Mental Health and Recreation Opportunities

Mental health information systems: problems and opportunities

Medical and nursing staff in acute specialities spend up to 25%of their working lives collecting, analysing, using and communicating information (Audit Commission, 1995). It is likely that staff delivering mental health care, which often involves services and staff based in a number of locations and inter-agency collaboration, spend just as much of their time on these activities. Despite this e...

No health without mental health: challenges and opportunities in global mental health.

Mental health is an essential component of health, yet it is often not given the attention that ir deserves as a global health and development issue. In this paper, we examine the global health context, including the substantial burden of disease, resources available for mental health, treatment gap, human rights issues, links between mental health and development, and economic impact of mental...

Opportunities in mental health services research.

The Effect of Recreation purchasing Style in Mental Health and Depression in Physical Education Students of Islamic Azad University

Introduction: Mental problems such as anxiety and depression, reduced self-esteem can be improved by having recreation activities such as browsing the purchasing and purchasing areas. This study aimed to determine the effect of purchasing style on mental health in physical education students of Islamic Azad University. Methods: This interventional study was performed on 477 students in five reg...

Mental Health in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities in Introducing Western Mental Health System in Uganda

BACKGROUND Despite decades of disagreement among mental health practitioners and researchers in the Western world pertaining to the causation, classification and treatment of mental disorders there is an ongoing push to implement western mental health models in developing countries. Little information exists on the adaptability of western mental health models in developing countries. METHOD T...