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Mental Health Resources: Mental Health Topics

 

Exploring Mental Health Topics

 

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Presented here are various mental health topics to give students ideas for research topics. While far from complete, these should provide a starting point for researching such a broad topic.

 

Sources are all from our library's online and physical collections. They include the following types of sources:

  • books in print
  • ebooks and ebook chapters
  • scholarly articles
  • news and magazine articles

Some resources will require a sign-in to access them off campus. Use your SCCCD log in (ID number and Canvas/Email password).


Children

 

Li, C., Cheng, G., Sha, T., Cheng, W., & Yan, Y. (2020). The relationships between screen use and health indicators among infants, toddlers, and preschoolers: A meta-analysis and systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 7324-. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197324

Boege, I., Corpus, N., Weichard, M., Schepker, R., Young, P., & Fegert, J. M. (2021). Long‐term outcome of intensive home treatment for children and adolescents with mental health problems – 4 years after a randomized controlled clinical trial. Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 26(4), 310–319. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12500

Exercise
 
Morres, I. D., Hatzigeorgiadis, A., Stathi, A., Comoutos, N., Arpin‐Cribbie, C., Krommidas, C., & Theodorakis, Y. (2019). Aerobic exercise for adult patients with major depressive disorder in mental health services: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Depression and Anxiety, 36(1), 39–53. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22842

Grasdalsmoen, M., Eriksen, H. R., Lønning, K. J., & Sivertsen, B. (2020). Physical exercise, mental health problems, and suicide attempts in university students. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), 175–175. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02583-3

LGBTQ+

Borgogna, Nicholas C., et al. (2019). Anxiety and depression across gender and sexual minorities: Implications for transgender, gender nonconforming, pansexual, demisexual, asexual, queer, and questioning Individuals.” Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 6(1), 54–63. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000306.

Reyes, M. E. S., Chua, K. Z. R., Jambonganan, R. N. V., Mayor, T. R., Repoquit, C. M. A., Roxas, K. L. A., Tubale, A. L., Cayubit, R. F. O., & Trinidad, K. K. V. (2023). Disclosure & concealment: Outness and its relationship to mental health among selected Filipino LGB athletes. North American Journal of Psychology, 25(4), 637–657. http://cloviscc.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sxi&AN=173801833&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Men

Seidler, Z. E., Rice, S. M., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., Oliffe, J. L., Shaw, J. M., & Dhillon, H. M. (2019). Men, masculinities, depression: Implications for mental health services from a Delphi Expert Consensus study. Professional Psychology, Research and Practice, 50(1), 51–61. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000220.

Clark, Laura. H., Hudson, Jennifer. L., & Haider, T. (2020). Anxiety specific mental health stigma and help-seeking in adolescent males. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(7), 1970–1981. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01686-0.

Nutrition


Race and Ethnicity

 

Budhwani, H., & De, P. (2019). Perceived stigma in health care settings and the physical and mental health of people of color in the United States. Health Equity, 3(1), 73–80. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2018.0079.

Race AND healing: Expanding the conversation. (2020). Psychotherapy Networker Magazine, 44(5), 22–49. (Available from the Sociology Source Ultimate database)

Seniors, Elderly

 

Tomás, J. M., Pinazo‐Hernandis, S., Oliver, A., Donio‐Bellegarde, M., & Tomás‐Aguirre, F. (2019). Loneliness and social support: Differential predictive power on depression and satisfaction in senior citizens. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(5), 1225–1234. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22184.

Engelhart, K. (2021, May 31). Home and Alone. The New Yorker, 97(14), 24. (Available from the EBSCOhost Academic Search Ultimate database)

Substance Use

 

Russell, M. A., & Odgers, C. L. (2020). Adolescents’ subjective social status predicts day‐to‐day mental health and future substance use. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(2), 532–544. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12496.

  Taylor, G. M., Lindson, N., Farley, A., Leinberger-Jabari, A., Sawyer, K., Te Water Naudé, R., Theodoulou, A., King, N., Burke, C., & Aveyard, P. (2021). Smoking cessation for improving mental health. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 3(3), CD013522–CD013522. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013522.pub2.


Technology

 

Abi-Jaoude, E., Naylor, K. T., & Pignatiello, A. (2020). Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health. Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 192(6), E136–E141. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.190434.

 


Hickey, B. A., Chalmers, T., Newton, P., Lin, C.-T., Sibbritt, D., McLachlan, C. S., Clifton-Bligh, R., Morley, J., & Lal, S. (2021). Smart devices and wearable technologies to detect and monitor mental health conditions and stress: A systematic review. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 21(10), 3461. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21103461.

Teens/Adolescents

 

Abi-Jaoude, E., Naylor, K. T., & Pignatiello, A. (2020). Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health. Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 192(6), E136–E141. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.190434.

Ducharme, J. (2023). In Their Own Words. TIME Magazine, 202(13/14), 34–45. (Available from the EBSCOhost

Women

 

Mizock, L. (2019). Development of a gender-sensitive and recovery-oriented intervention for women with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 42(1), 3–8. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000313.

Rubinshtein, A., & Golyanovskiy, O. (2022). Prevention of Perinatal Mental Disorders in Women of Advanced Maternal Age with Pregnancy Resulted from Assisted Reproduction. EUREKA: Health Sciences, 2, 10–16. https://doi.org/10.21303/2504-5679.2022.002372. .

Workplace
Krisher, L., Boeldt, D. L., Sigmon, C. A. N., Rimel, S. E., & Newman, L. S. (2024). Pragmatic Approach to the Assessment and Use of Digital Mental Health Interventions for Health Workers. American Journal of Public Health, 114, 171–179. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307505.

Oaklander, M. (2020). When Every Day Is a Mental Health Day. TIME Magazine, 195(3/4), 72–75. (Available on EBSCOhost's MAS Ultra - School Edition database).

Nigam, J. A. S., Barker, R. M., Cunningham, T. R., Swanson, N. G., & Chosewood, L. C. (2023). Vital Signs: Health Worker–Perceived Working Conditions and Symptoms of Poor Mental Health — Quality of Worklife Survey, United States, 2018–2022. MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 72(44), 1197–1205. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7244e1.