Alcohol & Drug Abuse: Self-Help Treatment for Combined Addiction and Mental Illness

The chapter provides the reader with an overview of the problems persons with mental illness experience in their everyday life, and guides readers through how ICT access and usage can be approached in order to empower such a marginalized population in both developed and developing countries. It argues that, since isolation is their main problem, networking those people with reliable sources of medical information, providers of distance training and learning, and online self-help communities can have a profound impact on lifting their marginalization. The author hopes that the role ICT can play for these people will no longer be overlooked or neglected, and that policymakers will be inspired to use ICT worldwide to defeat mental illness by implementing solutions tailored on these people’s needs.

Mental Health Orientation for Self-Help Group Members: A Feasibility Study

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice ◽

10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_484_16 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 08 (03) ◽

pp. 395-400

Author(s):

Basavaraj Shrinivasa ◽

Navaneetham Janardhana ◽

Bergai Parthsarathy Nirmala

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Middle Income ◽

Self Help ◽

Significant Difference ◽

After Effect ◽

Group Members ◽

The Impact ◽

Self Help Group

ABSTRACT Background: Treatment gap for mental health care in low- and middle-income (LAMI) countries is very large, and building workforce using the locally available resources is very much essential in reducing this gap. The current study is a preliminary work toward this direction. Materials and Methods: A single group pre- and post-design was considered for assessing the feasibility of Mental Health Orientation (MHO) Program for Self-Help Group members. Assessment of participants’ MHO using Orientation Towards Mental Illness (OMI) scale was undertaken at three levels: baseline assessment before the intervention, after completing 2 days orientation program, and 6 weeks later. Results: Analysis of data resulted in statistically significant mean scores in the domains of areas of causation (F[1.41, 40.7] = 21.7, P < 0.000, ηp 2 = 0.428), perception of abnormality (F[1.27, 36.8] = 15.8, P< 0.000, ηp 2 = 0.353), treatment (F[1.42, 41.3] = 34.8, P < 0.000, ηp 2 = 0.546), and after effect (F[1.36,39.4] = 26.7, P < 0.000, ηp 2 = 0.480). Although the overall mean scores of all the domains of OMI were found to be statistically significantly different, there was no significant difference in the mean scores between post and follow-up assessments on areas of causation (µd = 1.27, P = 0.440) and treatment (µd = 1.00, P = 0.156). Conclusion: Overall, the findings of our study demonstrate that brief MHO program can exert a beneficial effect on bringing about significant change in the orientation of the participants toward mental illness but need to be refreshed over time to make the impact of the program stay longer.

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ABUSE, AND MENTAL ILLNESS—reprinted from theMental Disability Law Reporter,Vol. 4, January-February 1980, 13 pages. Sent to members of the Hospital & Community Psychiatry Service as the April supplementary mailing. A limited number of single copies available free from the H&CP Service, 1700 18th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009

Psychiatric Services ◽

10.1176/ps.31.6.426-b ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 31 (6) ◽

pp. 426-b-426

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Health Insurance ◽

Drug Abuse ◽

Private Health Insurance ◽

Community Psychiatry ◽

Insurance Benefits ◽

Disability Law

Crime, Drug Abuse and Mental Illness

Journal of Social Service Research ◽

10.1300/j079v13n03_03 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 39-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Brent B. Benda

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Drug Abuse

Application of the Transtheoretical Model of change: Psychometric properties of leading measures in patients with co-occurring drug abuse and severe mental illness

Addictive Behaviors ◽

10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.03.012 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 33 (8) ◽

pp. 1021-1030 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Melissa Nidecker ◽

Carlo C. DiClemente ◽

Melanie E. Bennett ◽

Alan S. Bellack

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Drug Abuse ◽

Severe Mental Illness ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Transtheoretical Model ◽

Transtheoretical Model Of Change