Burden of Mental Disorders based on the World Mental Health Surveys

Alonso, Jordi

doi:10.1590/s1516-44462012000100003

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“…Unipolar depressive disorder is the third leading cause of disease burden accounting for 4.3% worldwide, 3.2% for low-income countries and 5.1% for high-income countries (World Health Organization, 2011). Projections for the year 2030 estimate that worldwide, unipolar depression will be the leading cause of disability (Alonso, 2012). The results of WHO World Mental Health Surveys, the largest cross-national community-based epidemiological surveys on mental disorders carried out across 28 countries, revealed that mental disorders are a common risk in younger people (Alonso, 2012).…”

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“…Projections for the year 2030 estimate that worldwide, unipolar depression will be the leading cause of disability (Alonso, 2012). The results of WHO World Mental Health Surveys, the largest cross-national community-based epidemiological surveys on mental disorders carried out across 28 countries, revealed that mental disorders are a common risk in younger people (Alonso, 2012). Mental disorders not only cause long-term disability and dependency but also contribute to mortality (Prince et al, 2007).…”

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Qualitative evaluation of mental health training of auxiliary nurse midwives in rural Nepal

Mahato

Teijlingen

Simkhada

et al. 2018

Nurse Education Today

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The study supports the need for continued training for auxiliary nurse midwives who are based in the community. This gives them the opportunity to reach the whole community group and potentially have influence over reduction of stigma; offer support and diagnosis of mental ill-health. There is still stigma around giving birth to a female child which can lead to mental health problems. It is imperative to increase awareness and educate the general public regarding mental health illnesses especially involving family members of those who are affected.

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Qualitative evaluation of mental health training of auxiliary nurse midwives in rural Nepal

Mahato

Teijlingen

Simkhada

et al. 2018

Nurse Education Today

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“…The prevalence of mental disorders increases in worldwide [5]; most common of these disorders are schizophrenia, mood, and anxiety disorders [6]. In Jordan, the most commonly assigned diagnosed at hospitals admission are schizophrenia and related disorders (49%) and mood disorders (35%) [7].…”

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Seclusion Room in Psychiatric Setting (National Center for Mental Health): Policy Analysis

Khalifeh¹,

Khalil²

2018

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Background: Improving the quality of care in psychiatric settings is the most important goal of policy through the delivery of a comprehensive care, treatment, control, protection, and rehabilitation of patients with mental disorders. The main concern in mental health care is the continuing use of seclusion and the slow pace of change. Purpose: Analyze the seclusion room policy in National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) in Jordan to recognize the issue and present alternative solutions in order to modify and improve the current seclusion room policy. Method: The authors got seclusion room policy from NCMH; the method in this analysis will be used six-step model; and then searched the database for alternatives using EBSCO, PUBMED, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Ovid. Result: The authors discuss use medications, training program, manipulate environment, de-escalation technique, and status quo alternatives that helps in minimizing use of seclusion, decreasing the incidence of aggressive behaviors occurrences, and decreasing unsafe behaviors against health care providers in the psychiatric settings. Conclusion: Manipulates environment is the best alternative after evaluated alternatives according to criteria.

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“…Mental health problems are a leading global burden of disease, and disability is a significant and growing public health problem (Mathers et al . , Alonso ). It has been shown that there are gender differences in the prevalence of specific types of mental disorders using both sex‐aggregated data and gender analysis (Donoghue et al .…”

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