Identification of mental illness: Its consequences for rejection.

abstract：:The need to move mental health systems toward more recovery-oriented treatment modes is well established. Progress has been made to define needed changes but evidence is lacking about the resources required to implement them. The Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) in California was designed to implement more recovery-o...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Felton MC,Cashin CE,Brown TT

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness is a worldwide phenomenon, This Longitudinal study aimed to determine the level of stigma, among the internal displaced persons in central Sudan and explore possible changes in stigma associated with an intervention. 1549 persons were interviewed using standard...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Sanhori Z,Eide AH,Ayazi T,Mdala I,Lien L

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About half of the current activity in consultation and education services of community mental health centers can be classified as primary prevention. Using a framework that distinguishes between institutional-level interventions (caretaker training and program consultation) and individual-level interventions (dealing ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Vayda AM,Perlmutter FD

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this paper is to document and evaluate the process of implementing an evidence-based depression intervention in community settings through the use of community-academic partnered approaches. We discuss how and to what extent the goals of community engagement and collaborative planning were achieved in the ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Khodyakov D,Sharif MZ,Dixon EL,Mendel P,Chung B,Linkski B,Jones JB

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored perceived mental health-related needs and barriers to meeting them in primary and mental health care settings. Fifty-one participants completed the Perceived Need for Care Questionnaire and an interview to qualitatively explore the meanings behind self-identified needs for medication, information, ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Fossey E,Harvey C,Mokhtari MR,Meadows GN

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:This study assessed mental disorders among 144 homeless and poor adults using four different methods: (a) history of psychiatric hospitalization, (b) structured clinical interview, (c) self-report symptom checklist, and (d) interviewer ratings. These four methods yielded divergent estimates of mental illness, ranging ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Bellavia CW,Toro PA

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe uses for a 17-item instrument that efficiently measures the functioning level of chronically mentally ill persons living in the community. The Multnomah Community Ability Scale is designed to be completed by case managers who work with chronically mentally ill consumers. The instrument is sensitiv...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Barker S,Barron N,McFarland BH,Bigelow DA,Carnahan T

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presented preliminary results on the efficacy of a novel group debriefing model called Strength-Focused and Meaning-Oriented Approach for Resilience and Transformation (SMART). The SMART debriefing (1) aimed at boosting resilience and catalyzing transformation among persons undergoing stressful events, (2) ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Ng SM,Chan TH,Chan CL,Lee AM,Yau JK,Chan CH,Lau J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effectiveness of group discussion in mitigating the rising hostility between police and residents of the urban ghetto, two 15-member groups of police and ghetto residents held weekly discussions, led and observed by university researchers, for 12 weeks. Attitude scales administered at the beginning and en...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lipsitt PD,Steinbruner M

更新日期：1969-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States is a country of immigrants. With the exception of Native-Americans, every other American is, or descends from, an immigrant. First and second generation immigrant children are the most rapidly growing segment of the American population, with the great majority of this population being of non-European...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Pumariega AJ,Rothe E,Pumariega JB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the planning, development, implementation, and results of a consultation program to the clergy as part of an agency's community mental health service. The paper focuses on the four main program goals of (1) revitalizing a local association for the clergy, (2) developing the clergy's pastoral skill...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kaseman CM,Anderson RG

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hardships of war affect all members of society. Those most acutely affected are service members and their families. Civilian service personnel mobilized within an active reserve component experience a disruption of life style which can cause stress. Service members are trained to be effective soldiers, but very li...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Rabb DD,Baumer RJ,Wieseler NA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As many as 50% of patients with schizophrenia do not take oral antipsychotic medications as prescribed, yet long acting injections are rarely utilized. Community agencies that serve this population are often over-burdened and poorly funded. There are negative attitudes on the part of both physicians and consumers abou...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Velligan DI,Medellin E,Draper M,Maples N,Dassori A,Moore TA,Lopez L

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Good mental health is essential to successful integration for refugee populations that resettle in the U.S. We explored perceptions of mental illnesses and barriers to mental health service use as well as solutions to current mental health problems from the perspective of refugees. The interviews with a convenience sa...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kim W,Yalim AC,Kim I

更新日期：2020-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a subpopulation of the seriously mentally ill who remain acute care recidivists, rarely becoming engaged in follow-up treatment. It has been argued that these individuals are system, rather than treatment resisters. The perceptions they have of their problems are often in conflict with staff evaluations, or w...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Santiago JM,Berren MR,Beigel A,Goldfinger SM,Hannah MT

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of innovative alternatives to nursing homes is critical, especially in the context of OBRA mandates and the growing geriatric population. This article examines the experience of one urban country in Washington State in providing supported housing for the OBRA-affected mentally ill elderly. The signific...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Sohng SS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single and multiple correlates for premature termination and duration of treatment were examined for 13,450 clients seem in 17 community mental health facilities. Predictor variables included seven demographic characteristics of clients and five characteristics of service (type of personnel seeing clients, assignment ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Sue S,McKinney HL,Allen DB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is an exploration of mental health consumers' perspectives on information, including scientific information, and on other inputs to decision-making. Four focus groups were held with severely mentally ill consumers at two sites in the summer of 2005. Consumers varied in age, race and diagnosis. Participant r...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Tanenbaum SJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research on environmental stress is reviewed with emphasis on human subjects and on psychopathology. Theoretical and methodological issues are considered with reference to the need for increased attention to stress in clinical research. A new brief interview procedure for measuring recent and current environmen...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Michaux WW,Gansereit KH,McCabe OL,Kurland AA

更新日期：1967-12-01 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：:This paper highlights the results of a consensus meeting regarding best practices for the assessment and treatment of co-occurring traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mental health (MH) problems among Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn Veterans seeking care in non-Veterans Affairs Color...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Olson-Madden JH,Brenner LA,Matarazzo BB,Signoracci GM,Expert Consensus Collaborators.

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This discussion summarizes community-based research conducted by the Human Relations Service of Wellesley, Inc., during the first 15 years of its existence as a pilot mental health program. It suggests that the community mental health laboratory develop service and research as coordinated components. Service activitie...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Klein DC

更新日期：1969-10-01 00:00:00

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：:We describe the addition of medication monitoring to the duties of nurses working as case managers in a day treatment program for the chronically mentally ill. The nurses used their medical and behavioral knowledge to form a more complete picture of the patient than either a visiting psychiatrist or a case-manager who...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Davidson RE,Factor R,Gundlach E,Adler K

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Violence inflicted by individuals with mental illness towards healthcare workers has received significant media attention. Though such incidents are relatively infrequent, they inspire reactive responses and contribute to further stigmatization of the mentally ill. Prevention of violence is an important challenge for ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Weisman RL,Lamberti JS

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of the social welfare movement suggests two simultaneous but divergent philosophies within that movement. One philosophy includes a commitment to the individual client and action to increase the individual's opportunity to select his own goals and methods of achieving such goals. The opposing position assu...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Sulzer ES

更新日期：1967-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated why some homeless individuals seem unable to transition towards self-reliance, following traditional supportive services. It was hypothesized that this may be due to some cognitive dysfunction. Chronically homeless adults were compared to controls on three tests of prefrontal competency: the Io...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Davidson D,Chrosniak LD,Wanschura P,Flinn JM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is proposed that the ombudsman program, originally conceived of as a protection of the political rights of individual citizens, can be profitably viewed as a primary prevention of psychological disorders. The ombudsman attempts to alleviate reality problems prior to the onset of psychological disruption by engaging...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Wolkon GH,Moriwaki S

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual health and education are rarely investigated in the Middle East countries, including Egypt. We performed the current study to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards sexual health practices among Egyptian youth. A self-administered questionnaire was translated from English to Arabic. After pi...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Menshawy A,Abushouk AI,Ghanem E,Senna M,Lotfy N,Abdel-Maboud M,Elmaraezy A,Elsherbeny MY,SABEAD Study group.

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00