Physician Heal Thyself: Examining the role of psychologist self-care practices on the treatment of Asian Pacific Islander American women's mental health concerns

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neesha Patel ◽  
Susana Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Pacific Islander ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Women's Mental Health ◽  
Asian Pacific Islander ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Mental Health Concerns ◽  
Asian Pacific

The Role of Race in Determining 24-Hour Urine Composition in White and Asian/Pacific Islander Stone Formers

2010 ◽  
Vol 183 (4) ◽  
pp. 1407-1411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian H. Eisner ◽  
Sima P. Porten ◽  
Seth K. Bechis ◽  
Marshall L. Stoller
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islander ◽  
Stone Formers ◽  
Asian Pacific Islander ◽  
Urine Composition ◽  
Asian Pacific

The Impact of Gender, Culture, and Society on Korean Women's Mental Health

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Jung Choi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Women’S Mental Health ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Korean Culture ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Women's Mental Health ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Mental Health Concerns ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Social Disabilities

I review the issue of Korean women's anger from the perspectives of gender, culture, and society, and describe the influences of those factors on the women's mental health. Hwa-byung (HB) is a Korean culture-bound syndrome that translates into English as an anger disorder. In Korea, middle-aged women are the mostly highly represented societal group with HB, the symptoms of which are connected with complex psychological, physiological, behavioral, and social disabilities. In this paper, associations among elements related to Korean women's anger and HB are examined within the frameworks of gender, culture, and society. I concluded that the issue of Korean women's anger is not limited to its own context but is part of the wider issues of gender, culture, and society. These issues produce many difficulties, amplify problems, and generate interrelated women's mental health concerns.

scholarly journals The role of loneliness as a mediator between autism features and mental health among autistic young adults

Autism ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 136236132096778
Author(s):  
Hillary K Schiltz ◽  
Alana J McVey ◽  
Bridget Dolan Wozniak ◽  
Angela D Haendel ◽  
Rachel Stanley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Autistic Adults ◽  
Mental Health Concerns ◽  
Social Loneliness

Autistic adults commonly experience anxiety and depression. These mental health concerns are often tied to social experiences, such that mental well-being can be supported by social connection and deteriorated by loneliness. The mediating role of social and emotional loneliness (i.e. social isolation and lack of emotional attachment, respectively) between autism features and mental health has yet to be empirically tested among autistic adults. Here, 69 autistic young adults completed self-report questionnaires assessing social contact (Friendship Questionnaire), autism features (Autism Quotient), mental health (Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Social Phobia Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory), and loneliness (Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults). Positive associations emerged between autism features, social loneliness, family loneliness, social anxiety, and depression. In addition, more social contact was related to less social and family loneliness and less social anxiety but was not related to depression. Mediation analyses indicated significant indirect effects of social contact and autism features on mental health through social loneliness. Indirect effects partially held substituting family loneliness for social loneliness and did not hold using romantic loneliness. In light of these results, the scientific and clinical implications of the role of loneliness for autistic young adults are discussed and recommendations provided. Lay abstract Autistic adults commonly experience mental health concerns including social anxiety and depression, which can have negative effects on their quality of life. It is not completely clear, however, why rates of mental health concerns are so high. Some evidence suggests that social connectedness might play a key role. The goal of this study was to explore links between loneliness, mental health concerns, autism features, and social contact among autistic adults and test whether the links between mental health with autism features and social contact can be explained by loneliness. Researchers in this study collected data using questionnaires completed by 69 autistic young adults. Autistic adults who reported more autism features also reported more social and family loneliness, higher levels of social anxiety and depression, and fewer initiated social contacts. In addition, adults with more social contact initiations were likely to report lower levels of social and family loneliness and social anxiety but not depression. Results showed that the link from social engagement and autism features to social anxiety and depression symptoms could be mostly explained by loneliness. The results of this study expand previous findings by illustrating one factor (loneliness) that might be responsible for the high rates of mental health concerns among adults on the autism spectrum. These findings highlight the importance of studying factors related to mental health concerns among autistic adults and ways to best support social connectedness for the mental well-being of autistic young adults.

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