scholarly journals Good Practices in Mental Health

1989 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 191-192
Author(s):  
Judy Renshaw
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Federation ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Good Mental Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Health Organization

Good Practices in Mental Health (GPMH) is a national charity set up to disseminate information about local mental health services which are found to work well. Its general aim is to promote and assist the development of good mental health services. By providing an exchange of information about effective services in both hospitals and the community, GPMH encourages others to build on what is already proving successful. GPMH developed from a survey of mental health in big cities carried out by the International Hospital Federation (IHF) and was set up in 1977 with the support of the IHF, MIND and the King's Fund. It has the backing of all the major professional organisations concerned with mental health in the United Kingdom, the World Health Organization and the World Federation for Mental Health internationally. It is now funded mainly by the DHSS; some funding comes from the London Boroughs Grants Committee and charitable sources. There are three units within the organisation: information, development and evaluation.

scholarly journals Depression: International intervention for a global problem

2004 ◽  
Vol 184 (5) ◽  
pp. 379-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike. J. Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Health Organization

Since 1948 the World Health Organization has had the challenging task of trying to achieve ‘the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health’ (World Health Organization, 1946). A central part of this work has involved assessing the extent of health-related problems in different parts of the world and advocating for the implementation of effective strategies to address these problems. For many years the World Health Organization has expressed concerns about the relatively low level of funding assigned to mental health services in many countries. Estimates based on data collected in 2000 show that in most of sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia there are fewer than one mental health nurse and one psychiatrist per 100 000 people (World Health Organization, 2001). Two papers produced with the support of the World Health Organization and published in this issue of the Journal strengthen the argument for additional funding for mental health services. In the first paper, üstün and colleagues (2004, this issue) summarise data on the relative impact of common health-related problems in different regions of the world, and in an accompanying paper Chisholm and others (2004, this issue) estimate the cost-effectiveness of different interventions for depression in these different areas.

scholarly journals Scaling up in Europe: learning from diversity

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 81-83
Author(s):  
Matt Muijen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Report ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Over the past decade, attention has increasingly focused on the need to increase the capacity of mental health services. The World Health Report 2001 – Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope (World Health Organization, 2001) set the agenda, advocating the development of community-based mental health services. The case for scaling up, inspired by the World Health Organization's vision of ‘no health without mental health’, was powerfully argued first in the Lancet series in 2007 (Prince et al, 2007) and again in the Lancet in 2011 (Eaton et al, 2011). The forthcoming Global Mental Health Action Plan, requested in a resolution by member states of the World Health Organization at the 2012 World Health Assembly, is a great opportunity to formulate objectives and targets for countries, and to analyse experiences from around the world. The forthcoming European Action Plan builds on this, customising actions for European countries.

scholarly journals Mental health services in Libya

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Hakim Rhouma ◽  
Nusrat Husain ◽  
Nadeem Gire ◽  
Imran Bashir Chaudhry
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Despite all the internal and external criticisms of mental health services in Libya, they remain underdeveloped across the country. The World Health Organization has made efforts to improve the country's mental health services; however, until a stable government is formed, patients with mental illness will continue to be deprived of their basic needs.

The EPA Guidance Project: Guidance for Mental Healthcare in Europe

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
I. Großimlinghaus ◽  
J. Zielasek ◽  
W. Gaebel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
World Health ◽  
Post Graduate Training ◽  
Health Organization

Summary Background: The development of guidelines is an important and common method to assure and improve quality in mental healthcare in European countries. While guidelines have to fulfill predefined criteria such as methodological accuracy of evidence retrieval and assessment, and stakeholder involvement, the development of guidance was not standardized yet. Aim: In 2008, the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) initiated the EPA Guidance project in order to provide guidance in the field of European psychiatry and related fields for topics that are not dealt with by guideline developers – for instance due to lack of evidence or lack of funding. The first three series of EPA Guidance deal with diverse topics that are relevant to European mental healthcare, such as quality assurance for mental health services, post-graduate training in mental healthcare, trust in mental health services and mental health promotion. Results: EPA Guidance recommendations address current and future challenges for European psychiatry. They are developed in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) European Mental Health Action Plan.

scholarly journals What factors are associated with the presence of mental health legislation? A cross-national study

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 69-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajit Shah ◽  
Chris Heginbotham
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
National Study ◽  
World Health Report ◽  
Health Report ◽  
National Implementation ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Report 2001, dedicated to mental health, identified several important factors for improving mental health services (World Health Organization, 2001): the policy and legislative framework; community mental health services; provision of mental healthcare within primary care; human resources; public education; links with other sectors; and monitoring and research. Moreover, national mental health policies and national implementation programmes for these policies are vital for the improvement of mental health services (World Health Organization, 2004; Jacob et al, 2007).

scholarly journals Reform of mental health services in Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics: progress and challenges since 2005

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Muijen ◽  
Andrew McCulloch
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Status ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Health Organization

For over a decade, concerted efforts have been made in Europe to reform mental health services and move away from institutions to community-based models of care, supported by international policy statements, good practice examples and research evidence. Progress has been uneven. So what is the status of mental healthcare across the World Health Organization European Region, and what factors support, or detract from, such progress?

scholarly journals Mental health and the World Health Organization: translating strategy into practice

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 80-81
Author(s):  
David Skuse
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
World Health ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Influential Individuals

We asked the programme managers for mental health at the World Health Organization's Regional Offices for Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and South-East Asia to provide an account of developments in the provision of mental health services within their regions.We are very fortunate that these busy and influential individuals were able to set aside the time to prepare articles that shed a fascinating light on strategic thinking within the World Health Organization.

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