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Contextualizing Law and Policy Framework on Mental Health
The right to a standard of living adequate for health and well-being has been proclaimed as a human right by the Universal Declaration of Human...
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Human Rights, Disability, and Mindfulness
ObjectiveThe Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has identified and articulated the rights of people with disabilities,...
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Public Mental Health and Access to Mental Health Services in South Asia
Public mental health in South Asia faces several challenges due to a range of socio-economic and cultural factors. In this region, mental health is...
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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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Elections and Mental Health: A Narrative Review
The electoral system is one of the most fundamental elements of representative democracy. Despite the significant role of elections in the democratic...
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Mental Health Services in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with more than 90% of the mental health treatment gap. After abolishing the...
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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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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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Public Mental Health in Bangladesh
Public mental health services is an integral part of health care services to combat with mental health illnesses. The public health plays a...
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Rehabilitation and Recovery-Oriented Mental Health Services in the Northern Part of India: Initiatives and Way Forward
Many people with mental health problems progress towards psychosocial disabilities and are subject to violations of their human rights in terms of...
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Social and Cultural Determinants of Mental Health
Social determinants of mental health in the industrialised world and in post-colonial societies are found to be directly related to intersectional...
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The SOOTHE eQuilt of Mental Health and Wellbeing: Supporting Voice
ObjectivesPeople with intellectual disabilities are more vulnerable to and experience mental health concerns at a higher incidence than their peers...
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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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NGOs Working on Mental Health in Bangladesh
The presence and active engagement of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the mental health sector have been instrumental in popularizing and...
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How to e-mental health: a guideline for researchers and practitioners using digital technology in the context of mental health
Despite an exponentially growing number of digital or e-mental health services, methodological guidelines for research and practical implementation...
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Mental Health of Vulnerable Populations in Bangladesh
Being in a vulnerable community in a resource-constrained setting is a double burden. With the limited availability of psychosocial support services...
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“The Response Hasn’t Been a Human-to-Human Response, but a System-to-Human Response”: Health Care Perspectives of Police Responses to Persons with Mental Illness in Crisis
Persons with mental illness (PWMI) and other marginalised groups in society are especially receptive to procedurally fair treatment by police,...
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Parenting and Infant Mental Health in European Countries
The twentieth and twenty-first centuries have increased knowledge on the importance of parenting for infant mental health, while parenting has...
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Impacts of Perceived Stress, Neglect, Victim and Respect for Human Rights on Depression of Adolescents
The purpose of this study was to identify the impacts of perceived stress, neglect, online and offline violence, and respect for human rights on...