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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. In recent years, exponential growth in digital innovations and internet access has provided opportunities to deliver health services at a much greater scale than previously possible. Evidence-based technology-...

    Authors: Siobhán Harty, Angel Enrique, Selin Akkol-Solakoglu, Adedeji Adegoke, Hannah Farrell, Graham Connon, Fiona Ward, Conor Kennedy, Derek Chambers and Derek Richards
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:29
  17. The ongoing war in Ukraine is having profound impacts on both the local and global economy, as well as the infrastructure and overall well-being of the people. The prolonged duration of the conflict, coupled w...

    Authors: Violetta Seleznova, Irina Pinchuk, Inna Feldman, Volodymyr Virchenko, Bo Wang and Norbert Skokauskas
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:28
  18. Universal health coverage (UHC) has emerged as one of the important health policy discourses under the current sustainable development goals in the world. UHC in individual disease conditions is a must for att...

    Authors: Alok Ranjan and Jewel E Crasta
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:27
  19. Health systems around the world are struggling with the massive numbers of people with mental disorders who require professional care. The treatment gap for mental disorders is high all over the world, with be...

    Authors: Jibril Bashir Adem, Mequannent Sharew Melaku, Tirualem Zeleke, Muluken Tesfaye, Firaol Lemessa Kitila and Agmasie Damtew Walle
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:26
  20. Co-production is a collaborative approach to service user involvement in which users and researchers share power and responsibility in the research process. Although previous reviews have investigated co-produ...

    Authors: C. E. Jakobsson, E. Genovesi, A. Afolayan, T. Bella-Awusah, O. Omobowale, M. Buyanga, R. Kakuma and G. K. Ryan
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:25
  21. Children and adolescents who live in resource-limited communities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experience significant mental health problems, including behavioral problems. In SSA, one of the most significant i...

    Authors: Ozge Sensoy Bahar, William Byansi, Josephine Nabayinda, Joshua Kiyingi, Phionah Namatovu, Fithi Embaye, Mary M. McKay, Kimberly Hoagwood and Fred M. Ssewamala
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:24
  22. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the application of a needs-based mental health service planning model in Tasmania, Australia to identify indicative directions for future service development that ensur...

    Authors: Kate Gossip, Claudia Pagliaro, Charlotte Comben, Kevin Fjeldsoe, Harvey Whiteford and Sandra Diminic
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:23
  23. COVID-19 outbreak deeply impacted on mental health, with high rate of psychological distress in healthcare professionals, patients and general population. Current literature on trauma showed no increase in ICU...

    Authors: Silvia Mongodi, Giulia Salve, Marta Ravasi, Damiano Rizzi, Matteo Mangiagalli, Valeria Musella, Catherine Klersy, Luca Ansaloni and Francesco Mojoli
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:22
  24. One in five adults in the US experience mental illness and over half of these adults do not receive treatment. In addition to the access gap, few innovations have been reported for ensuring the right level of ...

    Authors: Jonathan Knights, Victoria Bangieva, Michela Passoni, Macayla L. Donegan, Jacob Shen, Audrey Klein, Justin Baker and Holly DuBois
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:21
  25. Since February 2022, the people of Ukraine have experienced devastating losses due to the Russian invasion, increasing the demand for mental healthcare across the nation. Using longitudinal data on mental heal...

    Authors: Irina Pinchuk, Ryunosuke Goto, Oleksiy Kolodezhny, Nataliia Pimenova and Norbert Skokauskas
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:20
  26. Major depressive disorder (MDD) contributes to a significant proportion of disease burden, disability, economic losses, and impact on need of treatment and health care in Brazil, but systematic information abo...

    Authors: Mariane Henriques Franca, Chrianna Bharat, Ercole Novello, Irving Hwang, Maria Elena Medina-Mora, Corina Benjet, Laura Helena Andrade, Daniel V. Vigo and Maria Carmen Viana
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:19
  27. Using an online survey distributed to members of the provincial organization that represents the 88 Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Flexible ACT teams in Ontario, Canada, this descriptive study relied ...

    Authors: Aly Kassam, Michaela Beder, Saadia Sediqzadah, Matthew Levy, Madeleine Ritts, John Maher, Nicole Kirwan and Samuel Law
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:18
  28. Citizens with experience and knowledge about what it is like to use mental health and substance use services are increasingly employed within similar services as peer workers. Peer workers are portrayed as ach...

    Authors: Kristina Bakke Åkerblom, Torbjørn Mohn-Haugen, Rita Agdal and Ottar Ness
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:17
  29. To offer optimal care, the mental health system needs new routes for collaboration, involving both interprofessional and interorganizational aspects. The transition from intramural to extramural mental health ...

    Authors: Suzanne J.C. Kroon, Manna A. Alma, Meike Bak, Lian van der Krieke and Richard Bruggeman
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:15
  30. Mental Health Literacy (MHL) is the ability to recognise mental disorders, have knowledge of professional help available, effective self-help strategies, skills to give support to others, and knowledge of how ...

    Authors: Sandra Jumbe, Joel Nyali and Chris Newby
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:14
  31. In the wake of terrorist attacks, protecting the health and psychosocial wellbeing of those affected and the general population, are important tasks for the healthcare system. The responses to such emergencies...

    Authors: Lisa Govasli Nilsen and Lise Eilin Stene
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:13
  32. Many people with mental illnesses remain isolated, chained, and inside cages, called Pasung in Indonesia. Despite numerous policies introduced to eradicate Pasung, Indonesia has made slow progress in decreasin...

    Authors: Muhamad Taufik Hidayat, Candice Oster, Eimear Muir-Cochrane and Sharon Lawn
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:12
  33. Arabic-speaking refugee and migrant populations form a significant proportion of Australia’s population. Despite high levels of psychological distress among Arabic-speaking populations, low uptake of mental he...

    Authors: Ritesh Chimoriya, Yaser Mohammad, Russell Thomson, Cheryl Webster, Rachel Dunne, Michaels Aibangbee, David Ip and Shameran Slewa-Younan
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:11
  34. Stigma, discrimination, poor help seeking, dearth of mental health professionals, inadequate services and facilities all adversely impact the mental health treatment gap. Service utilization by the community i...

    Authors: Amanpreet Kaur, Sudha Kallakuri, Ankita Mukherjee, Syed Shabab Wahid, Brandon A. Kohrt, Graham Thornicroft and Pallab K. Maulik
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:10
  35. In recent decades, public policies of the Unified Health System (SUS) in Brazil have structured a community mental health care network (RAPS) based on various community actions and services. This study carried...

    Authors: Vívian Andrade Araújo Coelho, Carlos Alberto Pegolo da Gama, Leonardo Isolani e Andrade, Mariana Arantes e Silva, Denise Alves Guimarães, Eliete Albano de Azevedo Guimarães and Celina Maria Modena
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:9
  36. International clinical practice guidelines commonly recommend the provision of psychological therapies for psychosis and schizophrenia as an adjunct to medication. However, access to recommended therapies in r...

    Authors: Susanna Burgess-Barr, Emily Nicholas, Bethany Venus, Niharika Singh, Abigail Nethercott, Gemma Taylor and Pamela Jacobsen
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:8
  37. The treatment gap for mental health services is a growing public health concern. A lay-counselling service located at primary health care (PHC) level could potentially help to close the large treatment gap for...

    Authors: One Selohilwe, Lara Fairall, Arvin Bhana, Tasneem Kathree, Babalwa Zani, Naomi Folb, Crick Lund, Graham Thornicroft and Inge Petersen
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:7
  38. Arthur Kleinman’s 2009 Lancet commentary described global mental health as a “moral failure of humanity”, asserting that priorities should be based not on the epidemiological and utilitarian economic arguments th...

    Authors: O. O Omigbodun, G. K Ryan, B Fasoranti, D Chibanda, R Esliker, A Sefasi, R Kakuma, T Shakespeare and J Eaton
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:6
  39. Delayed initiation and early discontinuation of treatment due to limited availability and accessibility of services may often result in people with mild or moderate mental disorders developing more severe diso...

    Authors: Adam Skinner, Jo-An Occhipinti, Ante Prodan, Yun Ju Christine Song and Ian B. Hickie
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:5
  40. Canadian youth (aged 16–24) have the highest rates of mental health and addiction concerns across all age groups and the most unmet health care needs. There are many structural barriers that contribute to the ...

    Authors: Toula Kourgiantakis, Roula Markoulakis, Eunjung Lee, Amina Hussain, Carrie Lau, Rachelle Ashcroft, Abby L. Goldstein, Sugy Kodeeswaran, Charmaine C. Williams and Anthony Levitt
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:4
  41. Evidence from implementation research suggests that group-based behaviour change interventions (GBCIs) can encourage the development of peer support, promote psychosocial skills, and facilitate collaborative t...

    Authors: Richard Appiah
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:3
  42. There is increasing attention to the impacts of stigma and discrimination related to mental health on quality of life and access to and quality of healthcare. Effective strategies for stigma reduction exist, b...

    Authors: Petra C. Gronholm, Ioannis Bakolis, Anish V. Cherian, Kelly Davies, Sara Evans-Lacko, Eshetu Girma, Dristy Gurung, Charlotte Hanlon, Fahmy Hanna, Claire Henderson, Brandon A. Kohrt, Heidi Lempp, Jie Li, Santosh Loganathan, Pallab K. Maulik, Ning Ma…
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:2
  43. Mental health services are currently undergoing immense cultural, philosophical, and organisational change. One such mechanism involved in this change has been the recognition of lived experience as a knowledg...

    Authors: Michael John Norton
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2023 17:1
  44. Internalized stigma has been found to be high among people with mental illness (PWMI) and it results in poor treatment outcome, increased disability and high economic burden. So, this study was designed to det...

    Authors: Lamesa Melese Sori, Faisel Dula Sema and Masho Tigabe Tekle
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2022 16:58
  45. International estimates suggest around a third of students arrives at university with symptoms indicative of a common mental disorder, many in late adolescence at a developmentally high-risk period for the eme...

    Authors: T. G. Osborn, S. Li, R. Saunders and P. Fonagy
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2022 16:57
  46. A reconceptualised global strategy is key as nations begin to shift from crisis management to medium- and long-term planning to rebuild and strengthen their economic, social and public health systems. Efforts ...

    Authors: Kristen Tran, John Buchanan, Yun Ju Christine Song, Sebastian Rosenberg, Jo-An Occhipinti and Ian B. Hickie
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2022 16:56
  47. Psychotherapy is the preferred form of treatment for psychological disorders worldwide. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is one of the most widely used psychotherapies due to its proven efficacy for psycholog...

    Authors: Abrar Hussain Azad, Shahzad Ali Khan, Ijaz Ali, Hina Shafi, Nisar Ahmed Khan and Shaaray Abrar Umar
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2022 16:55
  48. People with mental health problems are more vulnerable to a broad range of coercive practices and human rights abuses. There is a global campaign to eliminate, or at the very least decrease, the use of coercio...

    Authors: Deborah Oyine Aluh, Olaniyi Ayilara, Justus Uchenna Onu, Ugnė Grigaitė, Barbara Pedrosa, Margarida Santos-Dias, Graça Cardoso and José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2022 16:54
  49. There is sparse evidence that modern hospital architecture designed to prevent violence and self-harm can prevent restrictive practices (RP). We examine if the use of RPs was reduced by the structural change o...

    Authors: Astrid Harpøth, Harry Kennedy, Morten Deleuran Terkildsen, Bettina Nørremark, Anders Helles Carlsen and Lisbeth Uhrskov Sørensen
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2022 16:53

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