A continuing educational program for paramedical personnel.

abstract：:Rural mental health care reform has failed to recognize that service utilization and access is guided by the meanings and explanations that rural dwellers ascribe to symptoms and treatments for mental illness. These meanings and explanations are described here as local knowledge. It is argued that planning for reform ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hill CE,Fraser GJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During yearly meetings of the recently developed network of 15 public/community psychiatry fellowships, it has been noted that programs are having varying degrees of success with regard to recruitment. To understand factors that impact recruitment, a quality improvement survey of fellows and alumni was conducted. Resp...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Weinberg M,LeMelle S,Ranz J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Violence against women is a priority public health issue. Women with mental illness are at a double disadvantage. While social norms and beliefs either support or confront violence against women, research is limited on this issue. A randomized controlled design was adopted for the present study. This study was aimed t...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Vijayalakshmi P,Sailaxmi G,Nikhil Reddy SS,Marimuthu P,Suresh BM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years post-secondary education has been recognized as a viable option in the psychosocial rehabilitation of individuals with mental illness. This study reports the first evidence of effectiveness of a supported education demonstration project which used an experimental design to compare the effects of differ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Collins ME,Bybee D,Mowbray CT

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their increasing numbers, Saudi Arabian international students in the United States have been the focus of few research studies. We examined acculturative stress among 84 female Saudi Arabian students enrolled in US colleges and universities in the vicinity of Washington, DC. Most participants experienced low ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Al-Krenawi A,Alotaibi F,Elbedour S

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumer satisfaction with treatment is important information for providers of mental health services. The goal of the current study was to examine the relationship between youth and parent satisfaction ratings and the following youth variables: gender, age, primary diagnosis, and changes in functioning and symptomato...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Turchik JA,Karpenko V,Ogles BM,Demireva P,Probst DR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The service systems which assist the long-term mentally ill to function in the community have been routinely described as fragmented and uncoordinated. The development and implementation of case management has been seen as one response to this dysfunctional system. This article examines case management from the perspe...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Anthony WA,Cohen M,Farkas M,Cohen BF

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment nonadherence is a pernicious problem associated with increasing rates of chronic diseases, escalating healthcare costs, and rising mortality in some patients. Although researchers have suggested numerous factors related to treatment nonadherence, several understudied aspects warrant attention, such as primar...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hooper LM,Huffman LE,Higginbotham JC,Mugoya GCT,Smith AK,Dumas TN

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:The onset of a mental illness is a traumatic experience for all the members of a family. While the mental illness in their family member may be life long, family members can experience their own recovery from the trauma, just as their family member with a mental illness can experience recovery. This article will descr...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Spaniol L

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study screened for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and self-harming behaviours, often related to borderline personality disorder (BPD), among individuals in a job centre considered unemployable primarily for psychological reasons. Participants (N = 112) filled in questionnaires on PTSD symptoms (n = ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hansen JS,Simonsen E

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A program in the state of Maryland which introduces psychiatric residents to community psychiatry is described. Since 1958, 80 senior psychiatric residents worked one day a week for a year as psychiatric consultants to Maryland county health departments. The program embodies the principle of inductive education, intro...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kern HM Jr,Jacobson WE

更新日期：1969-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether frequency of attendance at the B'More Clubhouse was associated with lower mental health care costs in the Medicaid database, and whether members in the B'More Clubhouse (n = 30) would have lower mental health care costs compared with a set of matched controls from the same claims database (n = 150)...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hwang S,Woody J,Eaton WW

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent pessimistic criticism of right to treatment decisions is unwarranted. The developing law contains a great deal of flexibility, and this can be creatively utilized to secure resources for community-based services. Courts' emphasis on the physical framework of care is an intentional effort to avoid interfering wi...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Dix GE

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe mental illness entails multiple hospital admissions and a large use of public resources. The Reflecting Team (RT), together with other dialogue strategies, place in a single therapeutic space, the patient, his family and a team of professionals to find together a solution to a situation of stagnation. The aim o...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Balcells-Oliveró MM,Nuño L,Freixa N,Domínguez I,Pons I,Alcover E,Gual T

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Why do some implementations in human service settings of goal attainment scaling (GAS), an innovative program evaluation technique, last over time, whereas others die out despite an initially successful period of operation? To provide some tentative answers to this question and to help shed more light generally on dif...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Glaser EM,Backer TE

更新日期：1980-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:As part of an effort to improve police interactions with mentally ill citizens, and improve mental health care delivery to subjects in acute distress, the University of Louisville, in conjunction with the Louisville Metro Police, established the crisis intervention team (CIT). CIT is composed of uniformed of...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Strauss G,Glenn M,Reddi P,Afaq I,Podolskaya A,Rybakova T,Saeed O,Shah V,Singh B,Skinner A,El-Mallakh RS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing and responding to suicidal risk among inmates is discussed based on a comprehensive literature review and personal experience. Sections detailing jail conditions, suicide risk factors, reasons for self-harm, and practical responses are included. Intoxication, isolation, and the initial 24 hours of incarcerat...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Winkler GE

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As one of the most popular social media used around the world, YouTube may be able to serve as a new medium for mental health education. This study aims to analyze and compare the performance of YouTube in disseminating dementia education to Chinese Americans at different time points of the upload period. ME...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lam NHT,Woo BKP

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality disparity for persons with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) due to cardiovascular disease is a devastating problem. Many risk factors are present in young adults with psychosis that may be ameliorated with lifestyle interventions. Sixteen participants with SSDs enrolled in an 11-week open trial of...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Browne J,Cather C,Zvonar V,Thayer K,Skiest H,Arntz D,Kritikos K,Schnitzer K,Brown H,Evins AE,Donovan A

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This Is My Brave (TIMB) is a contact-based mental illness stigma reduction program, set in theaters, meant to reduce stigma, increase beliefs about empowerment and recovery, and improve attitudes towards treatment seeking for mental health concerns. The authors conducted the first empirical evaluation of TIMB using a ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kosyluk K,Marshall J,Macias DR,Andrus D,Guerra D,Robinson M,Ostos A,Chapman S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of 12-step programs and 12-step-oriented treatments for dually diagnosed individuals (DDI) remains unclear. Here are presented the results of a pilot study in which 10 seriously mentally ill patients received a modified 12-step facilitation (TSF) therapy emphasizing engagement of DDI in a specialized 12-step ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Bogenschutz MP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In structured interviews with 96 women with severe mental illness, nearly two-thirds had not used condoms during sexual intercourse in the past 3 months, more than two-thirds had sex with multiple partners, and almost one-third had been treated for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the past year. Women who rep...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Randolph ME,Pinkerton SD,Somlai AM,Kelly JA,McAuliffe TL,Gibson RH,Hackl K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied trends in antipsychotic polypharmacy over a 4 year period in order to see if a change occurred when a statewide quality improvement program aimed at reducing the practice was implemented. Antipsychotic polypharmacy prevalence rates were calculated for eight 6-month periods for enrollees with schizophrenia a...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Constantine RJ,Andel R,Tandon R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supported employment (SE) is an evidence-based practice that helps people with severe mental disorders obtain competitive employment. The implementation of SE programs in different social contexts has led to adaptations of the SE components, therefore impacting the fidelity/quality of these services. The objective of ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Corbière M,Lanctôt N,Lecomte T,Latimer E,Goering P,Kirsh B,Goldner EM,Reinharz D,Menear M,Mizevich J,Kamagiannis T

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the outcome of a community-based prevention program against suicides among the elderly aged 65 and over in the Japanese rural town of Joboji (population 7,010), using a quasi-experimental design with two neighboring control areas. During the 10-year implementation of the program ba...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Oyama H,Koida J,Sakashita T,Kudo K

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical encounters with three outpatients at a CMHC who were managed with alternating periods of voluntary or uncoerced and involuntary or coerced treatment are presented. The two periods of coerced community treatment--of eight months and then two to four years duration--produced positive results quite distinct from...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Geller JL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This community survey studied remission from pathological gambling (PG) among American Indian (AI) and Hispanic American (HA) veterans. Remission was defined as having a lifetime diagnosis of PG, but no gambling symptoms in the last year. Sample consisted of 1624 AI and Hispanic veterans. Instruments included demograp...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Westermeyer J,Canive J,Thuras P,Kim SW,Crosby R,Thompson J,Garrard J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The community-based mental health organizations known as "Clubhouses" have existed since the 1940s in the United States, and the model has since spread to many countries. The present study investigates the psychological and social trajectories of 33 members of Clubhouse Paris, the first Clubhouse in France. The study ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Bouvet C,Battin C,Cappelaere C,Leroy-Hatala C

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00