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Impact of the mental health reform in Israel on health care and mortality among people with severe mental illness
ObjectiveReports show disparities in the health care of people with severe mental illness (SMI). Yet, the moderating effect of mental health reforms...
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Patterns of psychiatric hospitalizations of Arab and Jewish adults with chronic psychotic disorders, before and after national mental health reforms, Israel, 1991–2016
BackgroundMembers of the Arab minority in Israel are at increased risk of develo** mental illness, although less likely to seek care and have...
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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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Exploring the barriers to mental health service utilization in the Bolgatanga Municipality: the perspectives of family caregivers, service providers, and mental health administrators
BackgroundMental health service utilization remains a challenge in develo** countries, with numerous barriers affecting access to care. Albeit data...
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Scotland: CRPD and Mental Health Legislation
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) challenges the foundations of mental health legislation. The Committee on the Rights...
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HUNDRED YEARS OF THE PSYCHOANALYTIC PROGRESSIVE MENTAL HEALTH MOVEMENT
Beginning in 1920 and in kee** with Freud’s sustained encouragement, the first two generations of European psychoanalysts initiated a progressive...
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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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Middle-aged and older people with urgent, unaware, and unmet mental health care needs: Practitioners’ viewpoints from outside the formal mental health care system
BackgroundMental health challenges are highly significant among older individuals. However, the non-utilization of mental health services increases...
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Nationwide Evaluation of Quality of Care Indicators for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness and Diabetes Mellitus, Following Israel’s Mental Health Reform
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is more common among individuals with severe mental illness (SMI). We aimed to assess quality-of-care-indicators in...
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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of digital technologies in mental health systems: a qualitative systematic review to inform a policy framework
BackgroundDespite the potential for improved population mental health and wellbeing, the integration of mental health digital interventions has been...
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Fiji: Mental Health Care and Law in an Island Nation
Fiji is an island nation in the South Pacific, with a population of less than a million. This chapter examines the impact of the United Nations...
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Mental Health Courts
Issues of mental health and mental illness inform the current crisis in the criminal justice system and inspire calls for reform. Specialized mental...
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Mental Health
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Mental Health Reform, Ecological Translation and the Future of Public Mental Healthcare
In recent three decades, mental health has evolved towards a predominance of community-based care, guided by ideas on how context influences...
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National Rural Health Mission reforms in light of decentralised planning in Kerala, India: a realist analysis of data from three witness seminars
BackgroundThe People’s Planning Campaign (PPC) in the southern Indian state of Kerala started in 1996, following which the state devolved functions,...
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Structuralizing Culture: Multicultural Neoliberalism, Migration, and Mental Health in Santiago, Chile
The arrival of Afro-descendant migrants, mainly from Haiti and the Dominican Republic, has led to the emergence of new discourses on migration,...
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Egypt: Implementation of the CRPD in Mental Health Care
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was ratified by 185 states parties till 2022. Interpretative declaration was made by Egypt...
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Impact of County-level health infrastructure on participation in a reform effort to reduce the use of jail for individuals with mental health disorders
BackgroundThe national Step** Up Initiative has attracted over 500 counties interested in reducing the use of jail for individuals with mental...
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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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Teachers as first responders: classroom experiences and mental health training needs of Australian schoolteachers
BackgroundSchoolteachers are often the first to respond when a student presents with a mental health issue in the classroom. This places a burden on...