scholarly journals Study of sociodemographic profile of juvenile boys admitted in an observation home

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitin D. Bhoge ◽  
Smita N. Panse ◽  
Alka V. Pawar ◽  
Girish T. Raparti ◽  
Sunita J. Ramanand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parental Education ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Dropout Rate ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Report ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Health Report ◽  
Sociodemographic Profile ◽  
Conflict Of Law

Background: World Health Report estimated that 20% of children and adolescent suffer from a disabling mental illness worldwide. Incidences of vagrancy, delinquency and crime have been growing among steadily increasing juvenile population in the last few years. Various studies have revealed the presence of difficult family environment, lower socio-economic status, and low parental education associated with the psychiatric morbidity in children. Given the growth of juvenile delinquent population, epidemiologic data of this high risk group is becoming increasingly important. Therefore this study was undertaken to study the sociodemographic profile of male juvenile admitted in an observation home.Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in an Observation Home for Boys. The study sample consists of 50 boys aged between 6-16 years. Out of 50, 20 juveniles under conflict of law and 30 under care and protection were included.Results: All the juveniles in this study were belonging to the lower socioeconomic status. Delinquency was significantly more common in older age group (12-16 years) than younger age group (6-11 years). The maternal education and school dropout rate had significant correlation with delinquency in our study, found to be more common in juveniles under conflict of law than those under care and protection.Conclusions: Establishment of multidisciplinary mental health services at each juvenile center of India, for complete rehabilitation of the juveniles admitted there, under social justice system is immediately required.

scholarly journals World Health Report on Vision: Aging Implications for Global Vision and Eye Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 807-808
Author(s):  
Bonnielin Swenor ◽  
Varshini Varadaraj ◽  
Moon Jeong Lee ◽  
Heather Whitson ◽  
Pradeep Ramulu
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Vision Loss ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Report ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Eye Care ◽  
Health Report ◽  
Public Health Challenges ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract In 2019, the World Health Organization World Report on Vision estimated that that 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment, of which almost half could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. As the global population ages and the prevalence of visual impairment increases, inequities in eye care and the downstream health and aging consequences of vision loss will become magnified. This session will: (1) provide key information regarding the burden of eye disease and visual impairment among older adults worldwide; (2) outline a framework created to conceptualize the aging and long-term health implications of vision loss, and (3) discuss the global public health challenges to eye care and to maximizing health for older adults with visual impairments.

scholarly journals PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-44
Author(s):  
Sejal Macwan ◽  
Ninad Jhala
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Report ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Health Report ◽  
The Family

Approximately 24 million people worldwide experiencing schizophrenia (The World Health Report, 2001). Several people with mental disorder have to rely on support of family and friends to help them in their day-to-day happenings. In that era, caregivers are at risk for physical and mental health dilemma.1 Caring for a person with any mental illness often creates physical, emotional dilemma among the family caregivers more than they think. That is why it is also essential to rationalize that issue too. Family care givers of patients with any mental illness have different perspectives and coping strategies about the situation that may lead to feeling of sadness, loneliness, helplessness, hopeless at a variance among the care givers. OBJECTIVES: • To study levels of psychological problems faced by the family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. • To study association between demographic variables and levels of psychological problems of family caregivers with schizophrenia. METHOD: A descriptive study was carried out to examine the psychological problems faced by family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. 200 family caregivers were selected by applying stratified systematic sampling method from the government hospitals of mental health of Gujarat state with a criterion of minimum facility of 100 beds. A self-structured interview schedule was designed for study purpose by referring the Burden Assessment Tool of Thara et.al (1998) and Zarit Burden Interview. RESULT: Majority of the respondents (51%) feel anxious, depressed and frustrated due to caregiving responsibility. Majority of the respondents (52.5%) believed that care giving responsibility is mentally tiring for the family caregivers. Majority of the respondents (40.5%) agree with the statement that their contacts with family & friends have lessened due to the illness of care receiver.

scholarly journals Global Health Watch 5: An Alternative World Health Report

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (spe1) ◽  
pp. 193-195
Author(s):  
Matheus Falcão ◽  
Muna Odeh ◽  
Silvia Giugliani
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Report ◽  
Health Report ◽  
Global Health Watch

scholarly journals Round table: Toward a better living with schizophrenia

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Report ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Health Administrator ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Health Report ◽  
Catchment Areas

Abstract According to the Global Burden of Disease Study, schizophrenia causes a high degree of disability, which accounts for 1.1% of the total DALYs (disability-adjusted life years) and 2.8% of YLDs (years lived with disability). In the World Health Report [The WHO World Health Report: new understanding, new hope, 2001. Geneva]. In addition to the direct burden, there is considerable burden on the relatives who care for the sufferers. The workshop aimed to present and discuss different facets of what could be done for these persons and their families’ members in the light of what has been done in some European countries, which have conducted reforms. The round table will be introduced by presentations from two countries very much involved in psychiatric reforms which will present their attempts and results: first Italy with its emblematic radical deinstitutionalization model setting up a law to close down the psychiatric hospitals. The to-day situation will be presented underlying the huge diversity across Italian provinces and the dramatic lack of resources in some of them. Second the Portuguese reform will be described with a shift of psychiatric care toward general hospitals and its complete integration into health care catchment areas resulting in a increase of out patient acts among them home visits and a decrease of full time hospital admissions. Then a French three-year research program that focused on themes that aims to improve the every day well-being of people living with schizophrenia will be presented. This program aimed to provid new insights on their integration from different angles: information about the disease by doctors at diagnostic annoucement, on internet and actions to take on health administrator training against stigmatisation that could be extended to a larger public. Lastly the program allowed to interviewed face to face up to 67 people: 20 persons with schizophrenia, 20 person with bipolar disorders and 27 close ones to schizophrenic patients. A semi-structured interview collected information on the different aspects of care experiences plus “The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire” allowed to measure and compare perceptions of the disease. This will allow to present the very positive effects of a program toward family members and patients themselves: “psychoeducation” that is a structured educationnal intervention which provides information and guidelines on how to react with their family member and influences positively the patient’s outcome as the well being of both patient and family members. Each presentation will extensively be discussed with the attendance and followed by some recommandations Key messages Although schizophrenia is a severe disorder much could be done to alleviate the burden on the patients and their family members. Reorganising the care systems trough adequate policies, setting up policies against stigmatisation and providing educational intervention should promote patients and families empowerment.

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.

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