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Smith, Kevin M.; Reed-Fitzke, Kayla – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To examine the relationships between loneliness and psychosocial supports, emerging adult service utilization, and barriers to utilization. Participants: 18 to 29-year-old students enrolled in a large Midwestern University (n = 292). Methods: Online surveys were administered to all participants involving information on loneliness,…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Barriers, Services, College Students
Aleynikova, Ekaterina; Atay, Asli; James, Kathryn; Stevenson, Alex – Learning and Work Institute, 2022
Learning through life, for any reason and none, improves work, health, wellbeing and active citizenship. We've known the benefits of adult education for a long time -- at L&W we've been promoting them and making the case for widening access to learning for the past 100 years. Social prescribing to adult education could be a key tool to address…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Mental Health, COVID-19, Pandemics
Zombil, Henri – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Domestic violence is a continuing public health problem. Immigrant women facing domestic violence have additional challenges in dealing with domestic violence and accessing services. Hopeful thinking has been identified as a strategy for intervening and surviving beyond domestic violence. The purpose of this multiple descriptive case study was to…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Immigrants, Haitians, Females
Mooney, Fran; Rafique, Nazia; Tilly, Liz – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
Background: Social isolation is an issue that affects many people and especially people with a learning disability. There is an association between social exclusion and feeling lonely, an issue currently highlighted as a growing concern which needs to be addressed both in the media and by the government. Methods: The Building Bridges Research…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Social Isolation, Inclusion, Psychological Patterns
Zhang, Neil S.; Schonberg, Jeffrey; Syme, S. Leonard; Auerswald, Colette L. – Youth & Society, 2020
Many youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) are surprisingly hopeful. We propose a typology of the hopes for the future (HFTF) of YEH, based on a qualitative study employing grounded theory. YEH fell into four categories: (a) nonmainstream HFTF youth who wished to escape the mainstream, (b) mainstream HFTF youth who wished to integrate into the…
Descriptors: Classification, Homeless People, Futures (of Society), Grounded Theory
Merrells, Jessica; Buchanan, Angus; Waters, Rebecca – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: Few studies discuss social inclusion from the voice and perspective of young adults with intellectual disability who have been lifelong recipients of individualised community-based coordination and services focusing on inclusion and participation. It is important to understand the perspective of people with an intellectual disability…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Intellectual Disability, Inclusion, Community Programs
Engfer, Kassandra – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2017
The purpose of the present study was to explore the lived experiences and psychological dynamics of current and formerly homeless adults on the island of Oahu, ages 18 to 55 years old. There are four key findings in this study. First, analysis of the data revealed some key psychological dynamics: addiction issues, mental health issues, childhood…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Adults, Psychological Patterns, Drug Addiction
Thuo, Mary; Edda, Medhanit – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study was to get an insight about how high school female students perceive the transition to university life, and to understand the transition experience of university female students in the first semester. An exploratory study design was used where 166 high school female students and 88 first year university female students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Females, Student Adjustment

Kobrynski, Borys – Gerontologist, 1975
The growing number of the elderly now no longer being served in total care institutions requires that a linkage of services be organized in the community to meet their needs. One agency should hold itself accountable for the full range of services required by the mentally impaired elderly. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Services, Geriatrics, Medical Services, Mental Health Clinics

King, Jeff – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1999
A survey of 374 Denver American Indians, mostly unemployed and low-income, examined substance abuse, psychological problems, and personal trauma for self and household; Native community mental health problems (including youth problems); counselor preferences; opinions about school testing of American Indian children; and Native community needs for…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Community Problems, Community Services, Help Seeking

Vickers, Raymond – Journal of Gerontology, 1976
This article describes a program which reduced the number of elderly needing hospitalization. A team screening referrals for admission to a state hospital evaluated 434 consecutive cases. Over 51 percent were diagnosed depressed. By treating patients in the community, including brief local hospitalization where indicated, total geriatric…
Descriptors: Community Services, Emotional Problems, Institutional Role, Institutionalized Persons
Muzekari, Louis H.; And Others – 1991
In response to the Hurricane Hugo disaster, the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) deployed 10 percent of its workforce to serve as members of "Go Teams" that worked with the Charleston Area Community Mental Health Center (CACMHC) staff and provided crisis intervention services to the community. This study examined the…
Descriptors: Community Services, Counseling, Counselor Characteristics, Crisis Intervention

Csapo, Marg – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1987
Runaway children and youth in Canada is the focus of an analysis and review of the literature which explores the following dimensions of the problem: history, prevalence, legislation, socio-psychological explanations, reasons for leaving home, runaway profile, and types of community services needed. (JW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Children, Community Services