Lebanon: mental health system reform and the Syrian crisis

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health has launched a National Mental Health Programme, which in turn has established the Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy for Lebanon 2015–2020. In parallel, research involving refugees has been conducted since the onset of the Syrian crisis. The findings point to an increase in mental health disorders in the Syrian refugee population, which now numbers more than 1 million.

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227. Does baseline substance use predict subsequent development of mental health disorders in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients?

The Spine Journal ◽

10.1016/j.spinee.2019.05.242 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (9) ◽

pp. S111-S112

Author(s):

Neil V. Shah ◽

Cameron R. Moattari ◽

Harleen Kaur ◽

Adam J. Wolfert ◽

Sirish Khanal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Substance Use ◽

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis ◽

Idiopathic Scoliosis ◽

Subsequent Development ◽

Mental Health Disorders ◽

Health Disorders

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Significance of integration and use of multiple data sources for understanding substance use and mental health disorders

Addiction ◽

10.1111/add.15562 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Krishnan Radhakrishnan

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Substance Use ◽

Mental Health Disorders ◽

Data Sources ◽

Multiple Data Sources ◽

Multiple Data ◽

Health Disorders

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Management of Mental Health Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, and Suicide in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine ◽

10.1080/10790268.2021.1863738 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 102-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Substance Use ◽

Substance Use Disorders ◽

Mental Health Disorders ◽

Cord Injury ◽

Health Disorders

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Examining the Association and Directionality between Mental Health Disorders and Substance Use among Adolescents and Young Adults in the U.S. and Canada—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm7120543 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (12) ◽

pp. 543 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Sarvenaz Esmaeelzadeh ◽

John Moraros ◽

Lilian Thorpe ◽

Yelena Bird

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Substance Use ◽

Young Adults ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Mental Health Disorders ◽

Adolescents And Young Adults ◽

Health Disorders ◽

The U.S

Background: The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the association and directionality between mental health disorders and substance use among adolescents and young adults in the U.S. and Canada. Methods: The following databases were used: Medline, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Library. Meta-analysis used odds ratios as the pooled measure of effect. Results: A total of 3656 studies were screened and 36 were selected. Pooled results showed a positive association between depression and use of alcohol (odds ratio (OR) = 1.50, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.24–1.83), cannabis (OR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.10–1.51), and tobacco (OR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.43–1.92). Significant associations were also found between anxiety and use of alcohol (OR = 1.54, 95% CI: 1.19–2.00), cannabis (OR = 1.36, 95% CI: 1.02–1.81), and tobacco (OR = 2.21, 95% CI: 1.54–3.17). A bidirectional relationship was observed with tobacco use at baseline leading to depression at follow-up (OR = 1.87, CI = 1.23–2.85) and depression at baseline leading to tobacco use at follow-up (OR = 1.22, CI = 1.09–1.37). A unidirectional relationship was also observed with cannabis use leading to depression (OR = 1.33, CI = 1.19–1.49). Conclusion: This study offers insights into the association and directionality between mental health disorders and substance use among adolescents and young adults. Our findings can help guide key stakeholders in making recommendations for interventions, policy and programming.

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Prevention of mental disorder in childhood and other public health issues

New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry ◽

10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0211 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 1606-1611

Author(s):

Rhoshel Lenroot

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Mental Health Disorders ◽

Health Issues ◽

Political Values ◽

Technological Advances ◽

The Social ◽

Health Disorders ◽

Neuroimaging Genetics

Enormous progress has been made in recognizing the scope of mental health problems for children around the world, and in developing the theoretical framework needed to address decreasing this burden in a systematic fashion. Technological advances in neuroimaging, genetics, and computational biology are providing the tools to start describing the biological processes underlying the complex course of development, and have renewed appreciation of the role of the environment in determining how a genetic heritage is expressed. However, rapid technological change is also altering the environment of children and their families at an unprecedented rate, and what kinds of challenges to public health these changes may present is not yet fully understood. What is becoming clear is that as technological advances increase the range of available health care treatments, along with the potential cost, the choices for societies between spending limited resources on treatment or prevention will have to become increasingly deliberate. A substantial body of work has demonstrated that prevention in mental health can be effective, but those who would benefit the most from preventive interventions are often not those with the political or economic resources to make them a priority. While the potential interventions to prevent mental health disorders in children are constrained by the knowledge and resources available, what is actually done depends upon the social and political values of individual communities and nations. It is to be hoped that as our understanding of these disorders grows, public policies to prevent the development of mental health disorders in children will become as commonplace a responsibility for modern societies as the provision of clean drinking water.

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