Issue 1/2016
Content (75 Articles)
Overview of the mental health system in Mozambique: addressing the treatment gap with a task-shifting strategy in primary care
- Open Access
- Research
Palmira Fortunato dos Santos, Milton L. Wainberg, José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida, Benedetto Saraceno, Jair de Jesus Mari
Comprehensive psychometric examination of the attitudes towards suicide (ATTS) in South Korea
- Open Access
- Research
Nam-Ju Ji, Yeon-Pyo Hong, Weon-Young Lee
‘teen Mental Health First Aid’: a description of the program and an initial evaluation
- Open Access
- Research
Laura M. Hart, Robert J. Mason, Claire M. Kelly, Stefan Cvetkovski, Anthony F. Jorm
Psychological distress is influenced by length of stay in resettled Iraqi refugees in Australia
- Open Access
- Research
Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, Shameran Slewa-Younan, Mitchell Smith, Sandy Eagar, Glenn Stone
Policies on sexual expression in forensic psychiatric settings in different European countries
- Open Access
- Research
Rajveer Tiwana, Stephanie McDonald, Birgit Völlm
Consumers and their supporters’ perspectives on poor practice and the use of seclusion and restraint in mental health settings: results from Australian focus groups
- Open Access
- Research
Lisa M. Brophy, Catherine E. Roper, Bridget E. Hamilton, Juan José Tellez, Bernadette M. McSherry
Erratum to: Consumers and their supporters’ perspectives on poor practice and the use of seclusion and restraint in mental health settings: results from Australian focus groups
- Open Access
- Erratum
Lisa M. Brophy, Catherine E. Roper, Bridget E. Hamilton, Juan José Tellez, Bernadette M. McSherry
Treating symptoms or assisting human development: Can different environmental conditions affect personal development for patients with severe mental illness? A qualitative study
- Open Access
- Research
Arnhild Lauveng, Sidsel Tveiten, Tor-Johan Ekeland, Ruud Torleif
Service user and family member perspectives on services for mental health, substance use/addiction, and violence: a qualitative study of their goals, experiences and recommendations
- Open Access
- Research
Rebecca Haskell, Kathryn Graham, Sharon Bernards, Andrea Flynn, Samantha Wells
Perceptions and experiences of perinatal mental disorders in rural, predominantly ethnic minority communities in northern Vietnam
- Open Access
- Research
Daniel Abrams, Liem T. Nguyen, Jill Murphy, Younji (Angie) Lee, Nhu K. Tran, David Wiljer
More than just a bed: mental health service users’ experiences of self-referral admission
- Open Access
- Research
Turid Møller Olsø, Camilla Buch Gudde, Inger Elise Opheim Moljord, Gretha Helen Evensen, Dag Øivind Antonsen, Lasse Eriksen
Integrating mental health into primary care for post-conflict populations: a pilot study
- Open Access
- Research
Chesmal Siriwardhana, Anushka Adikari, Kaushalya Jayaweera, Buddhika Abeyrathna, Athula Sumathipala
Neighborhood social capital and infant physical abuse: a population-based study in Japan
- Open Access
- Research
Takeo Fujiwara, Yui Yamaoka, Ichiro Kawachi
Hospitalization of high and low inpatient service users before and after enrollment into Assertive Community Treatment teams: a naturalistic observational study
- Open Access
- Research
Hanne Clausen, Anne Landheim, Sigrun Odden, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Kristin Sverdvik Heiervang, Hanne Kilen Stuen, Helen Killaspy, Torleif Ruud
Utilization of a mental health collaborative care model among patients who require interpreter services
- Open Access
- Research
Jane W. Njeru, Ramona S. DeJesus, Jennifer St. Sauver, Lila J. Rutten, Debra J. Jacobson, Patrick Wilson, Mark L. Wieland
Using a theory driven approach to develop and evaluate a complex mental health intervention: the friendship bench project in Zimbabwe
- Open Access
- Research
Dixon Chibanda, Ruth Verhey, Epiphany Munetsi, Frances M. Cowan, Crick Lund
Erratic electricity supply (Dumsor) and anxiety disorders among university students in Ghana: a cross sectional study
- Open Access
- Research
Abdallah Ibrahim, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Emmanuel Asampong, Duah Dwomoh, Justice Nonvignon
The mental health and psychosocial impact of the Bougainville Crisis: a synthesis of available information
- Open Access
- Review
David Tierney, Paul Bolton, Barnabas Matanu, Lorraine Garasu, Essah Barnabas, Derrick Silove
Novel implementation research designs for scaling up global mental health care: overcoming translational challenges to address the world’s leading cause of disability
- Open Access
- Commentary
Susan M. Meffert, Thomas C. Neylan, David A. Chambers, Helen Verdeli
Involuntary psychiatric admission: how the patients are detected and the general practitioners’ expectations for hospitalization. An interview-based study
- Open Access
- Research
Ketil Røtvold, Rolf Wynn
Bridging the gap: investigating challenges and way forward for intersectoral provision of psychosocial rehabilitation in South Africa
- Open Access
- Research
Carrie Brooke-Sumner, Crick Lund, Inge Petersen
Mental health needs and services in the West Bank, Palestine
- Open Access
- Review
Mohammad Marie, Ben Hannigan, Aled Jones
Barefoot therapists: barriers and facilitators to delivering maternal mental health care through peer volunteers in Pakistan: a qualitative study
- Open Access
- Research
Najia Atif, Karina Lovell, Nusrat Husain, Siham Sikander, Vikram Patel, Atif Rahman
Towards understanding governance issues in integration of mental health into primary health care in Uganda
- Open Access
- Research
James Mugisha, Joshua Ssebunnya, Fred N. Kigozi
A qualitative exploration of a family self-help mental health program in El Salvador
- Open Access
- Case study
Samuel V. Nickels, Nelson A. Flamenco Arvaiza, Myrna S. Rojas Valle
Violent events, ward climate and ideas for violence prevention among nurses in psychiatric wards: a focus group study
- Open Access
- Research
Tella Lantta, Minna Anttila, Raija Kontio, Clive E. Adams, Maritta Välimäki
Managing mental illness in Ghana: the state of commonly prescribed psychotropic medicines
- Open Access
- Research
Samuel Oppong, Irene A. Kretchy, Emelia P. Imbeah, Barima A. Afrane
Adaptation and validation of the short version WHOQOL-HIV in Ethiopia
- Open Access
- Research
Markos Tesfaye, Mette Frahm Olsen, Girmay Medhin, Henrik Friis, Charlotte Hanlon, Lotte Holm
Promotion, prevention and protection: interventions at the population- and community-levels for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in low- and middle-income countries
- Open Access
- Review
Inge Petersen, Sara Evans-Lacko, Maya Semrau, Margaret M. Barry, Dan Chisholm, Petra Gronholm, Catherine O. Egbe, Graham Thornicroft
Beliefs and knowledge about post-traumatic stress disorder amongst resettled Afghan refugees in Australia
- Open Access
- Research
Anisa Yaser, Shameran Slewa-Younan, Caroline A. Smith, Rebecca E. Olson, Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, Jonathan Mond
Mortality among patients with schizophrenia and vocational rehabilitation program services under Taiwan’s psychiatric care reform
- Open Access
- Research
Kan-Yuan Cheng, Shu-Yuan Chen, Chih-Yuan Lin
Satisfaction with primary care and mental health care among individuals with severe mental illness in a rural area: a seven-year follow-up study of a clinical cohort
- Open Access
- Research
Torleif Ruud, Trond F. Aarre, Berit Boeskov, Per Ståle Husevåg, Rigmor Klepp, Synnøve Alet Kristiansen, Jorunn Sandvik
Patient cost-sharing for ambulatory neuropsychiatric services in Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Open Access
- Research
Samer Hamidi, Yousef Abouallaban, Sultan Alhamad, Aizhan Meirambayeva
The relationship between parenting attitudes, negative cognition, and the depressive symptoms according to gender in Korean adolescents
- Open Access
- Research
Subin Park, Bung-Nyun Kim, Min-Hyeon Park
Enhancing the lives of older refugees: an evaluation of a training resource
- Open Access
- Research
Shameran Slewa-Younan, Yvonne Santalucia, Regina McDonald, Marisa Salem
Gender differences in the association between cognitive social capital, self-rated health, and depressive symptoms: a comparative analysis of Sweden and Ukraine
- Open Access
- Research
Kateryna Karhina, Nawi Ng, Mehdi Ghazinour, Malin Eriksson
Predictors of alcohol and other drug use among pregnant women in a peri-urban South African setting
- Open Access
- Research
Michael Nnachebe Onah, Sally Field, Thandi van Heyningen, Simone Honikman
‘Opening up the mind’: problem-solving therapy delivered by female lay health workers to improve access to evidence-based care for depression and other common mental disorders through the Friendship Bench Project in Zimbabwe
- Open Access
- Case study
Melanie Abas, Tarryn Bowers, Ethel Manda, Sara Cooper, Debra Machando, Ruth Verhey, Neha Lamech, Ricardo Araya, Dixon Chibanda
Erratum to: Satisfaction with primary care and mental health care among individuals with severe mental illness in a rural area: a seven-year follow-up study of a clinical cohort
- Open Access
- Erratum
Torleif Ruud, Trond F. Aarre, Berit Boeskov, Per Ståle Husvåg, Rigmor Klepp, Synnøve Alet Kristiansen, Jorunn Sandvik
Day clinic and inpatient psychotherapy of depression (DIP-D): qualitative results from a randomized controlled study
- Open Access
- Research
Christoph Nikendei, Mirjam Haitz, Julia Huber, Johannes C. Ehrenthal, Wolfgang Herzog, Henning Schauenburg, Ulrike Dinger
Relationship at work as a cause of occupational stress: the case of academic women in Vietnam
- Open Access
- Research
Le Van Thanh
Frequent callers to telephone helplines: new evidence and a new service model
- Open Access
- Research
Jane Pirkis, Aves Middleton, Bridget Bassilios, Meredith Harris, Matthew J. Spittal, Izabela Fedszyn, Patty Chondros, Jane Gunn
Problem Management Plus (PM+) in the treatment of common mental disorders in women affected by gender-based violence and urban adversity in Kenya; study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
- Open Access
- Study protocol
Marit Sijbrandij, Richard A. Bryant, Alison Schafer, Katie S. Dawson, Dorothy Anjuri, Lincoln Ndogoni, Jeannette Ulate, Syed Usman Hamdani, Mark van Ommeren
Mental health services and R&D in South Korea
- Open Access
- Review
Sungwon Roh, Sang-Uk Lee, Minah Soh, Vin Ryu, Hyunjin Kim, Jung Won Jang, Hee Young Lim, Mina Jeon, Jong-Ik Park, SungKu Choi, Kyooseob Ha
Suicide surveillance and health systems in Nepal: a qualitative and social network analysis
- Open Access
- Research
Ashley K. Hagaman, Uden Maharjan, Brandon A. Kohrt
Prevalence and associations for symptoms of depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a Sri Lankan experience
- Open Access
- Research
Tharaka B. Herath, Milinda Withana, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Ranjani Gamage, Chanika Gamage
Child mental health in Sierra Leone: a survey and exploratory qualitative study
- Open Access
- Research
Hélène N. C. Yoder, Wietse A. Tol, Ria Reis, Joop T. V. M. de Jong
Health policy and integrated mental health care in the SADC region: strategic clarification using the Rainbow Model
- Open Access
- Research
André Janse van Rensburg, Pieter Fourie
A school mental health literacy curriculum resource training approach: effects on Tanzanian teachers’ mental health knowledge, stigma and help-seeking efficacy
- Open Access
- Research
Stan Kutcher, Yifeng Wei, Heather Gilberds, Omary Ubuguyu, Tasiana Njau, Adena Brown, Norman Sabuni, Ayoub Magimba, Kevin Perkins
System effectiveness of detection, brief intervention and refer to treatment for the people with post-traumatic emotional distress by MERS: a case report of community-based proactive intervention in South Korea
- Open Access
- Case Study
Mi-Kyung Yoon, Soon-Young Kim, Hye-Sun Ko, Myung-Soo Lee
Testing the Community-Based Learning Collaborative (CBLC) implementation model: a study protocol
- Open Access
- Study protocol
Rochelle F. Hanson, Sonja Schoenwald, Benjamin E. Saunders, Jason Chapman, Lawrence A. Palinkas, Angela D. Moreland, Alex Dopp
Suicide first aid guidelines for Sri Lanka: a Delphi consensus study
- Open Access
- Research
Saranga A. De Silva, Erminia Colucci, Jayan Mendis, Claire M. Kelly, Anthony F. Jorm, Harry Minas
Important considerations when providing mental health first aid to Iraqi refugees in Australia: a Delphi study
- Open Access
- Research
Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, Shameran Slewa-Younan, Yvonne Santalucia, Anthony Francis Jorm
Effect of accreditation on length of stay in psychiatric inpatients: pre-post accreditation medical record comparison
- Open Access
- Research
Mohammed Abdullah Al-Sughayir
Factors contributing to the psychological well-being for Hong Kong Chinese children from low-income families: a qualitative study
- Open Access
- Research
Ka Yan Ho, William H. C. Li, Joyce Oi Kwan Chung, Katherine Ka Wai Lam, Sophia S. C. Chan, Wei Xia
Psychosis and help-seeking behavior in rural KwaZulu Natal: unearthing local insights
- Open Access
- Research
Charlotte A. Labys, Ezra Susser, Jonathan K. Burns
Narrative descriptions of miyo-mahcihoyān (physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being) from a contemporary néhiyawak (Plains Cree) perspective
- Open Access
- Research
Holly Graham, Stephanie Martin
Feasibility of an interactive voice response system for monitoring depressive symptoms in a lower-middle income Latin American country
- Open Access
- Research
Mary R. Janevic, Amparo C. Aruquipa Yujra, Nicolle Marinec, Juvenal Aguilar, James E. Aikens, Rosa Tarrazona, John D. Piette
Information systems for mental health in six low and middle income countries: cross country situation analysis
- Open Access
- Research
Nawaraj Upadhaya, Mark J. D. Jordans, Jibril Abdulmalik, Shalini Ahuja, Atalay Alem, Charlotte Hanlon, Fred Kigozi, Dorothy Kizza, Crick Lund, Maya Semrau, Rahul Shidhaye, Graham Thornicroft, Ivan H. Komproe, Oye Gureje
Achievements of the Australian Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) program: summarising (almost) a decade of key evaluation data
- Open Access
- Research
Bridget Bassilios, Angela Nicholas, Lennart Reifels, Kylie King, Justine Fletcher, Anna Machlin, Maria Ftanou, Grant Blashki, Philip Burgess, Jane Pirkis
Brunei’s teacher education programs: insights into students’ coping and help-seeking strategies to challenges
- Open Access
- Research
Lawrence Mundia, Masitah Shahrill, Jainatul Halida Jaidin, Rosmawijah Jawawi, Mar Aswandi Mahadi
Pathways to psychiatric care for mental disorders: a retrospective study of patients seeking mental health services at a public psychiatric facility in Ghana
- Open Access
- Research
Abdallah Ibrahim, Sidua Hor, Ozge S. Bahar, Duah Dwomoh, Mary M. McKay, Reuben K. Esena, Irene A. Agyepong
Child responsible personnel in adult mental health services
- Open Access
- Research
Camilla Lauritzen, Charlotte Reedtz
Study protocol: a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a therapeutic educational program in oral health for persons with schizophrenia
- Open Access
- Study protocol
Frederic Denis, Isabelle Millot, Nicolas Abello, Maud Carpentier, Audrey Peteuil, Agnès Soudry-Faure
Poly-victimisation and health risk behaviours, symptoms of mental health problems and suicidal thoughts and plans among adolescents in Vietnam
- Open Access
- Research
Minh T. H. Le, Sara Holton, Huong T. Nguyen, Rory Wolfe, Jane Fisher
STRESS-testing clinical activity and outcomes for a combined prison in-reach and court liaison service: a 3-year observational study of 6177 consecutive male remands
- Open Access
- Research
Conor O’Neill, Damian Smith, Martin Caddow, Fergal Duffy, Philip Hickey, Mary Fitzpatrick, Fintan Caddow, Tom Cronin, Mark Joynt, Zetti Azvee, Bronagh Gallagher, Claire Kehoe, Catherine Maddock, Benjamin O’Keeffe, Louise Brennan, Mary Davoren, Elizabeth Owens, Ronan Mullaney, Laurence Keevans, Ronan Maher, Harry G. Kennedy
Psychotherapeutic and work-oriented interventions: employment outcomes among young adults with work disability due to a mental disorder
- Open Access
- Research
Pauliina Mattila-Holappa, Matti Joensuu, Kirsi Ahola, Aki Koskinen, Katinka Tuisku, Jenni Ervasti, Marianna Virtanen
Knowledge evaluation in dementia care networks: a mixed-methods analysis of knowledge evaluation strategies and the success of informing family caregivers about dementia support services
- Open Access
- Research
Steffen Heinrich, Franziska Laporte Uribe, Markus Wübbeler, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Martina Roes
Erratum to: Pathways to psychiatric care for mental disorders: a retrospective study of patients seeking mental health services at a public psychiatric facility in Ghana
- Open Access
- Erratum
Abdallah Ibrahim, Sidua Hor, Ozge S. Bahar, Duah Dwomoh, Mary M. McKay, Reuben K. Esena, Irene A. Agyepong
Validating the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale as a screening tool for postpartum depression in Kathmandu, Nepal
- Open Access
- Research
Babu Ram Bhusal, Nisha Bhandari, Manisha Chapagai, Tania Gavidia
Psychosomatic problems among medical students: a myth or reality?
- Open Access
- Research
J. M. Chinawa, Ada R. C. Nwokocha, Pius C. Manyike, Awoere Tamunosiki Chinawa, Elias C. Aniwada, Appolos Chidi Ndukuba
A review of mental health recovery programs in selected industrialized countries
- Open Access
- Review
Harold A. Pincus, Brigitta Spaeth-Rublee, Grant Sara, Elliot M. Goldner, Pamela N. Prince, Parashar Ramanuj, Wolfgang Gaebel, Jürgen Zielasek, Isabell Großimlinghaus, Margo Wrigley, Jaap van Weeghel, Mark Smith, Torleif Ruud, John R. Mitchell, Lisa Patton
Comorbidity of depression and diabetes: an application of biopsychosocial model
- Open Access
- Research
Tesfa Dejenie Habtewold, Md. Atiqul Islam, Yosef Tsige Radie, Balewgizie Sileshi Tegegne
Walking the tightrope-perspectives on local politicians’ role in implementing a national social care policy on evidence-based practice
- Open Access
- Research
A. Bäck, C. Ståhl, U. von Thiele Schwarz, A. Richter, H. Hasson
