We use a broad conceptualization of adjustment to chronic illness that moves from a unitary focus on the absence of psychopathology as the measure of mental health toward multifaceted conceptualizations of adjustment that incorporate one's current life context. Theories of adjustment are presented and ...
Read on to learn about the interplay between chronic illnesses and mental health, particularly in cases of chronic, physical ailments and depression. Chronic Physical Health: A Short Definition Physical health refers to the proper functioning of the body, and the lack of serious physical illness ...
No association with "minor" chronic disorders was found. The negative impact of these mental health problems on the child was more severe when a chronic illness was also present, but referrals for mental health services did not reflect his association. 展开 关键词: CHRONIC ILLNESS MENTAL HEALTH ...
Integrating mental health into chronic care in South Africa: the development of a district mental healthcare plan. In South Africa, the escalating prevalence of chronic illness and its high comorbidity with mental disorders bring to the fore the need for integrating men... Inge,Petersen,Lara,.....
The relationship between the health status of a child and the psychiatric symptoms of a mother is examined for an inner-city sample (n = 209) of chronically ill children with heterogeneous physical diagnoses. Whereas no relationship exists between the mother's psychiatric symptoms and a medical pr...
Public Health and Chronic Mental Illness.Public Health and Chronic Mental Illness.The author reflects on the medical care given to the chronically mentally ill people in the U.S. It has been stressed that the implementation of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Act...
and hard work of our WMHDAY constituents. The WFMH created this program 20 years ago to help promote mental health and create awareness about the issues associated with mental illness – we opened the door and thousands of people from all over the world have run through and out into the ...
At one point, mental health was considered taboo, and anyone seeking help was labelled as mentally ill. Mental health and mental illness are not similar things. For a long time, mental health has been defined as the absence of mental illnesses such asanxiety and depression. Mental illness ...
Conclusions: A population of complex patients with chronic mental illness are not effectively contained within a 'good enough' community-based mental health system. Active debate is required regarding the community's willingness to tolerate the risks and challenges that arise from the current approach....
Social Class and Mental Illness: A Community Study This is the final report of one part of a research project carried out by a team of social scientists and psychiatrists which examined the interrelations b... ADB Hollingshead,F.C. Redlich - 《American Journal of Public Health》 被引量: ...