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Patients with mental illness don't take care of themselves, are dependent not only for medicine intake but also for their day to day requirements including their personal hygiene. All these issues and many more put a heavy psychological burden on the families. When they become overburdened with...

This chapter discusses the stigma and the barriers, which hinder medical students from seeking help for both physical and mental health conditions. Stigma will also be explored from a cultural perspective; the authors will demonstrate how it is embedded in help seeking behaviour. The authors will...

Mental health have become a very influential topic around the world due to the increase of mental health issues that have been reported through national research and surveys. Many studies have been done along the years around the barriers in regards to seeking help in deferent countries and...

Misconceptions regarding the cause(s) of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has led to a number of prejudices against those with such diagnoses. A fear of being the object of prejudicial attitudes and behaviors leaves many individuals concerned about the social stigma of a STI diagnosis. This, in...

This chapter examines the path of human interaction by using modern technologies. There are two sides: those in favor of using modern technologies and those who argue that modern technologies have unwanted, detrimental effects on people's lives and health. This chapter explores virtual...

It has been known that psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent among prisoners. Many people with identifiable psychiatric illness do conflict with the law, often by no fault of their own but because of symptoms of their psychiatric illness and end up in jails. Poor communication between the prison...

This chapter outlines the key features of individual funding programs and examines their suitability for people with mental illness. This is a contested area with some writers concerned that mental illness is different from other types of disability and unsuitable for individual funding. The recovery...

In 2018, the local District of Columbia auditor found that a section of the Department of Behavioral Health that performed psychiatric evaluations had significant staff turnover and long-standing position vacancies and that there had been a several-week period when approximately one-fourth of the...

MY Psychology is an online educational platform currently based in Malaysia, formed with the intention to spread awareness towards the general public of not only on issues related with mental health and those who suffer under mental illnesses, but also to create a place where psychology as a basic...

Online chat and email are two of the most popular ways of providing e-mental health. Online chat is synchronous communication in a virtual chat room where client and counselor meet at the same time. In contrast, email is referred to as asynchronous because it can be accessed without the synchronous...

Achieving positive mental health is a worthy desire as positive mental health leads to better success in all aspects of life. Unfortunately, for some youth, achieving positive mental health is a struggle. African Americans demonstrate mental health difficulties approximately 20% more than their White...

Social distancing and self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic have wreaked havoc on people's brains and physical fitness. The current dire situation makes it extremely difficult for people to maintain sanity amid the pandemic, with more than 33 million coronavirus cases (as of September 27...

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the mental health profession has shifted to online service provision, or telehealth. The aim of this chapter is to describe the COVID-19 crisis and subsequent changes that occurred to mental health service provision; the benefits and drawbacks to telehealth from practical...

Depression is a prevalent and severe medical illness that negatively affects how people feel, think, and act, with estimates pointing towards more than 300 million suffering from depression worldwide. Although effective treatments exist, about 80% of people in low and middle-income countries do not...

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss healthcare workers' (HCW) working conditions under the COVID-19 pandemic, including their challenges and needs. Through a brief systematic review, PubMed, and Science Direct, the authors searched up to mid-September 2021. Twenty-seven studies were included...

Pressure to perform academically, financial stress, and accessibility of entering higher education institutions are common factors that impact the mental health of college students. Findings have suggested the mental health needs of college students worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of...

This chapter highlights Project BEAMS (Behavioral Emotional and Mental Health Supports in Schools), an interdisciplinary personnel preparation program at San Diego State University. Project BEAMS is a five-year training grant funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to improve the...

The COVID-19 pandemic is an entity moving in momentum with various eruptions of human senses to directly or indirectly impact mental health. This chapter discusses the model of health beliefs, resilience in facing the challenges, stress, and depression, psychosocial support initiatives through therapy...

Over recent times, multitudinous internal health apps (MHapps) have been developed and made available to smartphone druggies. The pandemic, of course, has put employees under a kind of mental strain few have likely experienced before, so it's no wonder more businesses are looking for ways to help...

This chapter resulted from the monitoring throughout a semester (from September 2021 to February 2022) of a group of students and professors/facilitators, from different areas of knowledge, who participated in the Demola International Project. The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate how it can become...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized as a psychological disorder with a characteristic pervasive pattern of instability in affect regulation, impulse control, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and occupational attainment. Patients with BDP are often depicted as difficult...

African Americans have experienced grave inequities in healthcare. These inequities have extended to mental health and continue to be a concern for African Americans. Paranoia is a mental health challenge that exists among African Americans, for varying reasons, including impacts from slavery, trauma...

Schizophrenia is a chronic psychotic illness that compromises a patient's ability to think clearly and maintain emotional stability. A patient's disease frequently makes interacting with others and forming enduring relationships challenging. It impacts a person's thoughts, feelings, and...

People with severe mental disorders (SMD) reports low levels of physical activity and high levels of sedentary behaviour in their daily activities. Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of global mortality, and it is an independent risk factor for several somatic diseases. Therefore, reducing...

The mental health profession is all about helping people and plays a unique role in society. Mental health professionals are required to maintain a neutral stance towards different ideologies and value systems that their clients hold. They must help their clients examine their values and determine how...