Assessment in mental health research has evolved from focusing on symptoms and diagnosis to addressing a broad range of change, including psychosocial functioning. This is consistent with developments in the areas of psychosocial rehabilitation and the increase in recovery-oriented intervention models for mental disorders. We reviewed the status of assessment in mental health research, providin...

this paper descibes the tertiary prevention in the area of rehabilition and adjustment of chronic mental patients, as practiced at zahedan psychiatric center. a follow-up unit was established at this center, providing services for hospitalized and discharged chronic mental patients. the services include regular visits, enhancement of drug compliance, controlling drug side-effects, family, socia...

In 1999, the National Service Framework for Mental Health1 set targets for the implementation of specialist community mental health services across England (335 crisis resolution, 220 assertive outreach and 50 early intervention services by 2003). Five years later, there were 263 assertive outreach teams employing around 3000 staff, 168 crisis resolution teams employing around 2000 staff and 41...

BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety are among the largest contributors to the global burden of disease and have negative effects on both the individual and society. Depression and anxiety are very likely to influence the individual's work ability, and up to 40% of the people on sick leave in Denmark have depression and/or anxiety. There is no clear evidence that treatment alone will provide suffi...

Although there is still controversy about the ultimate wisdom of deinstitutionalization, states generally are continuing to implement this policy (Gralnick, 1985; Okin, 1985; Minkoff, 1987; Lamb, 1991). Hospital census continues to decline and the present mental health agency administrations of most states and countries have embarked on major initiatives to develop treatment and rehabilitation ...

Background: Psychiatric rehabilitation has emerged as an important superspeciality of psychiatry in last few decades. There is a growing commitment to evidence-based practices in psychiatric rehabilitation. There is sufficient amount of literature, though not overwhelming, to have evidence based conclusions. Aims & Objectives: To do a systematic review of interventions available in psychiatric ...

BACKGROUND Physical impairment is well-known to last for many years after a severe injury, and there is a high impact on the quality of the survivor's life. The purpose of this study was to examine if this is also true for psychological impairment with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder or depression after polytrauma. DESIGN Retrospective cohort outcome study. SETTING Level I trauma ...

BACKGROUND Employment status has been shown to impact mental health state and intervention outcomes, yet still to be studied in a Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) population. This observational study investigated the relationship between employment status and mental health outcomes following Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR). METHODS All patients with an eligible cardiovascular incident entered into the...

[Purpose] The aim of study was to evaluate the impact of physical therapy on the recovery of motor and mental status in patients who sustained a severe traumatic brain injury, according to coma duration in acute and post-acute rehabilitation. [Subjects and Methods] The study population comprised patients with levels of consciousness ranging from 3 to 8 according to Glasgow Coma Scale score. The...

Mental health laws and acts usually have a long history behind them when they are eventually adopted. In most jurisdictions the time spent between initial discussions and drafts and the formal adoption of mental health legislation is not less than 10 years. Lesser regulatory instruments, such as ministerial decrees, orders of service and the like have a more immediate effect, although they tend...