Browsing by Subject "mental health"
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Access to Mental Health Supports and Services in Rural Nova Scotia: Perceptions and Experiences of Young Women
(2018-08-22)Although a growing number of Canadian youth live with diagnosed and undiagnosed mental health issues, only one in six youth has access to mental health services and supports. Existing literature suggests there may be ... -
Applying Theory-Driven Approaches To Predicting Pediatric Mental Health Clinician Behavior In The Utilization Of Evidence-Based Practice
(2010-09-09)Within pediatric mental health, of the only 25% of children with emotional and behavioral disorders that receive mental health services many receive treatments and interventions that are not based upon evidence. The question ... -
Associations Between the Presence or Absence of a Lifetime History of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Current Mental Health Issues in a Sample of Canadian Men: A Secondary Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
(2021-05-05)The present study examined the prevalence of lifetime history of prostate cancer (PCa) in a cross-sectional sample of Canadian men (N = 25, 183) and investigated the contribution of presence or absence of history of a PCa ... -
The Effectiveness of Outdoor Therapy with Military Veterans: Exploring Participant Perspectives
(2023-07-14)ABSTRACT Objective: This study explores an understudied area of outdoor therapy, an alternative therapeutic model for addressing mental health with military veterans. It includes the perspectives of outdoor therapy ... -
Examining Subjective Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada
(2021-04-08)The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global crisis. The viral outbreak may trigger long term lasting consequences on mental health status and well-being of citizens. This pandemic also presents an opportunity to ... -
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF SUBJECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH AND FREQUENCY OF LEISURE ENGAGEMENT
(2015-06-11)Mental health has traditionally been understood as the presence or absence of disease – however, research shows it is much more. Mental health is a complete state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or ... -
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH GENERAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH CHRONIC NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
(2021-04-15)The purpose of this study was to explore the factors associated with self-reported general health (SRH) and mental health (SRMH) for adults living in Canada with chronic neurological conditions. A secondary analysis of ... -
Finding Order in Chaos: Accounting for Variation in Estimates of Suicidality Among Transgender Adults
(2015)This study, which uses a mixed methods design, within the framework of methodological triangulated design, examined the impact of 5 research variables (ethnicity, gender identity/sex at birth, education, suicidality ... -
Improving Adult Inpatient Eating Disorder Treatment: Perspectives of Canadians with Lived Experience
(2023-04-13)Eating disorders (EDs) are experienced by approximately one million Canadians and represent the greatest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. Despite this, adult inpatient eating disorder (ED) treatment remains unstructured, ... -
Lost in Transition? Health Service Utilization of IWK Mental Health and Addictions Patients on Transition to Adult Services
(2021-08-09)The objective of this thesis was to improve our understanding of transition aged youth accessing public Mental Health & Addictions (MHA) services in Nova Scotia and identify potential inequities using routinely collected ... -
MENTAL HEALTH OF UNIVERSITY CLUB RUGBY PLAYERS FOLLOWING INJURY: IDENTIFYING RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS
(2017-08-08)Mental health, rather than mental illness, is an important area of focus within health promotion. Although sport participation has many health benefits, athletes are vulnerable to poor mental health following athletic ... -
A MOBILE SENSING APP FOR MENTAL HEALTH TO SUPPORT FEDERATED LEARNING
(2020-12-18)Smartphones are used by half of the world population. More than 10,000 applications are targeted at Mental health. Available apps are limited in four major ways: One, most apps are designed for the Android platform, 80% ... -
Non-Medical Prescription Opioid Use among High-School Adolescents in Atlantic Canada
(2016-08-08)Non-Medical Prescription Opioid (NMPO) use is one of the most prevalent forms of substance use among Canadian adolescents. Despite the evidence of NMPO use as a major public health concern, we have major gaps in our ... -
Occupational Therapy in Community Mental Health: Paper versus Practice
(2016-12-09)Community mental health teams (CMHTs) commonly include workers with different educational backgrounds in dual roles including generalist (e.g., case manager) and specialist duties (e.g., occupational therapist) (Culverhouse ... -
Risk and Protective Factors in Predicting Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Post-Traumatic Growth in Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities
(2021-08-17)Parents are of crucial importance for their children with a developmental disability. Research has noted their heightened posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG). Based on current literature, ... -
Risky Driving Behaviours Among Canadian Adults - A Cluster Analysis
(2016-04-08)To explore the key factors associated with risky driving behaviours (RDBs) and determine whether distinct patterns of RDBs co-exist among drivers and, if so, identify characteristics that differentiate subgroups of drivers. ... -
SUBSTANCE USE AND PSYCHIATRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PRESCRIPTION OPIOID USERS IN A LOW-THRESHOLD METHADONE MAINTENANCE TREATMENT PROGRAM IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2011-12-21)Prescription opioid use is highly prevalent and may be replacing heroin as the predominant illicit opioid that is used. Little is known about specific prescription opioid use characteristics, or issues faced by these ... -
Taking bullying by the horns: Childhood bullying behaviours and poor mental health
(2016-08-31)Research suggests there are various contributing factors that are associated with childhood bullying behaviour involvement, yet there is a dearth of longitudinal research examining the consequences of bullying behaviours ...
