Addressing workforce shortages in mental health.(focus: Mental Health)

Australian Nursing Journal;  March 1, 2007 ;   Cutler, Natalie;   374 words ...Mental health nurses play a critical role in the delivery of mental health services. Along with other health services, mental health nursing is experiencing a workforce shortage while demand for services continues to grow. In NSW, a strategy has...

INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY MEETS IN NASHVILLE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 24, 2008 ;     539 words ...The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities issued...release: The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities hosted three mental health meetings this past week. One of the main...

Mental health: Facing the challenges, building solutions

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  May 1, 2006 ;   Malhotra, Savita;   693 words ...Mental health: Facing the challenges, building solutions...European Ministerial Conference on Mental Health, held in Helsinki in January 2005...chapter provides an overview of the mental health scenario in Europe highlighting the...

Groups join to fight for mental health reform.(Practice Trends)(Campaign...

Family Practice News;  September 15, 2005 ;   Bristol, Nellie;   757 words ...Washington -- A coalition of national mental health organizations--including the American...the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. A top priority of the effort, called the Campaign for Mental Health Reform, is the enactment of mental...

Mental health policy and service guidance package

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  December 1, 2004 ;   Rao, A Venkoba;   787 words ...Mental health policy and service guidance package. Providing tool to improve the mental health of population (8 modules) (World Health...violence, migrants and refugees. Provision for mental health care system is urgently needed. Modern...

NMHA Launches Campaign for Children's Mental Health.(National Mental...

American Family Physician;  June 15, 2001 ;   SWEENEY, ROSEMARIE NEFF, MATTHEW;   273 words ...The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) recently launched a new public...to improve public understanding of children's mental health disorders, facilitate access to mental health care and help children with mental health disorders...

Fighting for Mental Health: A Personal View

American Journal of Psychotherapy;  January 1, 2003 ;   Adler, David A;   787 words ...NORMAN SARTORIUS: Fighting for Mental Health: A Personal View. Cambridge University...00, ISBN 0-521-58243-1. Fighting for Mental Health is a collection of 19 essays reflecting...work as an international advocate for mental health. Sartorius is a tireless and incredibly...

Scotland pioneers mental health 'first-aider' scheme BEATING STIGMA

The Scotsman;  May 5, 2005 ;   LOUISE GRAY;   649 words ...MENTAL health "first-aiders" are to be trained across...Executive's National Programme to Improve Mental Health and Well Being, and will be launched...Gregor Henderson, the director of the Mental Health Programme, said the scheme is one of...

Mental health and work performance: results of a longitudinal field study.

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology;  December 1, 1993 ;   Wright, Thomas A. Bonett, Douglas G. Sweeney, Dennis A.;   787 words ...Dysfunctional mental health represents a serious cost for industry...shown to be related to dysfunctional mental health (Ivancevich & Matteson, 1980). Since much research has examined mental health as a dependent variable (Jamal &...

Parity and prescriptions: Policy developments and their implications for...

Generations;  April 1, 2002 ;   Shea, Dennis G;   787 words ...The goal of improving mental health care may get lost in the efforts to improve...1990s must be considered a landmark period in mental health policy. The passage of the 1996 Mental Health Parity Act, while not without compromises...

Pediatric mental health emergencies: Summary of a multidisciplinary panel

Prehospital Emergency Care;  January 1, 2003 ;   Hoyle, John D Jr; White, Lynn J;   787 words ...PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES: SUMMARY OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY...Human Services. HHS Fact Sheet on Mental Health Issues. www.hhs.gov. 2001). This...statistic, particularly when many of the mental health disorders are preventable and/or...

OHIO MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR HONORED BY NATIONAL GROUP

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 30, 2006 ;     266 words ...The Ohio Department of Mental Health issued the following news release: The Campaign for Mental Health Reform yesterday honored Michael F...Director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health, for leadership to make mental health...

Groups join forces in fight for Mental Health Reform: momentum on parity...

Clinical Psychiatry News;  September 1, 2005 ;   Bristol, Nellie;   787 words ...WASHINGTON -- A coalition of national mental health organizations--including the American...the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. A top priority of the effort, called the Campaign for Mental Health Reform, is the enactment of mental...

Mental Health Insurance Crisis Affecting Millions of Americans Suffering...

PR Newswire;  June 8, 2006 ;     597 words ...Half of Americans Who Need Mental Health Treatment Do Not Receive It WASHINGTON...health plans offer far more limited mental health benefits than for physical illnesses...of parity is leading to a national mental health crisis and is costing far more than...

Baby mental health - more needs to be done, says charity

Community Practitioner;  May 1, 2004 ;   Anonymous;   297 words ...INFANT MENTAL HEALTH Baby mental health teams with specialists in infant mental health linked to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), should be established in every area in Britain, according to children's mental health charity...