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Elia F. Soto; Destiny Orantes; Natalie Russo; Kevin M. Antshel – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
This study builds on existing literature on autism spectrum disorder (autism) and sexual and gender minority (SGM) identities and is the first to examine self-declared frequency rates, associated functional impairments, and treatment engagement levels for sexual minority (SM) and non-SM populations with and without autism cross-sectionally via a…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, LGBTQ People, Incidence, College Students
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Marraccini, Marisa E.; Resnikoff, Annie W.; Brick, Leslie A.; Brier, Zoe M. F.; Nugent, Nicole R. – School Psychology, 2022
During the immediate period following psychiatric hospitalization, adolescents are at increased risk for suicide attempts and rehospitalization. Because most adolescents return to school during this time, school-related experiences are important considerations during the transition from inpatient hospitalization. This study sought to understand…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Psychiatry, Hospitals, Mental Disorders
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Griffin, Kylie; Twynstra, Jasna; Gilliland, Jason A.; Seabrook, Jamie A. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To determine the prevalence of university students who have ever engaged in self-harm and to examine its correlates. Frequency of thinking about self-harm was explored as a secondary outcome. Participants: Students at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. Methods: This cross-sectional study was completed via an online…
Descriptors: College Students, Self Destructive Behavior, Correlation, Psychological Patterns
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Anderson, Sloan Okrey; Lough, Benjamin J. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2021
In 2014, Leelah Alcorn, a homeschooled transgender teenager in the United States, died by suicide after enduring months of social isolation and her parent's repeated efforts to change her gender identity. Sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) youth who are, like Leelah, homeschooled in the U.S. do not have access to the institutional and relational…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Home Schooling, Christianity, Environmental Influences
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Hawkins, Misty A. W.; Clawson, Ashley H.; Smith, Caitlin E.; Stout, Madison E.; Keirns, Natalie G.; Ruppe, Nicole M. – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: This study examined psychosocial distress and substance use in young adults with asthma (A), obesity (O), comorbid asthma and obesity (AO), or neither (controls). Participants: Eight hundred eighty-one young adults were included in the A, O, AO, or control group. Methods: ANCOVA and logistic regression analyses were performed to compare…
Descriptors: Diseases, Psychological Patterns, Substance Abuse, Mental Health
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Finch, Ellen F.; Brickell, Claire M.; Choi-Kain, Lois W. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2019
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a prevalent psychiatric illness that often first presents at college. If left untreated, BPD can lead to severe disability or fatality. While multiple evidence-based treatments for BPD exist, most are resource intensive and, therefore, difficult to implement at the typical college mental health center.…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Personality Problems, Intervention, School Health Services
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Jao, Nancy C.; Robinson, Laura D.; Kelly, Peter J.; Ciecierski, Christina C.; Hitsman, Brian – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: Examine the association of health risk behavior clusters with mental health status among US college students. Participants: 105,781 US college students who completed the Spring 2011 National College Health Assessment. Methods: We utilized the latent class analysis to determine clustering of health risk behaviors (alcohol binge drinking,…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, At Risk Students, College Students, Mental Health
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Gask, Linda; Coupe, Nia; McElvenny, Damien; Green, Gill – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2017
Recent years have seen increasing awareness of the wide range of mental health problems faced by students. Gatekeeper training has been shown to have a positive impact on knowledge and attitudes about suicide prevention, although the evidence for skills acquisition is limited. We utilised the STORM® training package in an exploratory study to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Disorders, Suicide, Higher Education
Center for Collegiate Mental Health, 2022
The Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) 2021 Annual Report describes 153,233 unique college students, nationally and internationally, seeking mental health treatment; 4,043 clinicians; and more than 1,135,520 appointments from the 2020-2021 academic year. This is the 13th year the report has been produced. This year's report specifically…
Descriptors: College Students, Mental Health, Access to Health Care, Health Needs
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Wakefield, Jerome C.; Schmitz, Mark F. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Purpose: To evaluate the claim, made repeatedly during "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders", Fifth Edition debates over eliminating the bereavement exclusion (BE), that ''uncomplicated'' depressive reactions have elevated suicidality like other major depressive disorder (MDD), so exclusions risk…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Depression (Psychology), At Risk Persons, Suicide
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Stewart, Shannon L.; Baiden, Philip; Theall-Honey, Laura; den Dunnen, Wendy – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2014
Background: Few studies have examined deliberate self-harm (DSH) among children in residential treatment in Canada. Most of the existing studies examined adolescent students or children from pediatric emergency departments. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence of DSH among children in tertiary care residential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Residential Care, Incidence
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Shaw, Janet – Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 2012
This paper takes Betty Joseph's concept of "addiction to near death," which describes a clinical situation in which sadism and masochism dominate the relationships of a particular group of patients, and applies it specifically to the case material of a girl in adolescent psychotherapy treatment. A link is made between the patient's retreat from…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Suicide, Sexuality, Psychotherapy
Katz, Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Though there are at least 12.4 million community college students, accounting for 44% of all undergraduates within the United States (Cohen & Brawer, 2008), little academic research has explored the mental health needs of community college students as a distinct population ( Floyd, 2003; Townsend & LaPaglia, 2000; Townsend, Donaldson,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Mental Health, Comparative Analysis
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Haw, Camilla; Hawton, Keith; Niedzwiedz, Claire; Platt, Steve – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2013
Suicide clusters, although uncommon, cause great concern in the communities in which they occur. We searched the world literature on suicide clusters and describe the risk factors and proposed psychological mechanisms underlying the spatio-temporal clustering of suicides (point clusters). Potential risk factors include male gender, being an…
Descriptors: Suicide, At Risk Persons, Gender Differences, Age Differences
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Swannell, Sarah; Martin, Graham; Page, Andrew; Hasking, Penelope; Hazell, Philip; Taylor, Anne; Protani, Melinda – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Objective: Although child maltreatment is associated with later non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), the mechanism through which it might lead to NSSI is not well understood. The current retrospective case-control study examined associations between child maltreatment and later NSSI, and investigated the mediating roles of dissociation, alexithymia,…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Injuries, Cognitive Restructuring
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