scholarly journals Attitude towards Mental Illness among Primary Healthcare Providers: A Community-Based Study in Rural China

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenyu Ma ◽  
Hui Huang ◽  
Guanghui Nie ◽  
Vincent M. B. Silenzio ◽  
Bo Wei
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Mental Patients ◽  
Primary Healthcare Providers

Objective. There are no studies that have explored attitudes towards mental illness that are held by rural primary healthcare (PHC) providers. The aim of this study was to conduct evidential and comparative research about attitudes towards mental illness among primary healthcare providers from different mental health service models in China rural communities.Methods. A self-administered questionnaire was conducted with a total of 361 rural primary healthcare providers engaged in mental health service delivery.Results. Total attitude score mark of rural primary healthcare providers shows that most PHC providers still held pessimistic and negative attitude towards mental illness patients. 71.3% of respondents agreed that “the mental patients often impulsively perform destruction of property”; 72.9% agreed that “mental patients are burdens to the families and society.” There are also positive correlations between attitudes and abilities of primary healthcare providers to mental illness.Conclusion. This study provides baseline evidence that primary healthcare providers in rural China hold negative attitudes towards mental illness. It is critical to improve negative attitudes and understanding about the importance of the management of severe mental illness among rural primary healthcare workers in mental health services. We should take comprehensive methods to enrich primary healthcare providers’ professional knowledge about mental illness and eliminate discrimination and inappropriate perception against the mental illness.

Trends in mental health service use by age among adults with serious mental illness

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Natasha E. Latzman ◽  
Heather Ringeisen ◽  
Valerie L. Forman–Hoffman ◽  
Breda Munoz ◽  
Shari Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Mental Health Service Use ◽  
Health Service Use

Learning together about the needs of parents with a mental illness and their children: The implementation of the Mums' and Dads' Practice Research Project

2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmel Alakus
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Parent Education ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Adult Mental Health ◽  
Difficult Issue

The busy clinical practitioner, while being encouraged to innovate and formally evaluate his or her work, has less time than ever before to do either.The Mums' and Dads' Project represented a modest attempt to implement a short-term parent education project in adult mental health and review it in the style of practice-research. A number of qualitative methods were employed to research the Project conducted in the Mid West Area Mental Health Service exploring consumer satisfaction and parents' perspectives of their children's needs.Consumers attended the sessions readily, demonstrating knowledge of child development and a willingness to confront the difficult issue of informing children about mental illness. They reiterated how much they appreciated meeting other parents with a mental illness.Service delivery to parents with a mental illness and their children deserves dedicated funding if their needs are to be addressed and programs carefully evaluated.

Prevalence of mental illness within families in a regional child-focussed mental health service

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 901-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael F. A. Naughton ◽  
Darryl J. Maybery ◽  
Melinda Goodyear
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service

Residential Transience Among Adults: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Association with Mental Illness and Mental Health Service Use

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 784-797
Author(s):  
Cristie Glasheen ◽  
Valerie L. Forman-Hoffman ◽  
Sarra Hedden ◽  
Ty A. Ridenour ◽  
Jiantong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Mental Health Service Use ◽  
Health Service Use

scholarly journals Reciprocity membership: A potential pathway towards recovery from mental illness in a Middle Eastern context

2019 ◽  
pp. 136346151989236
Author(s):  
Jason E. Hickey ◽  
Steven Pryjmachuk ◽  
Heather Waterman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Mutual Exchange ◽  
Classic Grounded Theory ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Recovery Models

While recovery has become a popular framework for mental health services, there is limited understanding of its applicability outside of Western countries. In fact, recent studies in non-Anglophone populations suggest that recovery is contextually dependent and that the implementation of mainstream recovery models risks imposing inappropriate values. We used classic grounded theory to explore the main concerns of mental health service users in a Middle Eastern context and the strategies they use to resolve those concerns. The theory of ‘reciprocity membership’, a process involving ongoing mutual exchange with a group or community, was developed. Reciprocity membership becomes balanced when an individual is satisfied with their ‘contribution to’ the group, the ‘acknowledgement from’ other group members, the ‘expectations of’ the group, and their ‘alignment with’ the values of the group. Balance among these conditions is appraised by a sub-process called ‘valuing’, and developed or maintained by two further sub-processes called ‘positioning’ and ‘managing relationships’. Balanced reciprocity membership seems to be associated with recovery. This study is the first in-depth exploration of people's experience of mental illness in a Middle Eastern context; findings provide evidence for a novel potential pathway towards recovery.

Acute mental health service use by patients with severe mental illness after discharge to primary care in South London

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parashar P Ramanuj ◽  
Carlos FA Carvalho ◽  
Robert Harland ◽  
Philippa A Garety ◽  
Tom KJ Craig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Mental Health Service Use ◽  
Health Service Use
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