OBJECTIVE To compare outcomes of care from assertive community treatment teams with care by community mental health teams for people with serious mental illnesses. DESIGN Non-blind randomised controlled trial. SETTING Two inner London boroughs. PARTICIPANTS 251 men and women under the care of adult secondary mental health services with recent high use of inpatient care and difficulties en...

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.03.008 Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA *Correspondence: [email protected] Quietly, with little apparent notice from even the strongest advocates for global mental health, China is undertaking the world’s largest – and arguably most important – mental health services demonstration project, a project ...

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.03.007 Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China Correspondence: [email protected] Prior to 2005 China’s mental health services were provided in the same manner as the other types of health services in the country. The hospital was the center of the service delivery network so medical staff only provided services to those who came to the h...

abstract aim and background: this study was conducted with the aim of explaining aspects of conceptual framework of indicators for mental health.providing mental health indicators conceptual framework could provide for the creation of a unified set of mental health indicators. methods and materials: this research was conducted in the method of systematic review and in type of library researchin...

mental health is an essential component for positive adaptation that enables people to cope with adversity to achieve their full potential and humanity. in this study, using a community based approach, the social determinants of mental health in iranian women were extracted; and in addition, priority setting for interventional programs according to analytical framework of who was implemented.th...

BACKGROUND There is consensus about the importance of 'recovery' in mental health services, but the link between recovery orientation of mental health teams and personal recovery of individuals has been underresearched. AIMS To investigate differences in team leader, clinician and service user perspectives of recovery orientation of community adult mental health teams in England. METHOD In ...

BACKGROUND Comorbid chronic illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory conditions, and type 2 diabetes are common among people with serious mental illness. Management of comorbid illness in the mental health setting is sometimes ad hoc and poorly delivered. Use of a cardiometabolic health nurse (CHN) is proposed as one strategy to improve the delivery of physical health care to this...

background: promoting mental health and preventing mental disorders are of the main concerns for every country. achieving these goals requires effective indexes for evaluating mental health. therefore, to develop mental health enhancement programs in iran, there is a need to measure the state of mental health in iran. objectives: this study aimed to select a set of mental health indicators that...