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"Sighted People Have Their Pick Of The Litter": Unpacking The Need For Digital Mental Health (DMH) Tracking Services With And For The Blind Community [PDF]

The proliferation of digital mental health (DMH) tracking services promises personalized support, yet accessibility barriers limit equal access. This study investigates blind community experiences with DMH tracking services across the United States as a step toward inclusive health technology design.
arxiv   +1 more source

Perceived Barriers Affecting LGBTQ Community From Mental Health Services [PDF]

, 2021
The LGBTQ community has been viewed as a high-risk group for mental health disorders. Untreated mental health disorders place members in this group at a higher rate for substance use and chronic medical illness.
Pulido-Mejia, Baltazar
core   +1 more source

Innovating to amplify the voices of young people from marginalized ethnic migrant backgrounds

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The meaningful participation of young people from marginalized ethnic backgrounds in civic processes is central to the social cohesion of increasingly diverse liberal democracies, but their participation is compromised by a range of barriers resulting in decision‐making that is disconnected from their lives.
Kelsey L. Deane, John Fenaughty, Pat Bullen, Maria Ahmad, Yimei Chuah, Jade Tang‐Taylor, Dione Joseph, Jay Marlowe   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resource-oriented interventions for patients with severe mental illnesses in low- and middle-income countries: trials in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia and Uganda

BMC Psychiatry, 2019
Background Severe mental illness (SMI) presents a major burden to societies worldwide. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often do not have sufficient financial resources and qualified staff to provide extensive specialised services for outpatients
Stefan Priebe, Catherine Fung, Sana Z. Sajun, Racheal Alinaitwe, Domenico Giacco, Carlos Gómez-Restrepo, Alma Džubur Kulenoviĉ, Noeline Nakasujja, Sandra Milena Ramírez, Sabina Slatina, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Hana Sikira, Miguel Uribe, Victoria Jane Bird   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Matching service development to mental health needs: a case study of a rural county [PDF]

, 1998
The development of Somerset's mental health services from 1991 to 1996 involved the closure of the county's last long-stay hospital, and its replacement by more local in-patient provision and an expansion of community services. The process and outcome of
Cambridge, P, Carpenter, J, Ring, C
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Perceived barriers to accessing mental health services among black and minority ethnic (BME) communities: a qualitative study in southeast England [PDF]

, 2016
Objective: In most developed countries substantial disparities exist in access to mental health services for black and minority ethnic (BME) populations.
Cooper, Maxwell, de Visser, Richard, Memon, Anjum, Mohebati, Lisa M, Scanlon, Tom, Sundin, Josefin, Taylor, Katie   +6 more
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“Who's breaking the law … not us, them!”: Inside immigration detention in Portugal

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, we examine immigration detention in Portugal, a system whose daily operations and inherent violence are overlooked in both public and academic discourses. Even within community psychology, discussions on immigration detention have largely remained on the fringes of scholarly debates. Guided by a justice‐centered ecological lens,
Francesca Esposito, Federica de Lellis, Federica De Cordova, Erica Briozzo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenging Neo-Colonialism and Essentialism

Critical Social Work, 2019
The settlement services sector in Toronto, Canada has faced difficulties in responding to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ) immigrant youth in ways that respect their specific experiences.
June Ying Yee, Zack Marshall, Tess Vo
doaj   +1 more source

Service capacity and disability resource integration: A strategic survey of immigrant and refugee‐serving agencies in Illinois

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrants and refugees in the United States often face significant barriers in accessing social services, including mental health support, legal assistance, ESL or related education, housing, vocational training, workforce resources, transportation, and citizenship support. This article explores the strengths and challenges of community‐based
Rooshey Hasnain, Charles E. Hounmenou, Adrienne B. Smith, Timothy P. Johnson, Diane M. Kondratowicz, Jamie M. Taradash, Akash Rohidas Shinde, Francisco Alvarado   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

“You can kind of just feel the power behind what someone's saying”: a participatory-realist evaluation of peer support for young people coping with complex mental health and substance use challenges

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Youth peer support, as a practice that aligns youth engagement and participatory approaches, has become increasingly popular in the context of youth mental health services.
Tanya Halsall, Mardi Daley, Lisa Hawke, Joanna Henderson, Kimberly Matheson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source