On any given day, 5–15% of men and 20–30% of women jail detainees have a diagnosable serious mental illness, resulting in over 2 million persons with mental disorder admitted to U.S. jails each year. Corrections professionals have a constitutional obligation to provide adequate mental health treatment; thus, they need to immediately triage incoming detainees to
Although speculation about the mental stability of school shooters has generally ensued after each major incident, there seems to be no clear answer regarding whether those who perpetrate crime and violence on school and campus property are prone to suffer from some type of mental illness. Many times perpetrators have not been officially diagnosed with
Mental health courts (MHCs) are specialty courts designed to divert adults with mental illnesses from jail into behavioral health services. At any given time, the large and growing number of persons with mental illnesses in jails and prisons and under community supervision arrangements (i.e., probation and parole) presents significant challenges to mental health and criminal
Multimodal mental training, also known as mental skills training or psychological skills training (PST), involves educating athletes, coaches, and exercisers on the effective use and implementation of psychological techniques and skills that are associated with sporting and exercising excellence. Discussed here are the goals of such interventions; common components of multimodal mental training; and phases
A mental block is the inability to cognitively process thoughts or recall information. The effect can potentially interfere with performance. Sometimes confusion, lack of action, or indecision can occur with mental blocks. Performers of all ages, backgrounds, and activities can experience a mental block in varying degrees of severity. The block may be caused by
Mental rehearsal is an umbrella term that covers several techniques used by athletes and exercisers to improve performance. It happens covertly and without any actual movement and typically involves the representation of an action or behavior using nonverbal (e.g., imagery, observation) or verbal processes (e.g., self-talk). For example, an athlete may think (in the “mind’s
Athletes are confronted with a variety of stressors, challenges, and adversities, external (e.g., hostile crowds, referee errors, challenged by an opponent, sport and life balance) and internal (e.g., fatigue, self-doubt, emotional instability), which are characteristic of the training and competition contexts of sport. Some athletes manage these demands or challenges positively, either having a smooth
The study of culture and mental health is concerned with understanding the relationships of cultural factors to the etiology, assessment, diagnosis, classification, and treatment of psychopathology. Interest in the study of cultural variables is relatively new although the importance of examining and comparing psychopathology across cultures was first acknowledged in 1904 by the father of
This article explores the intricate relationship between race and mental health stigma within the context of health psychology. The introduction delineates the definition and significance of mental health stigma, emphasizing the critical need to address its impact on diverse communities. The historical overview reveals the evolution of mental health stigma, underscoring racial disparities in its
Developmental disability is an umbrella term that broadly refers to a set of severe and chronic physical or mental impairments characterized by an absence or delay in reaching certain developmental milestones that typify the normally developing person. Mental retardation (MR) is a developmental disability that is exemplified by the presence of deficits in both cognitive