scholarly journals Integrating primary mental health care and mental health promotion

2016 ◽  
Vol 66 (643) ◽  
pp. 60-61
Author(s):  
Paul Thomas ◽  
David Morris
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Primary Mental Health Care

The Communitarian Mental Health Group: Promoting mental health through daily experiences in Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S733-S734
Author(s):  
A.P. Craveiro Prado ◽  
C.L. Cardoso ◽  
S. Ishara
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Daily Experiences ◽  
Health Group ◽  
Everyday Experiences

In Brazil, the mental health field has been the scenario of many transformations, among them, the recognition of community and group-based interventions as significant approaches concerning mental health promotion. These approaches regard the interpersonal relationships as a resource to individual's mental health care and the construction of a helping network. This study aimed to present and describe the Communitarian Mental Health Group (CMHG), an innovative intervention developed and studied in Brazil for 18 years. To accomplish that, a study of previous researches about this intervention was conducted, including the analysis of a book published in 2014. The activity goal is to promote mental health through the attitudes of paying attention, understanding and sharing everyday experiences, as resources for personal development and mental health care. It is an open and heterogeneous group, in which participants interact among them aiming mutual help. Each group session lasts 1 h 30, and each session is divided into three phases: sharing experiences with cultural elements considered meaningful to the goals of the group; sharing everyday experiences; sharing what was significant from that session, according to the participants. One of the premises is that taking care of our mental health belongs to the scope of the human being and it is not restricted to patients. Daily experiences are significant resources for mental health promotion and for the construction of a helping communitarian network among participants, bonded through the sharing of their quotidian. The CMHG represents a mental health promotion intervention able to complement other kinds of available treatments.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Clinical psychologists in primary mental health care in Norway - what to do?

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
S L Kaspersen ◽  
M Ådnanes ◽  
S O Ose
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Individual Therapy ◽  
System Level ◽  
Primary Mental Health Care

Abstract Background The past 20 years Norwegian health authorities have put significant effort into increasing the number of clinical psychologists in primary health care. By 2020, all Norwegian municipalities are required by law to have clinical psychologists available. In 2018, only about half of the 422 municipalities had fulfilled this requirement, and the number of vacant positions is growing. The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of clinical psychologists in a primary care setting as perceived from primary mental health care leaders/employees and those who educate clinical psychologists at the universities. Methods We combined the use of open-ended questions in a survey (N = 456) among leaders and employees of primary mental health services in Norway, with data from semi-structured focus group and individual interviews (N = 15) with academic staff at the four universities in Norway that provides education for clinical psychologists. Results The discussion on utilisation and usefulness of clinical psychologists in Norwegian primary care often condensates into weighing time spent on a never-ending demand for individual therapy against time spent on health promotion, prevention and system level work. Traditionally, Norwegian psychologists have received education mostly focusing on treatment methodology and individual therapy most suitable for the specialist services. The curricula are now changing towards more health promotion/prevention in primary care, but still lacks focus on system level approaches like collaboration with and guidance of other professions - which are the qualities asked for from those who hire clinical psychologists in primary mental health care. Conclusions Interdisciplinary collaboration with a wide spectre of professionals and thereby ’working with and through others’ in the health and welfare services, was suggested to be the most efficient way of utilising psychological clinical competence. Key messages The Norwegian clinical psychologists’ education is becoming more primary care friendly. Psychologists in primary care must be part of interdisciplinary teams where they can work with and trough others.

scholarly journals The National Mental Health Strategy: Redefining Promotion and Prevention in Mental Health?

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Health Prevention ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
National Mental Health

This paper explores policy documents published as part of the National Mental Health Strategy for ideas about mental health promotion and prevention, to determine the extent to which these documents adopt a primary health care approach. Discourse analysis was undertaken of key policy documents to discover the manner in which they discuss mental health promotion and prevention. Three points of departure are identified. The first of these is a focus on social and biological risk factors that manifest at an individual rather than at a social level, effectively drawing attention away from social inequalities. These documents also primarily target a population that is viewed as being "at risk" due to exposure to risk factors, shifting attention from strategies aimed at improving the health of the population as a whole. A final difference is found in the understanding of primary health care. Recent policy documents equate primary health care with the first level of service delivery in the community, primarily by general practitioners, shifting the focus of care from mental health promotion with the community to early intervention with those experiencing mental health problems. This is supported by the incorporation of a biomedical understanding into mental health prevention. While recent mental health policy documents re-assert the need for early intervention and health prevention, the form of mental health prevention espoused in these documents differs from that which informed the Declaration of Alma Alta, Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and World Health Organization's Health for All strategy.

scholarly journals Commentary: Good primary mental health care is simple

2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (551) ◽  
pp. 409-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harm van Marwijk ◽  
Berend Terluin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Primary Mental Health Care
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