Browsing University of Galway Theses by Subject "Mental health"
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Diversion: A comparative study of law and policy relating to defendants and offenders with mental health problems and intellectual disability
(2013-11-29)This thesis examines law and policy relating to defendants and offenders with mental health problems and intellectual disability. It is a comparative study of diversion in Ireland, England and Wales, Northern Ireland, ... -
An evaluation of the SPARX-R computerised mental health programme for improving mental health and wellbeing among adolescents attending alternative education
(2018-02-22)Introduction International evidence suggests that youth who leave mainstream education early have poorer mental health and social outcomes than their peers. In the European Union, 11.1% of youth leave mainstream education ... -
Family and society in the old Irish and Anglo-Irish elite in Connaught, 1714-1914
(NUI Galway, 2020-07-07)This thesis analyses family relationships within a minority genre in Connaught, or closely associated with the province, between the years 1714 and 1914. Focussing on Catholic and Protestant, Gaelic and Anglo-Irish gentry ... -
The introduction of a legal framework for Advance Directives in Irish mental health care
(2014-06-03)Advance directives (ADs) are legal statements or documents, which allow a person to outline treatment preferences and other life choices prior to a mental health crisis. This thesis examines the issues arising in relation ... -
An investigation into public stigma towards depression: measuring, predicting and reducing negative responses among adolescents
(2016-05-13)The current research focuses on how adolescents stigmatise their peers with depression and explores this theme in a series of three interrelated studies. Study 1 tests an empirical model of public stigma towards depression ... -
Rethinking China’s mental health law reform: Treatment decision-making and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(NUI Galway, 2019-10-24)This thesis explores China’s mental health law reform regarding treatment decision-making in the new era of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It adopts a socio-legal approach, not only ...