scholarly journals Metformin add‐on vs. antipsychotic switch vs. continued antipsychotic treatment plus healthy lifestyle education in overweight or obese youth with severe mental illness: results from the IMPACT trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph U. Correll ◽  
Linmarie Sikich ◽  
Gloria Reeves ◽  
Jacqueline Johnson ◽  
Courtney Keeton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Antipsychotic Treatment ◽  
Obese Youth ◽  
Lifestyle Education ◽  
The Impact

When Non-Compliance Carries the Day: Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Employment Program for the Severely Mentally Ill

2021 ◽  
pp. 0193841X2110496
Author(s):  
Alberto Martini ◽  
Enrico Rettore ◽  
Gian Paolo Barbetta ◽  
Fabio Sandrolini
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Mental Disease ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Experimental Period ◽  
Employment Rate ◽  
Severely Mentally Ill ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
The Impact

Background: Mental disease is increasing worldwide and people who suffer from it show lower employment rates and lower earnings. Various approaches have been tried to increase the employment rate of people with mental disease. In the US, empirical studies show that individual placement and support(IPS)—a rapid transition to the job market, with some external assistance—is effective in increasing the employment rate of the mentally ill. Europe lacks such evidence. Purpose: The study assesses the impact of an IPS-like program undertaken in Italy on the employment rate of people with severe mental illness. Methods: The analysis is based on a RCT that tests whether offering people with severe mental illness the support of a “job coach” increases their chances of being employed. Moreover, using a battery of tests—one of which is made available by the RCT itself—we show that the large non-compliance with the protocol showed by the RCT is ignorable. This motivates estimating the impact of carrying out a traineeship during the experimental period on employment using non-experimental methods. Results and Conclusions: The study finds that the availability of a coach boosts the patients’ chances of finding a traineeship during the experimental period; moreover, undertaking a traineeship almost doubles the likelihood of being at work one year later. JEL CODES: J78, J48, J38

Informal mental health interventions for people with severe mental illness in low and lower middle-income countries: A systematic review of effectiveness

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 194-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trang Nguyen ◽  
Sara Holton ◽  
Thach Tran ◽  
Jane Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Cochrane Central Register ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Informal Community ◽  
The Impact

Background: The effectiveness of interventions for people with severe mental illness delivered by informal community care providers in low and lower middle-income countries is not known. The aim was to conduct a systematic review of the impact of community-based interventions implemented by the informal sector for people with severe mental illness in these settings. Methods: Five electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) were searched for English-language publications using both keywords and MeSH terms. All study designs were included. Results: Five papers, reporting data from five studies conducted in four low and lower middle-income countries in 2017, met the inclusion criteria for the review. Of the five included studies, three had a before and after design, one was a randomized controlled trial, and one a qualitative investigation. Most interventions with a low-moderate quality of evidence used informal community care providers to deliver either self-help groups, traditional healing treatments, and/or a rehabilitation program. The investigators reported data about improvements in the outcomes of intervention participants (psychosocial functioning, psychotic symptoms, and social inclusion) and positive impacts on their families (family’s knowledge and skills of mental illness management, caregiving burden, social exclusion/stigma against people with severe mental illness, and financial burden). Cost-effectiveness of the intervention (in one study) found that it had a higher financial cost but greater effectiveness than the usual standard of care. Conclusion: Although only a small number of studies were identified, the review provides promising evidence of the professionally developed interventions for people with severe mental illness, delivered by the informal community workforce in low and lower middle-income settings. Training and supportive supervision for informal community care providers are crucial components of effective interventions.

The impact of employment on recovery among individuals who are homeless with severe mental illness in the Vancouver At Home/Chez Soi trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 1619-1627
Author(s):  
Kiana Yazdani ◽  
Mohammadali Nikoo ◽  
Eric C. Sayre ◽  
Fiona Choi ◽  
Kerry Jang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals The impact of severe mental illness on mortality of lung cancer in Finland in 1990-2014

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (suppl_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Arffman ◽  
K Manderbacka ◽  
J Suvisaari ◽  
J Koivunen ◽  
S Lumme ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
The Impact
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