The Social Responsibility of the State to its Citizenry: Performance of the Social Services Delivery in Mental Health Care Sector

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
The State ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
The Social

Telepsychiatry for the Rohingya refugees (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanjir Rashid Soron
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Need

UNSTRUCTURED Though health and shelter are two basic human rights, millions of refugees around the world are deprived of these basic needs. Moreover, the mental health need is one of least priority issues for the refugees. Bangladesh a developing country in the Southeast Asia where the health system is fragile and the sudden influx of thousands of Rohingya put the system in a more critical situation. It is beyond the capacity of the country to provide the minimum mental health care using existing resource. However, the refuges need immediate and extensive mental health care as the trauma, torture and being uprooted from homeland makes them vulnerable for various mental. Telepsychiatry (using technology for mental health service) opened a new window to provide mental health service for them. Mobile phone opened several options to reach to the refugees, screen them with mobile apps, connect them with self-help apps and system, track their symptoms, provide distance intervention and train the frontline health workers about the primary psychological supports. The social networking sites give the opportunity to connect the refugees with experts, create peer support group and provide interventions. Bangladesh can explore and can use the telepsychiatry to provide mental health service to the rohingya people.

The State of Mental Health Care in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 102975
Author(s):  
Ziyan Xu ◽  
Maximilian Gahr ◽  
Yutao Xiang ◽  
David Kingdon ◽  
Nicolas Rüsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
The State

scholarly journals Community Mental Health Care In Mexico: A Look At The State Of Jalisco, Mexico

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Carmona-Huerta ◽  
David Cardona-Muller ◽  
Sol Durand-Arias ◽  
Rodriguez Allen ◽  
Carmen Guarner-Catalá ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
The State ◽  
Community Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Networks ◽  
Prolonged Stay ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Background: Access to mental health care is a worldwide public health challenge. In Mexico an unacceptably high percentage of the population with mental disorders does not receive the necessary treatment, which is mainly due to the lack of access to mental health care. The community mental health care model was created and has been implemented to improve this situation. In order to properly plan and implement this model a precise situational diagnosis of the mental health care network is required, thus this is a first approach to evaluate the community mental health networks in the state of Jalisco. Methods: Two components from the EvaRedCom–TMS instrument were used including a general description and accessibility of the community mental health care network. A geographic and economic accessibility evaluation was carried out for the different regions of the state ranging from scattered rural to urban communities using information gathered from health institutions, telephone interviews and computer applications. Results: Jalisco’s community mental health network includes a total of 31 centers and 0.64 mental health workers for every 10,000 inhabitants >15 years of age. The mean transportation cost required to access mental health care was 16.25 USD. The time needed to reach the closest mental health center in 7 of the 13 analyzed regions was more than 30 minutes and the mean time required to reach a prolonged stay center was 172.7 minutes with transportation cost of 22.3 USD. Some marginalized regions in the state have a mean 114 minutes required to reach the closest mental health care center and 386 minutes to reach a prolonged stay center. Conclusions: This first approach to evaluate the mental health networks in Mexico showed that there are multiple barriers to access its care including an unfavorable number of human resources, long distances and high costs. The identification of Jalisco’s mental health network deficiencies is the first step towards establishing a properly planned community mental health care model within the country.

scholarly journals Operational challenges in conducting a community-based technology-enabled mental health services delivery model for rural India: Experiences from the SMART Mental Health Project

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Pallab K. Maulik ◽  
Sudha Kallakuri ◽  
Siddhardha Devarapalli
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Operational Strategies ◽  
Health Services Delivery ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Health Project

Background: There are large gaps in the delivery of mental health care in low- and middle-income countries such as India, and the problems are even more acute in rural settings due to lack of resources, remoteness, and lack of infrastructure, amongst other factors. The Systematic Medical Appraisal Referral and Treatment (SMART) Mental Health Project was conceived as a mental health services delivery model using technology-based solutions for rural India. This paper reports on the operational strategies used to facilitate the implementation of the intervention. Method: Key components of the SMART Mental Health Project included delivering an anti-stigma campaign, training of primary health workers in screening, diagnosing and managing stress, depression and increased suicide risk and task sharing of responsibilities in delivering care; and using mobile technology based electronic decision support systems to support delivery of algorithm based care for such disorders. The intervention was conducted in 42 villages across two sites in the state of Andhra Pradesh in south India. A pre-post mixed methods evaluation was done, and in this paper operational challenges are reported. Results: Both quantitative and qualitative results from the evaluation from one site covering about 5000 adults showed that the intervention was feasible and acceptable, and initial results indicated that it was beneficial in increasing access to mental health care and reducing depression and anxiety symptoms. A number of strategies were initiated in response to operational challenges to ensure smoother conduct of the project and facilitated the project to be delivered as envisaged. Conclusions: The operational strategies initiated for this project were successful in ensuring the delivery of the intervention. Those, coupled with other more systematic processes have informed the researchers to understand key processes that need to be in place to develop a more robust study, that could eventually be scaled up.

scholarly journals Reform of psychiatric services in Germany: hospital staffing directive and commissioning of community care

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 218-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinrich Kunze ◽  
Thomas Becker ◽  
Stefan Priebe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Free Access ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Uk

The German mental health care system differs significantly from the system in the UK. There is no central organisation with overall responsibility as in the National Health Service (NHS), and the government is not entitled to prescribe details of policy or set specific targets. It can only determine the legal framework, define general goals and, with difficulties, influence the spending level. Responsibilities for mental health care, as for other fields of health care, are shared between federal authorities, the 16 states (Lander), local authorities, and semi-statutory organisations, which govern out-patient health care provided by psychiatrists in office-based practices. Virtually every citizen is health-insured and there is free access to health care for those who have no insurance coverage, in which case social services usually cover the costs. Social services also directly fund various services in the community. The fragmented system can be difficult to comprehend. However, many of the challenges are similar to those in other countries, and policy makers and practitioners elsewhere might be interested to know some of the lessons learnt in the German system.

Job advertisements in the Dutch mental health care sector

2006 ◽  
pp. 61-81
Author(s):  
Lonneke van Rooy ◽  
Berna Hendriks ◽  
Frank van Meurs ◽  
Hubert Korzilius
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
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