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Mental health and wellbeing in family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia disorder: a literature review
Up to 50% of patients with schizophrenia disorder live with family. Family, as informal, unpaid caregivers, provide support for patients by assisting...
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Mental Health
This chapter introduces the notion of mental health as it is presently understood in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM),...
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Schizophrenia as a Public Health Problem
Schizophrenia is a complex mental health disorder that presents a significant public health burden. People diagnosed with the disorder die an average...
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Understanding Mental Disorders, Mental Health and Well-Being
Significant advances in the understanding of mental disorders, mental health and well-being have occurred in recent decades. Tracing the trajectory...
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Mental Health and Well-being in Adolescent and Adult Siblings of Persons with Severe Mental Illness: A Sco** review
Systematic knowledge about siblings of persons with mental illness is needed. The aim of this literature review was to gain knowledge about the...
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Biopsychosocial Approach to Mental Health
The biopsychosocial model emphasizes the unified and interactive roles of biological, psychological, and social factors in understanding illness...
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Community Mental Health: Evolution, Current Status, and Future Perspectives
Community mental health refers to the provision of mental health services in the community. Epidemiological studies across the globe indicate the...
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Mental Health Care in Pakistan
The chapter explores the landscape of mental health care in Pakistan, a low- and middle-income country. It sets the stage by providing an overview of...
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The effect of a psychoeducational intervention on mental health and anxiety in family caregivers of inpatient patients with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial
Schizophrenia is serious and disabling chronic mental illness that requires long-term healthcare in many areas. The majority of those suffering from...
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Mental Health of Women in Midlife and Beyond
Of all the ontogenetic periods in a woman’s life, the premenopausal and postmenopausal periods are characterized by multitasking and duration. The...
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Women’s Mental Health: The Unchartered Terrain
Gender oppression is a dominant factor that impacts the development of and recovery from mental disorder. The current chapter begins by provenance of...
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Mental Health Services Research and Community Psychiatry
Whether you are a clinician, administrator, policymaker, or trainee, you likely find yourself asking questions about the quality, cost, reach, and...
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Peer Support and Mental Health: A Review of the Evidence
Despite the proliferation of peer support services in practice, the evidence base lags and is largely inconclusive regarding effectiveness. This is...
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Exploring Mental Health Professionals’ Perceptions of Physical Activity Provision for Mental Health Service Users
Physical activity can be beneficial for physical health, mental health, and personal recovery for mental health service users. However, mental health...
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Mental Health, Discourse and Stigma
In this editorial to the special collection “Mental Health, Discourse and Stigma” we outline the concepts of mental, health, discourse and stigma as...
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Mental Health Problems and Mental Disorders among Adolescents
The chapter discusses the mental health problems/mental disorders faced by adolescents in the Indian as well as global context. Factors related to...
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Attitudes Towards Digital Mental Health Among Individuals With Unmet Mental Health Needs
Unmet mental health needs have a negative impact and digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) offer a low-cost accessible way to receive care....
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Practicing Social Skills Training in Mental Health
Social skills training is a collection of various techniques which includes instructions, modeling, behavior rehearsal, corrective feedback, social...
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Sexual Minority Mental Health: Measurement, Prevalence, and Treatment
This chapter will present an overview of mental health in sexual minorities with a particular focus on a UK context. Firstly, it will present...
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Substance Use and Mental Health Conditions: Co-existence of Dual Problems in Bangladesh
Substance use is currently an important public health as well as social issue in Bangladesh. At the same time, psychiatric disorders are also of...