Personality Difference between Psychotics & Neurotics: A Clinical Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupali Chandola
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Clinical Analysis ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Personality Dimension ◽  
Personality Difference ◽  
Increased Risk

Background: The terms neurotic and psychotic are both used to describe conditions or illnesses that affect mental health. Serious mental illness is associated with increased risk of behavior problems. Therefore, study carried out to investigate the personality traits of psychotics and neurotics. Methods: Study examined personality dimension of 88 subjects select between two age group 20-25 and 40-45 purposively. The study was conducted on 44 indoor psychotics (20 male & 24 female) and 44 outdoor neurotics (18 male & 26 female). Study was conducted in Bareilly mental hospital, Bareilly India. Dimension Personality Inventory (DPI) was administered on all the included subjects. Result: Neurotics are more enthusiastic in comparison to psychotic participants on the dimension of personality inventory. Conclusion: psychotic female found to be more emotionally instable in comparison to neurotic female.

Relationship between Opinions about Mental Illness and Mental Health Knowledge among Psychiatric Aides

1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret W. Pryer ◽  
M. K. Distefano
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Test ◽  
Opinions About Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Knowledge

The Opinions About Mental Illness Scale and a job-related mental health knowledge test were administered to 61 psychiatric aides in a mental hospital. Scores on the knowledge test were significantly correlated with four favorable attitudes. Correlations between subtest scores on the knowledge test and various attitude factors suggested possible differential relationships between certain types of mental health knowledge and specific attitudes.

Social Dimensions of Mental Illness among Rural Elderly Populations

1988 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Hendricks ◽  
Howard B. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Rural Elderly ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Elderly Populations

Despite growing concern with rural elderly populations, little attention has focused on their mental health, ways it may correlate with physical health, or how rural mental health patterns compare to urban. Popular wisdom contends that elderly people in general, and rural elderly persons in particular, are at increased risk for mental illness. This article examines these questions. A review of available literature suggests that elderly people may be at only slightly greater risk of mental illness than the population at large, though there are some indications that rates of depression may be somewhat higher among the elderly population. Much of this same literature implies that objective environmental conditions play a significant role in the incidence of depression. Analysis of data gathered in a statewide random poll ( N = 743) indicates that while physical health tends to be poorer among rural populations, when health is held constant there is actually an inverse relationship between age and depression. Therefore, rural elderly persons are no more likely to be depressed than their urban counterparts despite harsher living conditions. Both conceptual and policy implications are discussed.

Mental health, permanent housing, and peer support through community living in the Fairweather Lodge: implementation through collaboration

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Bermingham ◽  
Christopher F. Manlick ◽  
William Ming Liu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Housing Program ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
History Of ◽  
Employment Needs

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the history of the Fairweather Lodge Program, its utility, the development of one program in a small Midwestern city, the role of psychology, and the importance of disseminating information about the program to combat homelessness. Design/methodology/approach – This paper takes a short case study approach to describing the evolution of a peer support-based housing program for individuals with serious mental illness and a history of homelessness. Findings – The Fairweather Lodge facilitates peer support, community engagement, stable housing, and work engagement in those struggling with mental illness and homelessness. Originality/value – The Fairweather Lodge Program is a program intended to support the mental health and employment needs of individuals with severe mental illness who are at increased risk of homelessness. Housing alone often does not address the complex needs of chronically homeless individuals.

scholarly journals Medical Assistance in Dying and Mental Health: A Legal, Ethical, and Clinical Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander I. F. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Clinical Analysis ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
Eligibility Criterion ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Medical Assistance In Dying

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) legislation is now over a year old in Canada, and consideration is turning to whether MAiD should be extended to include serious mental illness as the sole qualifying condition for being eligible for MAiD. This article considers this question from ethical and clinical perspectives. It argues that extending the eligibility for MAiD to include those with a serious mental illness as the sole eligibility criterion is not ethical, necessary, or supported current psychiatric practice or opinion.

Integrated Treatment of Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Addiction: Clinical Intervention, Program, and System Perspectives

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 892-904,925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas M. Ziedonis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Addiction Treatment ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Clinical Intervention ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Integrated Treatment ◽  
Motivational Enhancement Therapy ◽  
Clinical Interventions ◽  
Increased Risk

AbstractIndividuals with mental illness and addiction comprise at least half of the patients in most mental health treatment systems. This combination results in increased risk for frequent psychiatric relapses, poor medication compliance, violence, suicide, legal problems, and high utilization of the emergency room or inpatient services. Traditional mental health and addiction treatments have not adequately addressed these co-occurring disorders due to clinical interventions, programs, and system flaws that have not addressed the individual's needs. Integrated treatment requires both an understanding of mental illness and addiction and the means to integrate and modify the traditional treatment approaches in both the mental health and addiction treatment fields. There is strong evidence to support the efficacy and effectiveness of integrated treatment in this population. All mental health clinicians should become experienced and skilled in the core psychotherapy approaches to treating substance use disorders, including motivational enhancement therapy, relapse prevention (cognitive-behavioral therapy), and 12-step facilitation. In addition, integrated treatment includes integrating medications for both addiction and mental illness with the behavioral therapies and other psychosocial interventions. This article reviews the clinical intervention, program, and system components of integrated treatment and specific clinical interventions for this population.

scholarly journals Covid-19 and Families With Parental Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mairead Furlong ◽  
Sinead McGilloway ◽  
Christine Mulligan ◽  
Mary G. Killion ◽  
Sharon McGarr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Parental Mental Illness ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Vulnerable Families ◽  
The Republic

The COVID-19 emergency has affected us all, but not equally. Families where parents have mental illness (PMI) are potentially at increased risk, but little is known about how they or their support services managed under lockdown/restrictions. We harnessed our existing partnerships with adult and child mental health services in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) and Northern Ireland (NI) to investigate the qualitative experiences of service users and families in coping during the first COVID-19 lockdown (March–May 2020), and how services were supporting them. Semi-structured phone/online interviews were conducted with 22 clinicians/managers (12 from RoI; 10 from NI) who provided information from their caseloads (~155 families with PMI). Sixteen family members (10 from RoI, 6 from NI) were also interviewed. Data were analysed using standard thematic analysis. Sixty percent of families reported improved mental health, primarily due to respite from daily stresses and the “normalisation” of mental distress in the general population. Approximately 30%, typically with more severe/enduring mental illness, reported additional challenges, and mental distress including: unmanageable child behaviours; fear of relapse/hospitalisation; financial difficulties; absence of child care; and a lack of routines. Service provision varied considerably across regions. The experiences within this case study highlight unique opportunities to address the multiple stresses of pre-emergency daily living. We also highlight how mental health services and governments might become more “pandemic ready” to more effectively support vulnerable families, including addressing service overload issues, optimising the use of digital technologies, and providing in-person contact and social supports where required.

Physical activity as an intervention in severe mental illness

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Aaron A. Kandola ◽  
David P. J. Osborn
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Physical Health Problems ◽  
Health Complications

SUMMARY Physical activity is a modifiable risk factor for several physical and mental health conditions. It is well established that people with severe mental illness have increased risk of physical health complications, particularly cardiovascular disease. They are also more likely to be physically inactive, contributing to the elevated cardiovascular and metabolic risks, which are further compounded by antipsychotic medication use. Interventions involving physical activity are a relatively low risk and accessible way of reducing physical health problems and weight in people with severe mental illness. They also have wider benefits for mental health symptoms and quality of life. However, many barriers still exist to the widespread implementation of physical activity interventions in the treatment of severe mental illness. A more concerted effort is needed to facilitate their translation into routine practice and to increase adherence to activity interventions.

"SUICIDE" AS SEEN IN POISON CONTROL CENTERS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 914-922
Author(s):  
Matilda S. McIntire ◽  
Carol R. Angle
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Abrupt Increase ◽  
Poison Control Centers ◽  
History Of

Of 1,103 cases of poisoning, ages 6 to 18, admitted to 50 poison control centers during 1 year, 13% were considered unintentional, 13% "trips," 26% suicide attempts, and 48% suicide gestures or affect reactions. The youngest age group, 6 to 10, is 63% male, 40% Negro, and about one-half give a history of precipitating stress or current or prior referral for behavior problems. The abrupt increase in self-poisoning in girls at age 12 peaks at age 16, while male paisonings continue to increase with age. An admittedly immature concept of death was retained by 16% of the 17 to 18-year-olds. In the five deaths (mortality 1: 220 hospitalized self-poisonings), lethality of intent was presumed low with death the result of a toxicologic mishap. The estimate of about 115,000 self-poisonings annually in the United States, ages 6 to 18, defines a mental health problem of the first magnitude, but open to epidemiologic analysis by relatively simple techniques.

A Tendency in Therapeutics

2016 ◽  
pp. 255-260
Author(s):  
Donald W. Winnicott
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Hospital Treatment ◽  
Sharp Line ◽  
Modern Psychiatry

In this essay, Winnicott deals with the theory that mental illnesses are disorders of emotional development and that there is no sharp line between mental health and mental illness. He stresses the importance of medical students being informed correctly about the relation of mental illness—both neurosis and psychosis—to normal emotional development. Winnicott states his belief that the best trend in modern psychiatry is inviting mentally ill people to ask for mental hospital treatment early in their illness.

Severe Mental Illness and Cancer – A Program for Psychiatric Patients in a Cancer Center

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S670-S670
Author(s):  
J. Graça ◽  
F. Silva Carvalho ◽  
R. Ramos Coutinho ◽  
A. Ribeiro ◽  
L. Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Health Staff ◽  
Mental Health Staff ◽  
Oncological Treatment ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Co Morbidity

IntroductionThe prevalence of severe mental illness (SMI) is estimated to be 4%. There are increased risk factors for cancer in SMI patients. People with SMI have deficient access and referral to routine cancer screening and psychiatric illness is often associated to late oncological diagnosis.ObjectivesCharacterize the population of SMI patients that undergoes oncological treatment; establish a comparison with the general population in terms of stage at the time of diagnosis and the type of follow-up that ensued; characterize the psychiatric care available to these patients; propose the necessary changes to ensure adequate healthcare for SMI patients.AimsTo assess and improve the quality of oncological care for SMI patients in our hospital.MethodsWe analyzed the data from SMI patients suffering from SMI observed by our group during a 12 month period.ResultsLow percentage of SMI patients being treated in our center regarding general rates; surprisingly high referral time to psychiatry unity; good compliance with treatments and appointments; have mostly been submitted to the standard oncological protocols of treatment.ConclusionIn spite of serious psychiatric co-morbidity and psychosocial deficits, our SMI patients are able for standard cancer treatment and present sufficient compliance. We value the help of family members and social workers. We have to insist in educational sessions and psychiatric screening procedures for oncological teams. It is also fundamental to implement educational programs for mental health centers in Lisbon in order to sensitize for cancer risks among SMI and alert for the pivotal role of mental health staff, namely the psychiatrists.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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