SOCIALLY WITHDRAWN CHILDREN: THE ROLE OF MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Appolloni ◽  
Thomas P. Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Maladaptive Behavior ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Behavioral Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Practitioners

This paper reviews the literature regarding the problem of social withdrawal in childhood. Consideration is offered of the significance of the problem as an entity and as it is related to other patterns of maladaptive behavior. Additionally, behavior therapy classroom procedures which have proven effective in remediating social withdrawal are critically reviewed. It is concluded that sufficient behavioral technology now exists to treat the problem of social withdrawal in regular classroom settings, and that mental health workers should serve as resource people to classroom teachers to enhance the social development of withdrawn children.

Quality management and economic downturn. Post-modern topics of community psychiatry

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S565-S565
Author(s):  
A. Zangrando ◽  
F. Babici ◽  
E. Pascolo-Fabrici ◽  
A. Riolo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Community Psychiatry ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
The Social ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
Demand For Health

IntroductionThe reduction of the budget allocated to community psychiatry is part of financial needs in times of economic crisis. However, the community psychiatry is based on human resources rather than on technological devices and the economic downturn affects the quality of care in a field where the social and relational capital developed by mental health workers is fundamental. Some authors such as Serge Latouche propose to stem the economic decline with the concept of “degrowth”, a constructive idea but difficult to apply.ObjectiveWe would like to analyze whether the economic downturn has consequences only for the organization of psychiatric services or even for people with severe mental disorders. Another issue concerns the possibility that economic downturn increases the social exclusion of vulnerable people.ResultsPeople who live on social welfare or disability pension remain on the margins of society but also those supported by families feel increasingly marginalized with respect to the future.ConclusionsThe provision of mental health services may not meet the implicit and explicit wishes in the demand for health by citizens and society. It's therefore necessary to review the quality management within community psychiatry.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals The Art of Silence: Researching the Role of Silence in Nature Based Expressive Arts

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 646-676
Author(s):  
Alexandra Tegart
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Expressive Arts ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Short Series ◽  
Downtown Eastside

This paper journeys into the aesthetics of silence in nature-based expressive arts practice and research. Explored is how nature-based expressive arts (EXA) therapy can help cultivate an embodied sense of silence to nourish and support frontline mental health workers in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside, easing the stresses of assisting a population in the midst of an opioid and overdose crisis. The transformational effects of EXA are discussed as they relate to a short series of workshops with frontline mental health workers from Vancouver’s PHS Community Services Society. We collectively experienced how the phenomenon of silence can help provide a rich resource to care providers and, in turn, inform the nature of our research in vulnerable communities.  

A pilot study of an educational service for rural mental health practitioners in South Australia using telemedicine

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 187-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell D'souza
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Rural Practice ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Community Mental Health Workers

Studies have found that rural patients want to be treated in their local hospitals. However, there have been difficulties with recruiting and retaining professionals in rural areas of Australia. Isolation, lack of professional development programmes, lack of academic programmes, lack of peer consultation and the need to travel long distances are some of the reasons identified in the National Rural Health strategy. A pilot service of educational programmes delivered by telemedicine was initiated and then evaluated. Forty-six community mental health workers from nine rural areas and 20 general practitioners from five rural areas participated. High satisfaction with the use of telemedicine was recorded by both groups. Telemedicine reduced the disincentives to rural practice, and also improved the professionals’ competence and confidence in managing patients with psychiatric illness.

Modelli operativi per l'inserimento di utenti dei servizi di salute mentale nel mondo del lavoro

2009 ◽  
pp. 105-125
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Trono
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Social Planning ◽  
Work Placement ◽  
Health Project ◽  
Customary Practices

- this paper addresses - in the context of mental health care and rehabilitation - the issue of work. Work inclusion for people suffering of mental disorders is a pathway towards: recovery of skills and relations, acknowledgment of identity, right of citizenship and right of having an employment and receiving an income. The author describes training and placement activities, now customary practices, that ensure nevertheless flexibility and adaptability in the responses to the needs of the user. He underlines the role of mental health workers and their teams, and the quality of their relationship with the users that have developed in a perspective of confidence and empowerment. He finally analyses critically the current different modes of work placement and proposes new ways of improving work inclusion and social planning.Key Words: work, mental health, project, communityParole Chiave: lavoro, salute mentale, progetto, comunitŕ.

Attitudes of Black Clergy toward Mental Health Professionals: Implications for Pastoral Care

1989 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Black Clergy ◽  
The Social

Reports on research in which 27 pastors and 81 parishioners in a Michigan city responded to a Semantic Differential instrument in an attempt to measure attitudes of black clergy toward mental health professionals. Statistical analyses suggest that black clergy tend to hold favorable attitudes toward mental health workers, a propensity running counter to some popular notions. Postulates a variety of possible reasons for the finding and urges additional research to guide cooperate efforts of black clergy and mental health professionals in their common desire to foster the social, spiritual, and psychological well-being of persons in the black community.

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