Articles tagged with: Community Mental Health
In Memoriam
In Memoriam
Content Type Journal Article
Journal International Journal of Mental HealthPrint ISSN 0020-7411
Journal Volume Volume 39
Journal Issue Volume 39, Number 2 / Summer 2010
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In Memoriam
Content Type Journal Article
Journal International Journal of Mental HealthPrint ISSN 0020-7411
Journal Volume Volume 39
Journal Issue Volume 39, Number 2 / Summer 2010
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Economic Crises and Public Spending on Mental Health Care
The current economic crisis poses severe challenges for the provision of mental health services around the world. At the very time when a severe recession increases many people's need for mental health services, public programs face declining revenues to fund those services. We review evidence of how past recessions affected public funding for mental health treatment as well as the preliminary evidence regarding the current recession's impact. Interestingly, although many countries are cutting spending as anticipated, a few of the wealthier cou [...]
The current economic crisis poses severe challenges for the provision of mental health services around the world. At the very time when a severe recession increases many people's need for mental health services, public programs face declining revenues to fund those services. We review evidence of how past recessions affected public funding for mental health treatment as well as the preliminary evidence regarding the current recession's impact. Interestingly, although many countries are cutting spending as anticipated, a few of the wealthier cou [...]
Economic Antecedents of Medicaid-Financed Mental Health Services Among Youths in California
Purpose: The literature reports that downturns in the economy may increase utilization of adult mental health services. However, whether economic decline affects the use of mental health services among youth remains unclear. We test whether demand for California's publicly financed mental health services for children varies with labor market contraction. Methods: We apply time-series methods to monthly counts of unduplicated clients served, from July 2002 to April 2008, for California Children's Medicaid Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and [...]
Purpose: The literature reports that downturns in the economy may increase utilization of adult mental health services. However, whether economic decline affects the use of mental health services among youth remains unclear. We test whether demand for California's publicly financed mental health services for children varies with labor market contraction. Methods: We apply time-series methods to monthly counts of unduplicated clients served, from July 2002 to April 2008, for California Children's Medicaid Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and [...]
Unemployment and Mental Disorders
This article addresses unemployment and related social factors as risk factors for impaired mental health. Departing from earlier studies of unemployment and mental health, we use first admissions to a psychiatric hospital or ward as our measure of mental illness. We construct the data by merging a longitudinal, representative sample of the Danish population aged 15-64 containing detailed annual information about labor market behaviour, incomes, and sick leaves during a 12-year period with a panel encompassing all cases of psychiatric illnesses [...]
This article addresses unemployment and related social factors as risk factors for impaired mental health. Departing from earlier studies of unemployment and mental health, we use first admissions to a psychiatric hospital or ward as our measure of mental illness. We construct the data by merging a longitudinal, representative sample of the Danish population aged 15-64 containing detailed annual information about labor market behaviour, incomes, and sick leaves during a 12-year period with a panel encompassing all cases of psychiatric illnesses [...]
Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization Following Involuntary Job Loss
This article examines the impact of involuntary job loss on mental health as measured by admission to inpatient psychiatric treatment. Specifically, we investigate the impact on admission due to affective disorders, alcohol or drug abuse, and nervous or stress-related disorders. We focus on job loss due only to establishment closures, as this focus reduces the problem of distinguishing between causation and selection. Using linked employee-employer register data, we identify the job losses due to all establishment closures in Sweden in 1987-88. [...]
This article examines the impact of involuntary job loss on mental health as measured by admission to inpatient psychiatric treatment. Specifically, we investigate the impact on admission due to affective disorders, alcohol or drug abuse, and nervous or stress-related disorders. We focus on job loss due only to establishment closures, as this focus reduces the problem of distinguishing between causation and selection. Using linked employee-employer register data, we identify the job losses due to all establishment closures in Sweden in 1987-88. [...]
Economic Contraction and Mental Health
Background: Theory and empirical evidence suggest that economic contraction predicts increased incidence of psychological disorder. The extent to which this relation can be causally attributed to the economic experiences of individuals remains uncertain. Methods: We critically examine literature concerning the impact of economic contraction, measured at the individual or ecological level, on four mental health outcomes (depression, suicide, substance abuse, and antisocial behavior) from the past two decades. Studies at the individual level use [...]
Background: Theory and empirical evidence suggest that economic contraction predicts increased incidence of psychological disorder. The extent to which this relation can be causally attributed to the economic experiences of individuals remains uncertain. Methods: We critically examine literature concerning the impact of economic contraction, measured at the individual or ecological level, on four mental health outcomes (depression, suicide, substance abuse, and antisocial behavior) from the past two decades. Studies at the individual level use [...]
Guest Editor’s Introduction
Guest Editor's Introduction
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.2753/IMH0020-7411390200Authors
Dominic Hodgkin, Schneider Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Journal International Journal of Mental HealthPrint ISSN 0020-7411
Journal Volume Volume 39
Journal Issue Volume 39, Number 2 / Summer 2010
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Guest Editor's Introduction
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.2753/IMH0020-7411390200Authors
Dominic Hodgkin, Schneider Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Journal International Journal of Mental HealthPrint ISSN 0020-7411
Journal Volume Volume 39
Journal Issue Volume 39, Number 2 / Summer 2010
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Book Review
Book Review
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Book ReviewDOI 10.2753/IMH0020-7411390106Authors
Rebeca Garcia-Nieto, PhD, New York University-Child Study Center
Journal International Journal of Mental HealthPrint ISSN 0020-7411
Journal Volume Volume 39
Journal Issue Volume 39, Number 1 / Spring 2010
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Images of the “Insane,” the “Mentally Ill,” and the “Depressed” in Nouméa, New Caledonia
Social representations of mental health in the population of Nouméa and its suburbs (Greater Nouméa) in New Caledonia were studied during the third phase of the survey "Mental Health in the General Population: Images and Realities," conducted in August 2006. Method: A representative sample of 904 participants taken from the population of Nouméa and Greater Nouméa were interviewed using the survey questionnaire. Analytical results were interpreted in the light of the results of the preceding survey, the specialized literature, and the cultur [...]
Psychiatric Epidemiology in New Caledonia
Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia, and the Greater Nouméa suburbs are among the sites included in the third phase of the survey "Mental Health in the General Population: Images and Realities." The epidemiological results of the Noumean sample (N = 904) are compared with those of the French national sample (N = 39,617). Method: The survey took place in August 2006 in the Nouméa, Païta, Dumbéa, and Mont Dore district, and involved quota sampling. Participants were recruited in the streets and interviewed by nonclinicians trained in the us [...]
