Common Mental Disorders and Folk Mental Illnesses

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Abhilash Balakrishnan ◽  
Hargun Ahluwalia ◽  
Geetha Desai
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Illnesses

scholarly journals Poor physical activity as a risk factor for mental health disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
B Stubbs
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Hippocampal Neurogenesis ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Adjunctive Treatment

Abstract Rates of common mental disorders appear to be increasing among both adolescent and adult population affecting life quality and expectancy. Availability of the treatments il limited to a large portion of the global population thus new approaches toward the prevention and treatment of mental illnesses need to emerge in order to reduce the global and growing burden of these conditions. A great body of evidence has linked both the onset and symptoms of various mental disorders to lifestyle factors such as physical activity and diet. Given their modifiable nature, there has been an increasing interest in the implementation of physical activity in the prevention and adjunctive treatment among people with mental illnesses. Robust evidence indicates that physical activity may in fact, by influencing a range of biological and psychosocial processes, contribute to healthy aging, improve sleep and preserve cognition across the lifespan as well as affect associated with mental disorders serious physical health comorbidities including cardiovascular disease, metabolic risk factors such as adiposity and premature mortality. The plausible effects of physical activity toward mental health may be at least partially explained by its potential in modulating hippocampal neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity. Finally, higher levels of physical activity have been consistently associated with a reduced risk of both affective and cognitive disorders.

scholarly journals Managing complex problems: treatment for common mental disorders in the UK

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre Tylee ◽  
Mark Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Organizational Changes ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Primary Care Management

SummaryAims– This paper aims to describe current trends in the UK primary care management of common mental disorders and explore the appropriateness of differing management approaches in light of the course and common complications of these disorders.Methods– It highlights key findings concerning the course and comorbidity of depression to indicate that depression and associated mental illnesses may often form part of more complex patterns of ill health and that these conditions have a clear potential for chronicity. A narrative review of studies providing detail of depression prevalence in selected comorbid conditions is presented for this purpose.Conclusion– The presentation and course of common mental disorders indicate organizational changes in health service delivery, and - for a sizeable patient group – the use of chronic disease management strategies.Declaration of Interest: None.

scholarly journals Stigmatisation of people with mental illnesses

2000 ◽  
Vol 177 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur H. Crisp ◽  
Michael G. Gelder ◽  
Susannah Rix ◽  
Howard I. Meltzer ◽  
Olwen J. Rowlands
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
Mental Illnesses

BackgroundRecognition of the additional social handicaps and distress that people with mental illnesses experience as a result of prejudice.AimsTo determine opinions of the British adult population concerning those with mental illnesses as baseline data for a campaign to combat stigmatisation.MethodSurvey of adults (n=1737 interviewed; 65% response) regarding seven types of common mental disorders. Responses evaluated concerned eight specified perceptions.ResultsRespondents commonly perceived people with schizophrenia, alcoholism and drug addiction as unpredictable and dangerous. The two latter conditions were also viewed as self-inflicted. People with any of the seven disorders were perceived as hard to talk with. Opinions about effects of treatment and prognosis suggested reasonable knowledge. About half the respondents reported knowing someone with a mental illness.ConclusionsNegative opinions indiscriminately overemphasise social handicaps that can accompany mental disorders. They contribute to social isolation, distress and difficulties in employment faced by sufferers. A campaign against stigma should take account of the differences in opinions about the seven disorders studied.

Common Mental Disorders and Folk Mental Illnesses

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-45
Author(s):  
Abhilash Balakrishnan ◽  
Hargun Ahluwalia ◽  
Geetha Desai
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Illnesses

Psychiatry in primary care

2012 ◽  
pp. 1480-1490
Author(s):  
David Goldberg ◽  
André Tylee ◽  
Paul Walters
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Stepped Care ◽  
Specialist Care ◽  
Important Public Health Problem ◽  
Clinical Problems

At one time, it was asserted that the ‘worried well’ were treated in primary care, while true mental illnesses were seen by the mental illness services. This was not true when it was asserted, and is even less true now. The great majority of patients with common mental disorders are cared for within primary care, and many of those with severe mental illnesses are only seen in primary care. ‘Stepped care’ is a model for distributing clinical problems between the services, and ‘shared care’ refers to the care of patients seen by both primary care and specialist mental health services. Many other workers in primary care now assist GPs with the treatment of mental disorders, and special administrative arrangements within primary care are necessary to ensure that clinical services are available to those with special needs. In summary, mental disorders in primary care: ♦ Are an important public health problem ♦ Frequently present with somatic symptoms ♦ Are more likely to be detected if the doctor has better communication skills ♦ Those with disabling physical illnesses are also at greater risk ♦ Are on average less severe than those seen in specialist care

scholarly journals Relationships between types of UK national newspapers, illness classification, and stigmatising coverage of mental disorders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Rosanna Hildersley ◽  
Grace W. K. Ho ◽  
Laura Potts ◽  
Claire Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Tailored Interventions ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
National Newspaper

Abstract Background Media coverage on mental health problems has been found to vary by newspaper type, and stigma disproportionately affects people with mental illness by diagnosis. Objective This study investigated the relationships between types of UK national newspaper (tabloid vs. broadsheet), illness classification (SMI–severe mental illnesses vs. CMD–common mental disorders), and stigmatising coverage of mental disorders, and whether these relationships changed over the course of the Time to Change anti-stigma programmes in England and Wales. Methods Secondary analysis of data from a study of UK newspaper coverage of mental illness was performed. Relevant articles from nine UK national newspapers in 2008–11, 2013, 2016 and 2019 were retrieved. A structured coding framework was used for content analysis. The odds an article was stigmatising in a tabloid compared to a broadsheet, and about SMI compared to CMD, were calculated. Coverage of CMD and SMI by newspaper type was compared using the content elements categorised as stigmatising or anti-stigmatising. Results 2719 articles were included for analysis. Articles in tabloids had 1.32 times higher odds of being stigmatising than articles in broadsheet newspapers (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.12–1.55). Odds of stigmatising coverage was 1.72 times higher for articles on SMI than CMD (OR  1.72, 95% CI 1.39–2.13). Different patterns in reporting were observed when results were stratified by years for all analyses. A few significant associations were observed for the portrays of stigmatising elements between tabloid and broadsheet newspapers regarding SMI or CMD. Conclusions Tailored interventions are needed for editors and journalists of different newspaper types, to include specific strategies for different diagnoses.

The WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys

2009 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 5-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Aguilar-Gaxiola ◽  
J. Alonso ◽  
S. Chatterji ◽  
S. Lee ◽  
T. B. Üstün ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Treatment Effectiveness ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
World Mental Health ◽  
Prevalence Estimates

SummaryThe paper presents an overview of the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative and summarizes recent WMH results regarding the prevalence and societal costs of mental disorders. The WMH surveys are representative community surveys that were carried out in 28 countries throughout the world aimed at providing information to mental health policy makers about the prevalence, burden, and unmet need for treatment of common mental disorders. Results show that mental disorders are commonly occurring in all participating countries. The inter-quartile range (IQR: 25th-75th percentiles) of lifetime DSM-IV disorder prevalence estimates (combining anxiety, mood, disruptive behavior, and substance disorders) is 18.1-36.1%. The IQR of 12-month prevalence estimates is 9.8-19.1%. Analysis of age-of-onset reports shows that many mental disorders begin in childhood-adolescence and have significant adverse effects on subsequent role transitions. Adult mental disorders are found in the WMH data to be associated with high levels of role impairment. Despite this burden, the majority of mental disorders go untreated. Although these results suggest that expansion of treatment could be cost-effective from both the employer perspective and the societal perspective, treatment effectiveness trials are needed to confirm this suspicion. The WMH results regarding impairments are being used to target several such interventions.

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