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 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 KwaZulu-Natal

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
D L Mkize ◽  
R W Green-Thompson ◽  
P Ramdass ◽  
G Mhlaluka ◽  
N Dlamini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health Services ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Report ◽  
Health Report ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Task Team

This article is a summary of a document prepared by a task team appointed by the Superintendent-General, Head: Department of Health, KwaZulu-Natal. The terms of reference of the task team were to scrutinise all available documents on mental health in the province and to come up with a new doc- ument entitled ‘Strategic and Implementation Plan for Delivery of Mental Health Services in KwaZulu-Natal’, with operational plans and time frames, and to make specific recommendations with regard to community mental health services and forensic psychiatry.The documents used to prepare the new document were: A Framework for the Delivery of Mental Health Services by Institutions in KwaZulu-Natal;Mental Health Services Planning Report; Strategic Policy Document for Mental Health Services in KwaZulu-Natal; Community Mental Health Services at Indlovu Region, KwaZulu-Natal; KwaZulu-Natal Health Care Act 2000; Mental Health Act 2002; World Health Report on Mental Health 2001; and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Report.The article is divided into nine sections, namely organisational structure; education, training and research; mental health ser- vice provision; highly specialised services; community mental health services; forensic mental health services; mental health and the private sector; pharmaceutical services; and summary of recommendations.

scholarly journals The new Ghana mental health bill

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akwasi O. Osei ◽  
Mark Roberts ◽  
Jim Crabb
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Organization

In Ghana, the main burden of ill-health, as in many sub-Saharan countries, consists of communicable disease, illnesses due to inadequate nutrition and poor reproductive health. As these conditions are tackled, other diseases, such as mental disorders and substance misuse, are also becoming the focus of development efforts. In Ghana, it has been estimated that there are 2166 000 individuals experiencing a mild to moderate mental disorder, with a further 650000 suffering from a severe mental disorder, out of a population of 21.6 million (World Health Organization, 2007). In 2003, the country's mental health workforce consisted of 9 psychiatrists (only 4 of whom worked in mental health services), 451 nurses and 160 community psychiatric nurses (World Health Organization, 2003). Currently there are just 5 consultant psychiatrists in active service in the public sector and 11 retired psychiatrists. As just under 33 000 individuals are seen each year in Ghana by mental health services, there is an estimated treatment gap of 98% (World Health Organization, 2007). Most mental healthcare is undertaken at the three large psychiatric hospitals, in the south of the country. This is reflected in the ratio of out-patient attendance to admission, which is 4.64 for mental health, compared with 14.6 for all health conditions (Ghana Health Service, 2005).

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Five‐item World Health Organization Well‐being Index used in mental health services: Protocol for a systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (9) ◽  
pp. 2426-2433
Author(s):  
Mariela L. Lara‐Cabrera ◽  
Stål Bjørkly ◽  
Carlos De las Cuevas ◽  
Sindre Andre Pedersen ◽  
Ingunn Pernille Mundal
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Organization

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 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.

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