scholarly journals Australia's National Mental Health Strategy

2002 ◽  
Vol 180 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey Whiteford ◽  
Bill Buckingham ◽  
Ronald Manderscheid
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Health Report ◽  
Independent Evaluation ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
National Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Expenditure

BackgroundAustralia commenced a 5-year reform of mental health services in 1993.AimsTo report on the changes to mental health services achieved by 1998.MethodAnalysis of data from the Australian National Mental Health Report 2000 and an independent evaluation of the National Mental Health Strategy.ResultsMental health expenditure increased 30% in real terms, with an 87% growth in community expenditures, a 38% increase in general hospitals and a 29% decrease in psychiatric hospitals. The growth in private psychiatry, averaging 6% annually prior to 1992, was reversed. Consumer and carer involvement in services increased.ConclusionsMajor structural reform was achieved but there was limited evidence that these changes had been accompanied by improved service quality. The National Mental Health Strategy was renewed for another 5 years.

scholarly journals Mental health services in Cambodia: an overview

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Parry ◽  
Ewan Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Professional Mental Health ◽  
National Mental Health

Mental health services in Cambodia required rebuilding in their entirety after their destruction during conflict in the 1970s. During the late 1990s there was rapid growth and development of professional mental health training and education. Currently, basic mental healthcare is available primarily in urban areas and is provided by a mixture of government, non-government and private services. Despite the initial rapid growth of services and the development of a national mental health strategy in 2010, significant challenges remain in achieving an acceptable, standardised level of mental healthcare nationally.

Consumer and Carer Participation in Mental Health Services

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Lloyd ◽  
Robert King
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Consumer Participation ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
National Mental Health

Objective: To clarify the meaning of consumer and carer participation in mental health services, to identify reasons why consumer participation is important both to consumers and to services, and to discuss barriers to participation and ways of overcoming these barriers. Conclusions: Consumer and carer participation has been promoted as part of the National Mental Health Strategy and has the potential to empower consumers and their carers and to improve mental health services. Barriers to consumer participation include professional staff attitudes and resource allocation. Guidelines are provided to assist services to address these barriers and increase the level of consumer and carer participation in both clinical decision-making and service development.

scholarly journals Primary care mental health services in Qatar

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Ovais Wadoo ◽  
Mohamed Ali Siddig Ahmed ◽  
Shuja Reagu ◽  
Samya Ahmad Al Abdulla ◽  
Majid Ali Y. A. Al Abdulla
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Primary Care Mental Health ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
World Class ◽  
National Mental Health

With rapid growth and development in recent decades, the State of Qatar has been redefining strategies and policies towards building a world-class healthcare system. Mental health has emerged as a priority area for development. As a result, mental health services in the region are being redefined and expanded, and this was realised with the launching of the ambitious National Mental Health Strategy in 2013. Traditionally, mental healthcare in Qatar had been considered to be the remit of psychiatrists within secondary care. The new strategy supported the transition towards community-based care. It outlined a plan to design and build a comprehensive and integrated mental health system, offering treatment in a range of settings. In this article, we provide an overview of the advent of primary care mental health services in Qatar. We discuss the historical aspects of psychiatric care and development of primary care mental health services in Qatar.

scholarly journals Mental health law in Qatar

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 88-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed T. Abou-Saleh ◽  
Mohamed Abdelalaim Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
National Mental Health

This article provides a brief outline of mental health services in Qatar, historical notes on the use of informal traditional conventions under common law for the care under compulsory conditions of people who are mentally ill and information on the ongoing development of the Mental Health Law and its key provisions in the context of the new National Mental Health Strategy.

The New Zealand Mental Health Strategy: Is it Making Any Difference?

1997 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-114
Author(s):  
Janice Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
National Mental Health

In June 1994, Government announced i the National Mental Health Strategy entitled ‘Looking Forward’ [1] outlining the goals and strategic directions for the development of mental health services in New Zealand for the next ten years, and which would underpin the on-going development and delivery of mental health services in this country. This strategy not only gave Government's policy directions for mental health, but provided the framework for resourcing mental health service (Table 1). In simple terms the strategy was about more and better services within Government's resources.

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