British Iraqi doctors set up charity to support Iraq s mental health services

Peruvian Mental Health Reform: A Framework for Scaling-up Mental Health Services

Background Mental, neurological, and substance (MNS) use disorders are a leading cause of disability worldwide; specifically in Peru, MNS affect 1 in 5 persons. However, the great majority of people suffering from these disorders do not access care, thereby making necessary the improvement of existing conditions including a major rearranging of current health system structures beyond care deliv...

Doctors accessing mental-health services: an exploratory study

OBJECTIVE To develop a more in-depth understanding of how doctors do and do not access mental healthcare from the perspectives of doctors themselves and people they have contact with through the process. DESIGN Qualitative methodology was used with semistructured interviews transcribed and analysed using Grounded Theory. Participants were 11 doctors with experience as patients of psychiatrist...

Peer support in mental health services.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Considering international diversity in the implementation of mental health peer support and an increasing research interest in peer support work (PSW), this review focuses on priorities in current research and practice. With grassroots in informal services for people with mental health problems, peer support has been strengthened by the recovery paradigm in mental health polic...

Mental health is integral to public health: a call to scale up evidence-based services and develop mental health research.

Effects of home on the mental health of British forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

BACKGROUND Most studies of the mental health of UK armed forces focus on retrospective accounts of deployment and few sample personnel while they are deployed. AIMS This study reports the results of a survey of deployed personnel, examining the perceived impact of events at home and military support for the family on current mental health during the deployment. METHOD Surveys were conducted...