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~50M or 19.86% of American adults experienced a mental illness in 2019
-4.58% of adults report having serious thoughts of suicide
• increased every year since 2011-2012
-24.7% of adults with mental illness report an unmet need for tx
• not declined since 2011
-15.08% of youth experienced major depressive episode in past year.
->60% of youth with major depression do not receive tx
-10.6% or >2.5 million youth in US have severe major depression.
• highest: identify as more than one race, at 14.5%.
-Yough with severe depression; 27% receive consistent care (12% in states with least access)
-11.1% Americans with a mental illness are uninsured
-8.1% of children had private insurance that did not cover mental health services, totally 950,000 youth.
- answer ✔✔-current state of mental health in the United States
psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy - answer ✔✔-___________________, ________________________,
or a combination of the two have been recommended to treat most mental health disorders
-psychological technique
-individual intensely focuses on mind and/or body awareness in the present moment without judgment
or interpretation
-mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)
-mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT)
, -reducing stress, anxiety, depression & improving physical health - answer ✔✔-Mindfulness
effective for improving many biopsychosocial conditions:
-depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, addiction, psychosis, pain, hypertension, weight control, cancer-
related symptoms and prosocial behaviours - answer ✔✔-mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) Areas
of agreement
Inconclusive or only preliminary evidence on the effects of MBIs on:
-PTSD, ADHD, ASD, eating disorders, loneliness and physical symptoms of cardiovascular diseases,
diabetes, and respiratory conditions - answer ✔✔-mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) Areas of
controversy
-The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has recommended coordinated care models that
integrate physical and mental health services.
-Integrated models of care emphasize the collaboration between physical & mental healthcare providers
• improving health & quality of life
-premise of these models:
• holistic, simultaneously considering physical, mental, & social support needs
• using traditional & complementary approaches to care - answer ✔✔-Integrated and Integrative Care
-HEAL Framework
-Framework for the Cultivation of Human Flourishing
-Future Research - answer ✔✔-Emerging Holistic Frameworks
Four-step HEAL Framework
-Activation
1. Have a beneficial experience. Deliberately create a (+) mental state, such as recalling a feeling of
compassion.
Internalization
2. Enrich it. Deliberately extend the duration of the (+) stimuli for 20-30 seconds to deepen attention &
transferring of the beneficial effects into long-term memory. Intensifying the experience increases