Quality of life in boarding houses and hostels: a residents' perspective.

abstract：:Chronic tic disorders (CTD) are characterized by motor and/or vocal tics. Existing data on the impact of tics in adulthood is limited by small, treatment-seeking samples or by data aggregated across adults and children. The current study explored the functional impact of tics in adults using a nationwide sample of 672...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Conelea CA,Woods DW,Zinner SH,Budman CL,Murphy TK,Scahill LD,Compton SN,Walkup JT

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this Swedish study was to describe landlords' experiences of having tenants suffering from severe mental illness. Sixteen landlords working in private and public housing agencies participated in open in-depth interviews. Data were subjected to a thematic latent content analysis. The results showed that havi...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Bengtsson-Tops A,Hansson L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined factors associated with use of government subsidised mental health services by 229,628 men and women from the Sax Institute's 45 and Up Study. Logistical regression models assessed use of mental health services by gender and according to level of psychological distress. Approximately equal proporti...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Dolja-Gore X,Loxton D,D'Este C,Blyth F,Byles J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated with a time lag between initial parental concern about ADHD symptoms and the first visit to a hospital in Japan that offers child psychiatric services. We investigated the demographic characteristic, symptoms, diagnosis, and healthcare system factors includin...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Yamauchi Y,Fujiwara T,Okuyama M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an evaluation study of a volunteer monitoring program designed to improve the quality of life in group homes for adults with mental retardation. Special attention is given to the evaluation researchers' efforts to collaborate with the volunteer monitors to develop valid measures and a research de...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Reischl TM,Wordes M

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on race and diagnosis initially focused on black-white differences in depression and schizophrenia. Statistics showing a higher treated prevalence of schizophrenia and a lower prevalence of depression for blacks seemed to support the claim that blacks did not suffer from depression. Others argued, however, th...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Neighbors HW,Jackson JS,Campbell L,Williams D

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a longitudinal study of 104 participants, the psychological factors of economic locus of control, self-esteem, hope and shame were explored for their impact on the relationship between financial hardship and mental health. Participants completed measures of financial hardship, the psychological factors and measures...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Frankham C,Richardson T,Maguire N

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to examine whether ACEs associate to regular smoking and nicotine dependence (ND) among 508 psychiatric inpatients aged 13-17 years. Adolescents were interviewed using the Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children and the European Addiction Severity Index -instruments. ND wa...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Penttinen R,Hakko H,Riipinen P,Isohookana R,Riala K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to determine the acute and long term services and supports (LTSS) utilization, cost of health care and disparities in access of care for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Individuals with IDD on a waiver (receiving Medicaid-funded LTSS in community setting...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Amin MR,Gentile JP,Edwards B,Davis M

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the growing integration of supported employment within the mental health system in the United States as well as the widespread use of social enterprises abroad, the fields of mental health and social enterprises remain largely separate in the USA. The mental health field currently lacks a response that strengt...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Ferguson KM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to explore the relationship between cyber-bullying and psychological security, psychological loneliness, and age. In other words, it sought to identify the predictive power of these three variables on cyber-bullying among university students. Participants were 426 male and female Saudi universi...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Al Qudah MF,Al-Barashdi HS,Hassan EMAH,Albursan IS,Heilat MQ,Bakhiet SFA,Al-Khadher MA

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the effect of social factors in the neighborhood environment on suicide risks, we studied 392 suicides and 416 controls, all aged 15-34 years, consecutively and randomly selected from 16 rural counties in three provinces of China. The social factors in the village neighborhood were measured by the WHO scal...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Zhang J,Wang C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a recent three year period, approximately 600 individuals responded to newspaper advertisements for research studies requiring healthy, cocaine using subjects. These subjects were screened using a standard phone interview in order to eliminate individuals with known medical or psychiatric illnesses that would exc...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Harsch HH,Pankiewicz J,Bloom AS,Rainey C,Cho JK,Sperry L,Stein EA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this research, we examine the relationships between the housing characteristics and dimensions of community adaptation for 107 psychiatric consumer/survivors. Hypotheses about which housing characteristics best predict which dimensions of adaptation were made based on previous research and theory. Using a longitudi...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Nelson G,Hall GB,Walsh-Bowers R

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study focuses on the long-term impact of war on adolescents (N = 821) and adults (N = 870) living in a war afflicted Israeli community a year after the war. Results indicate the following: (a) stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth (PTG) correlate negatively with each other. (b) Age was positively associated wit...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kimhi S,Eshel Y,Zysberg L,Hantman S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapse prevention (RP) programs mainly focus on patients and their families; however a patient's community can also play a significant role in RP. A randomized-controlled-trial was conducted among opiate-dependents discharging from residential abstinence-based treatment programs to assess the effect of a community-ba...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Maarefvand M,Eghlima M,Rafiey H,Rahgozar M,Tadayyon N,Deilamizadeh A,Ekhtiari H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A necessary first step in the psychosocial treatment of persons with severe mental illness is helping them identify their goals. Unfortunately, goal assessment is often viewed as a categorical process in which individuals list needs for which they require services. Motivational interviews provide a more sophisticated ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Corrigan PW,McCracken SG,Holmes EP

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a high prevalence of suicide among elderly Chinese, and particularly among elderly Chinese women in Mainland China with a prevalence of 19.6 per hundred thousand. Since Chinese individuals may much more highly value education, a cognitive-behavioral package originated by Ricardo Munoz, Ph.D. was adapted for C...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Dai Y,Zhang S,Yamamoto J,Ao M,Belin TR,Cheung F,Hifumi SS

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health disparities affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in rural America. There are few empirically-based mental health interventions for this population. This exploratory study uses a mixed-method approach to assess implementation issues related to the feasibility, acceptability...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Willging CE,Harkness A,Israel T,Ley D,Hokanson PS,DeMaria C,Joplin A,Smiley V

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social determinants of health-defined by the World Health Organization as "the social factors and physical conditions of the environment in which people are born, live, learn, play, work, and age"-are increasingly discussed as having relevance in community mental health service systems. This brief report describes how...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Croft B

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) is a self-report questionnaire that allows the assessment of positive mental health, including three well-being components-emotional, psychological and social-as well as the categorical diagnosis of the presence or absence of mental health. The purpose of this study is t...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Fonte C,Silva I,Vilhena E,Keyes CLM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In reviewing the public mental health services of 11 California counties during a period of fiscal retrenchment, we found several common trends: a greater focus on the severely mentally disabled; an increase in utilization of hospital-based care, residential treatment, day treatment, and case management services; and ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Surber RW,Shumway M,Shadoan R,Hargreaves WA

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the development and psychometric assessment of the Evaluation of Client Services (ECS) measure of treatment satisfaction for people with chronic mental illnesses in community treatment settings. The ECS, a 20-item instrument, was validated in a sample of 184 individuals receiving outpatient ment...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Berghofer G,Castille DM,Link B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the relationship between objective and subjective measures of social support with recovery from serious mental illness; recovery has been described as both an outcome state and an ongoing process. One hundred and seventy six people with serious mental illness completed the Recovery Assessment Scale...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Corrigan PW,Phelan SM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that a multifaceted intervention designed to contain costs of prescribing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) at a Veterans Affairs hospital resulted in substantial projected savings. Intervention components included clinician education and pharmacy and computer information process cha...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Dobscha SK,Winterbottom LM,Snodgrass LS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes a culturally relevant intervention using a collaborative depression care model to integrate mental health and primary care services for depressed low income Chinese-Americans at a community health center. A total of 6,065 patients were screened for depression. Of the 341 who screened positive, 57 ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kwong K,Chung H,Cheal K,Chou JC,Chen T

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-income and Latinos use the emergency department (ED) as a primary source of care. Also, the depression prevalence in ED patients is high, making the ED a compelling venue for depression screening and intervention. This study examined barriers and facilitators to depression treatment among low-income, predominantly...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Wells A,Lagomasino IT,Palinkas LA,Green JM,Gonzalez D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent legislation in California mandated the development of an outcome measure suitable for measuring changes in quality of life associated with treatment in the public mental health system. The measure, known as the California Adult Performance Outcome Survey (CAPOS), relies on clinician and client reports of object...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Cuffel BJ,Snowden L,Green RS,McConnell W,Mandella V,Styc K

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental experience of an urban community mental health-mental retardation center is presented as a guiding model for other community mental health centers interested in "tooling up" their mental retardation services. Surveying personnel needs, establishing educational objectives tailored to personnel, presen...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hersh A,Brown GA

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragmentation in behavioral and mental health care to children has resulted in suboptimal care and high rates of psychotropic medication use, especially antipsychotic medications (APM). A qualitative study, based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), aimed to better understand prescribing practices, barriers to opt...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lohr WD,Brothers KB,Davis DW,Rich CA,Ryan L,Smith M,Stevenson M,Feygin Y,Woods C,Myers J,Liu GC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00