Mental Health Parity Remains Elusive Although the 2008 federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act supposedly mandated that health insurers make mental health care as accessible as other medical services, the law is often flouted. In September, President Biden announced a new rule aime...
Child and adolescent mental health is a global priority. In sub-Saharan Africa, despite the high burden, there is a gap in health services for children and adolescents with mental health disorders. To bridge this gap, healthcare workers require a good understanding of child and adolescent mental...
SHORT REPORT A hidden jewel : social work in primary health care practice in Aotearoa New Zealand INTRODUCTION: The New Zealand (NZ) Ministry of Health's Primary Health Care Strategy (2001) has an overall vision of better health for all and the reductio... S Döbl,P Huggard,M Couns,....
It is devastating that the mental health statistics among the various youth ethnic groups such as Maori, Pacific and Asian youth in Aotearoa NZ have not improved over the recent years [6,22]. Positive mental health is drastically declining for Aotearoa NZ youth, specifically among Māori and Pac...
The Health4Life CRCT follows the CONSORT guidelines, and was prospectively registered with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12619000431123). The study protocol has been published elsewhere25. This work follows the CONSORT reporting checklist (Supplementary Table 6). The tria...
The mental health of healthcare professionals is reaching a breaking point, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated current mental health issues to unprecedented levels. Whilst some research has been carried out on the barriers that doctors face when s
The mental health of healthcare professionals is reaching a breaking point, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated current mental health issues to unprecedented levels. Whilst some research has been carried out on the barriers that doctors face when s
The intervention had a limited effect on increasing the provision of preventive care. Further research is required to determine how to increase the provision of preventive care in community mental health services. Trial registration Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12613000693729 Pe...
The World Health Organization recognises the need for appropriately targeted services to address the unique health and social needs of youth [1, 14]. Policy documents from numer- ous NZ organisations have underscored the importance of delivering more integrated youth services, with collaboration between...
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