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International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Issue 1/2022

Content (58 Articles)

Whose responsibility? Part 1 of 2: A scale to assess how stakeholders apportion responsibilities for addressing the needs of persons with mental health problems

  • Open Access
  • Research

Srividya N. Iyer, Megan Pope, Aarati Taksal, Greeshma Mohan, Thara Rangaswamy, Heleen Loohuis, Jai Shah, Ridha Joober, Norbert Schmitz, Howard C. Margolese, Ramachandran Padmavati, Ashok Malla

Whose responsibility? Part 2 of 2: views of patients, families, and clinicians about responsibilities for addressing the needs of persons with mental health problems in Chennai, India and Montreal, Canada

  • Open Access
  • Research

Srividya N. Iyer, Ashok Malla, Megan Pope, Sally Mustafa, Greeshma Mohan, Thara Rangaswamy, Norbert Schmitz, Ridha Joober, Jai Shah, Howard C. Margolese, Ramachandran Padmavati

Staffing and patient-related factors affecting inpatient falls in a psychiatric hospital: a 5-year retrospective matched case–control study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Acharaporn Seeherunwong, Chanya Thunyadee, Wipa Vanishakije, Pavinee Thanabodee-tummajaree

Lessons to be learned: identifying high-risk medication and circumstances in patients at risk for suicidal self-poisoning

Stefanie Geith, Christiane Didden, Christian Rabe, Tobias Zellner, Armin Ott, Florian Eyer

Perceived helpfulness of service sectors used for mental and substance use disorders: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

  • Open Access
  • Research

Meredith G. Harris, Alan E. Kazdin, Richard J. Munthali, Daniel V. Vigo, Irving Hwang, Nancy A. Sampson, Ali Al-Hamzawi, Jordi Alonso, Laura Helena Andrade, Guilherme Borges, Brendan Bunting, Silvia Florescu, Oye Gureje, Elie G. Karam, Sing Lee, Fernando Navarro-Mateu, Daisuke Nishi, Charlene Rapsey, Kate M. Scott, Juan Carlos Stagnaro, Maria Carmen Viana, Bogdan Wojtyniak, Miguel Xavier, Ronald C. Kessler

Networks to strengthen community social capital for suicide prevention in regional Australia: the LifeSpan suicide prevention initiative

Janet C. Long, Colum Ruane, Louise A. Ellis, Rebecca Lake, Anneke Le Roux, Luke Testa, Fiona Shand, Michelle Torok, Yvonne Zurynski

Identifying best practice for the supervision of mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian emergencies: a Delphi study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Áine Travers, Nadeen Abujaber, Kelly A McBride, Pia Tingsted Blum, Nana Wiedemann, Frédérique Vallières

Mental health crisis in Somalia: a review and a way forward

  • Open Access
  • Review

M. Ibrahim, H. Rizwan, M. Afzal, Mamunur Rahman Malik

Adapting the depression component of WHO Mental Health Gap Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG.v2) for primary care in Shenzhen, China: a DELPHI study

Kendall Searle, Grant Blashki, Ritsuko Kakuma, Hui Yang, Shurong Lu, Baoqi Li, Yingying Xiao, Harry Minas

Cultural adaptation of psychological interventions for people with mental disorders delivered by lay health workers in Africa: scoping review and expert consultation

Dirceu Mabunda, Déborah Oliveira, Mohsin Sidat, Maria Tavares Cavalcanti, Vasco Cumbe, Flávio Mandlate, Milton Wainberg, Francine Cournos, Jair de Jesus Mari

HIV related stigma associated with social support, alcohol use disorders, depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bahram Armoon, Marie-Josée Fleury, Amir-Hossein Bayat, Yadollah Fakhri, Peter Higgs, Ladan Fattah Moghaddam, Leila Gonabadi-Nezhad

How can we best help this patient? Exploring mental health therapists’ reflections on medication-free care for patients with psychosis in Norway

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Christine Henriksen Oedegaard, Ana Lorena Ruano, Anne Blindheim, Marius Veseth, Brynjulf Stige, Larry Davidson, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen

Applying systems approaches to stakeholder and community engagement and knowledge mobilisation in youth mental health system modelling

  • Open Access
  • Study Protocol

Louise Freebairn, Yun Ju Christine Song, Jo-An Occhipinti, Samantha Huntley, Pat Dudgeon, Julie Robotham, Grace Yeeun Lee, Samuel Hockey, Geoff Gallop, Ian B. Hickie

Management of depression during the perinatal period: state of the evidence

Idan Falek, Mary Acri, Joanna Dominguez, Jennifer Havens, Mary McCord, Sarah Sisco, Wendy Wilcox, Kimberly Hoagwood

Mental health experiences with COVID-19 public health measures in an Alberta First Nations Community

Cerina Lee, Lisa A. Wozniak, Allison L. Soprovich, Vishal Sharma, Bonnie Healy, Salim Samanani, Dean T. Eurich

Mental health stigma at primary health care centres in Lebanon: qualitative study

  • Open Access
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  • Research

Racha Abi Hana, Maguy Arnous, Eva Heim, Anaïs Aeschlimann, Mirja Koschorke, Randa S. Hamadeh, Graham Thornicroft, Brandon A. Kohrt, Marit Sijbrandij, Pim Cuijpers, Rabih El-Chammay

The impact of Timothy's Law on hospitalization among patients with mental health conditions in New York State

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Mingfei Li, Victor S. Y. Lo, Piaomu Liu, Eric Smith

Missing in action: the right to the highest attainable standard of mental health care

  • Open Access
  • Debate

Yun Ju C. Song, Sebastian Rosenberg, Belinda Smith, Jo-An Occhipinti, John Mendoza, Louise Freebairn, Adam Skinner, Ian B. Hickie

Advancing scalability and impacts of a teacher training program for promoting child mental health in Ugandan primary schools: protocol for a hybrid-type II effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized trial

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  • Study protocol

Keng-Yen Huang, Janet Nakigudde, Elizabeth Nsamba Kisakye, Hafsa Sentongo, Tracy A. Dennis-Tiwary, Yesim Tozan, Hyung Park, Laurie Miller Brotman

Determinants of effective treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Daniel V. Vigo, Alan E. Kazdin, Nancy A. Sampson, Irving Hwang, Jordi Alonso, Laura Helena Andrade, Olatunde Ayinde, Guilherme Borges, Ronny Bruffaerts, Brendan Bunting, Giovanni de Girolamo, Silvia Florescu, Oye Gureje, Josep Maria Haro, Meredith G. Harris, Elie G. Karam, Georges Karam, Viviane Kovess-Masfety, Sing Lee, Fernando Navarro-Mateu, José Posada-Villa, Kate Scott, Juan Carlos Stagnaro, Margreet ten Have, Chi-Shin Wu, Miguel Xavier, Ronald C. Kessler

Mental health stigma and discrimination in Ethiopia: evidence synthesis to inform stigma reduction interventions

Eshetu Girma, Bezawit Ketema, Tesfahun Mulatu, Brandon A. Kohrt, Syed Shabab Wahid, Eva Heim, Petra C. Gronholm, Charlotte Hanlon, Graham Thornicroft

Aging of severely mentally ill patients first admitted before or after the reorganization of psychiatric care in Sweden

  • Open Access
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Pia H. Bülow, Deborah Finkel, Monika Allgurin, Cristina Joy Torgé, Magnus Jegermalm, Marie Ernsth-Bravell, Per Bülow

Brief interventions for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries: barriers and potential solutions

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Abhijit Nadkarni, Urvita Bhatia, Andre Bedendo, Tassiane Cristine Santos de Paula, Joanna Gonçalves de Andrade Tostes, Lidia Segura-Garcia, Marcela Tiburcio, Sven Andréasson

Mechanisms of action for stigma reduction among primary care providers following social contact with service users and aspirational figures in Nepal: an explanatory qualitative design

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Bonnie N. Kaiser, Dristy Gurung, Sauharda Rai, Anvita Bhardwaj, Manoj Dhakal, Cori L. Cafaro, Kathleen J. Sikkema, Crick Lund, Vikram Patel, Mark J. D. Jordans, Nagendra P. Luitel, Brandon A. Kohrt

Mental health systems in six Caribbean small island developing states: a comparative situational analysis

Ian F. Walker, Laura Asher, Anees Pari, Jennifer Attride-Stirling, Ayoola O. Oyinloye, Chantelle Simmons, Irad Potter, Virginia Rubaine, June M. Samuel, Aisha Andrewin, Janett Flynn, Arline L. McGill, Sharra Greenaway-Duberry, Alicia B. Malcom, Gemma Mann, Ahmed Razavi, Roger C. Gibson

Psychometric properties of Persian version of depression literacy (D-Lit) questionnaire among general population

Hadi Tehrani, Mahbobeh Nejatian, Mahdi Moshki, Alireza Jafari

Magnitude and determinants of suicide among overweight reproductive-age women, Chacha and Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study

Abayneh Shewangzaw Engda, Habte Belete, Abate Dargie Wubetu, Nigus Alemnew Engidaw, Fetene Kasahun Amogne, Tebabere Moltot Kitaw, Tilahun Bete, Worku Misganaw Kebede, Bantalem Tilaye Atinafu, Solomon Moges Demeke

Operational challenges in the pre-intervention phase of a mental health trial in rural India: reflections from SMART Mental Health

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Ankita Mukherjee, Mercian Daniel, Amanpreet Kaur, Siddhardha Devarapalli, Sudha Kallakuri, Beverley Essue, Usha Raman, Graham Thornicroft, Shekhar Saxena, David Peiris, Pallab K. Maulik

Telehealth service delivery in an Australian regional mental health service during COVID-19: a mixed methods analysis

Mary Lou Chatterton, Elijah Marangu, Elizabeth M. Clancy, Matthew Mackay, Eve Gu, Steve Moylan, Amy Langbein, Melissa O’Shea

Accuracy of a community mental health education and detection (CMED) tool for common mental disorders in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Merridy Grant, Inge Petersen, Londiwe Mthethwa, Zamasomi Luvuno, Arvin Bhana

Development of the Mental Health Peer Support Questionnaire in colleges and vocational schools in Singapore

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QianHui Ma, Joseph J. Gallo, Jeanine M. Parisi, Jin Hui Joo

Effect of a self-help group intervention using Teaching Recovery Techniques to improve mental health among Syrian refugees in Norway: a randomized controlled trial

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Wegdan Hasha, Jannicke Igland, Lars T. Fadnes, Bernadette N. Kumar, Unni M. Heltne, Esperanza Diaz

The impacts of implementing recovery innovations: a conceptual framework grounded in qualitative research

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Myra Piat, Megan Wainwright, Marie-Pier Rivest, Eleni Sofouli, Tristan von Kirchenheim, Hélène Albert, Regina Casey, Lise Labonté, Joseph J. O’Rourke, Sébastien LeBlanc

Opening up the black box of recovery processes in persons with complex mental health needs: a qualitative study of place-making dynamics in a low-threshold meeting place

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Clara De Ruysscher, Stijn Vandevelde, Stijn Vanheule, Dirk Bryssinck, Wim Haeck, Wouter Vanderplasschen

The impact of peer support work on the mental health of peer support specialists

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Daniel Poremski, Jonathan Han Loong Kuek, Qi Yuan, Ziqiang Li, Kah Lai Yow, Pui Wai Eu, Hong Choon Chua

Do improved structural surroundings reduce restrictive practices in psychiatry?

Astrid Harpøth, Harry Kennedy, Morten Deleuran Terkildsen, Bettina Nørremark, Anders Helles Carlsen, Lisbeth Uhrskov Sørensen

Experiences and perceptions of coercive practices in mental health care among service users in Nigeria: a qualitative study

Deborah Oyine Aluh, Olaniyi Ayilara, Justus Uchenna Onu, Ugnė Grigaitė, Barbara Pedrosa, Margarida Santos-Dias, Graça Cardoso, José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida

Experience of psychologists in the delivery of cognitive behaviour therapy in a non-western culture for treatment of substance abuse: a qualitative study

Abrar Hussain Azad, Shahzad Ali Khan, Ijaz Ali, Hina Shafi, Nisar Ahmed Khan, Shaaray Abrar Umar

A Mental Wealth perspective: crossing disciplines to understand the value of collective mental and social assets in the post-COVID-19 era

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  • Debate

Kristen Tran, John Buchanan, Yun Ju Christine Song, Sebastian Rosenberg, Jo-An Occhipinti, Ian B. Hickie

University students’ use of mental health services: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Review

T. G. Osborn, S. Li, R. Saunders, P. Fonagy

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