Portents from Orwell’s 1984: Bureaucracies, Ministries of Truth and Plenty – challenges facing the administration of mental healthcare in Australia

2020 ◽  
pp. 103985622093764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey CL Looi ◽  
Stephen Allison ◽  
Stephen R Kisely ◽  
Paul Maguire
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Mental Health Administration

Objective: We reflect upon the processes of mental health administration in Australia with reference to George Orwell’s novel, 1984. Conclusions: Mental healthcare in Australia is distorted by politicisation, spin and a refusal to acknowledge the reality of the current situation. These challenges for mental healthcare demonstrate some similarities with the Ministries of Truth and Plenty, which conversely performed as their opposites in Orwell’s novel. Psychiatrists and their professional bodies should play a greater role in advocacy for clinician-led, evidence-based services in partnership with our communities.

scholarly journals Alternative medicine under the Mental Health Care Act, 2017: Future implications and concerns

2022 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Ramdas Ransing ◽  
Sujita Kumar Kar ◽  
Vikas Menon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Insufficient Evidence ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Evidence Based Care

In recent years, the Indian government has been promoting healthcare with an insufficient evidence base, or which is non-evidence-based, alongside delivery of evidence-based care by untrained practitioners, through supportive legislation and guidelines. The Mental Health Care Act, 2017, is a unique example of a law endorsing such practices. In this paper, we aim to highlight the positive and negative implications of such practices for the delivery of good quality mental healthcare in India.

An Experientially- and Community-Oriented Graduate Course in Mental Health Administration

1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-53
Author(s):  
David S. Glenwick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Course Evaluation ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Evaluation Data ◽  
Mental Health Administration ◽  
Mental Health Facilities

A graduate course in mental health administration that combines classroom, field visit, and practicum components is described. The course provides students with an overview of the major responsibilities, concerns, and issues in the management of mental health facilities. Course evaluation data indicate that the course has been meeting its goal of stimulating students' interest in this area of increasing involvement by psychologists.

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