This chapter supports SDGs 3, 5 and 16 by analyzing violence and homicide in a workplace setting, reviewing impact and case studies, and offering recommendations and potential approaches to prevention.
This book chapter advances SDG 3 and 10 by describing and discussing (1) the existing evidence examining associations between mental health and technology use including depression, anxiety, body dissatisfaction, attention-deficit disorders (and risks of distraction), and addictive behaviors and (2) the impacts of risky online communities on adolescents’ mental health, focusing on networks promoting proeating disorder behaviors and prosuicidality.
This chapter addresses Goal 3 by examining clinical virtual reality interventions which can help individuals suffering from mental health disorders.
This book chapter advances SDG3 Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG10 Reducing Inequalities by exploring a fall-detection monitoring solution that implements both accelerometer and sound-based detection algorithm.
Elsevier,
Adolescent Addiction (Second Edition), Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment, Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional, 2020, Pages 215-240
This chapter addresses Goal 3 by discussing smartphone addiction in adolescents.
This chapter supports SDGs 3 and 16 by describing disaster management in the international context and introduces the community of international disaster management stakeholders (which includes governmental agencies, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and financial institutions) that support the preparedness for, mitigation of, response to, and recovery from disaster events.
Environmentalism and sustainability are two buzzwords that have come to represent an awakening of the people's collective conscience over the last two decades or so.
Elsevier,
Evidence-informed Approaches for Managing Dementia Transitions: Riding the Waves, Volume , 4 February 2020
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by focusing on the need to establish equilibrium and well-being and is organized around eight themes using the acronym R-E-A-D-J-U-S-T. The chapter ties these themes with a call for more research and reinforcement for inclusion of the voices of people with dementia.
Elsevier,
Evidence-informed Approaches for Managing Dementia Transitions: Riding the Waves, Volume , 4 February 2020
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by introducing aspects of the lived experience, management, and epidemiology of dementia and some of the significant transitions that people with the disease and their caregivers frequently encounter.
Elsevier,
Evidence-informed Approaches for Managing Dementia Transitions: Riding the Waves, Volume , 4 February 2020
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by describing the prevalence of dementia in hospitalized patients, reasons for hospitalizations, and risks to older people with dementia in hospitals. Strategies for optimizing outcomes and models of care that are designed to improve care of persons with dementia and their care partners are described to assist healthcare team members working with this unique population.
