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  1. Alcohol consumption in India is below the global average, with limited data on long-term effects. The current study aims to examine changes over time among alcohol consumers, the pattern of drinking and help-s...

    Authors: S. Mahasampath Gowri, Antonisamy Belavendra, Senthil K. Vasan, S. Keerthi and Sven Andreasson
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:30
  2. The number of workers engaged in informal employment in China has reached 200 million individuals, constituting a substantial contribution to the pursuit of high-quality development and the attainment of stabl...

    Authors: Deshui Zhou, Qingqing Zhang and Jingshan Li
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:29
  3. Addressing wellbeing at the community level, using a public health approach may build wellbeing and protective factors for all. A collaborative, community-owned approach can bring together experience, networks...

    Authors: Nicholas Powell, Hazel Dalton, Joanne Lawrence-Bourne and David Perkins
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:28
  4. Child and adolescent mental health is a global priority. In sub-Saharan Africa, despite the high burden, there is a gap in health services for children and adolescents with mental health disorders. To bridge t...

    Authors: Beatrice Mkubwa, Vibian Angwenyi, Brenda Nzioka, Charles R. Newton, Marit Sijbrandij and Amina Abubakar
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:27
  5. Integration of diagnosis and treatment for mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders into primary health care is a recommended strategy to improve access to services in low-and middle-income coun...

    Authors: Byamah B. Mutamba, Gad Twikirize, Jimmy Ssemalulu, Roseline Babirye, Lynn Semakula and David Cappo
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:26
  6. When common mental disorders (CMD) co-occur with HIV/AIDS, they can complicate patient diagnosis, help-seeking behaviors, quality of life, treatment outcomes, and drug adherence. Thus, estimating the pooled pr...

    Authors: Bereket Duko, Yitagesu Belayhun and Asres Bedaso
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:25
  7. Depression among young people is a global health problem due to its rising prevalence and negative physical and social outcomes. The prevalence of depression and the treatment gap among young people in Sub-Sah...

    Authors: Lotenna Olisaeloka, Echezona Udokanma and Asma Ashraf
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:24
  8. The burden of severe mental illness is high in low-resource settings like Uganda. But most affected people are not treated due to inadequacy of sectoral funding and trained mental health professionals. Medicat...

    Authors: Andrew Kampikaho Turiho, Seggane Musisi, Racheal Alinaitwe, Elialilia S. Okello, Victoria Jane Bird, Stefan Priebe and Nelson Sewankambo
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:23
  9. The Pacific population in Aotearoa New Zealand is youthful, with the majority (55%) being under the age of 25 (Statistics New Zealand, 2014). It is vital that youth mental health for Pacific is understood in r...

    Authors: Taulaga Auva’a-Alatimu, Siautu Alefaio-Tugia and Julia Ioane
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:22
  10. In humanitarian settings, brief screening instruments for child psychological distress have potential to assist in assessing prevalence, monitoring outcomes, and identifying children and adolescents in most ne...

    Authors: Felicity L. Brown, Frederik Steen, Karine Taha, Gabriela V. Koppenol-Gonzalez, May Aoun, Richard Bryant and Mark J D. Jordans
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:21
  11. This study aimed to evaluate a new service model, Specialists Together In the Community (STIC), in terms of patient outcomes. This model integrates Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (FACT)-principles with...

    Authors: Fabiana Engelsbel, René Keet and Annet Nugter
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:20
  12. Mental illness poses a substantial global public health challenge, including in Thailand, where exploration of access to mental health services is limited. The spatial and temporal dimensions of mental illness...

    Authors: Chawarat Rotejanaprasert, Papin Thanutchapat, Chiraphat Phoncharoenwirot, Ornrakorn Mekchaiporn, Peerut Chienwichai and Richard J Maude
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:19
  13. Crisis Resolution Teams (CRTs) offer home-based care for people in mental health crisis, as an alternative to hospital admission. The success of CRTs in England has been variable. In response to this, the CRT ...

    Authors: Danielle Lamb, Alyssa Milton, Rebecca Forsyth, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Syeda Akther, Kate Fullarton, Puffin O’Hanlon, Sonia Johnson and Nicola Morant
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:18
  14. Our societies are facing mental health challenges, which have been compounded by the Covid-19. This event led people to isolate themselves and to stop seeking the help they needed. In response to this situatio...

    Authors: Catherine Briand, Charles-Édouard Giguère, Julio Macario de Medeiros, Catherine Vallée, Francesca Luconi, Brigitte Vachon, Marie-Josée Drolet, Johana Monthuy-Blanc, Amani Mahroug and Régis Hakin
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:17
  15. Research shows that only around half of all survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) disclose the abuse during childhood and adolescence. This is worrying, as CSA is related to substantial suffering later in life...

    Authors: Margrethe Seeger Halvorsen, Signe Hjelen Stige, Jorunn E. Halvorsen, Per-Einar Binder, Elida Måkestad, Ane Ugland Albaek and Ann Christin Andersen
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:16
  16. Despite vast levels of underreporting, sexual assault remains an issue at scale in the UK, necessitating the presence of statutory and voluntary organisations in the support of victims. Understanding the exper...

    Authors: B. Kennath Widanaralalage, Anthony D. Murphy and Casey Loughlin
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:15
  17. Delayed discharge is problematic. It is financially costly and can create barriers to delivering best patient care, by preventing return to usual functioning and delaying admissions of others in need. This sys...

    Authors: Ashley-Louise Teale, Ceri Morgan, Tom A. Jenkins and Pamela Jacobsen
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:14
  18. Community based rehabilitation (CBR) aims to promote the inclusion and participation of people with disabilities, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Yet people with psychosocial disabili...

    Authors: Ana-Maria Butura, Grace K. Ryan, Tom Shakespeare, Olusegun Ogunmola, Olubukola Omobowale, Rachel Greenley and Julian Eaton
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:13
  19. COVID-19 has had a significant impact on people’s mental health and mental health services. During the first year of the pandemic, existing demand was not fully met while new demand was generated, resulting in...

    Authors: Livia Pierotti, Jennifer Cooper, Charlotte James, Kenah Cassels, Emma Gara, Rachel Denholm and Richard Wood
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:12
  20. Mental health service providers are increasingly interested in patient perspectives. We examined rates and predictors of patient-reported satisfaction and perceived helpfulness in a cross-national general popu...

    Authors: Meredith G. Harris, Alan E. Kazdin, Richard J. Munthali, Daniel V. Vigo, Dan J. Stein, Maria Carmen Viana, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Ali Al-Hamzawi, Jordi Alonso, Laura Helena Andrade, Brendan Bunting, Stephanie Chardoul, Oye Gureje, Chiyi Hu, Irving Hwang, Elie G. Karam…
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:11
  21. Most children with developmental disabilities (DD), such as intellectual disabilities and autism, live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where services are usually limited. Various governmental, non...

    Authors: Elisa Genovesi, Yuan Ishtar Yao, Emily Mitchell, Michal Arad, Victoria Diamant, Areej Panju, Charlotte Hanlon, Bethlehem Tekola and Rosa A. Hoekstra
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:10
  22. Conflict and violence can impact on the mental health of children and young people, who are in a crucial stage of their personal growth. Not much is known about the provision of mental health care to young peo...

    Authors: Sanne Weber, Francy Carranza, Juan Roberto Rengifo, Camilo Romero, Sergio Arrieta, Karina Martínez, Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio, Sarah-Jane Fenton, Germán Casas, Paul Jackson and Juan Pablo Aranguren
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:9
  23. There is a need to improve mental health policy in Canada to address the growing population burden of mental illness. Understanding support for policy options is critical for advocacy efforts to improve mental...

    Authors: Candace I. J. Nykiforuk, Mathew Thomson, Kimberley D. Curtin, Ian Colman, T. Cameron Wild and Elaine Hyshka
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:8
  24. People suffering from mental health disorders have lower work participation compared to people without mental challenges. To increase work participation within this group vocational rehabilitation intervention...

    Authors: Yvonne Noteboom, Femke van Nassau, Astrid R. Bosma, Eric J. E. van der Hijden, Maaike A. Huysmans and Johannes R. Anema
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:7
  25. Inpatient treatment of severe mentally ill patients binds substantial resources and creates the dilemma of “revolving-door hospitalizations”. Evidence suggests that these patients benefit more from an assertiv...

    Authors: Matthias Gerhard Tholen, Anna Martin, Theresa Stemeseder, Thomas Vikoler, Barbara Wageneder, Wolfgang Aichhorn and Andreas Kurt Kaiser
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:6
  26. In the state of Victoria, Australia, the 111-day lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the population’s prevailing state of poor mental health. Of the 87% of Australians who visit their GP annually...

    Authors: Anton N. Isaacs and Eleanor K. L. Mitchell
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:5
  27. Focusing on the Meta region in Colombia, we investigated the relationship between mental health, the COVID-19 pandemic, and social determinants of health influenced by over five decades of civil conflict. We s...

    Authors: Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Sebastian Leon-Giraldo, Nicolas Jater-Maldonado, German Casas and Oscar Bernal
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:4
  28. Volunteers trained to support community mental health programs in Indonesia are known as ‘mental health cadres.’ These are lay people trained to provide basic support for people with mental illness in their lo...

    Authors: Herni Susanti, Helen Brooks, Ice Yulia, Heni D. Windarwati, Estin Yuliastuti, Hasniah Hasniah and Budi A. Keliat
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:3
  29. Intensive home treatment (IHT) aims to prevent psychiatric hospitalisation. Although this intervention is well tested, it is still unknown for whom this intervention works best. Therefore, this study aims to e...

    Authors: Ansam Barakat, Matthijs Blankers, Jurgen E Cornelis, Nick M Lommerse, Aartjan TF Beekman and Jack JM Dekker
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:2
  30. Social skills interventions (SSIs) are effective for enhancing social skills and decreasing mental health problems in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, these interventions have been des...

    Authors: Nadlada Tawankanjanachot, Maria Truesdale, Pornpun Orachon and Lisa Kidd
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2024 18:1
  31. Family is one of the most influential social institutions and caregivers act as the main protective factors for children’s mental health and resilience skills. Family skills programmes support caregivers to be...

    Authors: Karin Haar, Aala El-Khani, Narendra Narotama, Amir Hussain, Eva Fitri, Aip Badrujaman, Eka Wahyuni, Shah Mohammad Naheeaan, Ali Yassine and Wadih Maalouf
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:49
  32. Common mental disorders (CMD) are highly prevalent among sick-listed precarious workers and often lead to long-term sickness-absence, work disability and unemployment. This study aimed to identify predictors o...

    Authors: Yvonne B. Suijkerbuijk, Frederieke G. Schaafsma, Lyanne P. Jansen, Selwin S. Audhoe, Lieke Lammerts, Johannes R. Anema and Karen Nieuwenhuijsen
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:48
  33. The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on the mental health of populations around the world, but there has been limited focus on the impact on people with existing mental health conditions in low-i...

    Authors: Awoke Mihretu, Wubalem Fekadu, Azeb Asaminew Alemu, Beakal Amare, Dereje Assefa, Eleni Misganaw, Abebaw Ayele, Ousman Esleman, Zewdu Assefa, Atalay Alem, Graham Thornicroft and Charlotte Hanlon
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:47
  34. Despite growing recognition of essential human rights, people with mental health conditions and psychosocial, intellectual, or cognitive disabilities’ rights are known to be frequently violated in mental healt...

    Authors: Emma Poynton-Smith, Martin Orrell, Akwasi Osei, Sally-Ann Ohene, Joana Ansong, Leveana Gyimah, Caitlin McKenzie, Maria Francesca Moro, Nathalie Drew-Bold, Florence Baingana, Mauro Giovanni Carta, Priscilla Tawiah, Kwaku Brobbey and Michelle Funk
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:46
  35. This study describes the trauma experiences of people with severe mental illness (SMI) in Ethiopia and presents a model of how SMI and trauma exposure interact to reduce functioning and quality of life in this...

    Authors: Lauren C. Ng, Kimberly Hook, Maji Hailemariam, Medhin Selamu, Abebaw Fekadu and Charlotte Hanlon
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:45
  36. The admission decision after presentation in the psychiatric emergency room (PER) has potentially far-reaching consequences for the patient and the community. In a short amount of time, information must be col...

    Authors: Gianna L. Gisy, Sermin Toto, Stefan Bleich, Hannah B. Maier and Johanna Seifert
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:44
  37. The mental health workforce sustainability in China suffers high rates of attrition and the intention to leave. Among current professionals, the intention to choose the same career is an interesting way to gau...

    Authors: Mengyue Gu, Liucheng Zheng, Jingyang Gu, Song Wang, Yudong Shi, Feng Jiang, Huanzhong Liu and Yi-lang Tang
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:43
  38. This study aimed to validate the Arabic Version of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (Arabic-MHLS) among the Saudi Arabian general population, assessing its internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and st...

    Authors: Nasser F. BinDhim, Nora A. Althumiri, Yasser Ad-Dab’bagh, Mohammed M. J. Alqahtani, Ahmad Kassab Alshayea, Sulaiman M. Al-Luhaidan, Anton Svendrovski, Rashed Abdullah Al-Duraihem and Abdulhameed Abdullah Alhabeeb
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:42
  39. Task-shared care is a demonstrated approach for integrating mental health into maternal and child healthcare (MCH) services. Training and continued support for frontline providers is key to the success of task...

    Authors: Bibilola D. Oladeji, Olatunde O. Ayinde, Toyin Bello, Lola Kola, Neda Faregh, Jibril Abdulmalik, Phyllis Zelkowitz, Soraya Seedat and Oye Gureje
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:41
  40. Providers who work within addiction and mental health (A&MH) services in New Brunswick (NB), Canada completed training in Stepped Care 2.0 and One-at-a-Time (OAAT) therapy as part of a provincial practice chan...

    Authors: Alesha King, Laura M. Harris-Lane, Stéphane Bérubé, Katie Burke, AnnMarie Churchill, Peter Cornish, Bernard Goguen, Alexia Jaouich and Joshua A. Rash
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:40
  41. Children less than five years of age comprised approximately 30% in 2020 of foster care entries in the United States, and they are consistently the largest foster care entry group. Very young children can resp...

    Authors: Kimberly I. Tumlin, Amanda Crowley, Brian Turner, Elizabeth Riley and John Lyons
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:39
  42. Mental health problems are common and impairing among university students, yet only a minority of students with psychological disorders access treatment. Understanding barriers to treatment is integral to plan...

    Authors: Jason Bantjes, Molly J. Kessler, Xanthe Hunt, Dan J. Stein and Ronald C. Kessler
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:38
  43. Mental disorders are one of the costliest conditions to treat in Norway, and research into the costs of specialist mental healthcare are needed. The purpose of this article is to present a cost structure and t...

    Authors: Yeujin Ki, Andrew Athan McAleavey, Tron Anders Moger and Christian Moltu
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:37
  44. Understanding drug market dynamics and their underlying driving factors is paramount to developing effective responses to the overdose crisis in North America. This paper summarises the distinct drug market tr...

    Authors: Maximilian Meyer, Jean N. Westenberg, Kerry L. Jang, Fiona Choi, Stefanie Schreiter, Nickie Mathew, Conor King, Undine E. Lang, Marc Vogel and R. Michael Krausz
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:36
  45. Community members in Quibdó (Choco, Colombia) are highly vulnerable to psychosocial problems associated with the internal armed conflict, poverty, and insufficient public services, and exacerbated by the COVID...

    Authors: Michel Rattner, Leah Emily James, Juan Fernando Botero, Hernando Chiari, Guillermo Andrés Bastidas Beltrán, Mateo Bernal, Juan Nicolás Cardona and Carlos Gantiva
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:35
  46. Peer support relates to the provision of social/emotional support that is delivered by individuals with lived experience of a key characteristic that is shared with clients. Although the main objective of peer...

    Authors: Tanya Halsall, Mardi Daley, Lisa D. Hawke, Jo Henderson and Kimberly Matheson
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:34
  47. This review aimed to update and extend the Williams and colleagues 2012 systematic review of measures of recovery-orientation of mental health services by examining whether any of the specific knowledge gaps i...

    Authors: Mary Leamy, Una Foye, Anne Hirrich, Dagfin Bjørgen, Josh Silver, Alan Simpson, Madeline Ellis and Karl Johan-Johanson
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:33
  48. The development of mental health disorders is common in the university population, and mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) seem to be effective in addressing them in different contexts. Thus, this study inv...

    Authors: Giovana Gonçalves Gallo, Daniela Fernandez Curado, Mayra Pires Alves Machado, Marília Ignácio Espíndola, Vitor Villar Scattone and Ana Regina Noto
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:32
  49. Italy can be viewed as a laboratory to assess the quality of mental healthcare delivered in a community-oriented system, especially for severe mental disorders, such as personality disorders. Although initiati...

    Authors: Michele Sanza, Matteo Monzio Compagnoni, Giulia Caggiu, Liliana Allevi, Angelo Barbato, Jeannette Campa, Flavia Carle, Barbara D’avanzo, Teresa Di Fiandra, Lucia Ferrara, Andrea Gaddini, Alessio Saponaro, Salvatore Scondotto, Valeria D Tozzi, Stefano Lorusso, Cristina Giordani…
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:31
  50. While there are mental health treatment programs for children and young people in secure settings (i.e., secure treatment programs) in many countries, there is a lack of transparency and consistency across the...

    Authors: Valerie Schutte, Evangeline Danseco, Gabrielle Lucente and Purnima Sundar
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:30

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