scholarly journals Recommendation Analysis Of Mental Health Services For Health Workers During Pandemic Covid-19

Author(s):  
Anisa Nur Kholipah ◽  
Inge Dhamanti

Latar belakang: Penyediaan pelayanan kesehatan mental sangat diperlukan mengingat pentingnya peran tenaga kesehatan dalam menangani Covid-19 serta tingginya beban psikologis tenaga kesehatan selama melayani pasien. Tujuan penelitian: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis rekomendasi pelayanan kesehatan mental bagi tenaga kesehatan pada masa pandemi Covid-19. Metode: Metode yang digunakan dalam penulisan artikel ini adalah literature review. Artikel didapatkan melalui database Google Scholar, Science Direct dan Pubmed yang dipublikasikan pada tahun 2020. Hasil penelitian: Berdasarkan hasil analisis artikel, terdapat berbagai masalah kesehatan mental dan rekomendasi guna menangani masalah tersebut pada tenaga kesehatan. Rekomendasi tersebut dikelompokkan menjadi tujuh upaya kesehatan mental yang terbagi dalam tahap response, recovery, dan mitigation pada disaster risk management. Kesimpulan: Berdasarkan tahap disaster risk management, tahap response membutuhkan upaya identifikasi risiko masalah kesehatan mental, pengaturan shift kerja dan pemberian dukungan tangible untuk mencegah dampak buruk pandemi bagi tenaga kesehatan. Upaya recovery dapat dilakukan dengan memberikan dukungan psikologis, dan reward. Upaya mitigation untuk mengurangi risiko masalah kesehatan mental dapat dilakukan dengan menyusun healthcare system preparedness dan meningkatkan keterampilan tenaga kesehatan.Kata Kunci: Pelayanan Kesehatan Mental, Tenaga Kesehatan, Covid-19

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Holley ◽  
Steven Gillard

There is a lack of literature evaluating the development and use of vignettes to explore contested constructs in qualitative health care research where a conventional interview schedule might impose assumptions on the data collected. We describe the development and validation of vignettes in a study exploring mental health worker and service user understandings of risk and recovery in U.K. mental health services. Focus groups with mental health workers and service users explored study questions from experiential perspectives. Themes identified in the groups were combined with existing empirical literature to develop a set of vignettes. Feedback focus groups were conducted to validate and amend the vignettes. Following use in research interviews, results suggested that the vignettes had successfully elicited data on issues of risk and recovery in mental health services. Further research using creative, comparative methods is needed to fully understand how vignettes can best be used in qualitative health care research.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Marie ◽  
Zareefa Shaabna ◽  
Manahel Saleh

Abstract Background: Mental health conditions remain a significant cause of disability in the Arab World. Palestinians are predominantly at a higher risk for mental health problems due to their chronic exposure to political violence, prolonged displacement, and others as limited professional, educational, financial opportunities and mental health services. Schizophrenia is an overwhelming mental illness that affects nearly one percent of the various populations throughout the world. Studies have shown patients with schizophrenia die prematurely and have lower life expectancy compared to the general population. Moreover, antipsychotic medications and client’s lifestyle play a significant role in increased morbidity and mortality in these patients. The present study willingly undertakes a literature review on schizophrenia in the context of mental health services in Palestine.Methods: Studies were identified through PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, CINAHL, Semantic Scholar and Elsevier.Results: Twenty-four studies were included in this review; eleven articles related to schizophrenia and thirteen articles related to mental health services in Westbank and Gaza. Results revealed the life of patients with schizophrenia in Palestine is complicated. Barriers as lacking awareness about mental illness, stigma, inconsistent availability of medications, absence of multidisciplinary teamwork, insufficient specialists, fragmented mental health system, occupation, and other obstacles stand in the face of improving the quality of life among these patients.Limitations: Palestine is a state that is seeking independence with a scarcity of resources. It has been described as “uncharted territories'' due to a lack of data, resources and records. As a result, there is insufficient data regarding schizophrenia in Palestine. Therefore, a thesis study that estimated Ten years’ risk of coronary heart diseases in patients with schizophrenia was included.Conclusions: Recommendations include ending the occupation as the leading cause of mental illness for Palestinians and implementing efficient and effective mental health nursing care through the multidisciplinary work and raising awareness regarding mental illness to fight the stigma.


Author(s):  
Ahmad Hajebi ◽  
Vandad Sharifi ◽  
Maryam Abbasinejad ◽  
Ali Asadi ◽  
Nahid Jafari ◽  
...  

Objective: The main objective of this study was to review aspects of the current situation and structure of the integrated mental health care services for planning a reform. Aspects of the newly designed infrastructure, along with specification of duties of the various human resources, and its relation with Iran’s Comprehensive Mental and Social Health Services (the SERAJ Program), will also be presented Method: This is a study on service design and three methods of literature review, deep interview with stakeholders, and focused group discussions. In the literature review, national and international official documents, including official reports of the World Health Organization (WHO) and consultant field visits, were reviewed. Deep semi-structured interviews with 9 stakeholders were performed and results were gathered and categorized into 3 main questions were analyzed using the responsibility and effectiveness matrix method. The Final results were discussed with experts, during which the main five-domain questions were asked and the experts’ opinions were observed. Results: In this study, the main gaps of the public mental health care (PHC) services in Iran were identified, which included reduction of risk factors for mental disorders, training the general population, early recognition and treatment of patients with mental disorders, educating patients and their families, and rehabilitation services. The new model was then proposed to fill these gaps focusing on increasing access, continuity of care, coordination in service delivery, and comprehensiveness of care. A mental health worker was placed besides general healthcare workers and general practitioners (GPs). Services were prioritized and the master flowchart for mental health service delivery was designed. Conclusion: A reform was indeed necessary in the integrated mental health services in Iran, but regarding the infrastructure needed for this reform, including human and financial resources, support of the senior authorities of the Ministry of Health (MOH) is necessary for the continuity and enhancement of services. In this model, attention has been given to the principles of integrating mental health services into primary health care. Current experience shows that the primary health care system has been facing many executive challenges, and mental health services are not exclusion to this issue. Monitoring and evaluation of this model of service and efforts for maintaining sustainable financial resources is recommended to make a reform in this system and to stabilize it.


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