Treatment of Chronic Mental Illness

The Treatment of Mental Illness

Community treatment of mental illness.

THE isolation of the mental hospital, which was practically absolute before the Mental Treatment Act of 1930, is rapidly disappearing, and more and more psychiatric patients are being treated in the community instead of in the hospital. The hospital’s first link with the community was the outpatient department. Later liaison was gradually established with outside services such as probation depa...

Chronic Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents

As the authors state, this concise pocket book is intended for physicians who are already familiar with the general approach to acute medical problems. The book briefly presents the available information on issues related to acute care in terms of decision-making theory in a ready reference. The breadth of topics discussed is extensive. Issues related to care of the cardiovascular patient, for ...

Music in the Treatment of Mental Illness

Psychiatry today is concerned with the treatment of the whole person. Of necessity therefore, it draws not only on medical knowledge but also on history, the social sciences, philosophy, religion and the arts?in fact it ranges over the whole of human experience. In any attempt, however modest, to discover what the arts?particularly music?may contribute to psychotherapeutic techniques, some ment...

Treatment of Insomnia with Comorbid Mental Illness

Insomnia is the most prevalent sleep disorder; especially in the elderly.1-3 It is diagnosed in women (55-60%) more often than men (40-45%).4-6 It can occur acutely (as known as transient insomnia) or become a chronic disorder (occurring at least three or more times per week, usually one to six months in duration and with some degree of daytime dysfunction).4 Epidemiological studies indicate th...