Illness management and recovery program for mental health problems: reducing symptoms and increasing social functioning

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (21-22) ◽  
pp. 3471-3485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chay Huang Sharon Tan ◽  
Rohaida Binte Ishak ◽  
Tan Xiong Gentatsu Lim ◽  
Palaniappan Marimuthusamy ◽  
Kuldip Kaurss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Illness Management ◽  
Illness Management And Recovery ◽  
Recovery Program

Assessment

2009 ◽  
pp. 77-108
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Adaptive Behaviour ◽  
Nursing Assessment ◽  
Health Checks ◽  
Behaviour Rating

Purpose and principles of assessment 78 Framework for nursing assessment 80 Adaptive behaviour rating scales 82 Health checks 84 Screening of physical health 86 Assessing pain 88 Assessing distress 90 Screening of mental health problems 92 Assessment of independence and social functioning 94 Measurement of IQ ...

Value in mental healthcare: The patient aspect

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S54-S55
Author(s):  
Y. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Antipsychotic Medications ◽  
Self Help

From the patients’ point of view, valued-based mental healthcare is mental healthcare based on a holistic vision of care, according to which patients are actively involved in their treatment to achieve the best possible outcomes. They are invited to collaborate with both mental health care providers such as psychiatrists and primary caregivers to determine what types of treatment are the most effective.GAMIAN-Europe believes that the best package of care includes the following four elements:– medication – antipsychotic medication is consensually regarded as first-line treatment for people with mental health problems;– psychotherapy/counselling – although antipsychotic medications are the mainstay of treatment for mental health problems, pharmacotherapy alone produces only limited improvement in negative symptoms, cognitive function, social functioning and quality of life. Additionally, many patients continue to suffer from persistent positive symptoms and relapses, particularly when they fail to adhere to prescribed medications. These situations emphasize the need for multimodal care, which includes psychosocial therapies as adjuncts to antipsychotic medications in order to alleviate symptoms and to improve social functioning and quality of life;– psycho-education – the more a patient learns about his/her condition the better placed he/she will be to take control of it. Psycho-education embodies this principle by using a clearly-defined therapeutic programme, in which a trained therapist delivers targeted information designed to reduce both the frequency and the severity of symptoms. Psycho-education increases patients’ knowledge and understanding of their illness and treatment options and helps them cope more effectively. Many people find that they benefit not only from the information they receive during psycho-education, but also from the learning process itself. There are several different ways in which psycho-education can be delivered, including one-to-one sessions with a therapist, sessions aimed specifically at carers and family members, group sessions attended by several people coping with mental illness and mixed group sessions attended by people with mental illnesses and family members;– self-help – self-help groups offer patients a voice and an audience with the time and inclination to listen to patients’ concerns and reassure them and ease their anxiety. For example, a self-help group may be able to quell anxiety regarding side effects, to reassure the patient, from first-hand experience, that these side effects are transient, normal and non-threatening and will diminish over time. The real experts on living with a mental disorder are those who are already doing so. Therefore, most support groups are full of people who can share information about how they have managed to cope with their illnesses.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.

Fetal growth and subsequent mental health problems in children aged 4 to 13 years

2000 ◽  
Vol 42 (01) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R Zubrick ◽  
Jennifer J Kurinczuk ◽  
Brett M C McDermott ◽  
Robert S McKelvey ◽  
Sven R Silburn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Fetal Growth ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems

Mental Health Among Adolescents from Returned Portuguese Immigrant Families

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Neto
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Immigrant Families ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Older Adolescents ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

This study investigated mental health problems and their predictors among adolescents from returned immigrant families. The sample consisted of 360 returned adolescents (mean age = 16.8 years; SD = 1.9). The mean duration of a sojourn in Portugal for the sample was 8.2 years (SD = 4.5). A control group of 217 Portuguese youths were also included in the study. Adolescents from immigrant families reported mental health levels similar to those of Portuguese adolescents who have never migrated. Girls showed more mental health problems than boys. Younger adolescents showed fewer mental health problems than older adolescents. Adaptation variables contributed to mental health outcomes even after acculturation variables were accounted for. Implications of the study for counselors are discussed.

Physical and Psychological Benefits of Written Emotional Expression

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 242-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Éva Kállay
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Expressive Writing ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
Cost Effective Treatment ◽  
Meta Analyses

Abstract. The last several decades have witnessed a substantial increase in the number of individuals suffering from both diagnosable and subsyndromal mental health problems. Consequently, the development of cost-effective treatment methods, accessible to large populations suffering from different forms of mental health problems, became imperative. A very promising intervention is the method of expressive writing (EW), which may be used in both clinically diagnosable cases and subthreshold symptomatology. This method, in which people express their feelings and thoughts related to stressful situations in writing, has been found to improve participants’ long-term psychological, physiological, behavioral, and social functioning. Based on a thorough analysis and synthesis of the published literature (also including most recent meta-analyses), the present paper presents the expressive writing method, its short- and long-term, intra-and interpersonal effects, different situations and conditions in which it has been proven to be effective, the most important mechanisms implied in the process of recovery, advantages, disadvantages, and possible pitfalls of the method, as well as variants of the original technique and future research directions.

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