Using a nationally representative sample of outpatient mental health facilities (MHTFs), we evaluated service composition and facility, client characteristics, and geographic differences in availability of telehealth. Given the variations among US states’ telehealth coverage policies and reimbursements ...
Travel of up to 50 miles was needed to see a psychiatrist in 22% of NH and 7% of facilities needed to transport their residents > 50 miles for psychiatric care. 58% of medical directors were satisfied with the mental health services provided. Presence of any mental health services (chi sq...
In many settings, especially in LMICs, adolescent girls face broader challenges related to menstrual health including poor access to menstrual products and adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities, and poor knowledge and attitudes around menstruation [23,24,25]. These factors can ...
Volunteers trained to support community mental health programs in Indonesia are known as ‘mental health cadres.’ These are lay people trained t
Many Medicaid beneficiaries aged 22 to 64 with serious mental illness may be admitted to nursing facilities rather than psychiatric facilities as a result of Medicaid policies prohibiting coverage of inpatient psychiatric care in institutions of mental disease while requiring states to cover nursing facil...
While the global annual rate of visits to mental health outpatient facilities is 1,051/100,000 population, this rate is estimated at 14/100,000 in Africa [15]. Approximately 98.8% of those in need of mental health services in Africa do not receive such mental health services [16]. In ...
Due to COVID-19, domestic violence victims face a range of mental health challenges, possibly resulting in substantial human and economic consequences. However, there is a lack of mental health interventions tailored to domestic violence victims and in t
This study examines pathways to psychiatric care in Japan using the same method as the collaborative study carried out in 1991 under the auspices of the World Health Organization. Thirteen psychiatric facilities in Japan were involved. Of the 228 patient
The long-term economic and societal damage inflicted to date is estimated to cost $350 billion in order to restore key infrastructure, including damages caused to roads, hospitals, schools, and water treatment facilities [3]. As is the case with all wars, children have not been spared the ...
We draw upon the existing literature for three exemplar multilevel service delivery frameworks in different child mental health service settings to (1) identify core components common to each framework, and (2) to highlight prominent implementation determinants that interface with each core component. ...