Although the general hospital remains an important place for stabilizing crises, most services for mental illnesses are provided in outpatient/community settings. In the absence of comprehensive data at the community level, data that are routinely collected from general hospitals can provide insights on the performance of mental health services for people living with mental illness or poor ment...

BACKGROUND: There are relatively few published data on how the financial structures of different health systems affect each other. With increasing financial restrictions in both public and private healthcare systems, it is important to understand how changes in one system (e.g. VA mental healthcare) affect utilization of other systems (e.g. state hospitals). AIMS OF THE STUDY: This study utiliz...

Sir, The death of 26 persons with mental illness killed in the tragic fire accident on 6th August 2001 has again focussed the need for organised mental health care in the country. The response of the general population, the administrators, the politicians, the press and the professionals has been one of shock and outrage. The response to the single incident has been manifold. The press has seiz...

background: the present study aimed to investigate the effects of work shifts and mental workload on chronic fatigue among female nurses in intensive care units of selected hospitals in shiraz.   methods: the participants in this cross-sectional study were 118 female nurses working in intensive care units of three hospitals in shiraz with an average age of 304.8± years. sp (samn-perelli) mental...

Residential Accommodation and Day Centres The proposals put forward for hostels vary considerably : the majority see the need for something extra and some plan special hostels for the aged and mentally infirm; some for patients discharged from mental hospitals; some use the hostels of voluntary organisations, some their own. Little is said about the need to collaborate with mental hospitals but...

During the pre-independence era mental health services in this country received only scanty attention. The administration was chiefly concerned with detaining the mentally ill within the high walls of mental hospitals and providing them a semblance of a minimum required treatment. Seeing the appalling conditions of the psychiatric services in this country, Bhoie Committee was appointed on the e...