Discrimination Attributed to Mental Illness or Race-Ethnicity by Users of Community Psychiatric Services

2014 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 1360-1366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jheanell Gabbidon ◽  
Simone Farrelly ◽  
Stephani L. Hatch ◽  
Claire Henderson ◽  
Paul Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Community Psychiatric ◽  
Race Ethnicity

2. Collaboration between general practice and community psychiatric services for people with chronic mental illness

1997 ◽  
Vol 167 (5) ◽  
pp. 266-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas A Keks ◽  
Tobie L Sacks ◽  
B Malcolm Altson ◽  
Harry H Hustig ◽  
Amgad Tanaghow
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Chronic Mental Illness ◽  
Community Psychiatric

Somatic Healthcare Utilization Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness Who Are Receiving Community Psychiatric Services

Medical Care ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 560-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faith B. Dickerson ◽  
Scot W. McNary ◽  
Clayton H. Brown ◽  
Julie Kreyenbuhl ◽  
Richard W. Goldberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Healthcare Utilization ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Community Psychiatric

scholarly journals “Approach”: the Harlow mental health information service

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 496-497
Author(s):  
Jonathan Hillam ◽  
Stephen Stansfeld
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Department ◽  
Mental Health Information ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Community Psychiatric

An important emphasis in developing community psychiatric services has been to increase accessibility of psychiatric services to the public (Department of Health, 1989). This might mean not simply informing people about available services but also providing advice about mental illness and where individuals might seek further help, either for themselves or for others about particular problems.

Comorbidity of Medical Illnesses Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness Who Are Receiving Community Psychiatric Services

2004 ◽  
Vol 192 (6) ◽  
pp. 421-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Sokal ◽  
Erick Messias ◽  
Faith B. Dickerson ◽  
Julie Kreyenbuhl ◽  
Clayton H. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Community Psychiatric

scholarly journals Associations between adverse childhood experiences and acquired brain injury, including traumatic brain injuries, among adults: 2014 BRFSS North Carolina

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 514-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angie S Guinn ◽  
Katie A Ports ◽  
Derek C Ford ◽  
Matt Breiding ◽  
Melissa T Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Acquired Brain Injury ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Relationship

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can negatively affect lifelong health and opportunity. Acquired brain injury (ABI), which includes traumatic brain injury (TBI) as well as other causes of brain injury, is a health condition that affects millions annually. The present study uses data from the 2014 North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine the relationship between ACEs and ABI. The study sample included 3454 participants who completed questions on both ABI and ACEs. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to determine the relationship between ACEs and ABI as well as ACEs and TBI. Sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, household mental illness and household substance abuse were significantly associated with ABI after adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, gender and employment. Compared with those reporting no ACEs, individuals reporting three ACEs had 2.55 times the odds of having experienced an ABI; individuals reporting four or more ACEs had 3.51 times the odds of having experienced an ABI. Examining TBI separately, those who experienced sexual abuse, physical abuse, household mental illness and had incarcerated household members in childhood had greater odds of reported TBI, after adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, gender and income. Respondents reporting three ACEs (AOR=4.16, 95% CI (1.47 to 11.76)) and four or more ACEs (AOR=3.39, 95% CI (1.45 to 7.90)) had significantly greater odds of reporting TBI than respondents with zero ACEs. Prevention of early adversity may reduce the incidence of ABI; however, additional research is required to elucidate the potential pathways from ACEs to ABI, and vice versa.

scholarly journals Management of medical students' health problems

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 259-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael F. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Professional Help ◽  
Unknown Number

Studies of utilisation of psychiatric services have shown that between 4 and 18% of medical students annually identify themselves as ‘impaired’ (Dickstein et al, 1990). An unknown number of students may be ill but do not seek help – they soldier on through classes and clinics not realising that their sleep disturbance, worry, vague pains, flagging spirits, failing grades or increasing use of alcohol represent symptoms of strain and possible psychiatric disorder. Some suspect or know that they are ill but the stigma of accepting mental illness or seeking professional help is so profound that they suffer silently.

scholarly journals Suicide prevention: A study of patients' views

2003 ◽  
Vol 182 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Eagles ◽  
Dawn P. Carson ◽  
Annabel Begg ◽  
Simon A. Naji
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Psychiatric Illness ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Psychiatric Illnesses ◽  
Service Models ◽  
The Media

BackgroundSuicide prevention strategies are usually formulated without seeking the views of people with psychiatric illnesses.AimsTo establish what helped patients with severe psychiatric illness when they felt suicidal.MethodA semi-structured interview was constructed following transcribed interviews with 12 patients. This was administered to 59 out-patients with serious and enduring mental illness, focusing on factors they found helpful or unhelpful when at their most despairing.ResultsThree-quarters of patients were in contact with psychiatric services when feeling at their lowest, and this contact was generally deemed to be helpful. Social networks were considered just as helpful as psychiatric services by the half of patients who discussed their feelings with friends or relatives. Religious beliefs and affiliations were helpful. Negative influences included the media and the stigma of psychiatric illness.ConclusionsEfforts at suicide prevention might usefully focus on enhancing patients' social networks, increasing the likelihood of early contact with psychiatric services and decreasing the stigma attached to psychiatric illness. Larger studies of patients exposed to different service models would be informative.

scholarly journals Importance of specialisation in psychiatric services: Commentary on … How did we let it come to this?

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 364-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Killaspy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Clinical Outcome ◽  
Continuity Of Care ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
The Face

SummaryIn this issue, Dr Lodge makes a plea for continuity of care in the face of the increased specialisation of mental healthcare over recent years. However, continuity of care is not a straightforward concept and its relationship to clinical outcome is not established. The increased specialisation of mental healthcare reflects an evolving evidence base that has increased our understanding of mental illness and the treatments and delivery systems that are most effective. In other words, specialisation is the sign of a progressive field.

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