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Mental Health at a Personal, Communal, and Social Level
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Mental Health at a Personal, Communal, and Social Level

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 5415

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ann Kirkman

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College of Health, Psychology and Social Care, University of Derby, Derby DE22 1GB, UK
Interests: mental health; cross-culture; workplace mental health; education mental health; student mental health; positive psychology
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Dr. Yasuhiro Kotera

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School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Interests: mental health; cross-culture; personal recovery; self-compassion
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Mental health is a growing concern in many countries. Experience and attitudes towards mental health vary markedly by cultures. However, an investigation into mental health from cultural perspectives has not been carried out in depth. Therefore, it is important to explore cross-cultural mental health. Additionally, it is important to explore mental health in the workplace and within education, due to the profound influences these institutions have on mental health. In order for us to flourish and live well, we need to achieve good mental health. The World Health Organization (2022) states that “mental health is a basic human right. And it is crucial to personal, community and socio-economic development.” The impact of mental health is diverse. Accordingly, this Special Issue aims to explore the concept of mental health across different cultures at personal, communal, and social levels. 

We are interested in various types of manuscripts, including original research, reviews, perspectives, clinical trials, case reports, community case studies, brief research reports, and commentaries.

Dr. Ann Kirkman
Dr. Yasuhiro Kotera
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

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The Consequences of Child Abuse
by Ami Rokach and Shauna Clayton
Healthcare 2023, 11(11), 1650; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111650 - 5 Jun 2023
Cited by 2 | Viewed by 3178
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This review provides an overview of the consequences of early adverse experiences across various domains of life. Drawing on the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) conceptual framework, we discuss the ACE pyramid and the varying degrees of consequences that ACE exposure may elicit. Using [...] Read more.
This review provides an overview of the consequences of early adverse experiences across various domains of life. Drawing on the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) conceptual framework, we discuss the ACE pyramid and the varying degrees of consequences that ACE exposure may elicit. Using online search engines such as Google Scholar, the authors sifted through empirical research to locate relevant articles and research to help prepare this review. This article sheds light on the implications of ACEs for health, socio-emotional and psychosocial well-being, relationships, personality, and cognitive functioning. Full article
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Qualitative Investigation into the Perception towards Compassionate Parenting among Parents of Autistic Children: Cross-Cultural Comparison between the UK and The Netherlands
by Kenneth Curley and Yasuhiro Kotera
Healthcare 2023, 11(8), 1199; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11081199 - 21 Apr 2023
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Parenting a child with autism spectrum disorder is believed to present challenges that lead to increased levels of stress, as well as a reduction in the quality of the relationship between parent and child. This study aims to investigate parental perceptions toward a [...] Read more.
Parenting a child with autism spectrum disorder is believed to present challenges that lead to increased levels of stress, as well as a reduction in the quality of the relationship between parent and child. This study aims to investigate parental perceptions toward a compassionate parenting style of parenting to better understand how this style may influence relationships and quality of life in parents. Parents from the United Kingdom (six parents) and the Netherlands (five parents) were invited take part in semi-structured interviews, whereby the data collected were subsequently analysed using thematic analysis. Data from both British and Dutch groups were overall similar to each other. Four themes were identified from the aggregated data: (a) “Parents believe compassionate parenting is important” (parents believed that compassion is an essential element of their parenting style and improves situational outcomes); (b) “Compassionate parenting de-escalates stressful situations” (compassionate parenting reduces stress and improves the quality of life); (c) “High pressure situations as a threat to practice compassion” (challenges and limitations to compassionate parenting style); and (d) “Greater public and professional awareness of autistic behaviours” (the general public and professional services often lack awareness to recognise autistic behaviour traits). Results are consistent with research examining the perceptions of parents of neurotypical children, in that a more compassionate approach to parenting is valued, as it is believed to create a greater connection with the child. Our findings inform researchers and educators as to what parents of children with ASD find useful, important, and worthwhile. Future research needs to investigate how compassionate parenting impacts autistic children’s quality of life. Full article
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