Networking to Support Suicide Survivors

Crisis ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico De fauw ◽  
Karl Andriessen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
National Program ◽  
Suicide Survivors ◽  
Bereavement Support ◽  
First Report ◽  
Health Institutions

Summary: This paper is the first report on a national program for increasing bereavement support for suicide survivors in the Flemish region in Belgium. A Working Group consisting of representatives of a wide variety of mental health institutions, social programs, and suicide survivor groups in the area determined that a program developing networks between the services seems to hold the greatest promise for both an increase in the number of services available and an improvement in the quality of services offered.

Cultural Competency Methodological and Data Strategies to Assess the Quality of Services in Mental Health Systems of Care

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Siegel ◽  
Gary Haugland ◽  
Ethel Davis Chambers ◽  
Carmen Aponte ◽  
Ralph Blackshear ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Cultural Competency ◽  
Systems Of Care ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Mental Health Systems

Quality of care in longer term mental health institutions in Portugal

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Cardoso ◽  
C Pacheco ◽  
J Caldas-de-Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Mental Health Institutions

Roma Never Die Alone

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (14) ◽  
pp. 2189-2200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Garcia-Espinel ◽  
Laura Aso ◽  
Gisela Redondo-Sama ◽  
Ainhoa Flecha
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Hospital Personnel ◽  
Cultural Group ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Roma People ◽  
Health Institutions

A common characteristic of Roma as a cultural group is that they do not allow their elderly to die alone. Nevertheless, rooted in a mainstream cultural perspective of health provision services, public institutions usually do not allow Roma people to be with their loved ones in their last moments. Following the communicative methodology, we conducted a communicative case study on the death of the most relevant female Roma leader in Catalonia. She was accompanied by more than two hundred family members and friends in her room and corridor at an important hospital in Barcelona. We performed our research in the 2 years following her death to obtain the reflections of the Roma members involved. These reflections revealed the egalitarian dialogue forged between these Roma members and the hospital personnel, which enabled the former to embrace their culture and support their loved ones before death. Because this dialogue was possible and fruitful, the acknowledgment of cultural diversity and the improvement of the quality of services offered to Roma might also be possible in other health institutions.

scholarly journals Counseling Self-Efficacy, Quality of Services and Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practices in School Mental Health

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 467-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryn E. Schiele ◽  
Mark D. Weist ◽  
Eric A. Youngstrom ◽  
Sharon H. Stephan ◽  
Nancy A. Lever
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
School Mental Health ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Practices

Quality of care in longer term mental health institutions in Poland

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Piotrowski ◽  
A Kiejna ◽  
M Cialkowska-Kuźmińska ◽  
T Adamowski ◽  
J Rymaszewska
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Mental Health Institutions

scholarly journals Description of physiotherapy services in a mental health institution in Nigeria

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
C.A. Gbiri ◽  
A.O. Akinpelu ◽  
A.C. Odole
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Diagnosis ◽  
Mental Health Team ◽  
Health Institution ◽  
Health Team ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Quality Of Patient Care ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Mental Health Institution

Physiotherapy  has  long  been  recognised  as  adjunct  to  drug therapy in the management of individuals with mental illness. however, little evidence existed on the utilization of physiotherapy in mental health especially in developing worlds.This study reviewed the utilization of physiotherapy in a Mental health  Institution in lagos, nigeria and determined its contribution to quality of  patient-care in the hospital.This study involved review of clients’ activity profile and patients’ record in a federal neuro-psychiatric hospital in lagos, nigeria between 2002 and 2006. The hospital records were used as source of information for socio- demographic details. Information on the physical diagnosis was extracted from the patients’ records in the departmental records. Data were summarized using descriptive statistics.Six thousand, four hundred and seventy-three (3.3%) out of the 195,686  patients of the hospital within the study period enjoyed physiotherapy ser vices. only 766 (14%) of the hospital in-patients enjoyed physiotherapy services. In addition, 808 clients enjoyed the health promotion services. low back pain (85; 21.7%), osteo-arthritis (82; 20.9%), stroke (64; 16.3%) and shoulder pain  (29; 7.4%) were the most common co-existing health problems referred for physiotherapy.The importance of physiotherapy in mental health is evidenced in the number of patients/clients who benefited from its services. Therefore, physiotherapy is an integral and indispensible member of the mental health team. however, physiotherapy  is  still  under-utilized  in  the  hospital.  This  points  to  the  need  for  proper  integration  of  physiotherapy  into mental health team in the hospital and other similar health institutions.

The Potential of Early Intervention for Preventing and Reducing ACE-Related Trauma

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Asmussen ◽  
Tom McBride ◽  
Stephanie Waddell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Vulnerable Children ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Adverse Childhood

Too many children face disadvantages that negatively impact their health, happiness and future life chances. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) represent a particularly traumatic set of circumstances that have been found through research to dramatically increase the likelihood of poor adult physical and mental health outcomes. While we do not view ACEs to represent the only or necessarily the most serious risks to children’s development, we do recognise them to pose a substantial threat. This article identifies twenty-four interventions with causal evidence of preventing or reducing ACE-related trauma and considers how they could be offered through system-wide strategies aimed at improving the lives of children who are at the greatest risk. While we are not suggesting that these interventions – on their own or in combination – represent a magic solution to ACEs, or the wider societal issues that contribute to them, we do propose that knowledge about their effectiveness can improve the quality of services that support the needs of highly vulnerable children.

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