Methods: This cross-sectional online questionnaire-based study was conducted among 150 medical and mental health professionals practicing in Mumbai using Treatment Seeking Behaviour Scale (TSB), Beliefs toward Mental Illness Scale (BTMI), Self-stigma of Seeking Help (SSOSH), and perception of ...
Disagreements over the correct level of explanation proceed against a background of prior dispute over what is to be explained. I shall therefore begin by discussing the medical model in terms of conceptions of mental illness based on a wider way of thinking about disease, and then go on to ...
Background Many with a mental illness have an impoverished everyday life with few meaningful activities and a sedentary lifestyle. The study aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of the 16-week Balancing Everyday Life (BEL) program, compared to care as usual (CAU), for people with mental ill...
However, whereas most risk factors for later vulnerability to mental illness are readily measured using existing, clinically available tools, there are no similar measures for assessing early-life unpredictability. Here we validate the Questionnaire of Unpredictability in Childhood (QUIC) and examine its...
Patient religious background could affect deeply personal life and health, where mental illness was denied and considered as it as religious faith related issue (Freire et al., 2016). About half (50.2%) of the undergraduate university student in Qatar believed that mental illness was a ...
ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION OF A QUESTIONNAIRE TO MEASURE STIGMA TOWARD MENTAL ILLNESS AMONG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN PRIMARY CARE IN CHILE (vol 25, pg 1, 2018) Background: Negative and stigmatizing attitudes and behaviours towards people with mental health problems have the potential to lead ...
Majority were married, illiterate and from rural background. 184 (47.06%) had family history of mental illness. Attendants beliefs about the cause of mental illness were as following, 245 (62.66%) evil spirits, 174 (44.50%) medical illnesses. 167 (42.71%) attention seeking. 86 (21.99%) ...
Background Serious mental illness (SMI) can have devastating consequences. Unfortunately, many patients with SMI do not receive evidence-based psychological treatment (EBPTs) in routine practice settings. One barrier is poor “fit” between EBPTs and contexts in which they are implemented. The prese...
mental illness can be identified and treated. In addition, there should be more interdisciplinary exchange between therapists and occupational health practitioners to improve the situation of patients at their workplace. Future studies should add a control group to the design in order to draw causal ...
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