Environment for Mental Patients

Mental Health and Environment

Research begins with a question. The authors chose a large one. This wa5,; g their own words: "How far is mental illness due to deep-seated causes, patter", | into the mind by genetic factors or powerful experiences of early environ^f. j within the uterus or in the first years of life? And how far is it due to the imm^'3 environment of house and family, work and community?" I In medicine and th...

Holiday Homes for Mental Patients

Secretary, Central Association for Mental Welfare. Jl would not be far from the truth to say that for the vast majority of workers, and of more leisured folk too for that matter, the annual holiday occupies for some considerable time during the year, the forefront of their thoughts, first in anticipation and planning; then in realisation and enjoyment; and then, after it is over, in the sorting...

Gene–Environment Interactions in Severe Mental Illness

Severe mental illness (SMI) is a broad category that includes schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and severe depression. Both genetic disposition and environmental exposures play important roles in the development of SMI. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that the roles of genetic and environmental factors depend on each other. Gene-environment interactions may underlie the paradox of strong envi...

How the environment affects mental health.

Mental health and quality of residential environment.

BACKGROUND There is increasing interest in the proposition that residential environment can affect mental health. AIMS To study the degree to which common mental disorder clusters according to postcode units and households. To investigate whether contextual measures of residential environment quality and geographical accessibility are associated with symptoms of common mental disorder. METH...