International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Participation in mental healthcare: a qualitative meta-synthesis

"This meta-synthesis demonstrates that service user participation in mental healthcare remains a policy aspiration, which generally has not been translated into clinical practice. The continued lack of impact on policy on the delivery of mental healthcare suggests that change may have to be community driven. Systemic service user advocacy groups could contribute critically to promoting authentic service user participation in the co-production of mental health services."

Interventions to increase use of services; Mental Health Awareness in Nigeria

"Mental health services in Nigeria consists mainly of large government psychiatric hospitals and there are very few mental health professionals to serve the large population of the country. However, more recently, community mental health services, which have been shown to improve access to care and clinical outcomes are beginning to develop in some locations.... Therefore interventions to increase service use are an essential component of health system. "

Content type: Research
| 24 April 2018

Family assessment conversations as a tool to support families affected by parental mental illness: a retrospective review of electronic patient journals

Authors: Camilla Lauritzen, Anne Berit Kolmannskog and Anette Christine Iversen
Content type: Research
| 24 April 2018

Mental health literacy: knowledge of depression among undergraduate students in Hanoi, Vietnam

Authors: Quynh Chi Nguyen Thai and Thanh Huong Nguyen
Content type: Research
| 17 April 2018

Utilization of psychiatric rehabilitation services and influencing factors among people with psychotic disorders in rural communities of Guangxi, China

Authors: Hongye Luo, Edward B. McNeil, Qiming Feng, Hongheng Li, Qiang Chen, Xianjing Qin, Jun Feng and Sawitri Assanangkornchai
Content type: Study Protocol
| 10 April 2018

Common mental disorders and psychological adjustment among individuals seeking HIV testing: a study protocol to explore implications for mental health care systems

Authors: Jason Bantjes and Ashraf Kagee
Content type: Research
| 10 April 2018

Caregiver experiences of public services following child trauma exposure: a qualitative study

Authors: Victoria Williamson, Sarah L. Halligan, Bronwyne Coetzee, Ian Butler, Mark Tomlinson, Sarah Skeen and Jackie Stewart

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Content type: Debate
| 17 September 2008

Hope, despair and transformation: Climate change and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing

Authors: Jessica G Fritze, Grant A Blashki, Susie Burke and John Wiseman
Content type: Review
| 5 January 2015

Existing public health surveillance systems for mental health in China

Authors: Wei Zhou and Shuiyuan Xiao
Content type: Review
| 13 April 2008

Reducing stigma and discrimination: Candidate interventions

Authors: Graham Thornicroft, Elaine Brohan, Aliya Kassam and Elanor Lewis-Holmes
Content type: Research
| 4 September 2007

Relation between depression and sociodemographic factors

Authors: Noori Akhtar-Danesh and Janet Landeen
Content type: Case study
| 25 January 2011

Three models of community mental health services In low-income countries

Authors: Alex Cohen, Julian Eaton, Birgit Radtke, Christina George, Bro Victor Manuel, Mary De Silva and Vikram Patel

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International Journal of Mental Health Systems (IJMHS) publishes the latest mental health research and health systems research, reviews, case studies and guidelines, policy, debates, technical and methodological advances, and lessons from the field that will advance and shape the emerging discipline of global mental health.

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Participation in mental healthcare: a qualitative meta-synthesis

Norman J. Stomski and Paul Morrison

International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:67

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Global Mental Health and Development
Edited by: Prof Harry Minas
Collection published: 7 July 2014
Updated: 10 March 2015

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Participation in mental healthcare: a qualitative meta-synthesis

Interventions to increase use of services; Mental Health Awareness in Nigeria

Articles

Family assessment conversations as a tool to support families affected by parental mental illness: a retrospective review of electronic patient journals

Mental health literacy: knowledge of depression among undergraduate students in Hanoi, Vietnam

Utilization of psychiatric rehabilitation services and influencing factors among people with psychotic disorders in rural communities of Guangxi, China

Common mental disorders and psychological adjustment among individuals seeking HIV testing: a study protocol to explore implications for mental health care systems

Caregiver experiences of public services following child trauma exposure: a qualitative study

Hope, despair and transformation: Climate change and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing

Existing public health surveillance systems for mental health in China

Reducing stigma and discrimination: Candidate interventions

Relation between depression and sociodemographic factors

Three models of community mental health services In low-income countries

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Latest Review

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