Rethinking Mental Health Legal Policy and Practice

2015 ◽  
pp. 188-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Leifman ◽  
Tim Coffey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Legal Policy

scholarly journals Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health: Integration in Research, Policy, and Practice

PLoS Medicine ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e1001434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Y. Collins ◽  
Thomas R. Insel ◽  
Arun Chockalingam ◽  
Abdallah Daar ◽  
Yvonne T. Maddox
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Global Mental Health ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Grand Challenges ◽  
Mental Health Integration

scholarly journals Exploring experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young racially minoritised people in the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rochelle Ann Burgess ◽  
Nancy Kanu ◽  
Tanya Matthews ◽  
Owen Mukotekwa ◽  
Amina Smith-Gul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
The Impact

Within high-income-countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted people from racially minoritised backgrounds. There has been significant research interrogating the disparate impact of the virus, and recently, interest in the long-term implications of the global crisis on young people’s mental health and wellbeing. However, less work explores the experiences of young people from racialised backgrounds as they navigate the pandemic, and the specific consequences this has for their mental health. Forty young people (age 16-25) from black, mixed and other minority backgrounds and living in London, participated in consecutive focus group discussions over a two-month period, to explore the impact of the pandemic on their lives and emotional wellbeing. Thematic analysis identified seven categories describing the impact of the pandemic, indicating: deepening of existing socioeconomic and emotional challenges; efforts to navigate racism and difference within the response; and survival strategies drawing on communal and individual resources. Young people also articulated visions for a future public health response which addressed gaps in current strategies. Findings point to the need to contextualize public health responses to the pandemic in line with the lived experiences of racialised young people. We specifically note the importance of long-term culturally and socio-politically relevant support interventions. Implications for policy and practice are discussed

scholarly journals Knowledge of managers on the National Mental Health Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaella Leite Fernandes ◽  
Francisco Arnoldo Nunes de Miranda ◽  
Kalyane Kelly Duarte de Oliveira ◽  
Clara Tavares Rangel ◽  
Danyella Augusto Rosendo da Silva Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
Psychosocial Care ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Care Network ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
National Mental Health ◽  
Service Managers

ABSTRACT Objective: Identify the knowledge of mental health service managers about the national mental health policy. Method: This is a qualitative study conducted with 20 coordinators, who were submitted to a structured interview. Data were categorized in a thematic analysis using ALCESTE software. Results: The results produced the following categories: Back to society: protagonism and autonomy of patients; Interprofessional team: assignments and activities; Structuring of a psychosocial care network; Challenges affecting the service; Distance between policy and practice. Final Considerations: Public managers demonstrated they are aware of the key concepts for effective structuring of a psychosocial care network based on patient protagonism and autonomy, the assignments and activities performed by interprofessional teams, and the challenges found while structuring a psychosocial care network.

Successful Reintegration and Mental Health: An Examination of Gender Differences Among Reentering Offenders

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 1121-1135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas W. Bakken ◽  
Christy A. Visher
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
The Body ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Former Prisoners ◽  
And Gender

Men and women exiting the correctional system represent a population at high risk for mental health problems, and the body of research on the mental health needs of former prisoners is growing. These mental health problems pose challenges for individuals at every stage of the criminal justice process, from arrest to incarceration to reentry and reintegration. This article examines the mental health status and gender differences among a sample of 352 men and women leaving confinement and the role that mental health problems played in shaping their reentry outcomes using data collected between 2002 and 2005. In the year after leaving prison, men and women with mental health problems reported worse health indicators and less satisfactory social factors, such as employment, housing, and family support. The article concludes with a discussion of recommendations for improved policy and practice for assisting former prisoners with mental health problems during reintegration.

Postpartum maternal distress: a multidimensional illness requiring a multilevel, multidiscipline response

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 222
Author(s):  
Angela E. Elliott ◽  
Peter C. Elliott ◽  
Roger Cook
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Postpartum Women ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Postpartum Mothers ◽  
Negative Social Exchange

Australia’s federal, state, territory and local governments all have responsibilities, often overlapping, for policy and delivery of primary mental health care to postpartum women. Identification and treatment of postpartum distress is carried out by a broad range of professionals from diverse disciplines. Although there is evidence to show that anxiety and stress are important aspects of postpartum distress, substantially greater emphasis has been given to identification and treatment of depression. In addition, relatively little attention has been given to incorporating positive and negative social experiences in healthcare policy and practice. This study aimed to extend the postpartum literature by: (1) comparing the levels of depression, anxiety and stress (i.e. distress indicators) in a non-clinical sample of postpartum mothers to those in the general non-clinical population; (2) comparing the prevalence of anxiety and stress to that of depression in postpartum mothers; and (3) examining the consequences of negative social exchange, alongside perceived social support, on postpartum distress indicators. A self-report survey was completed by 242 postpartum women assessing levels of perceived social support, frequency of negative social exchange and distress indicators. Postpartum mothers were found to have significantly higher depression, anxiety and stress than the general population, and had anxiety and stress levels that were similar in severity to depression. In addition, both negative social exchanges and perceived social support were found to be important for postpartum depression, anxiety and stress. These findings suggest that Australia’s primary postpartum mental health care policy and practice guidelines, delivered through a broad range of professionals, may benefit from giving anxiety and stress equal weight to depression and by embracing the important effects, for good and for ill, of positive and negative social interactions.

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