Hope Squad® is a school-based peer support program that empowers selected students to take action to improve the school environment. Hope Squad members are trained to recognize if they or their peers are at risk for suicide as well as how to encourage peers to seek help from a trusted adult. Research indicates that most […]
Mental health
Indicators of Mental Health Problems Reported by Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2011-12
Only one-third of inmates in the U.S. with mental-health problems receive treatment, according to a new Department of Justice report released Thursday. In federal prisons, about half of those who need treatment get it, DOJ found. Inmates are five times as likely to have a mental-health problem than the general U.S. population. The report, by […]
EMPATHY: Program Designed To Promote Mental Health Skills in Youth
A University of Alberta pilot program designed to promote mental health skills in youth significantly lessened cases of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. The EMPATHY (Empowering a Multimodal Pathway Towards Health Youth) program, which ran in Red Deer public schools from 2013 to 2015, was offered to more than 6,000 youth in grades six through […]
Delivery of Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Medically Ill Patients in Primary Care: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial
It is often thought that primary care clinics are only able to help with physical health challenges, but a new study shows that this may not be the case. In the study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center found […]
Scrambled Heads: A Children’s Guide to Mental Health
Scrambled Heads is children’s book about mental health. The book can support children who are suffering with their mental health, but also their siblings, family, friends, classmates and also children of parents who are suffering with poor mental health. The book is easy to understand and explains mental health in a fun way, to help […]
Internet-Delivered Parenting Program for Prevention and Early Intervention of Anxiety Problems in Young Children
A group-based parenting program known as Cool Little Kids has been shown to be an effective intervention to decrease the incidence of anxiety disorders among at-risk children. This face-to-face program provides strategies for parents to help manage their child’s avoidant coping, reduce overprotective behaviors, and encourage child independence. A study in Journal of the American […]