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Assessing Diversity and Inclusivity is the Next Frontier in Mental Health Recovery Narrative Research and Practice (2023)
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Kotera, Y., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Ng, F., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ali, Y., Newby, C., …Slade, M. (2023). Assessing Diversity and Inclusivity is the Next Frontier in Mental Health Recovery Narrative Research and Practice. JMIR Mental Health, 10, Article e44601. https://doi.org/10.2196/44601

Demand for digital health interventions is increasing in many countries. The use of recorded mental health recovery narratives in digital health interventions is becoming more widespread in clinical practice. Mental health recovery narratives are fir... Read More about Assessing Diversity and Inclusivity is the Next Frontier in Mental Health Recovery Narrative Research and Practice.

A Need for Grounded Mental Health Interventions to Reduce Cancer Stigma (2023)
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Golbourn, L.-M., Colman, R., Uneno, Y., & Kotera, Y. (2023). A Need for Grounded Mental Health Interventions to Reduce Cancer Stigma. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, 5(1), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-023-01456-6

Nineteen million people were diagnosed with cancer, and almost ten million cancer deaths were recorded worldwide in 2020. The extent of cancer stigmatisation can be as prevalent as 80%. 24% of advanced cancer patients have been diagnosed with an anxi... Read More about A Need for Grounded Mental Health Interventions to Reduce Cancer Stigma.

Correction: Suzuki et al. Cross-Country Student Perceptions about Online Medical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 2840 (2023)
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Suzuki, T., Murayama, A., Kotera, Y., Bhandari, D., Senoo, Y., Tani, Y., …Ozaki, A. (2023). Correction: Suzuki et al. Cross-Country Student Perceptions about Online Medical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 2840. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(7), Article 5330. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075330

A longitudinal study of mental health in healthcare workers in Japan during the initial phase of COVID-19 pandemic: comparison with the general population (2023)
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Kotera, Y., Liu, G., Colman, R., Young, H., Ozaki, A., Miyatake, H., …Tanimoto, T. (2024). A longitudinal study of mental health in healthcare workers in Japan during the initial phase of COVID-19 pandemic: comparison with the general population. Current Psychology, 43, 12934-12937. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04444-0

The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the mental health of people in Japan. Healthcare workers (HCWs) especially suffered from poor mental health, engaging with COVID-19 patients while protecting themselves from infection. However, a long-term as... Read More about A longitudinal study of mental health in healthcare workers in Japan during the initial phase of COVID-19 pandemic: comparison with the general population.

Ethnic Minorities’ Experiences of Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review (2023)
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Carew Tofani, A., Taylor, E., Pritchard, I., Jackson, J., Xu, A., & Kotera, Y. (2023). Ethnic Minorities’ Experiences of Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review. Healthcare, 11(5), Article 757. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050757

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) can improve cardiovascular risk factors, decrease cardiac mortality, and promote healthy lifestyle behaviours. However, services remain underutilized by groups of ethnic minorities. The purpose of the study was to identify... Read More about Ethnic Minorities’ Experiences of Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review.

Cross-cultural perspectives on mental health shame among male workers (2023)
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Kotera, Y., Jackson, J., Aledeh, M., Edwards, A.-M., Veasey, C., Barnes, K., …Kirkman, A. (2023). Cross-cultural perspectives on mental health shame among male workers. Journal of Men's Health, 19(3), 65-71. https://doi.org/10.22514/jomh.2023.018

Globally, awareness of workplace mental health problems has increased rapidly. Employees need to be able to reflect on their wellbeing and ask for help if needed. Previous research has indicated mental health shame (or shame associated with mental he... Read More about Cross-cultural perspectives on mental health shame among male workers.

Stress Reduction Interventions for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Focused Literature Review (2023)
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Curley, K., Colman, R., Rushforth, A., & Kotera, Y. (2023). Stress Reduction Interventions for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Focused Literature Review. Youth, 3(1), 246-260. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth3010017

Parents of autistic children report higher levels of parenting stress than any other child-related disabilities, with atypical child behaviour being identified as a key contributor to stress. As stress causes many negative health problems, it is impo... Read More about Stress Reduction Interventions for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Focused Literature Review.

Comparing the Mental Health of Healthcare Students: Mental Health Shame and Self-compassion in Counselling, Occupational Therapy, Nursing and Social Work Students (2023)
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Kotera, Y., Jackson, J. E., Kirkman, A., Edwards, A. M., Colman, R., Underhill, A., …Ozaki, A. (2023). Comparing the Mental Health of Healthcare Students: Mental Health Shame and Self-compassion in Counselling, Occupational Therapy, Nursing and Social Work Students. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01018-w

Poor mental health of healthcare students is a cause for concern in many universities. Though previous research has identified mental health shame and self-compassion as critical in this student group, how these variables differ across different heal... Read More about Comparing the Mental Health of Healthcare Students: Mental Health Shame and Self-compassion in Counselling, Occupational Therapy, Nursing and Social Work Students.

Construction and factorial validation of a short version of the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (SATMHPS) (2023)
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Kotera, Y., Taylor, E., Wilkes, J., Veasey, C., Maybury, S., Jackson, J., …Asano, K. (2023). Construction and factorial validation of a short version of the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (SATMHPS). Mental Health, Religion and Culture, https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2022.2114441

Negative attitudes and shame towards mental health problems are detrimental to mental health. An established measure for mental health attitudes and shame is the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (ATMHPS), comprising 35 items. This compr... Read More about Construction and factorial validation of a short version of the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (SATMHPS).

Mortality risk associated with nuclear disasters depends on the time during and following evacuation of hospitals near nuclear power plants: An observational and qualitative study (2022)
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Sawano, T., Senoo, Y., Nonaka, S., Ozaki, A., Nishikawa, Y., Hori, A., …Tsubokura, M. (2023). Mortality risk associated with nuclear disasters depends on the time during and following evacuation of hospitals near nuclear power plants: An observational and qualitative study. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 85, Article 103514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103514

This study aimed to examine the factors correlated with emergency evacuations on patients’ prognosis in hospitals severely affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP) accident in March 2011, and to recommend measures mitigating pote... Read More about Mortality risk associated with nuclear disasters depends on the time during and following evacuation of hospitals near nuclear power plants: An observational and qualitative study.