Mental Health of War-Affected Youth in Two Conflicts: The Role of the Family, Community and Classroom

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivelina Borisova ◽  
Theresa Betancourt ◽  
Wietse Tol ◽  
Ivan Komproe ◽  
Mark Jordans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
The Family

Protection of the mental health of soldiers as a guarantee of their personal safety

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (34) ◽  
pp. 182-202
Author(s):  
Dominika Wądołowska
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Mental Condition ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Personal Safety ◽  
Severe Stress ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mental Care ◽  
New System

While on duty, soldiers are exposed to severe stress, and mental condition has a direct impact on the efficacy of their performance. The paper shows how the specificity of soldiers’ work affects their mental health. The importance of the role of psychologists in the army is emphasized, and the consequences of negligence in soldiers’ mental care are indicated. The way in which the mental health of soldiers is protected in Poland, by the state itself and by the institutions established for this purpose, is also characterised. Special attention is paid to mental health care for the soldiers that take part in foreign military missions, who are exposed to psychological trauma as a result of isolation from the family and friends, and as a result of being placed in a new cultural and religious environment. On the basis of the above, the necessity of implementing new system solutions to ensure the effective psychological protection of soldiers is indicated.

scholarly journals The Role of Family and Community in The Treatment of Mental Disorder Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 001-005
Author(s):  
Tutut Pujianto ◽  
Retno Ardanari Agustin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Family Role ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual

Mental health is an integral part of health, and a condition that affects the physical, mental, and  social  development  of  the  individual  optimally.  Mental  disorder  is  disturbances  in:  cognitive, volition, emotion (affective), and actions (psychomotor). Mental disorder is a collection of abnormal circumstances, whether physically related, or mentally. It is divided into two groups, namely: mental disorder  (neurosis)  and  mental  illness  (psychosis).  Mental  disorder  is  caused  by  some  of  the  above causes affected simultaneously or coincidence occurs. The purpose of this study was to increase the role of family and society in the treatment of mental disorder patients which was consequently could reduce the number of mental disorders patients This research used obsevational design with descriptive analy- sis. The subjects were family members who treat mental disorder patients as much as 16 respondents. The data collection was done in October 2012. The family role data grouped into appropriate and inappro- priate  category.  The  research  found  that  11  people  (68.75%)  in  the  category  of  inappropriate,  and appropriate by 5 people (31.25%), with average family role of 63.19%. The higher of inappropriate category was because 9 respondents (56.25%) in the age of elderly (> 50 years). This condition caused a decrease in the ability to perform daily activities, including health treatment. There were 4 patients who have been treated for 7-14 years, so the family feels accustomed to the condition of the patient. There were 8 people (50%) in productive age treated the patients, so it could not be done continuously. Based on these conditions, there should be efforts to increase knowledge and willingness of the patients and families, in caring for patients with mental disorders. The examples of such activities were to consult with the nearest health employees, and report to the health worker if there is a risky condition immedi- ately.

scholarly journals Penyuluhan Kesehatan Tentang Kesehatan Jiwa Usia Muda (Remaja) Pendekatan Keluarga Dan Agama Sebagai Preventif Psychosocial Trauma

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-95
Author(s):  
Tutur Kardiatun ◽  
Wida Kuswida Bhakti ◽  
Ramadhaniyati Ramadhaniyati ◽  
Sri Ariyanti ◽  
Tri Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Summative Evaluation ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
The Family ◽  
Class Iib ◽  
Educational Staff

The general objective of community service with Health Education on Young Mental Health (Adolescents) this Family and Religion approach as Psychosocial Trauma is to increase promotive efforts to stimulate the creation of mental health for young people (adolesencents) in LPKA class IIB Sungai Raya by optimizing the role of the family and religious base, is expected to be able to form characteristics of adolesecents who always have strong religious beliefs in thinking and acting, positive thinking, actualizing themselves well, and having a better outlook on life. The PKM method is to use lecture and discussion techniques. The target of this activity is young people (adolesencents) who inhabit LPKA class IIB Sungai Raya Pontianak Regency. The PKM implementing team is a lecturer involving, educational staff and students of the STIK Muhammadiyah Pontianak. The results of the implementation of the PKM showed the enthusiasm of active participants because the theme of health was never known by students in the LPKA class IIB Sungai Raya and the activities took place in an orderly manner. Of the 25 health participants, 80% of participants were able to answer correctly from the 5 questions given during the summative evaluation. an increase in knowledge of the participants about mental health.

The Promotion of Mental Health: Role of the Family

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-339
Author(s):  
Michael G. Kalogerakis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
The Family

The Pediatrician's Role in Helping Children and Families Deal with Separation and Divorce

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 318-319
Author(s):  
Bernard A. Yablin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Development ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Adjustment Process ◽  
Court System ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
The Family

The Psychosocial Committee is to be commended for its report on the pediatrician and divorce in the July issue of Pediatrics. I would like to add the following: The role of the pediatrician should extend well beyond the divorce and immediate adjustment process. Firstly, there should be greater involvement between both the pediatrician and the Family Court system to help prevent misplacement of the child in custody decisions. (I believe that various groups within the American Academy of Pediatrics are already working with judicial/legal groups to bring to them a greater knowledge of child development and mental health).

Per una storia dell'affidamento dei malati psichiatrici alle famiglie: Towards a history of the family care of psychiatric patients

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizia Guarnieri
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Special Role ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Psychiatric Staff

SummaryInserting adults with psychic problems into families has recently been practiced in various European countries and also in Italy, where some mental health departments support such families. Beyond the well known story of Gheel, the etero and omofamily care of psychiatric patients has a forgotten history. Methods – On the basis of unexplored and exceptionally rich sources from the archives of the asylums in Florence, as well as of the Province di Florence, which funded assistance to the mentally ill – this research focuses on the subsidized “domestic custody” of hundreds of psychiatric patients, who had already been institutionalized. Beginning in 1866, outboarding was supported by the provincial administration in Florence with the collaboration of the asylum medical direction. Results – In the late 19th C. and in the early 20th C. prestigious psychiatrists sought alternatives to the institutionalisation. These alternatives involved varied participants in a community (the patients and their families, the administrators and the medical specialists, the neighborhood and the police). The families played a special role that historians of the psychiatry exclusively dedicated to the insane asylums have not really seen. Conclusions – The role of the families in the interaction with the psychiatric staff is not, even on a historiographical level, simply an additional and marginal chapter of the practices and of the culture of the mental health. These archival evidence contradicts some common places on the past of the Italian psychiatry before 1978, and provokes new reflections of possible relevance to the present.

scholarly journals Mental Health of Children Living in Foster Families in Rural Rwanda: The Role of HIV and the Family Environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1518-1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estella Nduwimana ◽  
Sylvere Mukunzi ◽  
Lauren C. Ng ◽  
Catherine M. Kirk ◽  
Justin I. Bizimana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
The Family
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