Perceptions of racism in a children's psychiatric inpatient unit: A qualitative study of entrenching and uprooting factors.

Unlabelled: WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: The impacts of racism on health are well documented and are greater for mental than for general health. Mental health professionals are well positioned to help dismantle racism and structural barriers compromising optimal patient care.

What The Paper Adds To Existing Knowledge: We describe a systematic and orderly way to identify factors that contribute to entrenching racism as the status quo or that help to uproot it.

A Socio-Ecological Approach to Addressing Digital Redlining in the United States: A Call to Action for Health Equity.

Physical distancing requirements due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has increased the need for broadband internet access. The World Health Organization defines social determinants of health as non-medical factors that impact health outcomes by affecting the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age. By this definition broadband internet access is a social determinant of health.

Mobile device use among inpatients on a psychiatric unit: A preliminary study.

Few studies have investigated barriers to mobile phone use for health purposes among patients with serious mental illness. In an inpatient psychiatric adult sample, we examined: (a) patterns and perceptions of mobile phone use and (b) the role of psychiatric diagnoses on mobile phone use for mental health purposes. Participants completed questionnaires after using a psychometrically validated scale to determine capacity for consent.

Caregiver Involvement in Sexual Risk Reduction with Substance Using Juvenile Delinquents: Overview and Preliminary Outcomes of a Randomized Trial.

Background: Substance using juvenile offenders have some of the highest rates for engaging in risky sexual behaviors compared to other adolescent subgroups.

Methods: An overview of the literature on sexual risk behaviors among these youth is provided, including the empirical support for including caregivers/parents as critical partners in sexual risk reduction efforts with this population. In particular, there is (a) evidence that family factors contribute to adolescent sexual risk, (b) emerging support for caregiver focused interventions that target adolescent sexual risk, and (c) established support for caregiver focused interventions that target other complex adolescent behavior problems.