scholarly journals Evaluation of an integrated approach to schistosomiasis control in a resettlement area west of Alexandria

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 558-559
Author(s):  
H. F. Farag
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Personnel ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Schistosomiasis Control ◽  
Knowledge And Skills

A six-day workshop was conducted to develop trainers in mental health by providing physicians participating √Æn th√© programme wtth th√© necessary educationa!knowledge and skills. A significant improvement was observed in th√© participants’ knowledge and skiils after th√© workshop. A significant corr√©lation waa found between th√© increase in knowledge and that of performance. The innrease was affected neithar by th√© years of work experienca nor by th√© postgraduate degree heid This observed benefit and th√© satisfaction expressed by participants encourage th√© replication of such a programme in order to develop qualified health personnel capable of expanding mental health services for children

scholarly journals Evaluation of an educational training programme for the development of trainers in child mental health in Alexandria

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 482-493
Author(s):  
Amira, G. Seif El Din
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Health Personnel ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
Knowledge And Skills

A six-day workshop was conducted to develop trainers in mental health by providing physicians participating in the programme with the necessary educational knowledge and skills. A significant improvement was observed in the participants’ knowledge and skills after the workshop. A significant correlation was found between the increase in knowledge and that of performance. The increase was affected neither by the years of work experience nor by the postgraduate degree held. This observed benefit and the satisfaction expressed by participants encourage the replication of such a programme in order to develop qualified health personnel capable of expanding mental health services for children

scholarly journals Improving access to mental healthcare for displaced Syrians: case studies from Syria, Iraq and Turkey

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 84-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Hughes ◽  
Z. Hijazi ◽  
K. Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
World Health ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Displaced People

The conflict in Syria has led to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that extends across multiple countries in the area. Mental health services were undeveloped before and now face huge strain and unmet need. The World Health Organization and others have developed a programme to build capacity in the delivery of mental health services in an integrated healthcare package to refugees and displaced people. The tool used for this is the mhGAP Intervention Guide and complementary materials. In this paper we refer to training in Turkey, Iraq and Syria where health professionals were trained to roll out this community-based integrated approach through primary healthcare. We describe field case examples that show the complexity of situations that face refugees, displaced people and those caught in active conflict. Training improved the knowledge and skills for managing mental health disorders in primary healthcare. Further work needs to be done to demonstrate greater access to and utilisation of services, client outcomes and organisational change with this approach.

Counselors and Physicians Providing Mental Health Services: An Integrated Approach

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy K. Enochs ◽  
Mark Young ◽  
Robert O. Choate
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Integrated Approach

The role of community mental health services in supporting oral health outcomes among consumers

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 216
Author(s):  
Rebecca Meldrum ◽  
Hillary Ho ◽  
Julie Satur
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health Services ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Oral Diseases

People with a lived experience of mental illness are at a higher risk for developing oral diseases and having poorer oral health than the broader population. This paper explores the role of Australian community mental health services in supporting the prevention and management of poor oral health among people living with mental illness. Through focus groups and semi-structured interviews, participants identified the value of receiving oral health support within a community mental health setting, in particular the delivery of basic education, preventive strategies, assistance with making or attending appointments and obtaining priority access to oral health services. Engagement with Community Health Services and referrals generated through the priority access system were identified as key enablers to addressing oral health issues. This study provides new insight into the importance of undertaking an integrated approach to reducing the oral health disparities experienced by those living with mental illness.

A model for the provision of integrated perinatal and infant mental health services in regional settings

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 531-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian Wing Woon Lee ◽  
Louise Kathryn Newman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Infant Development ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Infant Mental Health ◽  
Parental Mental Health ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
Short Term Treatment

Objective: This paper aims to describe current approaches in Victoria to the development of perinatal and infant mental health services in regional areas. Method: The paper outlines the significance of perinatal mental disorder for maternal wellbeing and impact on infant development, and describes the model of care at the Agnes Unit. Results: The Agnes Unit has been established as a residential therapeutic unit offering short-term treatment that focusses on promoting parental mental health, parenting sensitivity and the parent-infant relationship. Conclusions: A coordinated and integrated approach with focus on early intervention is needed to deliver perinatal and infant mental health services. Services need to focus on the infant and parent-infant relationship in addition to parental mental health.

It’s time to re-think mental health services for children in care, and those adopted from care

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tarren-Sweeney
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Government Accountability ◽  
Specialist Care ◽  
Health Service Provision ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Child Psychologists ◽  
Mental Health Service Provision ◽  
Children In Care

Much of what is written in this special issue points to the need for a clinical workforce that has much greater knowledge and skills for working with children with a history of alternate care, including those who are subsequently adopted. Standard child clinical conceptualization, assessment methods, and formulations miss the mark for these vulnerable populations in a number of critical ways. The present paper proposes 10 principles to guide the design of mental health services for children in care, and those adopted from care. Effective specialization in child welfare work by clinical child psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists, requires: (i) specialized knowledge and skills; (ii) a shift from traditional clinical practice to a clinical psychosocial-developmental scope of practice; and (iii) a strong advocacy role. To support such specialized practice, service design should be guided by: (iv) a primary—specialist care nexus, that includes universal, comprehensive assessments; (v) a shift from acute care to preventative, long-term engagement and monitoring; (vi) integration within the social care milieu; (vii) a shift from exclusion to active ownership of these client groups; (viii) normalization strategies; and (ix) alignment of services for these client groups. Finally, it is argued that mental health service provision for these children is strengthened by policy that promotes (x) “whole of government” accountability for their mental health needs.

A View From the Top: Superintendents’ Perceptions of Mental Health Supports in Rural School Districts

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 781-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meagan O’Malley ◽  
Staci J. Wendt ◽  
Christina Pate
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Mixed Response

Purpose: A chasm exists between the expanding mental health needs of school-aged youth and the school resources available to address them. Education agencies must efficiently allocate their limited resources by adopting innovative public health models. The need for these effective approaches is acute in rural regions, where resources tend to be scarce. This mixed-methods study of school superintendents illuminates key opportunities to optimize access to care for students struggling with mental health needs in rural communities. Method: Superintendents serving rural California school districts were targeted for a web-based, mixed response–type, 53-item survey designed to examine their perceptions across three school mental health–related categories: (a) strengths and gaps in community ethos and district infrastructure, (b) school personnel groups’ knowledge and skills, and (c) predominant barriers. Of the targeted respondents, 16.7% completed the survey ( N = 62). Quantitative data were analyzed using a series of descriptive analyses and paired-sample t tests. Qualitative data were analyzed using a constant comparative method with an open-coding approach. Findings and Implications: Budget constraints and access to trained school-based and community-based mental health personnel are the most frequently cited barriers to addressing mental health in schools. Knowledge and skills related to mental health are perceived to be more pronounced in district and school leadership than in other personnel groups, including staff typically responsible for providing mental health services, such as school psychologists. Our findings suggest a need to improve superintendent knowledge of innovative public health models for delivering mental health services within the constraints of rural school district settings.

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