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Farmers tell us how to help improve their mental health help-seeking
Farmersâ mental health help-seeking is reported to be poor. Mental health help-seeking is seeking help from professionals such as GPs and psychologists for issues relating to distress or mental health (Rickwood & Thomas, 2012). Timely mental health help-seeking behaviour is important because it may minimise any negative outcomes. At present, there is no research that has identified how to target farmers to improve their mental health help-seeking. It is known that tailored approaches to intervention are superior and this is likely to be so for intervening with farmers whom have a strong culture and a vastly different situation than metropolitan populations.
This study is part of a body of work exploring the factors that influence mental health help-seeking in farmers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 farmers (farming as their occupation) as well as 10 farmersâ partners (for their additional insight), all of whom resided/worked in Queensland. Braun and Clarkeâs (2006) technique of thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Based on the data three themes were developed regarding intervention: education (what needs to be taught and how to teach it), the medium (which mediums preferred and engagement with them) and multi-faceted programs (Many aspects important such as community input and role of GPs, family, and friends).
This research improves the knowledge on how to target interventions, including the medium, specifically to farmers for mental health help-seeking. The findings could be utilised in the design process to create interventions that are more likely to have an impact, specific for farmers to improve their mental health help-seeking behaviour
Farmers are not seeking help: what does service provision have to do with it?
Aim
The rate of suicide in farmers is twice that of the general population. Help-seeking from health professionals, if this occurs in a timely manner, can significantly minimise the negative consequences of mental ill-health. However, it has now been demonstrated that farmers as a group are reluctant to seek help for mental ill-health, which likely contributes to this problem. Previous research has demonstrated that General Practitioners are the most commonly visited health professional in rural farming areas, however, they are under-utilised as a means of seeking help. This research aimed to examine the potential barriers and facilitators of mental health help-seeking in farmers, that relate to the provision of service from the perspective of farmers.
Methods
The present research draws on findings from semiâstructured interviews with 10 farmers residing in Queensland. The techniques of Braun and Clarke (2006) were used to guide the thematic analysis.
Results
Several key factors relating to services were identified as having the potential to directly or indirectly influence mental health help-seeking. These include: how services are marketed/packaged and delivered, availability and accessibility, continuity of care, having âknowledgeable bush practitionersâ as well as perception of good outcomes.
Conclusion
It is expected that this research will create a better understanding of the farmersâ perspective relating to service provision for the purpose of seeking help for mental health. The outcomes have implications for developing and providing interventions for farmers to promote services for the purpose of mental health help-seeking as well as create awareness in service provider and other stakeholders of issues that prevent timely help-seeking
High resolution observations of the outer disk around T Cha: the view from ALMA
T Cha is a young star surrounded by a transitional disk with signatures of
planet formation. We have obtained high-resolution and high-sensitivity ALMA
observations of T Cha in the --, --, and
-- emission lines to reveal the spatial distribution of the
gaseous disk around the star. In order to study the dust within the disk we
have also obtained continuum images at 850m from the line-free channels.
We have spatially resolved the outer disk around T Cha. Using the CO(3-2)
emission we derive a radius of 230 AU. We also report the detection of
the CO(3-2) and the CS(7-8) molecular emissions, which show smaller
radii than the CO(3-2) detection. The continuum observations at 850m allow
the spatial resolution of the dusty disk, which shows two emission bumps
separated by 40AU, consistent with the presence of a dust gap in the
inner regions of the disk, and an outer radius of 80AU. Therefore, T Cha
is surrounded by a compact dusty disk and a larger and more diffuse gaseous
disk, as previously observed in other young stars. The continuum intensity
profiles are different at both sides of the disk suggesting possible dust
asymmetries. We derive an inclination of i(deg)=675, and a position angle
of PA (deg)= 1136, for both the gas and dust disks. The comparison of the
ALMA data with radiative transfer models shows that the gas and dust components
can only be simultaneously reproduced when we include a tapered edge
prescription for the surface density profile. The best model suggests that most
of the disk mass is placed within a radius of 50AU. Finally, we derive a
dynamical mass for the central object of =1.50.2M,
comparable to the one estimated with evolutionary models for an age of
10Myr.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in A&A Letter
The Keck Aperture Masking Experiment: spectro-interferometry of 3 Mira Variables from 1.1 to 3.8 microns
We present results from a spectro-interferometric study of the Miras o Cet, R
Leo and W Hya obtained with the Keck Aperture Masking Experiment from 1998 Sep
to 2002 Jul. The spectrally dispersed visibility data permit fitting with
circularly symmetric brightness profiles such as a simple uniform disk. The
stellar angular diameter obtained over up to ~ 450 spectral channels spaning
the region 1.1-3.8 microns is presented. Use of a simple uniform disk
brightness model facilitates comparison between epochs and with existing data
and theoretical models. Strong size variations with wavelength were recorded
for all stars, probing zones of H2O, CO, OH, and dust formation. Comparison
with contemporaneous spectra extracted from our data show a strong
anti-correlation between the observed angular diameter and flux. These
variations consolidate the notion of a complex stellar atmosphere consisting of
molecular shells with time-dependent densities and temperatures. Our findings
are compared with existing data and pulsation models. The models were found to
reproduce the functional form of the wavelength vs. angular diameter curve
well, although some departures are noted in the 2.8-3.5 micron range.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures Accepted to Ap
A close halo of large transparent grains around extreme red giant stars
Intermediate-mass stars end their lives by ejecting the bulk of their
envelope via a slow dense wind back into the interstellar medium, to form the
next generation of stars and planets. Stellar pulsations are thought to elevate
gas to an altitude cool enough for the condensation of dust, which is then
accelerated by radiation pressure from starlight, entraining the gas and
driving the wind. However accounting for the mass loss has been a problem due
to the difficulty in observing tenuous gas and dust tens of milliarcseconds
from the star, and there is accordingly no consensus on the way sufficient
momentum is transferred from the starlight to the outflow. Here, we present
spatially-resolved, multi-wavelength observations of circumstellar dust shells
of three stars on the asymptotic giant branch of the HR diagram. When imaged in
scattered light, dust shells were found at remarkably small radii (<~ 2 stellar
radii) and with unexpectedly large grains (~300 nm radius). This proximity to
the photosphere argues for dust species that are transparent to starlight and
therefore resistant to sublimation by the intense radiation field. While
transparency usually implies insufficient radiative pressure to drive a wind,
the radiation field can accelerate these large grains via photon scattering
rather than absorption - a plausible mass-loss mechanism for lower-amplitude
pulsating stars.Comment: 13 pages, 1 table, 6 figure
Phenylethanoid glycosides from Scutellaria galericulata
From the aerial parts of Scutellaria galericulata L., four phenylethanoid glycosides, 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-ethyl-(6-O-caffeoyl)-\beta -D-glucopyranoside (1), calceolarioside B (2), osmanthuside E (3) and martynoside (4), were isolated. The structure elucidations of the isolated compounds were performed by spectroscopic (UV, IR, ESI-MS, 1D- and 2D-NMR) methods. Compounds 1-4 demonstrated scavenging properties toward the 1,1-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical in TLC autographic assays
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