scholarly journals Mental health law in Qatar

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 88-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed T. Abou-Saleh ◽  
Mohamed Abdelalaim Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
National Mental Health

This article provides a brief outline of mental health services in Qatar, historical notes on the use of informal traditional conventions under common law for the care under compulsory conditions of people who are mentally ill and information on the ongoing development of the Mental Health Law and its key provisions in the context of the new National Mental Health Strategy.

scholarly journals Mental health services in Cambodia: an overview

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Parry ◽  
Ewan Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Professional Mental Health ◽  
National Mental Health

Mental health services in Cambodia required rebuilding in their entirety after their destruction during conflict in the 1970s. During the late 1990s there was rapid growth and development of professional mental health training and education. Currently, basic mental healthcare is available primarily in urban areas and is provided by a mixture of government, non-government and private services. Despite the initial rapid growth of services and the development of a national mental health strategy in 2010, significant challenges remain in achieving an acceptable, standardised level of mental healthcare nationally.

Consumer and Carer Participation in Mental Health Services

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Lloyd ◽  
Robert King
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Consumer Participation ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
National Mental Health

Objective: To clarify the meaning of consumer and carer participation in mental health services, to identify reasons why consumer participation is important both to consumers and to services, and to discuss barriers to participation and ways of overcoming these barriers. Conclusions: Consumer and carer participation has been promoted as part of the National Mental Health Strategy and has the potential to empower consumers and their carers and to improve mental health services. Barriers to consumer participation include professional staff attitudes and resource allocation. Guidelines are provided to assist services to address these barriers and increase the level of consumer and carer participation in both clinical decision-making and service development.

scholarly journals Australia's National Mental Health Strategy

2002 ◽  
Vol 180 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey Whiteford ◽  
Bill Buckingham ◽  
Ronald Manderscheid
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Health Report ◽  
Independent Evaluation ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
National Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Expenditure

BackgroundAustralia commenced a 5-year reform of mental health services in 1993.AimsTo report on the changes to mental health services achieved by 1998.MethodAnalysis of data from the Australian National Mental Health Report 2000 and an independent evaluation of the National Mental Health Strategy.ResultsMental health expenditure increased 30% in real terms, with an 87% growth in community expenditures, a 38% increase in general hospitals and a 29% decrease in psychiatric hospitals. The growth in private psychiatry, averaging 6% annually prior to 1992, was reversed. Consumer and carer involvement in services increased.ConclusionsMajor structural reform was achieved but there was limited evidence that these changes had been accompanied by improved service quality. The National Mental Health Strategy was renewed for another 5 years.

scholarly journals Kenya's mental health law

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 96-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Ndetei ◽  
Job Muthike ◽  
Erick S. Nandoya
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
International Rights ◽  
State Protection

Kenya's Mental Health Act 1989 is now outdated. It is a signatory to international rights conventions that provide for state protection of the rights of people with mental illness, their property and their treatment. There is, however, a glaring failure to implement the existing legal provisions. A new Mental Health Bill that aims to respond comprehensively to the challenges affecting mental health services in Kenya is awaiting enactment.

National Mental Health Plan: An Opportunity to Implement Psychoeducation in Portugal?

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
M. Xavier ◽  
M. Goncalves-Pereira ◽  
J. Caldas de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Plan ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Family Interventions ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
National Mental Health

It is well known that due to deinstitutionalization, faster discharge from wards and insufficient community resources, direct contact of the severe mentally ill patients with their families has increased a lot in the last years.In the last two decades, mental health services across Europe developed a diversified offer of programmes, including psychoeducation and family interventions, in order to ensure an effective response to the different care needs.In Portugal, the lack of planning and consistent support in the improvement of mental health services means that the country is lagging behind significantly in this field in relation to other European countries.Concerning the specific subject of psychoeducation and family interventions for psychotic patients and their families, its true that treatment in Portugal seldom comport with the best scientific evidence, but so far there has been no pressure on the services to change this oddly situation.The new National Mental Health Plan, launched in 2008, sets that i. People with mental disorders should be involved and participate in the planning and development of the services they benefit from, and that ii. Family members of the mentally ill should be considered as important partners in care provision, and encouraged to participate in this provision and to receive the necessary training and education.Based on these principles, the Mental Health Plan may be a critical opportunity to implement psychoeducation and family interventions in Portugal. The authors address this issue, discussing also the potential role of new models of contracting, financing, accounting and monitoring.

scholarly journals Actual challenges of mental health in Indonesia: Urgency, UHS, humanity, and government commitment

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Rahvy ◽  
A Habsy ◽  
I Ridlo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
Health Law ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
Complete State

Abstract Mental health has become one of the biggest challenges in the world. But in most of developing countries, including Indonesia, mental health issue has not been prioritized, compared to infectious diseases. This paper will describe the implementation of mental health policy in Indonesia and its challenges, as other developing countries may also learn about ways to deal with it. Mental health policies and regulations implementation in Indonesia are still followed by wide gap, related to its coverage and humanity problems. This paper is a literature review which examines implementation of Mental Health Law and its alignment with UHC and humanity in Indonesia since policies applied. Researches about mental health policy and economic impact of it in other countries are included, and evidences as reasons policy should be evaluated are provided. This research is aimed to explain reasons and ways government can strengthen mental health policy. Results showed Mental Health Law (2014) implementation in Indonesia had not been effective enough. Riskesdas, a national health survey conducted by Ministry of Health, found 14% of families who did confinement, with 31.5% did it in the last 3 months. WHO data in 2017 showed psychiatrist rate 0.31, mental health nurses rate 2.52, and social workers rate 0.17 (all per 100.000 population) confirming the lack of mental health resources in Indonesia. DALYs reached 2,463.29 per 100.000 population and suicide mortality rate 3.4 with no strategy related to suicide prevention found. Mental health is an important part of the complete state of health. Government should integrate mental health services into community-based services as a way to ensure universal coverage of mental health services. This will work as bottom-up empowerment, and it will solve problems of resources and stigma that obstruct the success of mental health program in Indonesia. This also supports family as caretaker of patients and reduce the possibility of relapse. Key messages Mental health can not be considered only as a peripheral issue in Indonesia, as it may also affect other aspects of society such as social and economy. Government should reform policy and regulation of mental health in order to achieve the complete state of health.

scholarly journals Primary care mental health services in Qatar

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Ovais Wadoo ◽  
Mohamed Ali Siddig Ahmed ◽  
Shuja Reagu ◽  
Samya Ahmad Al Abdulla ◽  
Majid Ali Y. A. Al Abdulla
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Primary Care Mental Health ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
World Class ◽  
National Mental Health

With rapid growth and development in recent decades, the State of Qatar has been redefining strategies and policies towards building a world-class healthcare system. Mental health has emerged as a priority area for development. As a result, mental health services in the region are being redefined and expanded, and this was realised with the launching of the ambitious National Mental Health Strategy in 2013. Traditionally, mental healthcare in Qatar had been considered to be the remit of psychiatrists within secondary care. The new strategy supported the transition towards community-based care. It outlined a plan to design and build a comprehensive and integrated mental health system, offering treatment in a range of settings. In this article, we provide an overview of the advent of primary care mental health services in Qatar. We discuss the historical aspects of psychiatric care and development of primary care mental health services in Qatar.

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