Depressive Symptoms Among Primary Caregivers of Children With Mental Health Needs: Mediating and Moderating Variables

Janis E. Gerkensmeyer; Susan M. Perkins; Eric L. Scott; Jingwei Wu

doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2007.06.016

Depressive Symptoms Among Primary Caregivers of Children With Mental Health Needs: Mediating and Moderating Variables

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing ◽

10.1016/j.apnu.2007.06.016 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 135-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Janis E. Gerkensmeyer ◽

Susan M. Perkins ◽

Eric L. Scott ◽

Jingwei Wu

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Primary Caregivers ◽

Health Needs ◽

Mental Health Needs ◽

Moderating Variables

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COVID-19 and MENtal Health: Addressing Men’s Mental Health Needs in the Digital World

American Journal of Men s Health ◽

10.1177/15579883211030021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 155798832110300

Author(s):

Jennifer M. Ellison ◽

Andrea R. Semlow ◽

Emily C. Jaeger ◽

Derek M. Griffth

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Suicidal Ideation ◽

Mental Health Care ◽

Health Needs ◽

Economic Uncertainty ◽

Mental Health Needs ◽

Current Technology ◽

Digital World

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a source of stress and have important mental health implications for all persons but may have unique implications for men. In addition to the risk of contracting and dying from COVID-19, the rising COVID-19 death toll, ongoing economic uncertainty, loneliness from social distancing, and other changes to our lifestyles make up the perfect recipe for a decline in mental health. In June 2020, men reported slightly lower rates of anxiety than women, but had higher rates of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. As of September 2020, men sought mental health care at a higher rate than women for family and relationships, with year-over-year visits up 5.5 times and total virtual mental health care visits monthly growth in 2020 was up 79% since January. Because men are not a homogeneous group, it is important to implement strategies for groups of men that may have particularly unique needs. In this paper, we discuss considerations for intervening in men’s mental health during and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including current technology-based cyberpsychology options.

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Affective and mood disorders after critical illness

10.1093/med/9780199600830.003.0383 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel W. Klyce ◽

James C. Jackson

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Critical Illness ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Health Needs ◽

Mental Health Needs ◽

Promising Strategy ◽

Treatment Of Depression

Survivors of critical illness frequently have significant and persistent mental health problems, which may develop or worsen following intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Chief among these problems is depression, which occurs in approximately a third of all individuals after critical illness and is associated with a wide array of untoward outcomes. Depression is manifest in a diversity of ways and risk factors may contribute to significant depressive symptoms after critical. Questions persist about whether treatment of depression after critical illness is most effective using conventional approaches or whether the depressive symptoms observed in ICU survivors may be clinically distinct and may optimally respond to carefully tailored innovative approaches. One promising strategy for managing the mental health needs of patients after critical illness involves ICU recovery clinics, which target the unique constellation of cognitive, psychiatric, and functional challenges common to survivors of critical illness.

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