scholarly journals Inclusive Library Service to Individuals with Mental Illnesses and Disorders

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Green
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Mental Health Issue ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
And Function ◽  
National Alliance

What does it mean to have a mental illness? According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, it is a condition affecting a person’s mood, emotions, or thinking and can interfere with a person’s ability to relate to others and function in their daily life. Mental illness of any kind affects approximately 18% of the United States adult population—around 45 million people, as of 2016. Why does this matter to librarians and other information professionals? Librarians are likely to unknowingly encounter someone with mental illness, as one cannot simply look for violent or disruptive behavior in every case. This article briefly examines the literature to highlight what is being done in both public and academic libraries to meet the information needs of individuals with mental illness or any type of mental health issue. It suggests ways to improve service to and advocate for the information needs of these invisibly disabled patrons.

A brief history of the criminalization of mental illness

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 638-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel A. Dvoskin ◽  
James L. Knoll ◽  
Mollie Silva
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Serious Mental Illnesses

This article traces the history of the way in which mental disorders were viewed and treated, from before the birth of Christ to the present day. Special attention is paid to the process of deinstitutionalization in the United States and the failure to create an adequately robust community mental health system to care for the people who, in a previous era, might have experienced lifelong hospitalization. As a result, far too many people with serious mental illnesses are living in jails and prisons that are ill-suited and unprepared to meet their needs.

scholarly journals Knowledge Sharing Through MS SharePoint

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Lorette Weldon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Information Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Team Environment ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Information Professionals

Microsoft SharePoint is being used in Government, private, public and association offices throughout the United States. SharePoint was created to increase accountability for projects within a team environment. How could SharePoint help increase accountability in information management? This article will review SharePoint’s positive and negative characteristics in the hopes of helping information professionals understand what SharePoint really is in the information world and how it can be applied to libraries and other information management organizations.

POLICE OFFICERS' KNOWLEDGE OF, AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS, MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahal Salimi ◽  
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Bryan Gere ◽  
Sharo Shafaie ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Mental Health Awareness

"Police officers are some of the first professionals that might have direct interaction with individuals with mental illnesses. Statistics show that from 2017 to 2020 about 3986 individuals in the United States were fatally shot by police officers (Statista, 2021). These reports indicate that at least 25% and as many as 50% of all fatal shootings involved individuals with untreated severe mental illness. The purpose of this pilot study was to test the effectiveness of a five-day psycho-educational mental health awareness training in enhancing law enforcement officers’ knowledge about mental illness, and their perceptions towards mentally ill individuals using a pretest-posttest design. The Community Attitudes Towards the Mentally Ill (CAMI) scale was used to measure participants’four mental health attitudinal domains - authoritarianism, benevolence, social restrictiveness, and community mental health ideology. The results indicate that at the completion of the training there was an increase in participants’ confidence about their knowledge of the mentally ill individuals and mental illness conditions. However, the results also indicate a slight decrease in participants' mental illness social restrictiveness sentiment after the completion of the training. Additionally, the results also show a correlation between demographic variables and some of the domains. Implications for practice are discussed."

Libraries and Innovative Thinking in the Digital Age

2021 ◽  
pp. 605-623
Author(s):  
Abiola Bukola Elaturoti
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
Information Professionals

Librarianship, as is quite obvious, is changing very fast with the high rate of technological infusion in every aspect of the profession. Books and other information resources that are managed by libraries and information professionals are being transformed to electronic platforms. Also, the information users are becoming more technology savvy as well as sophisticated in their information needs and the quest to satisfy these needs. Users are vast in the use of search engines, and it is like they do not need libraries and the services of librarians anymore. All these and many more developments have put great strains on libraries and librarians. This chapter therefore discusses how librarians can provide services for 21st century users through innovative thinking.

Cross-Cultural Considerations for Social Work Practice:

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Paula T. Tanemura Morelli
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Mental Illnesses

In the United States, our increasing populations of ethnic and racial minorities suffering with severe mental illnesses require culturally sensitive and culturally appropriate mental health services. The multiple facets of work involving culturally diverse individuals with severe mental illness challenge social work faculty to prepare students with salient, useful knowledge and skills. This teaching module, which utilizes the International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia: Five-year follow-up findings (Leff et al., 1992) is applicable to practice, human behavior in the social environment, and policy courses. The module examines the findings of a large scale, longitudinal study of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia in nine countries. The learning process encourages students to think critically about the cross-cultural applicability of western diagnosis, treatment, and service provision models, to learn more about cultural constructions of illness and well-being, and to explore the nature of systemic and other barriers that prevent individuals with severe mental illness from obtaining services.

Mental Health Courts

Criminology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Matejkowski
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Program Completion ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Mental Health Courts ◽  
Relative Paucity ◽  
Code Violations ◽  
And Function

Mental health courts (MHCs) are specialized dockets for defendants with mental illnesses that seek the adjudication of criminal charges and municipal code violations by using a problem-solving model. Modeled after drug treatment courts, MHCs provide an alternative to incarceration for individuals with mental illness charged with criminal offenses. Mental health courts are but one of an array of problem-solving courts (PSCs) that have proliferated over the past three decades (e.g., drug courts, veterans courts, co-occurring disorder courts) and, as such, share come commonalities with these other PSCs. The populations served by these PSCs often overlap with MHCs as do many of the courts’ approaches (e.g., the use of incentives and sanctions to motivate clients to engage in treatment and support services). This entry will focus on MHCs but, when necessary, also include references pertaining to PSCs. Although MHCs may differ somewhat in structure and function by jurisdiction, this entry begins with resources (including reports, theoretical manuscripts, and empirical studies) identifying counts, structural components, and operational approaches common to MHCs. The entry then highlights the peer-reviewed literature on MHC outcomes, including program completion, recidivism, cost analysis, as well as alternative outcomes. Given the relative paucity of literature on juvenile MHCs, this entry focuses primarily on adult MHCs. Literature on juvenile MHCs is covered near the end of this entry. Similarly, the overwhelming majority of published research and commentary on MHCs pertains to MHCs that operate in the United States. This entry reflects that current state of the research. Finally, the entry concludes with published critiques of the MHC model.

A Survey of Community Pharmacists and Final-Year Student Pharmacists and their Perception of Psychotherapeutic Agents

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D. McKee ◽  
Margareth Larose-Pierre ◽  
Leonard R. Rappa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Mood Stabilizers ◽  
World Health ◽  
Student Participant ◽  
Health Organization

Introduction: The World Health Organization has estimated that as many as 450 million people worldwide have mental disorders. More than 44 million people in the United States have a mental disorder annually, estimating the annual direct costs of mental illness to exceed US$69 billion. Psychotherapeutic agents are used to treat mental illnesses and improve quality of life. The purpose of the study is to assess the knowledge and knowledge perception of community pharmacists and final-year student pharmacists regarding psychotherapeutic agents dispensed to their community of patients with mental illness. Methods: A survey was distributed to pharmacists and final-year student pharmacists regarding psychotherapeutic agents. Results: In all, 100 pharmacists and 40 final-year student pharmacists completed the survey. Upon analysis of surveys returned by pharmacists, knowledge deficiency was assessed regarding anxiolytics and mood stabilizers. The analysis of student participant surveys demonstrated knowledge deficiency regarding antidepressants and anxiolytics. Conclusions: Final-year student pharmacists would benefit from the curricular incorporation of courses and advanced pharmacy practice experiences in Psychiatry. Community pharmacists caring for customers with psychiatric disorders should take advantage of continuing education series that highlight updates and new developments regarding psychotherapeutic agents in order to improve clinical outcomes of patients.

scholarly journals Stigmatisation of people with mental illnesses

2000 ◽  
Vol 177 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur H. Crisp ◽  
Michael G. Gelder ◽  
Susannah Rix ◽  
Howard I. Meltzer ◽  
Olwen J. Rowlands
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
Mental Illnesses

BackgroundRecognition of the additional social handicaps and distress that people with mental illnesses experience as a result of prejudice.AimsTo determine opinions of the British adult population concerning those with mental illnesses as baseline data for a campaign to combat stigmatisation.MethodSurvey of adults (n=1737 interviewed; 65% response) regarding seven types of common mental disorders. Responses evaluated concerned eight specified perceptions.ResultsRespondents commonly perceived people with schizophrenia, alcoholism and drug addiction as unpredictable and dangerous. The two latter conditions were also viewed as self-inflicted. People with any of the seven disorders were perceived as hard to talk with. Opinions about effects of treatment and prognosis suggested reasonable knowledge. About half the respondents reported knowing someone with a mental illness.ConclusionsNegative opinions indiscriminately overemphasise social handicaps that can accompany mental disorders. They contribute to social isolation, distress and difficulties in employment faced by sufferers. A campaign against stigma should take account of the differences in opinions about the seven disorders studied.

Complete Health: Prevalence and Predictors among U.S. Adults in 1995

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey L. M. Keyes ◽  
Joseph G. Grzywacz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Healthy Adults ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Complete Health ◽  
Low Levels

Purpose. To operationalize, estimate the prevalence, and ascertain the epidemiology of complete health. Design. Cross-sectional analyses of self-reported survey data collected via a telephone interview and a self-administered questionnaire. Setting. Households in the 48 contiguous states in the United States in 1995. Subjects. Random-digit dialing sample of 3032 adults between the ages of 25 and 74, with a response rate of 61%. Measures. Physical illness and health were measured with a total of 37 items—a checklist of 29 chronic health conditions, a six-item scale of limitations of daily living, and a single item for perceived current health and for perceived 5-year change in energy. Mental illness and health were measured with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Short Form diagnostic scale of major depression, panic, and generalized anxiety disorders and three established multi-item scales of subjective well-being (emotional, psychological, and social well-being). Completely healthy adults have high levels of physical and mental health and low levels of physical and mental illnesses; completely unhealthy adults have high levels of physical and mental illnesses and low levels of physical and mental health. Incompletely healthy adults consisted of two groups: one group is physically healthy (high physical health and low physical illness) and mentally unhealthy, and the second group is mentally healthy (high mental health and low mental illness) and physically unhealthy. Results. Nineteen percent of adults were completely healthy, 18.8% were completely unhealthy, and 62.2% had a version of incomplete health. Compared with completely unhealthy adults, completely healthy adults are likely to be young (25–34 years of age) or old (55–64 and 65–74 years), are married, are male, are college educated, and have higher household incomes. Conclusions. Operationalizing complete health highlights objectives for increasing the prevalence of complete health, and reducing the prevalence of complete ill-health and incomplete health.

scholarly journals Stigma towards people with mental disorders: perceptions of devaluation and discrimination in a sample of Chilean workers

Salud Mental ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 207-215
Author(s):  
María Teresa Solis-Soto ◽  
María Soledad Burrone ◽  
Gabriel Reginatto ◽  
Jaime C. Sapag ◽  
Rubén Alvarado
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables

Introduction. Mental disorders represent one of the main causes of disease burden in the adult population. Negative public attitudes and behaviors toward people with mental disorders negatively affect the treatment, recovery, and social inclusion of those affected. Chile laks surveys on workers that address this issue. Objective. To describe the perceptions of devaluation and discrimination towards people with mental disorders in a sample of Chilean workers. Method. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 1 516 workers in the formal sector of four regions of Chile (Metropolitan Region [RM], Bío Bio [VIII], Valparaíso [V] and Coquimbo [IV]). The perception of discrimination and devaluation was explored through a modified version of the The perceived Devaluation-Discrimination Scale (PDD) comprising 15 questions. The relationship of each question with sociodemographic variables (age, sex, years of study, and region) and type of economic activity was assessed. Results. The study found a high percentage of perceptions of devaluation and discrimination in most aspects considered, particularly those related to hiring a person who has been hospitalized due to a mental illness (85%), feeling sorry for people with severe mental illnesses (80%), and the unwillingness to marry a person with a mental illness (78%). Significant differences were observed in the opinions by sociodemographic variables and region of residence. Discussion and conclusion. The perception of Chilean workers has high levels of stigma towards people living with mental disorders. It is necessary and urgent to develop effective anti-stigma public policies to promote a more inclusive, tolerant society.

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