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Typology of Mental Health Peer Support Work Components: Systematised Review and Expert Consultation (2023)
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Kotera, Y., Newby, C., Charles, A., Ng, F., Watson, E., Davidson, L., …Slade, M. (2023). Typology of Mental Health Peer Support Work Components: Systematised Review and Expert Consultation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01126-7

The employment of mental health peer support (PS) is recommended in national and international mental health policy, and widely implemented across many countries. The key components of PS remain to be identified. This study aimed to develop a typolog... Read More about Typology of Mental Health Peer Support Work Components: Systematised Review and Expert Consultation.

Examining the Impact of a Third Culture Kid Upbringing: Wellbeing, Attachment and Ethnic Identity Strength in Adult Third Culture Kids (2023)
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Doherty, L., Lieu, J., Aledeh, M., Edwards, A., & Kotera, Y. (2023). Examining the Impact of a Third Culture Kid Upbringing: Wellbeing, Attachment and Ethnic Identity Strength in Adult Third Culture Kids. Journal of Research in International Education, 22(2), 164-180. https://doi.org/10.1177/14752409231189364

Third Culture Kids (TCK) are generally considered to be children who spend a significant period living outside of their home country but reside only temporarily in one or more host country/ies. TCKs’ upbringing, it is argued, may lead to a number of... Read More about Examining the Impact of a Third Culture Kid Upbringing: Wellbeing, Attachment and Ethnic Identity Strength in Adult Third Culture Kids.

Self-Compassion during COVID-19 in Non-WEIRD Countries: A Narrative Review (2023)
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Kotera, Y., Kirkman, A., Beaumont, J., Komorowska, M. A., Such, E., Kaneda, Y., & Rushforth, A. (2023). Self-Compassion during COVID-19 in Non-WEIRD Countries: A Narrative Review. Healthcare, 11(14), Article 2016. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142016

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacted people’s mental health negatively worldwide, including in non-WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic) countries. Self-compassion, kindness and understanding towards ones... Read More about Self-Compassion during COVID-19 in Non-WEIRD Countries: A Narrative Review.

Self-Compassion Interventions to Target Secondary Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review (2023)
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Rushforth, A., Durk, M., Rothwell-Blake, G. A., Kirkman, A., Ng, F., & Kotera, Y. (2023). Self-Compassion Interventions to Target Secondary Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(12), Article 6109. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126109

Healthcare professionals’ wellbeing can be adversely affected by the intense demands of, and the secondary traumatic stress associated with, their job. Self-compassion is associated with positive wellbeing outcomes across a variety of workforce popul... Read More about Self-Compassion Interventions to Target Secondary Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review.

Breast Cancer Understanding Among University Students: A Rapid Review of Cross-country Comparisons (2023)
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Colman, R., Kirkman, A., Jackson, J., Golbourn, L., Ozaki, A., & Kotera, Y. (2023). Breast Cancer Understanding Among University Students: A Rapid Review of Cross-country Comparisons. Archives of Breast Cancer, 10(2), 114-123. https://doi.org/10.32768/abc.2023102114-123

Background: In alignment with the World Health Organization’s Global Breast Cancer Initiative objectives, this rapid review sought to determine the extent to which breast cancerunderstanding is being researched globally in undergraduate student popul... Read More about Breast Cancer Understanding Among University Students: A Rapid Review of Cross-country Comparisons.

Stress and Coping Mechanism among Students Residing in Private School Hostels (2023)
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Shrestha, R., Timalsina, S., Shakya, R., Shrestha, N., Kotera, Y., Hashemy, T., & Ozaki, A. (2023). Stress and Coping Mechanism among Students Residing in Private School Hostels. Mental Illness, 2023, Article 6535583. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6535583

Background. Mental health problems can significantly impact a student’s academic performance, career, health, and future if they are not identified and managed in time. The poor mental health of young people is a global problem, including in Nepal. H... Read More about Stress and Coping Mechanism among Students Residing in Private School Hostels.

The challenges faced by women-owned companies in Afghanistan under COVID-19 and Taliban (2023)
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Hashemy, T., Shrestha, R., Hashemy, S. M., Kotera, Y., Kaneda, Y., Bhandari, D., …Mousavi, S. H. (2023). The challenges faced by women-owned companies in Afghanistan under COVID-19 and Taliban. Cogent Social Sciences, 9(1), Article 2195231. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2195231

The COVID-19 pandemic and the shift of power to the Taliban have negatively affected women-owned companies. This study aimed to explore the external and internal challenges of women-owned businesses from March 2020 to January 2022 in Afghanistan. In-... Read More about The challenges faced by women-owned companies in Afghanistan under COVID-19 and Taliban.

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., 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., 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.

In-the-moment video feedback for online counselling students' role play assessment: A research note (2022)
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Kotera, Y., Mills, D., & Taynton, K. (2022). In-the-moment video feedback for online counselling students' role play assessment: A research note. Journal of Concurrent Disorders, 15(2), 96-101. https://doi.org/10.54127/xgxs5388

Although the importance of feedback has been highlighted in education, innovative practices to improve the quality of feedback remain to be reported. Moreover, traditional text-based feedback often misses the emotional tone of feedback, therefore is... Read More about In-the-moment video feedback for online counselling students' role play assessment: A research note.

Development of a novel COMPAssion focused online psyChoTherapy for bereaved informal caregivers: the COMPACT feasibility trial protocol (2022)
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Uneno, Y., Kotera, Y., Fujisawa, D., Kataoka, Y., Kosugi, K., Murata, N., …Muto, M. (2022). Development of a novel COMPAssion focused online psyChoTherapy for bereaved informal caregivers: the COMPACT feasibility trial protocol. BMJ Open, 12(12), e067187. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067187

Introduction An easy-to-access and effective psychotherapy for bereaved informal caregivers has not been established. People with higher self-compassion status tend to have lower bereavement related grief, psychotherapy focused on self-compassion can... Read More about Development of a novel COMPAssion focused online psyChoTherapy for bereaved informal caregivers: the COMPACT feasibility trial protocol.