I riflessi sul piano psicologico di flessibilitŕ, precarietŕ e povertŕ relazionale del lavoro

2009 ◽  
pp. 47-72
Author(s):  
Achille Orsenigo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Work Identity ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Financial Investments ◽  
Relational Systems

- the author - organisational consultant and trainer for public and private health and social services - examines the connections between work environment and mental health: the current fragile and dynamic work identity and its relation with personal identity. He underlines how organisations when trying to bring around change have to face serious difficulties arising from a world that involves flexibility and job insecurity, at times to an extent considered unacceptable. Moreover, work as a system has often to meet contradictory requests of different groups of citizens: clients asking for services, employees for economic protection, containment, reassurance, and other citizen for profits from their financial investments (now and then the same person might be client, employee and investor). The author analyses psychiatric services as working organisations reproducing the same problems as society, yet sometimes, offering a richer organisation, based on relational systems.Keywords: identity, flexibility, job insecurity, health services, psychiatry.Parole Chiave: identitŕ, flessibilitŕ, precarietŕ, servizi, psichiatria.

Depression in the Developing World

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Minas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
International Development ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Culturally Informed ◽  
Global Understanding

This chapter provides an overview of what is known about prevalence, social determinants, treatment, and course and impact of depression in developing, or low- and middle-income, countries. The importance of culture in depression and in the construction and application of diagnostic classifications and in health and social services is highlighted, with a particular focus on the applicability of ‘Western’ diagnostic constructs and service systems in developing country settings. The role of international organizations, such as WHO, and international development programs, such as the SDGs, in improving our understanding of depression and in developing effective and culturally appropriate responses is briefly examined. There is both a need and increasing opportunities in developing countries for greater commitment to mental health of populations, increased investment in mental health and social services, and culturally informed research that will contribute to improved global understanding of mental disorders in general and depression in particular.

scholarly journals Aftercare: who attends section 117 meetings?

1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-107
Author(s):  
Rosemary Lethem
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Hospital Department ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Mental Health Act ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Legal Duty

The purpose of aftercare is to enable patients to return to their home or accommodation other than a hospital or nursing home, and to minimse the need for future in-patient care. Under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983, local health and social services authorities have a legal duty to provide aftercare for certain categories of patients when they leave hospital (Department of Health and Welsh Office, 1993).

Market of Resources for Health Care Teleservices Management

2010 ◽  
pp. 913-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Manuela Cunha ◽  
Goran D. Putnik ◽  
Ricardo Simões
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Strategic Direction ◽  
European Health ◽  
Improve Patient

According to a report on e-marketplaces for the health sector (Kuller, 2005), the European Health and Social Services sector is a complex web of “businesses” and “customers,” characterized by a combination of public and private providers who control the strategic direction and finances. The services are delivered by microbusinesses, that is, hospitals, clinics, general practitioners, and specialists, and delivered through government, public, or nonprofit bodies, not the private sector (although this is slowly changing in some countries) (Kuller, 2005). The resulting absence of the profit goal means that the motivation for changing business processes and implementing tools is driven by a need to improve “patient care,” and not a desire to make or save money. This partly explains why the Health and Social Services sector lags behind others with regard to IT infrastructure in place and e-business usage.

School Psychologists and Full-Service Schools: Partnerships with Medical, Mental Health, and Social Services

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn D. Reeder ◽  
Gloria C. Maccow ◽  
Steven R. Shaw ◽  
Mark E. Swerdlik ◽  
Connie B. Horton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
School Psychologists ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Full Service Schools

More than being against it: Anti-racism and anti-oppression in mental health services

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Corneau ◽  
Vicky Stergiopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Alternative Healing ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Alliance Building

Anti-racism and anti-oppression frameworks of practice are being increasingly advocated for in efforts to address racism and oppression embedded in mental health and social services, and to help reduce their impact on mental health and clinical outcomes. This literature review summarizes how these two philosophies of practice are conceptualized and the strategies used within these frameworks as they are applied to service provision toward racialized groups. The strategies identified can be grouped in seven main categories: empowerment, education, alliance building, language, alternative healing strategies, advocacy, social justice/activism, and fostering reflexivity. Although anti-racism and anti-oppression frameworks have limitations, they may offer useful approaches to service delivery and would benefit from further study.

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