Education in mental health promotion and its impact on the participants' attitudes and perceived mental health

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although the promotion of mental health (MHP) through education and training is widely accepted, there is scarce evidence for its effectiveness in the literature from outcome studies worldwide. The present study aimed to assess the effect of a three-semester MHP educational program on the recipients' opinions towards mental illness and on their own self-assessed health.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Respondents were 78 attendees who completed the assessment battery at the first (baseline) and the last session (end) of the training course. They were primary care physicians or other professionals, or key community agents, working in the greater Athens area. The course consisted of 44 sessions (4 h each), over a 3-semester period, focusing on the principles and methods of mental health promotion, the main aspects of major psychiatric disorders, and on relevant to health skills. Assessment instruments included the Opinion about Mental Illness (OMI) scale and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The mean scores of three OMI factors, that is, social discrimination, social restriction and social integration, and the two GHQ-28 subscales, that is, anxiety/insomnia and social dysfunction, were significantly improved by the end of the training course.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The results of this study provide evidence, with limitations, for the short-term effectiveness of the implemented educational MHP program on an adult group of recipients-key agents in their community. Because interventions for strengthening positive opinions about mental illness and enhancing self-assessed health constitute priority aims of mental health promotion, it would be beneficial to further investigate the sustainability of the observed positive changes. In addition it would be useful to examine (a) the possible interplay between the two outcome measures, that is, the effect of opinions of recipients about mental health on their perceived health, and (b) the applicability of this intervention in individuals with different sociodemographic profiles.</p

A Mathematical and Software Tool to Estimate the Cell Voltage Distribution and Energy Consumption in Aluminium Electrolysis Cells

This work aims to deliver the objective of developing an appropriate set of mathematical models and a relevant software program to calculate the voltage distribution and energy consumption of a Hall–Héroult reduction cell, together with a deeper understanding of the complex physical and chemical phenomena underlying the alumina electrolysis process. The work involves an analysis of the basic principles governing the alumina reduction process, the presentation of the sets of the applied mathematical equations to predict the main electrolysis bath physicochemical properties related to the cell voltage, the mass balance of the main cell material inputs and outputs, the energy consumption of the electrolysis cell and the estimation of the cell voltage distribution along the various cells consisting of elements. All the mathematical models were included in an easy-to-use software to enable the aluminium cell operators and engineers to introduce and retrieve all the necessary cell operational data and study the effect of the key process parameters on the cell energy performance

A Mathematical and Software Tool to Estimate the Cell Voltage Distribution and Energy Consumption in Aluminium Electrolysis Cells

This work aims to deliver the objective of developing an appropriate set of mathematical models and a relevant software program to calculate the voltage distribution and energy consumption of a Hall&ndash;H&eacute;roult reduction cell, together with a deeper understanding of the complex physical and chemical phenomena underlying the alumina electrolysis process. The work involves an analysis of the basic principles governing the alumina reduction process, the presentation of the sets of the applied mathematical equations to predict the main electrolysis bath physicochemical properties related to the cell voltage, the mass balance of the main cell material inputs and outputs, the energy consumption of the electrolysis cell and the estimation of the cell voltage distribution along the various cells consisting of elements. All the mathematical models were included in an easy-to-use software to enable the aluminium cell operators and engineers to introduce and retrieve all the necessary cell operational data and study the effect of the key process parameters on the cell energy performance

Education in mental health promotion and its impact on the participants&apos; attitudes and perceived mental health

Background: Although the promotion of mental health (MHP) through education and training is widely accepted, there is scarce evidence for its effectiveness in the literature from outcome studies worldwide. The present study aimed to assess the effect of a three-semester MHP educational program on the recipients’ opinions towards mental illness and on their own self-assessed health. Methods: Respondents were 78 attendees who completed the assessment battery at the first (baseline) and the last session (end) of the training course. They were primary care physicians or other professionals, or key community agents, working in the greater Athens area. The course consisted of 44 sessions (4 h each), over a 3-semester period, focusing on the principles and methods of mental health promotion, the main aspects of major psychiatric disorders, and on relevant to health skills. Assessment instruments included the Opinion about Mental Illness (OMI) scale and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). Results: The mean scores of three OMI factors, that is, social discrimination, social restriction and social integration, and the two GHQ-28 subscales, that is, anxiety/insomnia and social dysfunction, were significantly improved by the end of the training course. Conclusions: The results of this study provide evidence, with limitations, for the short-term effectiveness of the implemented educational MHP program on an adult group of recipients-key agents in their community. Because interventions for strengthening positive opinions about mental illness and enhancing self-assessed health constitute priority aims of mental health promotion, it would be beneficial to further investigate the sustainability of the observed positive changes. In addition it would be useful to examine (a) the possible interplay between the two outcome measures, that is, the effect of opinions of recipients about mental health on their perceived health, and (b) the applicability of this intervention in individuals with different sociodemographic profiles

Entrapment of Lactobacillus casei ATCC393 in the viscus matrix of Pistacia terebinthus resin for functional myzithra cheese manufacture

This study links Horney’s account of human growth and neurosis to authenticity by examining aggressive responses on the point subtraction aggressive paradigm, providing the first empirical test of whether authenticity can predict objective behavior. Data from undergraduate, postgraduate, and mature students demonstrate that when controlling for age, gender, trait-anger, agreeableness, and functional dimensions of coping, individuals who measure high on authentic-living respond less aggressively to attacks and counter-attacks in unfair situations. Authentic-living uniquely accounted for 14.2% of variance in aggressive-responses (r = −.37). The findings suggest that inauthenticity is a strong predictor of aggressive behavior, and therefore increasing levels of authenticity in counseling practice may reduce maladaptive levels of anger. We suggest future exploration between authenticity and models of emotional regulation will unearth the cause and effects of aggression within inauthentic individuals