectories of mental health interventions. In this study, 180 emerging adults between 18 and 27 years old were recruited twice at 3 months apart to complete self-reported measures including mindfulness, savoring positive experiences, and depressive symptoms. Cross-lagged path analysis indicated that savoring the moment was predictive of mindfulness three months later, whereas depressive symptoms were predictive of both mindfulness and savoring the moment three months later, above and beyond the effects of age, gender, and family income. Additionally, mindfulness, savoring positive experiences, and depressive symptoms were significantly correlated at baseline. The present study evidenced short-term inverse effects of depressive symptoms on mindfulness and savoring the moment, as well as a positive effect of savoring the moment on mindfulness. Hence, interventions geared towards reducing symptoms of depression are likely to carry concurrent and prospective benefits for psychological functioning, namely the ability to be present in the moment and to savor. Full article
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Spiritual Diversity in Personal Recovery from Mental Health Challenges: A Qualitative Study from Chinese-Australian Service Users’ Perspectives
by Ling He and Melissa Petrakis
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2210; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032210 - 26 Jan 2023
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Spiritual diversity and the positive role of spirituality in personal recovery have received growing attention in mental health literature. However, the spiritual experiences and views of service users from cultural communities, particularly the Chinese community, are understudied in Australia. This research explores Chinese [...] Read more.
Spiritual diversity and the positive role of spirituality in personal recovery have received growing attention in mental health literature. However, the spiritual experiences and views of service users from cultural communities, particularly the Chinese community, are understudied in Australia. This research explores Chinese service users’ spiritual identities and their views and perspectives on the roles of spirituality in their mental health recovery and attempts to provide inspiration for practitioners to engage with service users’ spirituality in non-clinical mental health practice. A qualitative exploratory approach guided this study. Semi-structured interviews were employed with four Chinese participants with spiritual identities, who were recruited through the community Psychosocial Support Service in Victoria. The template analysis method supported the data analysis. The results indicate that spirituality has a positive impact on the mental health recovery of participants, primarily through coping, self-regulatory, and social support mechanisms. The findings also present that Chinese service users’ understanding and approaches to spirituality are shaped by both original and Australian Cultures. These findings suggest that practitioners should provide a creative understanding and cultural awareness when discussing with service users their spiritual identities, perspectives, and spirituality in the wider context. The research fills a gap in the spiritual views and perspectives of service users accessing a non-clinical mental health service from the Chinese community. Full article
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