AIM The difficulties in social functioning of the mentally ill are widely documented in specialist literature. The social affects addressed to the mentally disabled are an attempt to overcome this particular disability. The aim of the presented research is the characterization of the social group participating in a community-based rehabilitation program realized on Warsaw area. METHOD 103 lon...

Consumer advocacy has emerged as an important factor in mental health policy during the past few decades. Winning consumer support for evidence-based practices requires recognition that consumers' desires and needs for various types of treatments and services differ significantly. The authors suggest that the degree of support for evidence-based practices by consumer advocates depends largely o...

as anticipated. This book could help them reassess the situation, and set a new course. Voluntary Service Organisers must become aware of people's needs, and how these can be linked in particular circumstances to the contributions which willing volunteers can make. This material could also help professional staff to understand the benefits for the patient. How to go about the job of recruiting,...

originally developed to treat not the mentally handicapped but the mentally ill; those, for example, with schizophrenia, paranoia and other specific conditions, but now the far wider use of these drugs has been challenged because there is evidence that they can produce serious side-effects in addition to the distress already suffered. Future changes in the use of antipsychotic drugs in the UK m...

298 institutionalised mentally retarded patients in Institute of Mental Health, Madras were studied for the aetiological factors, levels of intelligence, associated disorders and family structure and compared with 163 matched group of mentally retarded attending the outpatient services of the Institute of Mental Health. In 41% of the institutionalised the cause was unknown, 29.3% had infective ...

Urinary excretion of ultraviolet-light-absorbing end products of metabolism was studied in mentally retarded children and schizophrenic adults. Excretion of the major end product of pyrimidine metabolism, pseudouridine (5-ribosyluracil), and one of the catabolic derivatives of nicotinic acid, N -methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide, were both found to be depressedin more than half the mentally retar...

Grandparents acknowledge several benefits when raising their grandchildren. These include a sense of purpose, a second chance in life, an opportunity to nurture family relationships, a chance to continue family histories, and receiving love and companionship. Grandparents also benefit from giving and receiving love, and perceiving themselves as more effective caregiver. An attempt was made to c...

Mental health is perhaps the most neglected area of health policy and programming. According to the 2001 World Health Report, “some 450 million people suffer from a mental or behavioral disorder, yet only a small minority of them receive even the most basic treatment” [1]. More than 40% of countries have no mental health policy and over 30% have no mental health program. Over 90% of countries h...

Scurvy was the first vitamin deficiency disease to be described. However it is seldom seen in the pediatric age group. It is often missed, especially amongst physically and mentally disabled patients who form a high risk group for this disease. Scurvy can present with a varied spectrum of signs and symptoms. Here we present a case of scurvy in a child with cerebral