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Climate awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth: a qualitative study in a middle-income country
Chou D, Neto E, Thomas I, Martin A, Benoit L. Climate awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth: a qualitative study in a middle-income country. Brazilian Journal Of Psychiatry 2023, 45: 258-267. PMID: 37015325, PMCID: PMC10288477, DOI: 10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnxietyAnxiety DisordersChildChild, PreschoolEducational StatusHumansMental HealthQualitative ResearchConceptsTemporal perceptionSelf-care strategiesDevelopmental levelDifferent socioeconomic contextsQualitative studyInterpretative Phenomenological Analysis frameworkMental healthCollective levelYoung childrenDistinctive perceptionsRole modelsBrazilian childrenYoung peoplePerceptionEffective communicationChildrenFocus groupsChild and Adolescent Psychiatry and Underrepresented Youth With School Attendance Problems: Integration With Systems of Care, Advocacy, and Future Directions
Kearney C, Benoit L. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Underrepresented Youth With School Attendance Problems: Integration With Systems of Care, Advocacy, and Future Directions. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2022, 61: 1208-1210. PMID: 35364248, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.03.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdolescent PsychiatryAdultChildEducational StatusHumansMental HealthSchoolsStudentsConceptsSchool attendance problemsUnderrepresented youthAttendance problemsEnglish language learnersHybrid learning formatStudents of colorLearning formatLanguage learnersStudentsComplicated clinical pictureLack of accessSystems of careMental health outcomesYouthNeighborhood-level factorsClinical picturePsychiatric careHealth outcomesLearnersLess accessSocioeconomic statusAdolescent psychiatryChildhood adversitySchoolsMental health
2022
Perceptions of racism in a children's psychiatric inpatient unit: A qualitative study of entrenching and uprooting factors
Asuzu K, Ijeli C, Cardona L, Calhoun A, Reiss D, Benoit L, Martin A. Perceptions of racism in a children's psychiatric inpatient unit: A qualitative study of entrenching and uprooting factors. Journal Of Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing 2022, 30: 501-514. PMID: 36416719, PMCID: PMC10175086, DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric inpatient unitInpatient psychiatric settingsPsychiatric settingsInpatient child psychiatry unitChild psychiatric inpatient unitPsychiatric inpatient servicesHealth care accessOptimal patient careChild psychiatric inpatient serviceMental health environmentMental health professionalsChild psychiatry unitGeneral healthInpatient settingClinical careInpatient unitCare accessPAPER ADDSInpatient servicesPsychiatry unitQualitative studyHealth professionalsPatient carePatientsCarePerspectives on Climate Change and Pediatric Mental Health: a Qualitative Analysis of Interviews with Researchers in the Field
Wortzel J, Lee J, Benoit L, Rubano A, Pinsky E. Perspectives on Climate Change and Pediatric Mental Health: a Qualitative Analysis of Interviews with Researchers in the Field. Academic Psychiatry 2022, 46: 562-568. PMID: 36149577, PMCID: PMC10954300, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-022-01707-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Review: Ecological awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth and their parents – a qualitative study of newspaper narratives
Benoit L, Thomas I, Martin A. Review: Ecological awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth and their parents – a qualitative study of newspaper narratives. Child And Adolescent Mental Health 2021, 27: 47-58. PMID: 34687125, DOI: 10.1111/camh.12514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnxietyAnxiety DisordersChildHumansMental HealthParentsQualitative ResearchUnited StatesConceptsClimate crisisYoung peopleYouth-led activismClimate change anxietyPatterns of discourseYoung activistsClimate changePress narrativesDiscourse analysisClimate actionImmature waysUltimate saviourYouth concernsSources of meaningNewspaper articlesNewspaper narrativesAttitudes of childrenInnocent victimsParadigmatic wayQualitative studyNVivo softwareEnvironmental actionsRespective perspectivesAmerican newspapersDefensive stance
2020
Adolescent psychiatric disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown
Guessoum S, Lachal J, Radjack R, Carretier E, Minassian S, Benoit L, Moro M. Adolescent psychiatric disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Psychiatry Research 2020, 291: 113264. PMID: 32622172, PMCID: PMC7323662, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdolescent psychiatric disordersPsychiatric disordersMental healthCOVID-19Mental health supportAdolescent mental healthStressful life eventsGrief-related symptomsPost-traumatic stressHealth supportAnxiety disordersDisordersHome confinementCOVID-19 pandemicAdolescentsSymptomsLife eventsHealthCoping abilityIntrafamilial violenceLong-term impactPandemicDepressiveCareful considerationTerm impact