account of the changing face of mental health care in Britain, exploring the ways in which practitioners from different professions need to work, the limitations of traditional psychiatric practice, the rising influence of the users of the services and the legal framework determined by society at ...
The book is intended primarily as a handbook for practitioners working in the mental health field. Regarding this goal, I strongly recommend the chapter by Nimisha Patel concerning contextually competent services as well as the section on Marlborough Cultural Therapy Centre. In these contributions ...
Most mental disorders have a typical onset between 12 and 25 years of age, highlighting the importance of this period for the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of mental ill-health. This perspective addresses interactions between risk and protective
WHO-AIMs are an assessment tool for mental health systems developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assess and monitor the development of mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries. A previous analysis of Pakistan’s mental healthcare system using the WHO-AIMs framework ...
The topics of mental health and quality of life have received increasing attention in recent years, in both the international scientific literature and the practice of care for adolescents with disabilities. Mental Health and Quality of Life of Adolescents with Physical, Intellectual and Developmental ...
Introduction The importance of personality to mental health entails accurate definition of both personality and mental health. According to World Health Organization (WHO) health is defined as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or ...
The Dutch mental health system for young people 'comprises several organizations and services, the most important being Youth Mental Health Care (leugd GGZ) and the Youth! pare Agency (Bureau Jeugdzorg). General practitioners (GPs) refer children with suspected mental health problems to a youth ca...
incidence of chronic diseases and growing socio-health problems, such as mental disease, substance abuse and violence; and legco.gov.hk 此外,香港的 醫護制度以醫院 為 主導, 偏重專 科 服務,已 不合時宜, 未能切 合社會的需要,原 因是現今 社會越來越多人 患上 慢性疾 病,以及備受精神病、濫用藥...
HA adoptedtheMental HealthServicePlanforAdults in 2011which is a framework to guide the mental health [...] legco.gov.hk legco.gov.hk 此外,醫管局於 2011 年採納成人精神健康服務計劃,以此計 劃作為 2010 至 2015 年成人精神健康服務的框架。
This study aimed to adapt mental health first aid guidelines to support individuals with or at risk of developing eating disorders in Iran. This adaptation seeks to enhance the support available for the Iranian population dealing with these disorders. We