Farmers and those involved in the wider agricultural industry have a high suicide rate. They are also a ‘hard to reach’ group who make less than average use of mental health services. There is therefore a need to understand how best to develop interven
violence prone women in the community are potentially at risk for endangering the children under their care as evidenced by a number of tragic and high profile cases that involved the serious abuse of children by their mothers despite interventions by social care and law enforecement agencies e....
development of servicesMental Health Policy and Practice Across Europe is key reading for policy makers, professionals involved in the delivery of health and social care services, voluntary agencies, non-governmental organizations, academics and students of health policy. Contributors: Francesco Amaddeo, ...
Carers have the potential to support and extend health service interventions aimed at improving the chronic disease risk behaviours of people with a mental illness but may require additional information, and collaboration from services. Further research is needed to explore these constructs in a large ...
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to place a major strain on community mental health centers and state psychiatric hospitals. These facilities have limited capacity to screen for or treat medical conditions, and few have existing relationships with local or state public health agencies. It is critica...
They consider that joint working is limited by a number of problems and make recommendations for improvement.ConclusionsFindings indicate that more effective communication between agencies is needed and this should be provided for parents in an accessible language. This has implications for training ...
Furthermore, some described therapy content as a revision of previous knowledge learned in therapy, which was helpful for some and redundant for others. Lastly, the self-directed nature of therapy empowered some participants to feel in control of their mental health treatment journey, whereas others...