AAP Task Force Report Offers Guide to Enhance Delivery of Mental Health Services

AbstractObjectiveWe aimed to explore how individually experienced disaster-related stressors and collectively experienced community-level damage influenced perceived need for mental health services in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.MethodsIn a cross-sectional study we analyzed 418 adults who lived in the most affected areas of New York City at the time of the storm. Participants indicated whether they perceived a need for mental health services since the storm and reported on their exposure to disaster-related stressors (eg, displacement, property damage). We located participants in communities (n=293 census tracts) and gathered community-level demographic data through the US Census and data on the number of damaged buildings in each community from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Modeling Task Force.ResultsA total of 7.9% of participants reported mental health service need since the hurricane. Through multilevel binomial logistic regression analysis, we found a cross-level interaction (P=0.04) between individual-level exposure to disaster-related stressors and community-level building damage. Individual-level stressors were significantly predictive of individual service needs in communities with building damage (adjusted odds ratio: 2.56; 95% confidence interval: 1.58-4.16) and not in communities without damage.ConclusionIndividuals who experienced individual stressors and who lived in more damaged communities were more likely to report need for services than were other persons after Hurricane Sandy. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:428–435)

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Optimizing mental health in long-term care homes

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610210001389 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 22 (7) ◽

pp. 1023-1024 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

David Conn ◽

John Snowdon

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Task Force ◽

Discussion Groups ◽

Term Care ◽

Good Mental Health ◽

High Prevalence

The high prevalence of mental disorders among residents of long-term care (LTC) homes is highlighted in the paper by Seitz et al. in this special issue of International Psychogeriatrics. The International Psychogeriatric Association's Task Force on Mental Health Services in LTC Homes was formed in 2005 with two goals: (1) to gather information and share views from diverse countries and settings about how best to restore or ensure good mental health in LTC settings; and (2) to support and strengthen mental health services in the LTC sector. Since its formation, groups of members of the Task Force have visited residential facilities in Stockholm, Lisbon, Istanbul, Osaka, Dublin, Montreal and the Netherlands. Members have also reported on visits to LTC homes in the U.S.A., U.K., Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Nigeria. Further visits have been arranged during the IPA's meeting in Spain in September 2010. Information has also been provided by members in discussion groups and in response to a Task Force survey about facilities in various other countries.

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Asian-Americans Remain Low Utilizers of County Mental Health Services

CNS Spectrums ◽

10.1017/s1092852920002242 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 141-163

Author(s):

Julia Luu Hoang ◽

Richard J. Lee

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Asian Americans ◽

Asian American ◽

Task Force ◽

Fiscal Year ◽

Riverside County ◽

Health Fairs ◽

County Mental Health

AbstractThe National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS, 2002–2003, n =2095) indicated that Asian-Americans (AA) use mental health services less frequently than the general population (8.6% vs. 17.95%). Even AA who have been diagnosed with mental health disorders use mental health services less frequently than their non-AA counterparts (34.1% versus 41.1%)2. AA in Riverside County count for 7.4% of the population, or about 181,356 individuals, according to the 2018 census estimates. The objective of the study is to examine and compare rates of utilization of mental health services by AA specifically in the Riverside County setting. This study utilizes data on patients’ ethnicity, age, gender, and diagnosis as collected annually by the Riverside County Department of Mental Health from the fiscal year of 2017–2018. It compares the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and the rate of utilization of mental health services by AA in the county to the data collected by the NLAAS. The total number of AA using mental health services in Riverside County is 669, which totals 1.73% of all individuals accessing the same services. The number of AA using mental health services represented 0.45% of the total AA population in Riverside County. AA in Riverside County are utilizing MH services even less than the national rates (0.45% vs 8.6% nationally from NLAAS data). The gap in care illustrated by these results exemplifies not only the disparity in utilization of MH services seen in this particular ethnic group, but portrays the stagnant results from Riverside County s attempts to address this issue. Possible reasons for the disparity include lack of access, stigma, recovery, migration, and a lack of culturally-competent care. A reimagined outreach initiative may help to better address this issue. Riverside County already has implemented an AA Task Force, holds health fairs at local churches in the communities, supports a UCR School of Medicine student-run free clinic, and is active in NAMI events.

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Public and private responsibility for mental health services: A report on the Tennessee task force.

American Psychologist ◽

10.1037/0003-066x.44.8.1148 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 44 (8) ◽

pp. 1148-1150 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Bart Perkey

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Task Force ◽

Public And Private

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User and carer involvement in mental health services: From rhetoric to science

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.183.2.89 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 183 (2) ◽

pp. 89-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 55

Author(s):

E. L. Simpson ◽

A. O. House

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Public Involvement ◽

Task Force ◽

Stakeholder Involvement ◽

Patient And Public Involvement ◽

Health Advisory ◽

Advisory Service ◽

Department Of Health

The Department of Health has emphasised the need for a patient-centred National Health Service (NHS), and the involvement of users and carers in mental health services is often a policy recommendation (Mental Health Task Force User Group, 1995; NHS Health Advisory Service, 1997; Department of Health, 1999a,b, 2001). The Patients' Forum and Consumers in NHS Research are established national bodies concerned with stakeholder involvement. The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health was established in 2003.

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