Robinson, K.M. (2010) Policy Issues in Mental Health among the Elderly. Nursing Clinics of North America, 45, 627-634. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2010.06.005Robinson KM. Policy issues in mental health among the elderly. Nurs Clin North Am 45(4): 627-634 [Internet]; December ...
In addition to the direct impacts on mental health that policy changes have caused, it has also strained patient–provider relationships as many states are requiring all healthcare providers to report illegal abortions. “It puts mental health professionals in a very challenging place where o...
For health policy it is required that a definition be given of health problems and "causing" conditions. There should further be available intervention possibilities of a preventive and intersecloral character and also preventive strategies. It is stated that there is enough standardized information on...
This article suggests some characteristics of the field of mental health that might explain why political scientists and public policy analysts have evidenced little interest in the study of mental health policy. Following a brief overview of United States mental health policy, the author makes the ...
This book analyses the growing burden of mental, behavioural and social problems in low-income countries, examines the sources of the substantial morbidity rates and their relation to development, and assesses current efforts to cope with them. The book is divided into 12 chapters, discussing the ...
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research is a journal focused on improving mental health services through ...
The prevalence of mental illness in our country increases year by year and mental illness rank the first within the our country's total disease burden.China's mental health service has many problems;however,although it reaches at the best developmental stage in history.In the end,we give out ...
In the past decade, there have been extensive efforts in the Western world to raise public awareness about mental health problems, with the goal of reducing or preventing these symptoms across the population. Despite these efforts, reported rates of mental health problems have increased in these co...
SUMMARY This chapter presents a review of the research on sibling related caregiving issues and their implications for social work practice and mental health policy. Specifically, it discusses the concerns of ethnic minority siblings as caregivers for their mentally ill family member.Tara R. Earl...
Frequencies of noted mental health problems, diagnoses, and drug prescriptions performed by general practitioners were studied in a Swedish health district before and after the sectorization of the psychiatric care in patients (N = 252, N = 294, respectively) who had contacted both the outpatient ...