Research categories | Research topics |
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Problem – prevalence | • Mental health (MH) issues in children and young people |
• MH issues in adults | |
• MH issues in children and young people with disabilities | |
• MH issues in people with disabilities in adults | |
• Drug and alcohol issues | |
Cause—conceptual understanding | • How MH issues are experienced |
• Understanding health seeking behaviours | |
• Cultural conceptualisation of mental health symptoms and mental health disorders | |
Solution – effectiveness | • Community based psychological (e.g., cognitive behavioural therapy), social (e.g., poverty reduction supports) and psychosocial interventions (e.g., psychoeducation, peer support) and medical mental health care interventions (e.g., medication) |
• Self-care interventions for professionals | |
• Mindfulness interventions for a range of mental health issues and disorders (e.g., depression) | |
• Early childhood interventions | |
• Grants/loans in creating employment/educational opportunities | |
• Cognitive behavioural therapy | |
• Support programmes for substance misuse (e.g., relapse prevention) | |
Implementation – gaps | • Pathways to engagement in services for children and families |
• Identifying the best treatment pathways for mental health services with individuals with disabilities | |
• Services for children who are “left behind” or orphaned and their carers | |
• Exploring family experiences of caring for children with disabilities | |
Social inclusion/exclusion | • MH and disability – experience of abuse, stigma and discrimination |
• Exploring the need for the development of Mental Health legislation | |
• Exploring and understanding the use of force in MH intervention | |
• Stigma faced by parents of children who have MH problems | |
• Rights of people who have MH and/or disability issue | |
• Service access needs of people in rural areas |