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{"title":"Portrayal of mental illness and suicide in Facebook posts by Australian news organisations.","authors":"Julia Lyons, Gayle McNaught, Elizabeth Paton, Amy J Morgan, Melinda Benson, Anna M Ross","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2025.2528187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2025.2528187","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Trends in news being increasingly accessed via social media warrants more attention to how mental illness and suicide news is being communicated on social platforms, which have the potential to amplify or mitigate stigma in wider audiences.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aimed to determine how mental illness and suicide are portrayed in Facebook posts by Australian news organisations, and examine engagement trends with these posts.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A systematic search of 22 Australian news Facebook pages was conducted on Meta's CrowdTangle database for posts about mental illness or suicide over a 1-year period.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 1343 Facebook news posts identified, over half (55%) comprised \"helpful\" content. News posts featuring people with lived experience were the most common topics with helpful content, however harmful content was still prominent. Problematic content in news posts often included sensationalist, trivialising, or \"suffering\" language, and stigmatising or sensationalist quotes. Public engagement with news posts did not differ based on alignment with media guidelines.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is substantial room for improvement in how mental illness and suicide-related news is communicated on social media. Ensuring this aligns with responsible media guidelines will reduce public exposure to content that can perpetuate stigma and increase harms.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144601923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Life orientation, hope, and well-being during wartime: a comparative models study of the Arab and Jewish societies in Israel.","authors":"Ofra Halperin, Gizell Green, Inbal Halevi Hochwald, Nasra Idilbi","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2025.2528200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2025.2528200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>During times of war and violent conflict, populations endure profound psychological pressures. These challenging circumstances highlight how personal attributes, particularly one's life orientation and sense of hope, can fundamentally shape an individual's psychological resilience and well-being.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This cross-sectional quantitative study examined differences in life orientation, agency, pathways, and well-being, and explored their mediating relationships between Jewish and Arab societies in Israel during the first 2 months of the 7/10 war.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 292 adults residing in Israel, self-identifying as either Arab or Jewish, and having encountered war times participated. Data were collected through an online questionnaire including the Dispositional Hope Scale (DHS), Life Orientation Test, General Well-being Measure, and background characteristics, analyzed using PROCESS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Arab minority reported higher levels of pathways, agency, and well-being compared to the Jewish majority. Pathways and agency showed the strongest positive relationship, supporting their complementary roles in forming hope. Life orientation demonstrated moderate positive connections with pathways and agency. While life orientation positively influenced pathways and agency, only agency significantly predicted well-being when controlling for life orientation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study reveals psychological strengths building resilience in minority groups during armed conflicts, emphasizing hope agency's critical role in psychological fortitude.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144601922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The language of paranoia: linguistic analysis of SMI speech with considerations of race and sex.","authors":"Kiara K Warren, Christopher R Cox, Alex S Cohen","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2025.2512313","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2025.2512313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Linguistic analysis, notably using conceptually derived linguistic categories, has been used to quantify various aspects of serious mental illness. It has the potential for understanding paranoia, defined in terms of perceived and intentional threats from others. However, paranoia and the language expressing it potentially varies due to demographic factors, notably race and sex.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aims to expand upon prior findings linking linguistic expression and serious mental illness symptoms by focusing on paranoia and evaluating potential moderating roles of race and sex in two archived studies using two separate speaking tasks.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We hypothesized that a limited feature set of linguistic categories derived from these speaking tasks would accurately classify clinical ratings of paranoia using regularized regression. It was further hypothesized that these relationships would vary as a function of Black versus White and male versus female identities.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Unexpectedly, there were no differences in model accuracy as a function of race and sex, suggesting no overt bias or differential functioning from demographics in our models.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results highlight the strengths and limitations of using linguistic analysis to understand paranoia. Exploring variation amongst paranoia scoring could improve model accuracy across different demographic groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12258409/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144276332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The temporal relationships between social motivation and social interactions in people with serious mental illness and recent homelessness.","authors":"Samuel J Abplanalp, Thanh P Le, Eric A Reavis, Michael F Green","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2025.2512312","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2025.2512312","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>People with serious mental illness (SMI) and those who have experienced homelessness have disrupted social functioning. A primary obstacle to successful social functioning is building and maintaining meaningful social connections, which may depend on individuals' motivation to engage in social interactions.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>We examined the temporal, bidirectional relationships between social approach and avoidance motivation and social interactions over time using ecological momentary assessment (EMA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-nine participants with SMI and a history of homelessness answered EMA surveys of momentary social interaction, social approach motivation, and social avoidance motivation for seven days. The temporal relationships between these variables were analyzed as a dynamical system using continuous-time vector auto-regressive models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three main findings emerged. First, social approach motivation positively influenced future social interactions more than social avoidance motivation. Second, social avoidance motivation also led to more future social interactions. Third, the number of social interactions positively influenced both social approach and avoidance motivation, with a slightly larger effect on social approach.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The current study highlights the utility of examining social motivation and social interactions as a dynamical system, which could be useful for better understanding impairments in social functioning. Possibilities for interventions are also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12354223/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of gender norm conformity in men's psychological help-seeking and treatment engagement: a scoping review.","authors":"Lewis Burns, Lisa Olive, Alyna Turner, Simon Rice, Anna Wrobel, Bronte Montgomery-Farrer, Bethany Norton, Zac Seidler, Alexa Hayley","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2025.2512304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2025.2512304","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite higher suicide rates, men are less likely to seek psychological help than women, and even when they do seek help, services are often ill-equipped to meet their needs and maintain their ongoing engagement in care.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aimed to systematically scope the existing literature to summarise research findings and identify gaps related to the association between gender norm conformity (incorporating masculinities and femininities) and psychological help-seeking and treatment engagement.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, APA PsycINFO and CINAHL databases was conducted. Of 3,652 identified studies, 82 met inclusion criteria. Data from included studies was extracted and synthesised thematically.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings from the included studies suggested heightened conformity to masculine gender norms was linked with lower help-seeking and treatment engagement, and preliminary evidence was found for positive relationships between feminine gender norm conformity and both help-seeking and treatment engagement. Strength-based approaches to improving men's engagement with psychological services were often recommended, yet the prevailing position on masculinities was deficit-based.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Further research is needed to explore the role of femininities and masculinities in men's help-seeking, and to further examine men's treatment engagement. Researchers are also encouraged to shift toward a strength-based position regarding masculinities in the context of men's mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Co-production of accessible digital mental health supports with marginalised young people: a scoping review.","authors":"Carmen Kealy, Courtney Potts, Alba Madrid-Cagigal, Maurice D Mulvenna, Gary Donohoe, Siobhan O'Neill, Margaret M Barry","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2025.2512317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2025.2512317","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>While some digital supports aid in improving young people's mental health, there is a dearth of information regarding the most effective ways to involve young people in the co-production of digital technologies. User input is essential, particularly for marginalised young people who are often excluded. The aim of this scoping review was to examine recent literature on the most common co-production processes of digital mental health supports with marginalised young people.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A scoping review was conducted to identify literature published since 2021, written in English, focusing on co-production processes of digital mental health supports with marginalised young people aged 16-25. Basic information, data relating to the research question and key findings were extracted. A combination of Excel and Covidence management software was used to collate the charted data and manage the screening process. Studies were included if they used innovative youth-led approaches in the design, development, implementation or evaluation of digital mental health supports ranging from mental health promotion to targeted interventions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 2341 studies initially screened, 21 studies published between 2021 and 2023 with a range of study designs and evidence were included. The studies reported on engagement with marginalised young people in the design, implementation, and/or evaluation of digital mental health technologies. The review examined qualitative and mixed methods studies from eleven countries, with most co-produced digital supports relating to mental health promotion and prevention. Most common were supports targeting general mental health and mental wellbeing. More than half of the studies included representation from LGBTQ+ young people, followed by ethnic minorities and migrants, but few included other marginalised groups. Only 6 of 21 studies used innovative approaches and many typically involved young people in only one of the co-production processes with design identified as most common. Finally, passive rather than active participation of young people was found to be pronounced. This limits young people's opportunities to shape the outcome to the data collection process only.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Given the extent to which marginalised groups are actually involved in co-production, the review suggests the need for young people to be more actively involved in all co-production processes of digital mental health technologies. Offering a diverse range of methods through innovative, participatory approaches can facilitate more effective engagement from young people and provide an environment that is inclusive to a range of voices and perspectives. Lastly, the lack of inclusion of marginalised groups such as young people with a disability, or youth living in rural areas is an important issue to consider for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patient-reported outcomes in the clinical management of depression: current status and future directions.","authors":"Stefano Barlati, Viola Bulgari, Irene Calzavara-Pinton, Gabriele Nibbio, Lorenzo Bertoni, Daniela Zardini, Andrea Zucchetti, Antonio Baglioni, Stefano Paolini, Laura Poddighe, Anna Ceraso, Jacopo Lisoni, Giacomo Deste, Antonio Vita","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2025.2512305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2025.2512305","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Insight into the assessment of patient-reported outcomes among adults with depression can help to understand their perception of their mental health and care experience.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To identify studies on the use of Patient-reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and Patient-reported Experience Measures (PREMs) in the clinical care of depression.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A narrative review was conducted. PubMed and Scopus databases were searched for studies using patient-reported outcomes among people with depression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Several disease-specific and generic PROMs are available to assess the perceived symptoms severity and functioning. The use of PREMs is instead mostly limited to assessing satisfaction with care. There are also a series of psychometric and content limitations that hinder the reliability of such measures in the clinical management of depression.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is a variety of patient-reported outcomes of relevance among adults with depression. Despite the growing interest regarding such outcomes and their measures, several methodological issues should be considered. Moreover, significant aspects of functional recovery of relevance for people living with depression do not appear to be completely covered by currently available measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is personal recovery a transdiagnostic concept? Testing the fit of the CHIME framework using narrative experiences.","authors":"Mitch N Lases, Jojanneke Bruins, Floortje E Scheepers, Nienke van Sambeek, Fiona Ng, Stefan Rennick-Egglestone, Mike Slade, Ingrid D C van Balkom, Stynke Castelein","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2361225","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2361225","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Personal recovery is operationalized in the CHIME framework (connectedness, hope, identity, meaning in life, and empowerment) of recovery processes. CHIME was initially developed through analysis of experiences of people mainly with psychosis, but it might also be valid for investigating recovery in mood-related, autism and other diagnoses.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To examine whether personal recovery is transdiagnostic by studying narrative experiences in several diagnostic groups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirty recovery narratives, retrieved from \"Psychiatry Story Bank\" (PSB) in the Netherlands, were analyzed by three coders using CHIME as a deductive framework. New codes were assigned using an inductive approach and member checks were performed after consensus was reached.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All five CHIME dimensions were richly reported in the narratives, independent of diagnosis. Seven new domains were identified, such as \"acknowledgement by diagnosis\" and \"gaining self-insight\". These new domains were evaluated to fit well as subdomains within the original CHIME framework. On average, 54.2% of all narrative content was classified as experienced difficulties.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Recovery stories from different diagnostic perspectives fit well into the CHIME framework, implying that personal recovery is a transdiagnostic concept. Difficulties should not be ignored in the context of personal recovery based on its substantial presence in the recovery narratives.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"254-262"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of family history of mental illness on mental health help seeking in university students.","authors":"Tania Perich, Karl Andriessen","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2361235","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2361235","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>University students with a family history of mental illness may have an increased risk of developing mental health problems.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The aim of the study was to assess differences in mental health help seeking among students with a family history of mental illness compared to those without a family history.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 1127 university students, aged 18 to 30 years, completed an online survey with questions about mental illness, family history of mental illness, help seeking, and psychological symptoms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Students with a family history of mental illness were more likely to report clinically significant symptoms and more likely to use social media and online support programs. They reported similar rates of in-person help seeking. Those with more than one family member with a mental illness reported greater symptom severity, more use of online programs, and increased likelihood of prescription drug use than those with only one family member.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>More research is needed to understand how to increase access to mental health care and to address barriers to help-seeking considering family history of mental illness. University students may not be accessing appropriate treatment and care as required, with the rates of in-person help-seeking being low overall.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"247-253"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141236226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trust, entrusting and the role of trustworthiness for adult survivors of child sexual abuse.","authors":"Susanna Alyce, Daniel Taggart, Jackie Turton","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2390366","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2390366","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) are reported to have difficulties in trusting. Yet no previous study investigating CSA survivors' subjective experiences of trust exists and there is a paucity of clinical research into constructs and definitions of \"trust.\"</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To use a phenomenological lens to investigate CSA survivors' descriptions of trust relationships and trustworthy others by privileging their subjective experience. To better understand how trust can be built within therapeutic relationships.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A qualitative methodology using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was conducted within the survivor-research paradigm. The researcher was a person with lived experience of CSA who co-produced the study with CSA survivor advisors and co-constructed interviews with 17 adult CSA survivors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings present a \"Survivor Trust Enactment Model\" that delineates the process of building/repairing relational trust and advancing \"transactional trust.\" Trust is portrayed as nuanced and formed across and according to context, including the demarcation of generalised and relational trust. The findings emphasise that trustees' trustworthiness is key to building trust which challenges assumptions that survivors are deficient in trust.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The foregrounding of subjective trust experiences challenges diagnostic and clinical views on trust deficiency in adult CSA survivors. The study develops clinical constructs of trust, considers implications for clinical practice, and indicates areas for further research into trust dynamics in therapeutic relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"263-272"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142001088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}