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Protecting rights and building capacities: challenges to global mental health policy in light of the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities

Wildeman S. Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law. J Law Med Ethics. 2013 Spring;41(1):48-73. doi: 10.1111/jlme.12005. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified mental health as a priority for global health promotion and international development to be targeted through promulgation of evidence-based medical practices, health systems reform, and respect for human rights. Yet these overlapping […]

Disparities in mental health service use of racial and ethnic minority elderly adults

Jimenez DE, Cook B, Bartels SJ, Alegría M. Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. daniel.e.jimenez@dartmouth.edu. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jan;61(1):18-25. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12063. Epub 2012 Dec 18. OBJECTIVES: To apply the Institute of Medicine definition of healthcare disparities, to measure disparities in different aspects of episodes of mental […]

The role of pain, functioning, and mental health in suicidality among Veterans Affairs primary care patients

Magruder KM, Yeager D, Brawman-Mintzer O. Am J Public Health. 2012 Mar;102 Suppl 1:S118-24. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300451. Epub 2012 Jan 25. Mental Health Service Line, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401, USA. OBJECTIVES: We examined suicidality, pain, functioning, and psychiatric disorders among veterans in primary care by using both self-report and clinical measures […]

Pathways to vocational services: factors affecting entry by veterans enrolled in Veterans Health Administration mental health services

Drebing CE, Mueller L, Van Ormer EA, Duffy P, LePage J, Rosenheck R, Drake R, Rose GS, King K, Penk W. Psychol Serv. 2012 Feb;9(1):49-63. doi: 10.1037/a0026662 Psychology Service (116B), Bedford VA Medical Center, MA 01730, USA. charles.drebing@va.gov The current study provides naturalistic data documenting the pathways-to-care to vocational services for 155 veterans who were […]

Barriers and facilitators to treatment participation by adolescents in a community mental health clinic

Oruche UM, Downs S, Holloway E, Draucker C, Aalsma M. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2013 May 17. doi: 10.1111/jpm.12076. [Epub ahead of print] Department of Environments for Health, Indiana University School of Nursing. A large number of children drop out or stop attending their mental health counseling appointments before they actually complete all the […]

Utilising behavioural family therapy (BFT) to help support the system around a person with intellectual disability and complex mental health needs: a case study.

Marshall K, Ferris J. J Intellect Disabil. 2012 Jun;16(2):109-18. doi: 10.1177/1744629512443619. Epub 2012 Apr 10. SOURCE: NHS Lothian, Livingston, Scotland. keith.marshall2@nhs.net There is a higher incidence of mental health problems amongst people with intellectual disabilities. Family members and support staff who provide support to people with intellectual disabilities with mental health difficulties are more likely […]

Objective community integration of mental health consumers living in supported housing and of others in the community

Yanos PT, Stefancic A, Tsemberis S. Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice–City University of New York, 524 W. 59th St, New York, NY 10019, USA. pyanos@jjay.cuny.edu. Psychiatr Serv. 2012;63(5):438-44. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100397. OBJECTIVE: Housing programs for people with severe mental illnesses aim to maximize community integration. However, little is known about how the […]

SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH HOUSING: DOES IT CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION AND LIFE SATISFACTION OF PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES?

Aubry T, Flynn RJ, Virley B, Neri J. University of Ottawa. J Community Psychol. 2013 Mar;41(2):218-235. Despite its importance as a theory in the development of programs for populations with disabilities, social role valorization (SRV) has received relatively little attention in community mental health research. We present findings of a study that examined the relationship […]

Variations in disaster preparedness by mental health, perceived general health, and disability status

Eisenman DP, Zhou Q, Ong M, Asch S, Glik D, Long A. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 Mar;3(1):33-41. doi: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e318193be89 SOURCE: Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736, USA. deisenman@mednet.ucla.edu OBJECTIVES: Chronic medical and mental illness […]