scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Public Mental Health: An Extensive Narrative Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3221
Author(s):  
Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez ◽  
Eduardo Navarro-Jiménez ◽  
Manuel Jimenez ◽  
Alberto Hormeño-Holgado ◽  
Marina Begoña Martinez-Gonzalez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Health Authorities

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has surprised health authorities around the world producing a global health crisis. This research discusses the main psychosocial stressors associated with COVID-19 in the literature, and the responses of global public mental health services to these events. Thus, a consensus and critical review were performed using both primary sources, such as scientific articles and secondary ones, such as bibliographic indexes, web pages, and databases. The main search engines were PubMed, SciELO, and Google Scholar. The method was a systematic literature review (SLR) of the available literature regarding mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic to conduct the present narrative review. Different stressors are identified in this pandemic, from psychophysiological, confinement, to social and work. Depending on the level of severity and the country of origin, various interventions have been applied that mark different ways of returning to normality and preparing new interventions. This new stressor has a direct impact on the mental health of the population, provoking governments, and health services to become more flexible, innovate and adapt to the changing situation. The use of technology and mass media could be an important tool in this aim. Independent of this, preparing the general population for possible future waves of the pandemic is currently the best measure to mitigate more serious effects on the mental health of the population.

Enhancing the contribution of clinical psychology: an under-utilised workforce in public mental health services

2021 ◽  
pp. 103985622199264
Author(s):  
Henry Jackson ◽  
Caroline Hunt ◽  
Carol Hulbert
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Pathways To Care ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Public Mental Health Services

Objective: Clinical psychologists are practitioners with expertise in mental health, who apply advanced psychological theory and knowledge to their practice in order to assess and treat complex psychological disorders. Given their robust specialised mental health training, clinical psychology is an integral component of the Australian mental health workforce, but is under-utilised. Recent reviews have identified significant problems with Australia’s mental health system, including unequal access to clinical psychology services and fragmentation of service delivery, including convoluted pathways to care. Conclusions: Clinical psychology is well placed to contribute meaningfully to public mental health services (PMHS). We describe what clinical psychologists currently contribute to team-based care in PMHS, how we could further contribute and the barriers to making more extensive contributions. We identify significant historical and organisational factors that have limited the contribution made by clinical psychologists and provide suggestions for cultural change to PMHS.

scholarly journals Access to public mental health services among older adults with severe mental illness

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd P. Gilmer ◽  
Victoria D. Ojeda ◽  
Dahlia Fuentes ◽  
Viviana Criado ◽  
Piedad Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Public Mental Health Services

Integrating Mental Health Services through Reimbursement Reform and Managed Mental Health Care

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Mechanic
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Systems Of Care ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Integration Of Services ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

People with serious and persistent mental illness require a range of community services typically provided by different specialized agencies. At the clinical level, assertive team case management is the strategy commonly used to achieve integration of services across specialized sectors. The USA also has used various financial and organizational approaches to reduce fragmentation and increase effectiveness, including development of stronger public mental health authorities, use of financial incentives to change professional and institutional behavior, requirements to allocate savings from hospital closures to community systems of care, and introduction of mental health managed care on a broad scale. These approaches have potential but also significant problems and there is often a large gap between theory and implementation. These US developments are discussed with attention to the implications for mental health services in the UK.

scholarly journals MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DURING THE PANDEMIC: THE EXPERIENCES OF LITHUANIAN PSYCHOLOGISTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 217-229
Author(s):  
Rita Vaičekauskaitė ◽  
Jurgita Babarskienė ◽  
Jūratė Grubliauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Health Crisis

With the COVID-19 pandemic and its restrictions, many countries face an unprecedented mental health crisis, which is being addressed in various ways, including the use of remote mental health services. Lithuania faced two quarantines: in March-June of 2020 and starting November 2020 up to Spring of 2021.  The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of Lithuanian psychologists providing mental health services during the pandemic.  Using the qualitative content analysis method, the following categories were made: from shock to discovery of new opportunities (differences in two lockdowns, better accessibility of services, help-seeking during the pandemic, and the importance of self-care) and contextual challenges (confidentiality, computer literacy, and blurred home/work boundaries). Implications for addressing psychological service issues are discussed, with an emphasis on self-care, setting boundaries, and finding new ways to enhance mental health via mediated communication as well as to reach out to vulnerable groups.

Telemental health

2018 ◽  
pp. 531-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryann Waugh ◽  
Matthew Mishkind ◽  
Jay H. Shore
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Physical Distance ◽  
Telemental Health ◽  
System P

Telemental health is a term for health care that leverages audio and video telecommunications technologies such as video-teleconferencing, computers, mobile devices, the Internet, telephones, and broadband connectivity to provide mental health services across time and physical distance. Telemental health has the capacity to make a significant and positive impact on public mental health by its ability to not only increase access to care, but also more effectively tailor mental health services to individual or community-wide healthcare needs. This chapter describes ways that telemental health is currently being used to impact mental health promotion, prevention, and treatment, summarizes the evidence base for these applications, and highlights some practical considerations for providers and systems implementing this newer virtual care delivery system.

scholarly journals Public mental health services in Mumbai

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 97-99
Author(s):  
Ajanta Akhuly ◽  
Mrinmoyi Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Migrant Populations ◽  
Public Mental Health Services ◽  
The World

Mumbai, India's largest city, also has the distinction of being the most populous city in the world. The association between urbanisation and mental illness has been widely documented (Harpham & Blue, 1995, especially pp. 41–60). Mumbai is characterised by dense slums housing large migrant populations facing stressful lives. The state of publicly funded mental health facilities in Mumbai has special significance in this context, since they are the only resource available to a large economic ally vulnerable section of the population. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the public mental health services in Mumbai and to identify areas for improvement.

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