Mental Health, Stigma and Addictive Behaviors
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral and Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2024 | Viewed by 13830
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is an opportunity to address mental health, stigma, and addictive behaviors, as well as their consequences and risk factors from a psychological point of view. The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an interdisciplinary journal, covering topics as varied as climate change, infectious disease epidemiology, healthcare services, or environmental Earth science, amongst many others. Scientific research in psychology relates to most—if not all—of those topics, as they all involve human-related activities.
Mental health problems, broadly understood, are highly prevalent. Depression, anxiety, and burnout in the workplace are just some of the disorders so frequent that we forget their great impact on health and on the functioning of society. When it comes to severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, we may encounter stigmatization, prejudice, and discrimination towards the people who suffer from them.
However, stigma is also related to other populations, such as homeless people or people with intellectual disabilities. There may even be comorbidity between these conditions and mental health problems. Other factors—such as gender—seem to be related, and their study may have an impact on social and equity policies.
Other health-related problems, such as addictions and other addictive behaviors, are also topics that are expected to appear in this Special Issue. Compulsive gambling, video gaming, and substance abuse—among others—are so prevalent that they become a public-health issue.
Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
- Mental health and economic factors;
- Mental health and homelessness;
- The stigma of mental health;
- Prevention of stigma related to intellectual disability;
- Compulsive gambling;
- Internet gaming disorders;
- Other addictive behaviors;
- Self-regulation and addictive behaviors;
- Interventions in substance abuse;
- Relapse prevention in the treatment of substance abuse.
Dr. Iván Sánchez-Iglesias
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mental health
- stigma
- mental disorder
- intellectual disability
- homelessness
- addictive behavior
- addiction
- substance abuse
- gaming disorder
- gambling
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Outcomes and potential mechanisms of action of equine-assisted services for Veterans with a history of trauma
Author: Marchand
Highlights:
- Equine-assisted interventions are being increasingly used for Veterans who have experienced trauma
- The field is in the early stage of scientific development and rigorous studies are needed
- This article provides guidance for future studies of outcomes and mechanisms of action