Postpartum depression affects parents across all social, economic, and racial groups. While there are many factors that may contribute to depressive symptoms in the postpartum period, under-resourced populations ethnic minorities documented experience higher rates. Traditional psychotherapeutic methods have shown success mitigating symptoms; however, these treatments not always accessible and/o...

This overview presents an introduction to the articles published in this issue of the health care Financing Review, entitled "Mental Health Services and Vulnerable Populations." This article discusses the challenges the mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) care system is confronted with in terms of equity and efficiency and how the system is responding to these challenges. It further addre...

Psychiatric community-based services are being developed in Malaysia currently to ensure more comprehensive mental health care to especially patients with severe mental illness. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) as one of the earliest component of community-based services has been observed to be useful and able to provide favourable outcomes in this group of patients. Though the paradigm shif...

The impact of an intervention on the self-determination and career planning engagement of young adults with mental health challenges was studied. Sixty-seven young adults, 20 to 30 years of age, with mental health diagnoses (e.g., depression, bipolar disorder) were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. Statistically significant greater increases were made by the intervention gro...