Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Mental health"
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Child Immigrant Post-Migration Mental Health: A Qualitative Inquiry into Caregivers’ Perspectives
(2022-07-08)Middle Eastern caregivers believe their children experience mental health decline due to isolation and loneliness that they experience after migration. This study qualitatively explored the perceptions of six Middle ... -
Cultural Competence in Mental Health Services: Learning from Client Experiences
(2015)Despite the introduction of cultural competence models in mental health services, individuals from marginalized backgrounds with severe mental health (dis)Abilities continue to face health and mental health inequities ... -
Design and Evaluation of iCare App – A Persuasive mHealth App to Help Working-Class Indian Women to Manage Stress and Anxiety
(2022-10-26)Persuasive Technologies are used for improving mental health and well-being. They contribute to the communal drive toward equality by making mental health care more accessible. PTs can be delivered in the form of mobile ... -
Diversifying Discourse: Best Practices for the Effective Engagement of Equity-Deserving Youth in Mental Health Advocacy
(2024-08-19)Contemporary North American mental health organisations often struggle to diversify the discourse informing their programs. Youth-facing institutions may have disproportionately few individuals identifying as low-income, ... -
Exploring the impact of boutique fitness studio participation on women's mental health
(2024-08-30)Embedded within a culture that values productivity and in a society where economic conditions make it increasingly difficult to survive, wellness industry players offer a buffet of high-cost fitness and wellbeing related ... -
INSTRUMENTAL AND REACTIVE VIOLENCE: THE ROLE OF MENTAL HEALTH FACTORS AND MALTREATMENT HISTORY IN THE MANIFESTATION OF VIOLENT OFFENDING
(2010-05-21)Researchers have consistently identified two distinct types of aggression: A “hot-blooded”, impulsive, reactive form of aggression, and a “cold-blooded”, premeditated, instrumental form of aggression. Despite the relevance ... -
Music, Madness, & the Mainstream: The Communication of Bipolar Disorder in the Art and Reception of Kanye West & Mariah Carey
(2024-04-13)Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Mariah Carey are two of the biggest stars of popular music. While they have both earned vast amounts of critical and commercial success throughout their respective careers, this has ... -
Tea & Toast: Exploring encounters of care through community-specific mental health and addiction peer support in the Eskasoni First Nation
(2022-05-03)This work explores encounters of care between service users and providers at Eskasoni Mental Health Services’ Crisis and Referral Centre, established in 2010, in the Eskasoni First Nation located in Unama’ki (Cape Breton, ... -
UNDERSTANDING YOUNG WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH IN THE CHANGING CLIMATE IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
(2021-08-11)Women are disproportionately affected by climate change, yet little research focuses on their mental health. Young women have also been increasingly active in advocating for climate action. The purpose of this study is to ...