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Exploring the relationship between strengths of youth, their level of functioning, and internalizing or externalizing symptom expression
(2014-01-22)
Mental health assessments produce profiles specifying the nature and severity of youths’ symptoms and impairments. Interest in developing more comprehensive mental health profiles has motivated efforts to also assess youth’s ...
Mental Health Literacy and Ontario Young People: Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(2016)
This study examined the mental health literacy of a group of young people, with particular
interest to their ability to correctly label, identify symptoms, and recommend appropriate help
sources for Major Depressive ...
Interprofessional care in a community mental health outpatient program: client outcomes at discharge and follow-up
(2013-02-03)
Increased collaboration between health professionals has been identified as a means of improving the quality of client care while operating within the constraints of a publicly funded health care system. One such model of ...
Factors that impact the implementation and sustainability of dialectical behaviour therapy programs: a qualitative study of clinician perspectives
(2017)
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is a psychological treatment developed for
individuals experiencing significant mental health issues along with high-risk behaviours (e.g.,
suicidal behaviours, self-harm, substance ...
The role of intolerance of uncertainty in social anxiety: interpretation of ambiguous social information
(2018)
The existence of intolerance of uncertainty (IU) about ambiguous social information in individuals with social anxiety has only recently begun to be explored by researchers, whereas the cognitive mechanisms whereby IU might ...
An exploration of university students' experiences with depression
(2016)
This thesis explores how university students have experienced depression during their life in an attempt to develop a greater understanding of current mental health issues. Links between depression and schooling were also ...
Examining the impact of a short-term mindfulness intervention on resilience and symptoms of psychological distress in a first-year university classroom
(2019)
Background: The high prevalence of poor mental health has become a serious concern in today’s global society. One adverse form of mental health is psychological distress which involves anxiety, depression, and/or stress ...
Stigma associated with seeking help for psychological distress: how public and self-stigma, help-seeking attitudes and intent, self-compassion, and empathy relate
College and university students experience high levels of psychological distress and would likely
benefit from accessing mental health services. However, the stigma associated with seeking help
as well as the stigma ...
Conceptualizing strengths: positive development and mental health correlates in emerging
(2020)
Research on individual strengths has historically been conducted with samples across the
lifespan. However, the conceptualization and operationalization of strengths has varied by study,
leaving gaps in the literature. ...
Examining the “sadder but wiser” paradox: are those high in dispositional self-reflection likely to journal, and do they benefit?
(2020)
Self-reflection is the tendency to reflect on one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. It has a
strong foundation in psychology for conferring self-knowledge and self-awareness. Journaling is
an example of an activity ...