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Supporting Mental Wellbeing in Children, Families and Communities - Approaches from Three Continents
In this episode Amanda Griffith of Family for Every Child is joined by representatives of three member organisations who are working to support children's mental health and wellbeing across three continents.
Omattie Madray, Managing Director of ChildLinK, in Guyana, Chaste Uwihoreye, Country Director at Uyisenga Ni Imanzi in Rwanda and Rita Panicker, Director of Butterflies, in India.
The panel discussed how mental wellbeing is a topic that must be addressed at community rather than an individual level and how typically western ideas around therapeutic approaches translate to different…
Why is it so important to consider mental health and emotional well-being in child care and child protection? How can we address mental health needs in a non-clinical environment? What are some of the tried and tested approaches to supporting the mental health of vulnerable children? In this webinar three members from the Family for Every Child alliance present how they support the mental health of vulnerable children they work with in their different contexts, sharing their programmes and methodologies and responding to questions from audience members.
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Background
Child well-being is associated with caregiver mental health. Research has focused on the absence or presence of mental health problems, such as depression, in caregivers. However, positive mental health – defined as the presence of positive emotions, psychological functioning, and social functioning – likely prevents depression and in caregivers may benefit children more than the mere absence of mental health problems. Little attention has been given to how caregivers sustain positive mental health, particularly when doing challenging work in…
The transition process into adulthood from adolescence is a difficult period for many young adults. It is especially taxing for orphaned and separated children (OSC) populations, who tend to have traumatic past histories and inconsistent psychosocial support systems. Due to such adverse factors, OSCs may be more vulnerable to mental health risks during transition and beyond. However, there is currently limited research on the difficulties OSCs face during this period and how they influence their mental and emotional well-being. This study from the …
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Introduction: Even though children in orphanages experience's multifaceted psychosocial problems, limited research has focused on psychological protective factors that can lessen the effect of orphanhood.
Aim: To examine associations between mindfulness and psychological factors (i.e., depression, cognitive function, positive emotion, and negative emotion) among adolescent orphans.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive correlation study and 140 orphan children living in three orphan homes, Tamil Nadu, India were recruited. Study's instruments…
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Introduction: Orphans and the other vulnerable children and adolescents (OVCA) living in institutional homes are more prone to behavioral and emotional problems than others as they are deprived of a family's love and care. There is a dearth of studies focusing on the psychological health of these children in India. Hence, we have conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study to explore the behavioral and emotional problems in these institutionalized children. Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 292 orphans and OVCA in…
This document provides a full report of the workshop on “Depression in Children and Young Persons living in Alternative Care: Challenges and Possibilities.” The workshop was organised by Udayan Care on the 1st of September, 2017 at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) in New Delhi, India, under the tutelage of Dr. Nimesh G. Desai, Director of IHBAS and Dr. Monisha Nayar-Akhtar, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, also teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
The workshop examined the causes, prognosis, and…
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India is home to the largest population of orphan children (31 million) in the South Asia. These children are at increased risked of psychosocial distress. Keeping this in view present study was conducted in two orphanages of New Delhi, India during August-December 2016 in order to understand living conditions, education, nutrition, networking, and wellbeing of orphan children. For this paper we limited our study to psychological wellbeing of orphan children and various coping mechanisms adopted by them. 15 children aged 10-17 years were randomly selected for in-depth interviews.…
This study assesses the effects of institutional care on social interaction anxiety in children and further assesses the role of social interaction anxiety in emotional and behavioral problems in children. This study also analyzes the relationship between social interaction anxiety, psychosocial problems and well-being in institutionalized and non-institutionalized children.
One-Hundred Sixteen children between the age range of 12 to 15 years, which included 40 institutionalised and 76 non institutionalised children, were assessed using the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS…
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A descriptive study was undertaken to assess the adjustment problems among adolescents residing in selected orphanage at Kerala, India. This study was aimed to identify adjustment problems of adolescents residing in orphanage as well as to find out the association between adjustment problems of adolescents residing at orphanage with their socio-demographic variables. An information booklet was also developed on adjustment problems of adolescents residing in the orphanage and its coping strategies. A quantitative research approach has been used. The data was collected using socio…