Matthew Bogenschutz, Michael Broda, Parthenia Dinora, Seb Prohn, Sarah Lineberry, Angela West
{"title":"Applying machine learning to understand factors predicting pharmacotherapy for mental health support among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.","authors":"Matthew Bogenschutz, Michael Broda, Parthenia Dinora, Seb Prohn, Sarah Lineberry, Angela West","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2025.2545892","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15332985.2025.2545892","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience health disparities, including in their mental health. This often leads to disproportionate use of psychotropic medications, sometimes leading to serious side effects. We used machine learning to analyze an integrated dataset (years 2018-2022) from one U.S. state with 2907 observations and 850 variables to determine what factors were most predictive of pharmacotherapy use to support mental health needs among people with IDD. Our algorithm performed strongly, with the presence of mood, anxiety, and psychotic disorders, documented behavioral support needs, and overall support needs all contributing strongly to the algorithm's accuracy. Implications for social workers and other mental health professionals are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"24 ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12955809/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147357015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"We don't just want doulas. We want good doulas.\" Examining the role of doula training in promoting perinatal mental health.","authors":"Catie Semadeni, Jessica L Liddell, Tess A Carlson","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2025.2459096","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15332985.2025.2459096","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While research increasingly explores the role doulas can play in addressing perinatal health disparities, doula training itself remains unexplored. This paper examines the crucial role of doula training in enhancing birthing care accessibility and quality, particularly in addressing mental health disparities and fostering positive birth experiences. Through qualitative analysis, challenges such as cost, time constraints, and training accessibility issues are identified. Key recommendations include removing financial and logistical barriers, incorporating supplemental training for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), and fostering cultural sensitivity to meet diverse community needs, including rural and Indigenous populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"23 5","pages":"506-526"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12439103/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145087680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Mundet Bolós, Jorge Luis Méndez-Ulrich, Aleix Caussa Bofill, Jon Casado Pascual
{"title":"Emotional well-being among community mental health professionals during COVID-19: an exploratory study","authors":"Anna Mundet Bolós, Jorge Luis Méndez-Ulrich, Aleix Caussa Bofill, Jon Casado Pascual","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2024.2391394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2024.2391394","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a study related to burnout and well-being deriving from professional practice in community mental health services. The sample consisted in 133 workers from the public mental hea...","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142212982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ray Eads, Xóchitl Adáme Guerrero, Patricia R. Turner, Julia Lynn Cramer, Tom Matteson, Katie Frazee
{"title":"Supporting care providers through a holistic telehealth intervention: a mixed methods evaluation of the Integrative Touch TeleWellness program","authors":"Ray Eads, Xóchitl Adáme Guerrero, Patricia R. Turner, Julia Lynn Cramer, Tom Matteson, Katie Frazee","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2024.2391980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2024.2391980","url":null,"abstract":"To address the needs of frontline healthcare workers and family-based caregivers during the coronavirus pandemic, Integrative Touch developed a holistic TeleWellness Program consisting of a variety...","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142212983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pastora Reina-Aguilar, Rosa María Díaz-Jiménez, Francisco Caravaca-Sánchez
{"title":"Sexual violence, suicide, depression, self-esteem, and satisfaction with life among university students in Spain with a gender perspective: implications for social work","authors":"Pastora Reina-Aguilar, Rosa María Díaz-Jiménez, Francisco Caravaca-Sánchez","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2024.2391400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2024.2391400","url":null,"abstract":"Current research aims to relate both categories by investigating sexual violence as a risk factor for suicide among college students in Spain (N = 2004). Overall, 13.7% reported having suffered sex...","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"73 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142212986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Markings: a photo essay","authors":"Ruth K. Burke","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2024.2388008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2024.2388008","url":null,"abstract":"This photo essay explores inter and intraspecies markmaking through various approaches to fine art.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142212984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ecosocial work: environmental practice and advocacy","authors":"Valerie L. Stevens, Aviva Vincent, Nikki Pearl","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2024.2384268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2024.2384268","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Social Work in Mental Health (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141948056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Becoming killable – meatpacking and kinship among covid-19","authors":"Seven Mattes","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2024.2382772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2024.2382772","url":null,"abstract":"In the early months of Covid-19, meatpacking plants were designated “essential” infrastructure, sending laborers back to work, despite the high risk. Animal bodies were deemed essential to produce,...","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"374 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141948057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barriers to re-reintegration: investigating families’ reluctance to welcome rehabilitated forensic mentally ill relatives back into their homes in Thulamela municipality, South Africa","authors":"Konanani Constance Matambela, Rendani Tshifhumulo","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2024.2380780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2024.2380780","url":null,"abstract":"Reintegrating forensic mentally ill patients back into their families is difficult. This study explored the factors contributing to the reluctance of families to accept forensic mentally ill rehabi...","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"139 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141948058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development and implementation of an ecological justice advanced practice curriculum for master of social work students","authors":"Sarah M. Bexell, Rachel Forbes","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2024.2380518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2024.2380518","url":null,"abstract":"This article outlines the development, evolution, and implementation of an ecological justice advanced practice curriculum for Master of Social Work students at the University of Denver, USA. This ...","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141740485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}