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Racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2021 AbstractThe concept of “race” and consequently of racism is not a recent phenomenon, although it had profound effects on the lives of populations over the last several hundred years. Using slaves and indentured labor from racial groups designated to be “the others,” who was seen as inferior and thus did not deserve privileges, and who were often ...
M. Schouler-Ocak +6 more
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Neuropsin in mental health [PDF]
The Journal of Physiological Sciences, 2019 AbstractNeuropsin is a brain-expressed extracellular matrix serine protease that governs synaptic plasticity through activity-induced proteolytic cleavage of synaptic proteins. Its substrates comprise several molecules central to structural synaptic plasticity, and studies in rodents have documented its role in cognition and the behavioral and ...
Anders D. Børglum +12 more
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No health without mental health [PDF]
Mental Illness, 2016 n.a.
Vladu, Cristina +3 more
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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology, 2023 When we talk about mental health, we could seem to be talking about some self-evident reality. However, the very notion of mental health can be seen to both assume and require a specific vision of human interiority. The so-called ‘sciences of the soul’—or the ‘psy' disciplines—were particularly formative in defining this perceived interior selfhood ...
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Mental health in The Netherlands [PDF]
International Psychiatry, 2007 The Netherlands borders the North Sea and is located between Belgium and Germany. Its total area is about 41 500 km2, nearly 34 000 km2 of which is land area. The country consists mostly of coastal lowland and land reclaimed from the sea (polders). An extensive system of dykes and dams protects nearly one-half of the total area from being flooded.
Doeschate, R.J.A. ten, Hodiamont, P.P.G.
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ABC of mental health: Mental health emergencies [PDF]
BMJ, 1997 An emergency is a situation that requires immediate attention to avert a serious outcome. Mental health emergencies range from situations where a patient is at risk because of intense personal distress, suicidal intentions, or self neglect to those where a patient places others at risk. Some patients may behave in an aggressive manner, make threats, or
Zerrin Atakan, Teifion Davies
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ABC of mental health: Mental health on the margins [PDF]
BMJ, 1997 People with mental illness have always been marginalised and economically disadvantaged, and deprived inner city areas have excessive rates of severe mental illness. Homelessness is the most marginalised end of the spectrum of poverty, and here are found disproportionate numbers of mentally ill people.
Philip Timms, John Balázs
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ABC of mental health: Mental health and the law [PDF]
BMJ, 1997 The law relating to medical practice in general, and mental health in particular, is complex. This article provides a summary of the laws applying in England and Wales. Certain mental disorders are the only medical conditions for which the law permits treatment without the consent of the patient, but this can be undertaken only in a hospital or ...
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Emergency Nurse, 2006 This well written and easy-to-read article looks at the identification and management of psychosis, violence and drug misuse in pre-hospital and emergency settings.
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ABC of mental health: Mental health assessment [PDF]
BMJ, 1997 Psychiatry is a branch of medicine: it deals with those disorders in which mental (emotional or cognitive) or behavioural features are most prominent. The cause, presentation, and course of such disorders are influenced by diverse factors; their symptoms can be bewildering to patients and their relatives; and their management may require social and ...
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