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India is revising its mental health legislation with the Indian Mental Healthcare Act 2017 (IMHA). When implemented, this legislation will apply to over 1.25 billion people. In 2005, the World Health Organizat...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:48
Published on: 18 August 2017
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The United States has become a country that is constantly at war. This situation has created a crisis amongst our veterans. The current uneven access to appropriate mental health services that returning U.S. v...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:47
Published on: 18 August 2017
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Substance use is a well-established, and potentially modifiable, risk factor for suicide. Suicide prevention interventions are typically framed within the biomedical paradigm and focus on addressing individual...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:46
Published on: 11 August 2017
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The study was conducted to explore challenges faced by trained informal health providers referring individuals with suspected mental disorders for treatment, and potential opportunities to counter these challe...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:45
Published on: 1 August 2017
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Epilepsy is a serious neurological disorder associated with a high level of psychiatric comorbidity. Suicidality is a recognised complication of epilepsy. As part of developing an integrated service for people...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:44
Published on: 14 July 2017
Commentary
Despite many attempts at promoting systems integration, seamless care, and partnerships among service providers and users, mental health services internationally continue to be fragmented and piecemeal. We exp...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:43
Published on: 29 June 2017
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As a response to evidence that mental health service users and carers expect greater involvement in decisions about antipsychotic medication choice and prescribing, shared decision-making (SDM) has increasingl...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:42
Published on: 28 June 2017
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Psychiatric morbidity burden accounts 12.45% of the disease admission burden in Ethiopia; only two referral hospitals are found to manage all cases. The aim of this study is to assess the predictors of patient...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:41
Published on: 14 June 2017
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Assessing and understanding health systems governance is crucial to ensure accountability and transparency, and to improve the performance of mental health systems. There is a lack of systematic procedures to ...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:37
Published on: 8 June 2017
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed Problem Management Plus (PM+), a 5-session, psychological intervention program delivered by trained non-specialist that addresses common mental disorders. The ...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:40
Published on: 8 June 2017
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Ethiopia is embarking upon a ground-breaking plan to address the high levels of unmet need for mental health care by scaling up mental health care integrated within primary care. Health system governance is ex...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:38
Published on: 8 June 2017
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Mental distress is a common finding among University students. Empirical research has confirmed that the University student population has a higher prevalence of mental disorder than the general population. Ho...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:39
Published on: 8 June 2017
Review
Many young people who receive psychiatric care in inpatient or residential settings in North America have experienced various forms of emotional trauma. Moreover, these settings can exacerbate trauma sequelae....
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:36
Published on: 11 May 2017
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This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, correlates, comorbidities, and suicidal tendencies of problematic game use in a nationally representative sample of Korean adults.
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:35
Published on: 11 May 2017
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Common mental disorder (CMD) is prevalent in industrialized and non-industrialized countries. The prevalence of CMD among university students was 28.8–44.7% and attributed to several risk factors, such as scho...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:34
Published on: 3 May 2017
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The main aim of this study was to estimate the costs associated with diagnostic assessment and 1-year therapy in children and adolescents enrolled in 18 ADHD reference centres. Data concerning 1887 children an...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:33
Published on: 28 April 2017
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Suicide is a major public health problem worldwide. It contributes for more than one million deaths each year. Since previous suicidal attempt was considered as the best predictor of future suicide, identifyin...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:32
Published on: 20 April 2017
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Service user and caregiver involvement has become an increasingly common strategy to enhance mental health outcomes, and has been incorporated in the mental healthpolicies of many developed nations. However, t...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:30
Published on: 19 April 2017
Review
There is a need for interventions to address the escalating mental health burden in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Addressing physical health needs should have a central role in reducing the burden and facilitating...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:31
Published on: 19 April 2017
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Little is known about the state of mental health systems in Kenya. In 2010, Kenya promulgated a new constitution, which devolved national government and the national health system to 47 counties including Kili...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:28
Published on: 17 April 2017
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Perinatal maternal depression is common and undertreated in many sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria. While culture shapes the social determinants and expression of depressive symptoms, there is a...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:27
Published on: 17 April 2017
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Community integration is an essential right for people with schizophrenia that affects their well-being and quality of life, but no valid instrument exists to measure it in Japan. The aim of the present study ...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:29
Published on: 17 April 2017
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Snakebite though neglected, affects 5 million people yearly. More neglected is the psychological effect of envenomation. We determined prevalence and pattern of depression among patients admitted into snakebit...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:26
Published on: 13 April 2017
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Homelessness is a global and local social problem with underestimated prevalence. It has been shown to increase the risk of mental illness, raising concerns from mental health providers about the need for effe...
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:25
Published on: 11 April 2017
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This study examined the prevalence of sleep disturbances and mental strain in students from two European countries, Luxembourg and Germany.
International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2017 11:24
Published on: 29 March 2017
