scholarly journals Mental Health Care Reforms in Asia: The Urgency of Now: Building a Recovery-Oriented, Community Mental Health Service in China

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 613-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samson Tse ◽  
Mao-Sheng Ran ◽  
Yueqin Huang ◽  
Shimin Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Community Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Care Reforms

scholarly journals Mental Health & Community Mental Health in Nepal: Major Milestones in the development of Modern Mental Health Care

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kapil Dev Upadhyaya
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Specialist Services ◽  
Health Community

Bir Hospital, the first general hospital with specialist services was established in the country in 1889 A.D. When I came back to Nepal after MBBS in 1971, most of the specialties like Medicine, Surgery, Gynae & Obs, Opthalmology, ENT, Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, Radiology, Emergency department with 24 hours service were there. Paediatric OPD service was available, and children were admitted in Kanti children hospital Kathmandu. So mental health service in Nepal was started in a general hospital with different specialties.

Telepsychiatry for the Rohingya refugees (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanjir Rashid Soron
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Need

UNSTRUCTURED Though health and shelter are two basic human rights, millions of refugees around the world are deprived of these basic needs. Moreover, the mental health need is one of least priority issues for the refugees. Bangladesh a developing country in the Southeast Asia where the health system is fragile and the sudden influx of thousands of Rohingya put the system in a more critical situation. It is beyond the capacity of the country to provide the minimum mental health care using existing resource. However, the refuges need immediate and extensive mental health care as the trauma, torture and being uprooted from homeland makes them vulnerable for various mental. Telepsychiatry (using technology for mental health service) opened a new window to provide mental health service for them. Mobile phone opened several options to reach to the refugees, screen them with mobile apps, connect them with self-help apps and system, track their symptoms, provide distance intervention and train the frontline health workers about the primary psychological supports. The social networking sites give the opportunity to connect the refugees with experts, create peer support group and provide interventions. Bangladesh can explore and can use the telepsychiatry to provide mental health service to the rohingya people.

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