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Spatial Analysis of Urban Parks and COVID-19: City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
Published in Abbas Rajabifard, Greg Foliente, Daniel Paez, COVID-19 Pandemic, Geospatial Information, and Community Resilience, 2021
Baby, Adrian Murone, Shuddhasattwa Rafiq, Khlood Ghalib Alrasheedi
Mental health policy has traditionally focused on interventions required to cure an illness at an individual scale, such as providing clinical support or improving access to services for sufferers in need of support. It is our contention that mental health policy should shift its focus from curing the individual to prevention by maximising the benefits of environmental determinants such that both the most vulnerable and the broader population may benefit substantially from such measures.
Mental III Health in Primary Care
Published in Andrew Stevens, James Raftery, Jonathan Mant, Sue Simpson, Health Care Needs Assessment, 2018
Siân Rees, Jo Paton, Chris Thompson, Tony Kendrick, Paul Lelliott
Mental health policy has, until recently, focused heavily on the need to provide a range of services for those with the most severe mental illness. However, the National Service Framework for Mental Health makes primary mental health care of central importance by setting two standards that relate directly to the delivery of mental health care by primary care practitioners. There is also a requirement to develop local referral protocols and for mental health promotion to be implemented. In addition, The NHS Plan makes reference to primary care mental health by creating new graduate primary care mental health workers.
Conclusion
Published in David Conrad, Alan White, Alastair Campbell, Louis Appleby, Promoting Men’s Mental Health, 2018
Across the globe we have seen a re-focusing of mental health policy onto health and well-being. The WHO’s summary report on Promoting Mental Health (2005) saw an attempt to sway those whose vision was restricted to psychiatric morbidity towards a broader view of mental health and its promotion as the key goal. This challenge is also being taken up with the new European Pact on Mental Health and Well-being, which hopefully will see more action at the EU and country level on: prevention of depression and suicidemental health in youth and educationmental health in workplace settingsmental health of older peoplecombating stigma and social exclusion.
Barriers and facilitators to mental health care: A systematic review in Pakistan
Published in International Journal of Mental Health, 2023
Fahad Riaz Choudhry, Nashi Khan, Khadeeja Munawar
There is a dearth of data to augment discussion on mental health policy or resource allotment at the national level. Further studies are needed that not only manage the comparative cost-effectiveness of alternate management strategies (through a prospective, experimental study design where applicable), but also widen our comprehension of the interrelatedness of psychiatric morbidity and disability on the one hand, and access to, and utilization of, services on the other. Certainly, strategies for common mental health issues should be cautiously planned considering the existing kinds of health-seeking attitudes/behavior of the local population(s), as well as other socio-demographic, cultural, and economic factors, as these factors possibly play a vital role in their overall usefulness and cost-effectiveness.
The plight and promise of mental health providers in the face of a warming planet: perspectives and experiences from the Philippines
Published in International Review of Psychiatry, 2022
John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Sena S. Salcedo, Johnrev Guilaran, Renzo R. Guinto
Hence, it is vital to protect mental health providers who are at the frontlines in preserving people’s mental health and well-being in times of adversity. We propose that increasing the number of practicing mental health professionals through strengthened and expanded education and training can help lessen the patient burden absorbed by very few mental health workers. Moreover, creating provisions that can provide wellness support, coping, and rehabilitation to mental health professionals must be an important component of the country’s professional bodies and regulations. More importantly, alleviating the burden on the mental healthcare system and reducing the need for mental health professionals through effective mental health prevention interventions (e.g. prenatal/early infancy projects, youth development, social support, resilience-building programs, etc.) made available to all sectors of society (i.e. children, youth, adults, elderly, and minority groups) must be at the centre of mental health policy and programming.
Feasibility of mHealth interventions for depressive symptoms in Latin America: a systematic review
Published in International Review of Psychiatry, 2021
César G. Escobar-Viera, Luca C. Cernuzzi, Rebekah S. Miller, Hugo J. Rodríguez-Marín, Eduard Vieta, Magalí González Toñánez, Lisa A. Marsch, Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei
According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, mental and substance use disorders are the leading causes of disability in Latin America (LA). Among them, depression and anxiety are the most prevalent disorders in the region, being overall the 6th and 13th, respectively, leading causes of DALYs (disability-adjusted life years). As a consequence, mental disorders are the main cause of health loss in LA when comparing to any other region of the world (Whiteford & Baxter, 2013). Among the factors contributing to these statistics are the insufficient specialised human and infrastructure resources, lack of widespread public mental health policy, and the striking disparities in access to health care, along with a slow transition to community care models, resulting in a concerning treatment gap of 74% (Kohn et al., 2018; Minoletti et al., 2012). Moreover, workforce shortages and budget constraints in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) represent an important obstacle for providing quality mental health care (Kakuma et al., 2011; Patel et al., 2016). LA countries have the lowest median number (8.8 per 100,000 persons) of mental health workers when compared to all other regions across the Americas, mostly comprised by psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychiatric nurses (Pan American Health Organization, 2018). This creates challenges and opportunities for delivering mental health services in LA, where most of mental health services are government-funded.