Journal of Mental Health Disorders

Review Article Open Access

Australian School Based Interventions Addressing Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders: A Systematic Review

Harshi Gunawardena, Alexander Voukelatos, Rachel Wilson, Shane Cross, Ian B. Hickie

Aim: Prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents is between 3% to 30% worldwide. Since countries differ in geopolitical contexts, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for a coordinated effort to report on local contexts. We aim to address this gap by providing a review of effectiveness of Australian school-based mental health interventions and identifying success factors for school-based implementation.

Research Article Open Access

Understanding Anxiety

Matthew Rensi, James Geisler, Justin Jacques, Charles Silber

This study is the first of its kind to diachronically analyze how the use of language surrounding anxiety has changed in each version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Using corpus linguistic technology, the collocations of the word “anxiety” were analyzed and ranked using log dice to determine the strength of associations both within and across each version of this clinical guide. 

Review Article Open Access

Military Training: Does It predispose service personnel to Negative Mental Health Issues?

Michael Bonner, Graham Ellender

At initial (basic) training recruits from all services and most nations are subject to an intense environment where they are physically and mentally challenged throughout their waking day. Their civilian experiences and identity are systematically remodeled to fit the requirements of the nation’s services. Most recruits are able to cope with this extreme environment, albeit with some impact on their mental wellbeing, whereas those unable to cope either physically or emotionally are discharged from the Military through medical or administrative procedures.

Mini Review Open Access

Clinical Supervision: Getting It Right!

Amelia Kehoe, Charlotte Rothwell, Jan Illing

The article ‘Enablers and barriers to effective clinical supervision in the workplace: a rapid evidence review’ presents evidence from the international literature on effective clinical supervision. The review searched nearly 16000 international publications to answer the question: What makes effective clinical supervision? When in place and done well, clinical supervision has many benefits for the organisation, professional development and patient services.

Research Article Open Access

A New Adaptive Procedure for Estimating Perceptual Thresholds: The Effects of Observer Bias and Its Correction

Chiara Fioravanti, Christoph Braun, Axel Lindner, Sergio Ruiz, Ranganatha Sitaram, Diljit Singh Kajal

Perceptual thresholds might vary due to different variables such as fatigue, fluctuations of attention, or sensory learning [1]. Adaptive threshold estimation procedures are most effective by providing quasi-instantaneous estimates of an otherwise fluctuating sensory threshold. 

Mini Review Open Access

Biomedical Gastronomy in the Management of Smell and Taste Disorders

Graham Ellender

Whether one lives to eat or just eats to live, the consumption, ingestion and digestion of foods and beverages comprise a complex system of intertwined signals and rituals. 

Commentary Open Access

The Loneliness, Loss and Reflections Set off by COVID-19

Susan E. Schwartz

“Nothing was as it seemed. I was not as I seemed…I was confronted by the possibility that perhaps the truest thing about me was a coiled identity, my irrealis self, a might-have-been self that never really was but wasn’t unreal for not being and might still be real, though I feared it never would”

Mini Review Open Access

Interviewing Techniques for Patients with Intellectual Disability

Nita Bhatt, Julie P. Gentile

Levels of Intellectual Disability and Categories of Communicative Skills When conducting a patient interview, it is crucial to understand the individuals’ level of ID as well as their expressive language skills in order to communicate effectively

Research Article Open Access

Measuring the Impact of Stressors through Self-reporting on the Temporal Nature of How Perceived Stress Emerges and Dissipates

Jocelyn Dunn, Steve Landry, Kim Binsted

Chronic stress exposure is linked to health and performance deficits including mental disorders, chronic diseases, and metabolic conditions. Stress management is an active process of coping with internal or external stressors to prevent or dampen biological and psychological strain