MENTAL HEALTH
– NEELAYDAKSHI ANANDVEL
Literature review
1. Mental health problems
mental health problems have important implications for every aspect of a young person’s life including his/her ability to engage with education, make and keep friends, have constructive family relationships, and/or make his/her own way in the world. (Lubhana Malik mental, 2019)
2. Positive Mental Health
Positive mental health and mental health literacy are two main concepts to ensure an individual and social state of mental health and well-being. A scoping review of the scientific literature published in the field of health sciences was conducted to identify the relationship between mental health literacy and the positive mental health of family caregivers. … It was noticeable that none of the studies related positive mental health and mental health literacy of caregivers. Nevertheless, it was possible to identify predictors of mental health and self-efficacy, such as burden and a lack of information about and support in the process of care. Caregivers’ quality of life, self-esteem, and confidence are also important positive mental health predictors that are closely related to health literacy. Carmen Andrade (et-at 2022)
3. Immigrant Mental Health and Unemployment
The objective of this research is to assess whether stress associated with the transition to a new country combined with additional stress arising from unemployment affects the mental health of immigrants. I use the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA) to examine the effect of labour force status on the mental health of immigrants. By using a rich longitudinal data set, I am able to control for individual immigrant differences whilst examining whether changes in mental health cause changes in labor force status rather than changes in labour force status causing changes in mental health. (Steven Kennedy, 2003)
4. Map of Mental Health
This paper provides a comprehensive picture of mental health services in England, including staffing and expenditure, the number of people in need and the number treated. Historically, this information has been split across sub-sections of health and social services; and the readily available information often appeared to give inconsistent answers. This paper brings together and interprets the available evidence to provide a single coherent map of mental health needs and services, from children to older adults and across both health and social care services, in England. (Rachel smithies, 2010)
5. Social Media and Mental Health
The diffusion of social media coincided with a worsening of mental health conditions among adolescents and young adults in the United States, giving rise to speculation that social media might be detrimental to mental health. In this paper, we provide quasi-experimental estimates of the impact of social media on mental health by leveraging a unique natural experiment: the staggered introduction of Facebook across U.S. colleges. Our analysis couples data on student mental health around the years of Facebook’s expansion with a generalized difference-in-differences empirical strategy. Braghieri (et-al, 2022)
6. The Effect of the Pandemic on mental health
This chapter presents an evaluation of the literature on the effect of the pandemic on mental health. It draws mainly on the existing economics literature and presents the state of the art of the COVID-19 effect on mental health. While paying particular attention to how the deterioration of mental health evolved over time and across countries, this chapter also considers variations of mental health across individual demographic characteristics as well as different circumstances through which mental health has been affected. Moreover, it provides a general assessment of the methodological aspects of various studies, by discussing the sample and data used, measures of mental health as well as causality issues. Cinzia Rienzo (et-al, 2022)
7. Mental Health Stigma
Comparing self-reports to administrative records, we find that survey respondents are significantly more likely to under-report mental illnesses compared to other health conditions. This behavior is consistent with the existence of the stigma of mental illnesses. We show that stigma can play a role in determining health-seeking behavior. Bharadwaj, (et-al, 2017)
8. Earthquakes and Mental Health
Earthquakes may seriously deteriorate mental health by generating fear and stress as a result of economic and human losses. However, mental health has also been found to improve as a result of greater social cohesion in affected communities after the event. We examine the short-run effects of earthquakes on a wide set of mental health outcomes in Ecuador. … We find that damaging earthquakes decrease the propensity to be admitted, the number of days of hospitalization for mental and behavioral disorders, and deaths due to suicide. Luisito Bettinelli (et-al,2021)
9. Adolescent Mental Health
Adolescent mental health is key for later well-being. Yet, causal evidence on environmental drivers of adolescent mental health is scant. We study how an important classroom feature – the gender composition in compulsory school – affects mental health. We use Swedish administrative data (N=576,285) to link variation in gender composition across classrooms within cohorts to mental health. … Peer composition is thus an important and persistent driver of mental health. getik (et-al, 2020)
10. corporate trends in mental health
Over the past 30 years, a number of important changes have occurred in the mental health system. … Three main areas are emphasized: the increasing absorption of mental health care into the health care system in general; the ways in which care has been transferred away from traditional settings and responsibilities; and the movement of for-profit chains into mental health services. Particular focus is placed on the rationalizing and monopolizing tendencies increasingly evidenced in the mental health field. brown Phil & Cooksey (et-al, 1989)
11. conclusion
Mental illness affects more than one out of ten individuals. It is difficult for us to understand the experiences of others because we do not see their pain. However, mental health can help bring people closer and make them less lonely when they need it most. It is essential to realize that it is not just the person with mental illness who needs help but also their loved ones and the community. In conclusion, mental health can be challenging to deal with. However, it is not impossible to overcome. You have to be strong and never lose your determination.
References
1. Lubhana Malik mental (2019): Mental Health in Adolescent
2. Carmen Andrade & Márcio Tavares & Hélia Soares & Fábio Coelho & Catarina Tomás (2022): Positive Mental Health and Mental Health Literacy of Informal Caregivers: A Scoping Review
3. Steven Kennedy (2003): Immigrant Mental Health and Unemployment
4. Rachel smithies (2010): A Map of Mental Health
5. Braghieri, Luca & Levy, Roee & Makarin, Alexey (2022):Social Media and Mental Health
6. Cinzia Rienzo & Badi H. Baltagi & Francesco Moscone & Elisa Tosetti (2022): The Effects of the Pandemic on Mental Health
7. Bharadwaj, Prashant & Pai, Mallesh M. & Suziedelyte, Agne (2017): Mental health stigma
8. Luisito Bertinelli & Clotilde Mahé & Eric Strobl (2021): Earthquakes and Mental Health
9. Getik, Demid & Meier , Armando (2020): Peer Gender and Mental Health
10. Brown, Phil & Cooksey, Elizabeth (1989): Mental health monopoly: Corporate trends in mental health services