Journal of Public Mental Health: Volume 17 Issue 2

Editorial

Woody Caan

Evaluation of a novel approach to preventing railway suicides: the Community Stations Project

Anna Ross, Nicola Reavley, Lay San Too, Jane Pirkis

The purpose of this paper is to describe an evaluation of the Community Stations Project. The Community Stations Project was designed to address railway suicides in two ways: by…

Financial difficulties and psychosis risk in British undergraduate students: a longitudinal analysis

Thomas Richardson, Mma Yeebo, Megan Jansen, Peter Elliott, Ron Roberts

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether financial variables impact psychosis risk over time in students.

Looking into some of the risk factors of mental health: the mediating role of maladaptive schemas in mothers’ parenting style and child anxiety disorders

Narges Adibsereshki, Mahdi Abdollahzadeh Rafi, Maryam Hassanzadeh Aval, Hassan Tahan

Anxiety disorders have a high prevalence in children. Those children with anxious symptoms are more likely to experience significant disruption in their lives. This disruption can…

Addressing funding issues for Danish mental health NGOs

Nawal Farhat Aguilar, Zaza Nadja Lee Hansen

Research has shown that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) often fail to appreciate that in their market, donors represent clients. Moreover, the unstable income…

Reflections on happiness

Woody Caan

The purpose of this paper is to assess the twenty-first century reach and impact of “happiness” work by one individual (Professor Lord Richard Layard).