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A roadmap to prevent people being gone too soon

MQ Mental Health

Now, a new paper published in the Lancet Psychiatry calls for action on a global scale to put an end to the growing mortality rates of people with mental illness and distress. Media/social media engagement to tackle stigma and prevent suicide Engagement of the Malaysian media community on safe reporting of suicide 3.

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Do Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Based Interventions Decrease Adolescent Externalizing Symptoms? A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

Adolescence is an important developmental period during which youth experience key changes in their ability to regulate emotions and behavior, and engage in more reward-seeking and risk-taking behaviors than during childhood (Andrews et al., Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Biological Psychiatry, 89 (2), 109-118.

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Inequality of Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

A report by the UN Human Rights office showed people with mental health conditions and those with psychosocial disabilities experience disproportionately higher rates of poor physical health; and have a reduced life expectancy – a 20-years fewer for men and 15 years for women - compared with others in the population.

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Parental Military Deployment and Children: What Have We Learned from More than a Decade of War?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Parental support in the form of everyday engagement, open and sensitive communication, and monitoring emerges as a critical protective factor during deployment periods (Morris & Age, 2009). Clinical Psychology Review, 43 , 17-29. The psychosocial effects of deployment on military children. Addiction, 108 , 1418–1425.

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Prioritizing Mental Health on College Campuses

Society of Clinical Psychology

Increasingly, there is greater awareness that college students have high levels of clinically significant emotional problems, and despite a broad consensus about the need to clarify the scope of the problem and develop actionable solutions, our understanding of college student mental health remains limited. Auerbach, Ph.D., Kessler, Ph.D.