scholarly journals Chronicle and mix

2020 ◽  
Vol VI (4) ◽  
pp. 220-226
Author(s):  
B. I. Vorotynsky
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
District Hospital ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
One Year ◽  
Scientific Purpose

- October 10 p. Mr. Minister of Internal Affairs for the mentally ill visited the Kazan District Hospital for the mentally ill.- Privat-docent of Kazan University for the department of nervous and mental illnesses, doctor of medicine, B.I. Vorotynskiy, on January 1899 will be sent abroad for one year for a scientific purpose.

Needs and care of migrants considered as severely mentally ill – cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of a Swedish sample

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 533-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Arvidsson ◽  
S. Hultsjö
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Functional Disability ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Migrant Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Severely Mentally Ill ◽  
Swedish Sample ◽  
Made In

AbstractPurposeHigher incidence of mental illnesses and less access to care is previously reported concerning migrants but few studies focus on the needs and care of migrant groups in psychiatry. The aim of this study was to compare differences in needs and care between migrant and nonmigrant groups of severely and persistently mentally ill (SMI) after the 1995 Swedish mental health care reform.MethodsIn a Swedish area, inventories were made in 2001 and 2006 of persons considered as SMI. These persons were interviewed and their needs were assessed. In a cross-sectional study in 2006, needs and care were compared between migrants and nonmigrants. In a longitudinal study, migrants and nonmigrants interviewed in both 2001 and 2006 were compared concerning the development of needs and care.ResultsThe needs of the migrant group were less taken care of. In 2006, there were more unmet needs in this group concerning accommodation, physical health, psychological distress, basic education and economy.ConclusionThe improvement of groups considered as SMI concerning functional disability and efforts of care found in the actual area did not seem to include the migrant group, at least not to the same degree.

scholarly journals Chronicle and mix

2020 ◽  
Vol V (4) ◽  
pp. 214-216
Author(s):  
B. I. Vorotynsky
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
District Hospital ◽  
The State ◽  
Western Region ◽  
State Council ◽  
Medical Department ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
The North ◽  
District Hospitals ◽  
North Western

- The Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Medical Department is included in the State Council with a presentation on borrowing from the capital of public funds the amounts necessary for the construction of District Hospitals for the mentally ill. These sums will also be used to build the District Hospital in Vilnius, designed for the provinces of the north-western region.

What about psychiatrists' attitude to mentally ill people?

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 423-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Lauber ◽  
Marion Anthony ◽  
Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross ◽  
Wulf Rössler
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Community Psychiatry ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Closeness

AbstractObjectiveFirstly, to assess and, secondly, to compare experts' and lay attitudes towards community psychiatry and the respective social distance towards mentally ill people.MethodComparison of two representative Swiss samples, one comprising of 90 psychiatrists, the other including 786 individuals of the general population.ResultsThe psychiatrists' attitude was significantly more positive than that of the general population although both samples have a positive attitude to community psychiatry. The statement that mental health facilities devalue a residential area has revealed most agreement. Psychiatrists and the public do not differ in their social distance to mentally ill people. Among both samples, the level of social distance increases the more the situation described implies ‘social closeness’.ConclusionThe strategy to use psychiatrists as role models or opinion leaders in anti-stigma campaigns cannot be realised without accompanying actions. Psychiatrists must be aware that their attitudes do not differ from the general public and, thus, they should improve their knowledge about stigma and discrimination towards people with mental illnesses.

How Did Convulsive Therapy Originate?

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Fink MD
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Mental Disease ◽  
Experimental Treatment ◽  
Therapeutic Benefit ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Convulsive Therapy ◽  
Manic Depressive ◽  
High Doses

In the second half of the nineteenth century, European neuropsychiatrists had identified three mental illnesses that dominated the clinical scene: neurosyphilis (described as dementia paralytica), dementia praecox (schizophrenia today), and manic-depressive insanity (now known as the two disorders of major depression and bipolar disorder). These diseases were devastating, often fatal, and no effective treatments were known. Caretakers of the mentally ill commonly resorted to chains, restraining chairs, cold and hot baths, and seclusion to control aggressive behavior. Morphine and other sedative chemicals kept patients asleep but did little to heal their illnesses. The mentally ill who were dangerous to themselves or to others were housed in large state-supported hospitals managed by hospital superintendents with full authority to treat the inmates. Lacking effective remedies, they permitted many experimental and unsafe interventions. Prolonged sleep was an experimental treatment that seemed to relieve severe depressive and agitated states. Agitated patients were kept in a stupor for days with continuing high doses of barbiturates, with periods of alertness for feeding and toileting. While some died of pneumonia, the few who recovered their senses encouraged these trials. Body infections were once thought to cause mental disorders, so to cure mental disease, the teeth, tonsils, gallbladder, and large sections of the colon were often removed even though there was no credible evidence to justify the procedures. Many patients died. The patients suffered further humiliation when hospitals did not provide false teeth to help them chew their food. Surgical removal of sexual organs was another “treatment.” Eugenicists argued for sterilization of the mentally ill, especially those who had become burdens on society. It is estimated that more than 18,000 people in psychiatric institutions were surgically sterilized during the first half of the twentieth century. The discovery of bacteria as the cause of infectious febrile illnesses was a great accomplishment of medical research in the nineteenth century. The French chemist Louis Pasteur’s demonstration that high temperatures would destroy bacteria, an observation that led to the pasteurization of foods, also suggested that fevers could have a therapeutic benefit in bodily infections. This theory was supported by improvement of psychosis in patients who survived infections with smallpox or typhoid fever.

Offenders with Mental Illness in Prison

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah M. Manchak ◽  
Robert D. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offenders ◽  
Prison Management ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
Prison Environment ◽  
Offenders With Mental Illness

This essay describes trends in the number of mentally disordered offenders in prison and the unique challenges posed by them in terms of prison management and service delivery. The essay first explores why persons with mental illnesses are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, then discusses efforts to rehabilitate this population should not take place within the prison environment (and, if they do, what changes in current practices are necessary to adapt to the prison setting). How the challenges posed by mentally ill inmates are managed is also covered, with critical discussions of these strategies. Finally, an analysis of the changes that are needed to improve conditions for inmates with mental illness in prisons is presented, with a description of one promising program for treating these offenders. Suggestions for future research with this population that will help inform and improve prison conditions for offenders with mental illness are also provided.

scholarly journals Level of compliance and factors associated with non-compliance to treatment among the mentally ill patients

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Lama ◽  
K V Lakshmi ◽  
P M Shyangwa ◽  
P Parajuli
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Psychiatric Ward ◽  
Psychiatric Medication ◽  
Drug Compliance ◽  
Treatment Access ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Compliance To Treatment

Background: Mental illnesses are treatable and need medication and other therapies i.e. counseling, psychotherapy etc for the better outcome. Poor adherence to psychiatric medication regimens is a major obstacle to the effective care of persons who have chronic mental illness.Objectives: The study aims to identify the level of compliance and factors associated with non-compliance to treatment regimen.Methods: This was a hospital based cross sectional study carried out in psychiatric ward and OPD at B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan Nepal. A total of 150 patients were included as study samples using purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using self developed, pre tested, semi structured Pro forma by interview method.Results: Half of the patients showed average compliance. Thirty seven percentages of patients had good compliance and only 13% showed poor compliance. There was no association between drug compliance and demographic variables (p> 0.05). Drug compliance was significantly associated with factors such as drug related aspects, treatment access related factors, quality of interaction with treating team, family support, attitude towards mental illness and relatives' insight towards mental illness (p<0.05 ).Conclusion: The findings of the study highlighted the various factors such as drug related, social support, and treatment access related factors are influencing the drug compliance among the mentally ill patients.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hren.v10i2.6577 Health Renaissance 2012; Vol 10 (No.2); 113-117 

scholarly journals Tensions and Paradoxes of Stigma: Discussing Stigma in Mental Health Rehabilitation

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5943
Author(s):  
Jenny Paananen ◽  
Camilla Lindholm ◽  
Melisa Stevanovic ◽  
Elina Weiste
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
Health Rehabilitation ◽  
Mental Health Rehabilitation

Mental illness remains as one of the most stigmatizing conditions in contemporary western societies. This study sheds light on how mental health professionals and rehabilitants perceive stigmatization. The qualitative study is based on stimulated focus group interviews conducted in five Finnish mental health rehabilitation centers that follow the Clubhouse model. The findings were analyzed through inductive content analysis. Both the mental health rehabilitants and the professionals perceived stigmatization as a phenomenon that concerns the majority of rehabilitants. However, whereas the professionals viewed stigma as something that is inflicted upon the mentally ill from the outside, the rehabilitants perceived stigma as something that the mentally ill themselves can influence by advancing their own confidence, shame management, and recovery. Improvements in treatment, along with media coverage, were seen as the factors that reduce stigmatization, but the same conceptualization did not hold for serious mental illnesses. As the average Clubhouse client was thought to be a person with serious mental illness, the rehabilitation context designed to normalize attitudes toward mental health problems was paradoxically perceived to enforce the concept of inevitable stigma. Therefore, it is important for professionals in rehabilitation communities to be reflexively aware of these tensions when supporting the rehabilitants.

scholarly journals Psychiatry in 21st century: The road ahead

2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 426-427
Author(s):  
Sayantanava Mitra ◽  
Anjana Rao Kavoor
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Road ◽  
Gender Empowerment ◽  
The World ◽  
Advance Care ◽  
And Gender

ABSTRACTIn spite of becoming more humane in its approach with improvements in understanding of mental illnesses over last century, psychiatry still has a long way to go. At this point in time, on one hand the world faces issues like terrorism, wars and global warming; while on the other it is witnessing economic and gender empowerment like never before. With technology providing us with immense opportunities to advance care for the mentally ill, we are closer than ever to finding the holy-grail of psychiatry, and overcoming daunting challenges.

Biological Sex, Adherence to Traditional Gender Roles, and Attitudes Toward Persons with Mental Illness: An Exploratory Investigation

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Hinkelman ◽  
Darcy Haag Granello
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mental Health Counselors ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Traditional Gender Roles ◽  
Exploratory Investigation

Undergraduate students (n = 86) responded to the Community Attitudes Toward the Mentally Ill (CAMI) questionnaire and The Hypergender Ideology Scale, which measures the degree to which they adhered to traditional gender roles. Results indicated that males were significantly more likely than females to endorse intolerant attitudes toward persons with mental illnesses. However, when adherence to hypergender ideology was controlled for, no significant differences emerged between the genders. It was determined that strict gender-role adherence, rather than biological sex, accounted for the variance in CAMI scores. Implications for mental health counselors and for selecting predictor variables for future research are discussed.

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