What place should mental health costs play in the evaluation of public health interventions such as lockdown? In Conversation Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Child Psychology ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Health Costs ◽  
Public Health Interventions ◽  
King's College ◽  
Mental Health Costs

In this podcast we talk to Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke, Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience at King’s College London, and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP).

Recent Attitudes toward ADHD in the Broader Community: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 108705472110036
Author(s):  
Matthew Bisset ◽  
Leanne Winter ◽  
Christel M. Middeldorp ◽  
David Coghill ◽  
Nardia Zendarski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Public Health Interventions ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Standardized Protocol

Objective: This review aimed to understand the broader community’s attitudes toward ADHD, which could facilitate public health interventions to improve outcomes for individuals with ADHD. Methods: A standardized protocol identified peer-reviewed studies focusing on attitudes of broader community samples, published from January 2014 to February 2020 (inclusive). Results: A total of 1,318 articles were screened and 10 studies were included, examining attitudes of broader community samples from Australia, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Korea, Indonesia, and the United States. Findings revealed that broader community samples displayed varying degrees of ADHD-related knowledge, negative attitudes (that ADHD is over-diagnosed; that pharmacological treatment is not acceptable; that those with ADHD are more likely to exhibit poor behavior), and a desire for maintaining social distance from individuals with ADHD. Conclusion: Findings suggest that community attitudes are generally negative toward those with ADHD. Targeted mental health literacy could provide an important avenue for improving the broader community’s attitudes toward those with ADHD.

scholarly journals Economic evaluations of public health interventions for mental health: A systematic literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Feldman ◽  
M Gebreslassie ◽  
F Sampaio ◽  
C Nystrand ◽  
R Ssegonja
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
High Potential ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
Public Health Interventions ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Cost

Abstract Background To review the literature on economic evaluations of public health interventions targeting prevention of mental health problems and suicide, to support evidence based societal resource allocation. Methods A systematic review of economic evaluations within mental health and suicide prevention was conducted including studies published between 2000 and 2018. The studies were identified through Medline, PsychINFO, Web of Science. The quality of relevant studies and the transferability of their results were assessed using a criterion set out by the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment. Results Nineteen studies of moderate to high quality were included in this review, which evaluated 18 interventions in mental health and 4 interventions in suicide prevention. Fourteen (63%) of all interventions were cost-effective. None of the studies that evaluated suicide prevention was of high quality. The interventions largely focused on psychological interventions at school, the workplace and within elderly care as well as screening and brief interventions in primary care. Nine studies (around 50% of included articles) had a high potential for transferability to the Swedish context. Conclusions Public health interventions aiming to improve mental health have a high potential to be economically beneficial to society, but high-quality evidence on the cost-effectiveness of suicide prevention is limited. Key messages Public health interventions aiming to improve mental health have a high potential to be economically beneficial to society. Evidence on the cost-effectiveness of suicide prevention is limited.

scholarly journals Novel Coronavirus and Related Public Health Interventions Are Negatively Impacting Mental Health Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 568-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Simpson ◽  
Audrey Dumas ◽  
Anna K. McDowell ◽  
Patricia Westmoreland
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Public Health Interventions ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

scholarly journals The Politics of LGBT+ Health Inequality: Conclusions from a UK Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 826
Author(s):  
Elizabeth McDermott ◽  
Rosie Nelson ◽  
Harri Weeks
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Health Inequality ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Public Health Interventions ◽  
Lgbt Health ◽  
Theoretical Approaches

This scoping review of UK evidence aimed to describe what is known about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans (LGBT+) health inequalities in relation to cancer, mental health, and palliative care to inform research, policy and public health interventions. Using a scoping review methodology, we identified studies from database searches, citation tracking, and expert consultation. The in/exclusion criteria was based on the PICOS framework. The data were charted and then summarised to map the theoretical approaches and the main types of evidence and identify knowledge gaps. In total, 279 articles were screened and 83 were included in the final review. We found that there is limited UK research examining LGBT+ health inequality in cancer, mental health and palliative care. We would argue that this thin evidence base is partly due to national policy discussions of LGBT+ health inequality that are framed within a depoliticised ‘it’s getting better’ narrative, and an unwillingness to adequately acknowledge the unjust social and economic relations that produce LGBT+ health inequality. In addition, LGBT+ health inequality is depoliticised by existing public health explanatory theories, models and frameworks that exclude sexual orientation and gender diversity as dimensions of power that interlock with those of socio-economic, race and ethnicity. This is a barrier to developing public health interventions that can successfully tackle LGBT+ health inequality

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