Indications of reduced prefrontal cortical function in chronically homeless adults.

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：:State mental health authorities have a leadership role in implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs), but few instruments are available to assess the impact of this role. We describe the development of the State Mental Health Authority Yardstick (SHAY), a behaviorally anchored instrument designed to assess state-lev...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Finnerty MT,Rapp CA,Bond GR,Lynde DW,Ganju V,Goldman HH

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the reasons why pregnant and puerperal women fail to seek or accept treatment for perinatal depression in low- and middle-income countries, where there is a high prevalence of this disorder. To help fill this gap, this study investigated the factors influencing the decision not to seek or...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Baldisserotto ML,Miranda Theme M,Gomez LY,Dos Reis TBQ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To facilitate effective transitional services and enhance continuity of care among people with mental illness, this grounded theory study explored the practice of developing community support in critical time intervention (CTI), a time-limited, shortterm psychosocial rehabilitation program designed to facilitate the c...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Chen FP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration and normalization are goals within the community-based care of people with mental illness. The implementation of this care policy has led to increased contact between people with mental illness and so-called normal people and society at large. But we know little about how this change affects the former pat...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Ekeland TJ,Bergem R

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:Disparities in behavioral health treatment outcomes are multifactorial, but treatment engagement and dropout from treatment often contribute to unequal mental health outcomes in individuals with serious mental illnesses. Alcohol and other substance use disorders have been associated with poor treatment adherence and p...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Shim RS,Compton MT,Zhang S,Roberts K,Rust G,Druss BG

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore perspectives on suicide prevention held by members of Christian faith-based organizations (FBOs). Eight focus groups were facilitated, and five major themes were identified: perceptions of responsibility, connection to suicidal persons, equipping for suicide prevention, collabo...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Bazley R,Pakenham K,Watson B

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been partial implementation of the Saskatchewan Plan to replace the large centralized public mental hospital with small regional centers stressing community care. Intensive treatment of new patients together with intensive rehabilitation of old patients has greatly reduced the accumulation of chronic patient...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lafave HG,Stewart A,Grunberg F

更新日期：1968-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The research was carried out as a pre-test, post-test patterned intervention with one group in order to evaluate the psychoeducation given to older people at nursing homes for a healthy lifestyle and developing life satisfaction. The research was done with 21 female and 21 male older people staying at the state-owned ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Tambağ H,Öz F

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment and support of people diagnosed with severe mental illness in Sweden takes place in out-patient psychiatric services or municipality services. Most of the responsibility for support in daily life are provided by the close family. One crucial matter is how to support these families. This research project aime...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Persson K,Östman M,Ingvarsdotter K,Hjärthag F

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hurricane Katrina caused many individuals to evacuate to towns and cities throughout the United States. Psychological First Aid (PFA) is a treatment program designed to help clinicians and other disaster relief workers address the needs of adults, youth, and families immediately following disasters. We conducted focus...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Legerski JP,Vernberg EM,Noland BJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:The intake policy of an agency is presented as an integral part of an agency's impact upon community organization and hence as crucial in the effectiveness and efficiency with which it carries out the mission of total community care. Three possible models for intake policy are elaborated: direct service, extended comm...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Feldman SE,Jacobson M

更新日期：1969-02-01 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 presents a survey of state statutes which restrict the civil rights of persons with a mental illness or who have been declared mentally incompetent. Five civil rights (jury service, voting, holding public office, marriage, and parenting) are examined. The results of the 1999 study are compared with the resu...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hemmens C,Miller M,Burton VS Jr,Milner S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric rehabilitation supports individuals with mental disorders to acquire the skills needed for independent lives in communities. This article assesses the potential of outsourcing psychiatric rehabilitation by analysing care farm services in the Netherlands. Service characteristics were analysed across 214 car...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Iancu SC,Zweekhorst MB,Veltman DJ,van Balkom AJ,Bunders JF

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A context-specific quantity-frequency (CSQF) questionnaire has been developed to accurately measure alcohol consumption using probing questions on drinking context. The study aimed to describe the drinking context associated with different drinking intensities in a community of southern Thailand using the CSQF. A cros...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Vichitkunakorn P,Conigrave KM,Geater AF,Assanangkornchai S

更新日期：2021-01-01 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

abstract：:In the last forty years deinstitutionalization has transferred the care of people with a serious mental illness from the psychiatric hospitals to community based facilities. More recently it has been questioned whether these new facilities offer the anticipated benefits of quality of life. This study examines the Qual...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Horan ME,Muller JJ,Winocur S,Barling N

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A "mental disorder" can be defined as a "behavioral or psychological syndrome that occurs in an individual. It represents about 13% of the global disease burden which is expected increase to 15% by 2020. Moreover, by 2020, depression is expected to be second to ischemic heart disease as a contributor in the global dis...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Shehata WM,Abdeldaim DE

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing the 22-Item Mental Health Scale developed by the staff of the Midtown Manhattan Project, the mental health status of a sample of 600 New Hampshire residents is examined. The findings suggest that more than one-quarter of the respondents in the sample are psychosocially impaired to varying degrees. The result...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Phillips DL

更新日期：1966-03-01 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：:In an effort to bridge the gap between service need and service utilization, an urban based, university affiliated children's psychiatric outpatient clinic has implemented a program which provides mental health services in inner city schools. When compared with the central clinic populations (N = 304), the school samp...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Armbruster P,Gerstein SH,Fallon T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decades of the 20th century, many psychiatric hospitals changed the living environments of their clients with long-term psychiatric disabilities. We investigated the effect of this environmental psychiatric rehabilitation and normalization process on the activity and participation level of such clients...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： van Wel T,Felling A,Persoon J

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：: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

abstract：:Individuals with mental illness and mental retardation often fall between system and agency service cracks. This paper describes some of the barriers individuals and communities confront in developing new or expanding existing services to meet the needs of this population. It then describes how one community initiated...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Woodward HL

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main goal of this study was to explore the connections between the exposure of nurses in Israel to national terror and the levels of distress experienced due to ongoing terror attacks. The data were collected from 214 nurses from various parts of Israel who work in three types of heath services (mainly hospital de...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Ron P,Shamai M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various factors may contribute to cyclical fluctuations in mental health emergency service utilization. Information regarding service utilization patterns would assist the planning and administration of such programs. Five years of data on emergency service contacts at a rural community mental health center were analy...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Sobel SN,Anisman S,Hamdy HI

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00