Digital tools are transforming mental health care. The promise of this transformation to improve outcomes has not yet been realized fully. While some have become skeptical, this article argues that we are just at the end of Act 1, with several opportunities and challenges ahead....
000 cases per year, that is, on average 38 people commit suicide per day. In this context,“Yellow September”was created in Brazil, the largest anti-stigma campaign in the world that encourages everyone to actively act in the awareness and prevention of suicide, a topic that is still seen...
"I'd make her go to school and make her do things. But as a parent, you're not sure if you're pushing them too hard or if you should leave them, it's a very difficult balancing act," says Irwin. 'It was swept under the carpet' She first noticed the signs when her d...
Access to mental health care and treatment is emphasized as a fundamental right under the Mental Healthcare Act. The focus of district mental health program (DMHP) under the aegis of National Mental Health program is to provide mental health interventions for all at the community level. Women ...
The 1983 Mental Health Act has been hailed as a progressive breakthrough in civil rights terms. But like many British Acts of Parliament it represents essentially a typically British compromise. What I would like to do in this paper is discuss some of th
MHCA-2017 legalizes 'advance directives (AD) where PMI direct future mental health care, choose 'nominated representatives' (NR) of his/her choice, right to access to psychiatric services, the basic medical records, and to legal aid. This act provide an obligation to state to establish of go...
“As health professionals dedicated to the care of children and adolescents, we have witnessed soaring rates of mental health challenges among children, adolescents, and their families,” the statement says, adding that, “across the country we have witnessed dramatic increases in Emergency Department...
Voda is the LGBTQIA+ mental health app created by leading LGBTQIA+ psychotherapists, offering tailored, inclusive tools for every LGBTQIA+ experience. Discover self-care and mental health support designed for the unique challenges of LGBTQIA+ lives such as: coming out, political anxiety, hate speech...
“For one, I’m worried about [your] overall health,” Peleg says. “But if depression leads to not exercising as much or making the wrong food choices, that can lead to worsening blood pressure and worse IgA outcomes.” Poor mental health can also make it hard to get medical care when...
Since the 1960s, release from institutional care and the return of large numbers of patients to the community has necessitated supportive care in the form of effective medication, follow-up services in the community, and other forms of therapy, as well as back-up hospitalization for short- or...