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International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Issue 1/2019

Content (78 Articles)

Implementation of gatekeeper training programs for suicide prevention in Japan: a systematic review

Naohiro Yonemoto, Yoshitaka Kawashima, Kaori Endo, Mitsuhiko Yamada

Stress, anxiety and depression in clinical nurses in Vietnam: a cross-sectional survey and cluster analysis

Thi Thu Thuy Tran, Ngoc Bich Nguyen, Mai Anh Luong, Thi Hai Anh Bui, Thi Dung Phan, Van Oanh Tran, Thi Huyen Ngo, Harry Minas, Thuy Quynh Nguyen

Understanding the mental health and recovery needs of Canadian youth with mental health disorders: a Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) collaboration protocol

  • Open Access
  • Study protocol

Skye P. Barbic, Adelena Leon, Ian Manion, Sarah Irving, Rebecca Zivanovic, Emily Jenkins, Shelly Ben-David, Pouya Azar, Amy Salmon, Carolyn Helps, Stephanie Gillingham, Tara Beaulieu, Rachal Pattison, Corinne Talon, Oluseyi Oyedele, Karen Tee, Steve Mathias

Patient and staff experiences of quality in Swedish forensic psychiatric care: a repeated cross-sectional survey with yearly sampling at two clinics

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Mikael Selvin, Kjerstin Almqvist, Lars Kjellin, Lars-Olov Lundqvist, Agneta Schröder

Mental health system at the community level in Korea: development, recent reforms and challenges

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Case Study

Yong-Chang Heo, Sang Kyoung Kahng, Sungyong Kim

Factors associated with depression among HIV/AIDS children in China

Enpeng Zhou, Zhengxue Qiao, Yuewu Cheng, Jiawei Zhou, Wenbo Wang, Mingzhe Zhao, Xiaohui Qiu, Lin Wang, Xuejia Song, Erying Zhao, Ruopeng Wang, Xueyan Zhao, Yanjie Yang, Xiuxian Yang

Moving towards universal health coverage for mental disorders in Ethiopia

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Charlotte Hanlon, Atalay Alem, Crick Lund, Damen Hailemariam, Esubalew Assefa, Tedla W. Giorgis, Dan Chisholm

Implementing the TRAPD model for the Saudi adaptation of the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview 3.0

  • Open Access
  • Case Study

Mona Shahab, Feda Al‐Tuwaijri, Noha Kattan, Lisa Bilal, Sanaa Hyder, Zeina Mneimneh, Yu-chieh Lin, AbdulHameed Al-Habeeb, Abdullah Al-Subaie, Abdulrahman Binmuammar, Yasmin Altwaijri

Integrating mental health into primary care in Arkhangelsk County, Russia: the Pomor model in psychiatry

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Grigory Rezvy, Elena Andreeva, Nadezhda Ryzhkova, Vera Yashkovich, Tore Sørlie

The resource group method in severe mental illness: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial and a qualitative multiple case study

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Study protocol

Cathelijn D. Tjaden, Cornelis L. Mulder, Jaap van Weeghel, Philippe Delespaul, Rene Keet, Stynke Castelein, Jenny Boumans, Eva Leeman, Ulf Malm, Hans Kroon

Health system constraints in integrating mental health services into primary healthcare in rural Uganda: perspectives of primary care providers

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Edith K. Wakida, Elialilia S. Okello, Godfrey Z. Rukundo, Dickens Akena, Paul E. Alele, Zohray M. Talib, Celestino Obua

Intention to seek help for depression and associated factors among residents of Aykel town, Northwest Ethiopia: cross-sectional study

Shegaye Shumet, Telake Azale, Getnet Ayano, Dessie Abebaw, Tadele Amare, Wondale Getnet

Predictive factors of the duration of sick leave due to mental disorders

  • Open Access
  • Research

Sawako Sakakibara, Mitsuhiro Sado, Akira Ninomiya, Mayuko Arai, Satoko Takahashi, Chika Ishihara, Yuki Miura, Hajime Tabuchi, Joichiro Shirahase, Masaru Mimura

Enhancing mental health research capacity: emerging voices from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) global hubs

  • Open Access
  • Case Study

Andrea Tenório Correia da Silva, Charlotte Hanlon, Ezra Susser, Graciela Rojas, Heloísa Garcia Claro, Julieta Quayle, Kassahun Habtamu, María Soledad Burrone, Maria Tavares Cavalcanti, Mona Sharma, Marguerite Schneider, Ramesh Prasad Adhikari, Tanya van de Water, Yasmin Mohammed, Anna E. Ordóñez, Soraya Seedat

Development and evaluation of Intensive Case Management Screening Sheet in the Japanese population

Kota Suzuki, Sosei Yamaguchi, Yasunari Kawasoe, Kazumi Nayuki, Tsutomu Aoki, Naomi Hasegawa, Chiyo Fujii

Feeling safe or unsafe in psychiatric inpatient care, a hospital-based qualitative interview study with inpatients in Sweden

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Veikko Pelto-Piri, Tuula Wallsten, Ulrika Hylén, Iradj Nikban, Lars Kjellin

Advancing the state-level tracking of evidence-based practices: a case study

  • Open Access
  • Case Study

Sarah Cusworth Walker, Georganna Sedlar, Lucy Berliner, Felix I. Rodriguez, Paul A. Davis, Savannah Johnson, Jessica Leith

Primary health care nurses attitude towards people with severe mental disorders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Yoseph Sahile, Sewbesew Yitayih, Berhanu Yeshanew, Daniel Ayelegne, Awoke Mihiretu

Perceptions about mental illness among general practitioners

Mª Carmen Castillejos Anguiano, Antonio Bordallo Aragón, David Aguilera Fernández, Berta Moreno Küstner

Religious education can contribute to adolescent mental health in school settings

Crystal Amiel M. Estrada, Marian Fe Theresa C. Lomboy, Ernesto R. Gregorio Jr., Emmy Amalia, Cynthia R. Leynes, Romeo R. Quizon, Jun Kobayashi

Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders and their relation to selected socio-demographic factors among children aged 18–30 months in northern Vietnam, 2017

Van Minh Hoang, Thi Vui Le, Thi Thuy Quynh Chu, Bich Ngoc Le, Minh Duc Duong, Ngoc Minh Thanh, Van Tac Pham, Harry Minas, Thi Thu Ha Bui

Prevalence and predictors of depression and anxiety among medical students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Mebratu Abraha Kebede, Birke Anbessie, Getinet Ayano

Mental health of people detained within the justice system in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Review

Aish Lovett, Hye Rim Kwon, Khameer Kidia, Debra Machando, Megan Crooks, Gregory Fricchione, Graham Thornicroft, Helen E. Jack

“We all have a responsibility”: a narrative discourse analysis of an information campaign targeting help-seeking in first episode psychosis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Hege Hansen, Signe Hjelen Stige, Christian Moltu, Jan Olav Johannessen, Inge Joa, Sveinung Dybvig, Marius Veseth

Using knowledge management tools in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey helpdesk: pre and post study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Maggie Aradati, Lisa Bilal, Mohammad Talal Naseem, Sanaa Hyder, Abdulhameed Al‐Habeeb, Abdullah Al-Subaie, Mona Shahab, Bilal Sohail, Mansoor Baig, Abdulrahman Binmuammar, Yasmin Altwaijri

A preliminary evaluation of psychological stress amongst workers in Taiwan: a cross-sectional survey

Wan-Yu Yeh, Wei-Che Chiu, Ruey-Yu Chen, Pei-Yi Hu, Dung-Min Tsai

Implementation of mhGAP in Mozambique: integrating epilepsy care into the primary health care system

Palmira Fortunato Dos Santos, Vasco Cumbe, Maria Lídia Gouveia, Capucine de Fouchier, Dirk Teuwen, Tarun Dua

Interagency collaboration in primary mental health care: lessons from the Partners in Recovery program

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Julie Henderson, Sara Javanparast, Fran Baum, Toby Freeman, Jeffery Fuller, Anna Ziersch, Tamara Mackean

Sustainable financing mechanisms for strengthening mental health systems in Nigeria

  • Open Access
  • Research

Jibril Abdulmalik, Saheed Olayiwola, Sumaiyah Docrat, Crick Lund, Dan Chisholm, Oye Gureje

Catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for households of people with severe mental disorder: a comparative study in rural Ethiopia

Yohannes Hailemichael, Damen Hailemariam, Kebede Tirfessa, Sumaiyah Docrat, Atalay Alem, Girmay Medhin, Crick Lund, Dan Chisholm, Abebaw Fekadu, Charlotte Hanlon

Associations between readmission and patient-reported measures in acute psychiatric inpatients: a study protocol for a multicenter prospective longitudinal study (the ePOP-J study)

  • Open Access
  • Study protocol

Sosei Yamaguchi, Yasutaka Ojio, Junko Koike, Asami Matsunaga, Makoto Ogawa, Hisateru Tachimori, Akiko Kikuchi, Hiroshi Kimura, Ataru Inagaki, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Yoshiki Kishi, Koji Yoshida, Takaaki Hirooka, Satoru Oishi, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Chiyo Fujii

Implementation of the mental health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) within the Fijian Healthcare System: a mixed-methods evaluation

  • Open Access
  • Research

Fiona Charlson, Odille Chang, Ilisapeci Kubuabola, Jaclyn Schess, Catherine Latu, Ernest Hunter, Isimeli Tukana, Sefanaia Qaloewai, Rahul Shidhaye

Promoting mental health through a Rural Art Roadshow: perspectives of participating artists

  • Open Access
  • Research

Tony Barnett, Josephine de Deuge, Heather Bridgman

Assessing the need for a mental health services reform in Moldova: a situation analysis

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Marjonneke de Vetten-Mc Mahon, Laura S. Shields-Zeeman, Ionela Petrea, Niek S. Klazinga

Experience and perceived quality of care of patients and their attendants in a specialized mental hospital in Bangladesh

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Nazmun Nahar Nuri, Malabika Sarker, Helal Uddin Ahmed, Mohammad Didar Hossain, Claudia Beiersmann, Albrecht Jahn

Implementing clinical guidelines to promote integration of mental health services in primary health care: a qualitative study of a systems policy intervention in Uganda

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Edith K. Wakida, Celestino Obua, Seggane Musisi, Godfrey Z. Rukundo, Peter Ssebutinde, Zohray M. Talib, Dickens Akena, Elialilia S. Okello

Functional impairment among people diagnosed with depression in primary healthcare in rural Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Kassahun Habtamu, Girmay Medhin, Medhin Selamu, Kebede Tirfessa, Charlotte Hanlon, Abebaw Fekadu

Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of the contents, design, and functionalities of an online intervention promoting mental health, wellbeing, and study skills in Higher Education students

  • Open Access
  • Research

Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, Lauren Campbell-Thompson, Elizabeth Barley, Mark Haddad, Caroline Lafarge, Eamonn McKeown, Louise Simeonov, Patapia Tzotzoli

Key attributes of integrated community-based youth service hubs for mental health: a scoping review

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Review

Cara A. Settipani, Lisa D. Hawke, Kristin Cleverley, Gloria Chaim, Amy Cheung, Kamna Mehra, Maureen Rice, Peter Szatmari, Joanna Henderson

Child and adolescent mental health problems in Nepal: a scoping review

Ashmita Chaulagain, Arun Kunwar, Sarah Watts, Anthony P. S. Guerrero, Norbert Skokauskas

Responsive mental health systems to address the poverty, homelessness and mental illness nexus: The Banyan experience from India

  • Open Access
  • Case study

Lakshmi Narasimhan, Vandana Gopikumar, Vaishnavi Jayakumar, Joske Bunders, Barbara Regeer

Insights into the system of care of the elderly with mental disorders from the perspective of informal caregivers in Lithuania

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Ausrine Kontrimiene, Jolanta Sauseriene, Ida Liseckiene, Leonas Valius, Lina Jaruseviciene

Perceived impacts as narrated by service users and providers on practice, policy and mental health system following the implementation of the mhGAP-IG using the TEAM model in a rural setting in Makueni County, Kenya: a qualitative approach

  • Open Access
  • DBS
  • Research

Victoria N. Mutiso, Christine W. Musyimi, Tahilia J. Rebello, Michael O. Ogutu, Ruth Ruhara, Darius Nyamai, Kathleen M. Pike, David M. Ndetei

Dementia and associated factors among the elderly in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study

Nguyen Ngoc Bich, Nguyen Thi Thuy Dung, Tran Vu, Lam Thi Quy, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Nguyen Thi Thanh Binh, Nguyen Trong Hung, Le Vu Anh

Considering culture, context and community in mhGAP implementation and training: challenges and recommendations from the field

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Review

Neda Faregh, Raphael Lencucha, Peter Ventevogel, Benyam Worku Dubale, Laurence J. Kirmayer

The experience of mental health service users in health system strengthening: lessons from Uganda

  • Open Access
  • Research

James Mugisha, Charlotte Hanlon, Birthe Loa Knizek, Joshua Ssebunnya, Davy Vancampfort, Eugene Kinyanda, Fred Kigozi

Delivering maternal mental health through peer volunteers: a 5-year report

Najia Atif, Amina Bibi, Anum Nisar, Shaffaq Zulfiqar, Ikhlaq Ahmed, Katherine LeMasters, Ashley Hagaman, Siham Sikander, Joanna Maselko, Atif Rahman

Evaluation of the impacts of a district-level mental health care plan on contact coverage, detection and individual outcomes in rural Uganda: a mixed methods approach

J. E. M. Nakku, S. D. Rathod, E. C. Garman, J. Ssebunnya, S. Kangere, M. De Silva, V. Patel, C. Lund, F. N. Kigozi

The experiences of lay health workers trained in task-shifting psychological interventions: a qualitative systematic review

  • Open Access
  • Review

Ujala Shahmalak, Amy Blakemore, Mohammad W. Waheed, Waquas Waheed

Model fidelity and team members’ experiences of assertive community treatment in Norway: a sequential mixed-methods study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Sigrun Odden, Anne Landheim, Hanne Clausen, Hanne Kilen Stuen, Kristin Sverdvik Heiervang, Torleif Ruud

Comparing legislation for involuntary admission and treatment of mental illness in four South Asian countries

  • Open Access
  • Research

Sangeeta Dey, Graham Mellsop, Kate Diesfeld, Vajira Dharmawardene, Susitha Mendis, Sreemanti Chaudhuri, Aniruddha Deb, Nafisa Huq, Helal Uddin Ahmed, Mohammad Shuaib, Faisal Rashid Khan

Psychosomatic–psychotherapeutic treatment in an evening clinic: a qualitative examination of patients’ expectations and experiences

F. Brunner, U. Dinger, M. Komo-Lang, H. C. Friederich, H. Schauenburg, W. Herzog, C. Nikendei

The Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Partnership (SHARP) for Mental Health Capacity Building: a program protocol for building implementation science and mental health research and policymaking capacity in Malawi and Tanzania

  • Open Access
  • Study protocol

Christopher Fittipaldi Akiba, Vivian Go, Victor Mwapasa, Mina Hosseinipour, Bradley Neil Gaynes, Alemayehu Amberbir, Michael Udedi, Brian Wells Pence

Teen Mental Health First Aid for years 7–9: a description of the program and an initial evaluation

  • Open Access
  • Research

Laura M. Hart, Kathy S. Bond, Amy J. Morgan, Alyssia Rossetto, Fairlie A. Cottrill, Claire M. Kelly, Anthony F. Jorm

Intersectoral collaboration for people-centred mental health care in Timor-Leste: a mixed-methods study using qualitative and social network analysis

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Teresa Hall, Ritsuko Kakuma, Lisa Palmer, Harry Minas, João Martins, Greg Armstrong

An evaluation of the teen and Youth Mental Health First Aid training with a CALD focus: an uncontrolled pilot study with adolescents and adults in Australia

  • Open Access
  • Research

Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, Claire Kelly, Kathy Bond, Russell Thomson, Shameran Slewa-Younan

A collaboration between service users and professionals for the development and evaluation of a new program for cardiovascular risk management in persons with a diagnosis of severe mental illness: French multicenter qualitative and feasibility studies

Antoine Baleige, Jean-François Besnard, Nicolas Meunier-Beillard, Vincent Demassiet, Alain Monnier, Amel Ouezini, Olivier Lambert, Claire Charrel, Olivier Mazas, Joël Oberlin, Jean-Luc Roelandt, Frédéric Denis

Stakeholder perspectives on integration of mental health services into primary care: a mixed methods study in Northern Iraq

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Amanda J. Nguyen, Natalie Rykiel, Laura Murray, Ahmed Amin, Emily Haroz, Catherine Lee, Paul Bolton

First-generation migrants’ use of psychotropic medication in Northern Ireland: a record linkage study

Tania Bosqui, Dermot O’Reilly, Ari Väänänen, Kishan Patel, Michael Donnelly, David Wright, Ciara Close, Anne Kouvonen

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