Recent controversies about mental health services suggest the need for a fuller debate about the management of madness and the reduction of mental distress. helps both students and professionals understand this debate. Comprehensive and accessible, it documents the historical evolution of present services...
In Britain we have traditionally bemoaned the lack of accurate, comprehensive, mental health statistics. With the inherent problems of psychiatric diagnosis, the impossibility of defining "abnormal" in the absence of satisfactory standards of "normality," and the diffuseness and variety of agencies ...
In the UK, for example, the rate of drop out for students experiencing mental health problems has increased over 200% from 2009 to 2015 [27]. Given this developmentally sensitive period, highlighting a population vulnerable to mental health problems, it is perhaps unsurprising that the policy ...
Covers, but is not limited to, effectiveness of services, measure development, economics of mental health services, managed mental health care, implementation of services, organizational relations and policy, and similar topics. Encourages adherence to well-accepted guidelines in the research community fo...
Members of workplace protection schemes are using online mental health support services attached to their insurance policy more than ever, data has suggested. According to user data from Canada Life’s mental wellbeing app, myStrength2, the number one mental health support category that UK emplo...
A large body of literature has demonstrated that there are developmental differences in mental health problems. However, less is known about the developmen
mental health problems docost the UK economy around £118 billion(around 5% of UK GDP) inlost working days, productivity, and healthcare costsper year. If the burden of mental ill health is reduced, those experiencing poor mental health may be able to contribute even more than they already...
The emphasis on custody and segregation of the mentally ill which was the result, if not the intention, of legislation in the nineteenth century has been amply documented in the works of Professor Kathleen Jones (1955, 1960, 1972). Our present policy, no
mental health system remains limited. This Comment presents key recommendations for optimizing CHW integration into the mental health spectrum of care to better meet the needs of youth. We discuss necessary advancements across domains of practice, research, and policy to support the sustainability of ...
This chapter explores how the clash between security and health concerns has manifested through two case studies in the UK and considers the impact of security policies on the mental health of asylum seekers and refugees. The first case study is among as