Mental health is recognized worldwide as a major public health priority for the twenty-first century. Different actions are needed, including developing or strengthening national mental health information systems, based on standardized indicators that allow national and international monitoring. In 2008, the national Centre for Disease prevention and Control of the Italian Ministry of Health an...

Mental illness and its treatment are largely invisible. We use multiple publicly available data sources to evaluate changes in the well-being of Americans with mental illnesses over the past decade. We find that access to care, including specialty psychiatric and inpatient care, and financial protection have improved. However, not all people with mental health problems have shared in these impr...

Work is important both in maintaining mental health and in promoting the recovery of those who have experienced mental health problems. Enabling people to retain or gain employment has a profound effect on many areas of life and the costs of unemployment are high. Employment for individuals with mental illness gives opportunities for them to participate in society as active citizens, and barrie...

BACKGROUND The large treatment gap for mental disorders in India underlines the need for integration of mental health in primary care. AIMS To operationalise the delivery of the World Health Organization Mental Health Gap Action Plan interventions for priority mental disorders and to design an integrated mental healthcare plan (MHCP) comprising packages of care for primary healthcare in one d...

Severe mental illnesses cause their sufferers dismal functional impairment. The Global Burden of Disease lists schizophrenia among the top 10 contributors to health burden and disability around the world. In the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) of Singapore, 9 out of 10 Class-C beds are occupied by patients whose hospitalisation periods last 300 days on average. Whilst de-institutionalisation h...

A meta-analysis of 13 epidemiological studies shows a prevalence of 5.8% for mental illnesses. Psychiatric morbidity is associated with urban residence, female gender, 35-44 years age group, low socio economic status and nuclear family type. Mental health care facilities are lacking along with a huge gap in professional manpower availability. The available manpower is top heavy and concentrated...

Background: Social health is considered of utmost importance as a social necessity. Thus, the Flourishing Promotion Program (FPP) can be effective in promoting social health. Aim: To determine the effect of the FPP on social health in the elderly. Method: A randomized controlled clinical trial of 60 elderly individuals residing in Toos Nursing Home and Salamati Nursing Home, Mashhad, Iran, was ...