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Homeless mentally ill or mentally ill homeless? [PDF]
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1992 Mainstream psychiatry conceptualizes people who are homeless and mentally ill as distinct from other homeless persons because it is thought that their status stems from their mental disorder and the poor implementation of deinstitutionalization. The authors believe this dichotomy is illusory.
Kenneth S. Thompson, Carl I. Cohen
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The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1997
Objective To assess the relationship between poverty and mental illness in order to stimulate debate on future international cooperation programs in mental health. Method Epidemiological data in the international literature addressing the issue of material poverty as a risk factor for the development of mental illness and as a prognostic factor for the
Saraceno B., BARBUI, Corrado
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Objective To assess the relationship between poverty and mental illness in order to stimulate debate on future international cooperation programs in mental health. Method Epidemiological data in the international literature addressing the issue of material poverty as a risk factor for the development of mental illness and as a prognostic factor for the
Saraceno B., BARBUI, Corrado
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MENTAL ILLNESS AND COMMUNICATION
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2001Historical and more recent descriptions of mental illness emphasise the prominent nature of communicative difficulties in persons with these diagnoses (Sims 1995) and a large part of psychiatric intervention is verbally‐mediated. Within this study, a theoretically‐driven therapy programme addressed the communication needs of two persons with ...
Kramer, S, Bryan, K, Frith, CD
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2005
Background: The finding by Lawrence, Holman and Jablensky (Duty to Care) that mortality among the mentally ill in Western Australia was 2.5 times that of the general population, seemingly, has great significance for public policy concerning the mentally ill. ‘Mortality’ could be a useful outcome measure for mental health services.
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Background: The finding by Lawrence, Holman and Jablensky (Duty to Care) that mortality among the mentally ill in Western Australia was 2.5 times that of the general population, seemingly, has great significance for public policy concerning the mentally ill. ‘Mortality’ could be a useful outcome measure for mental health services.
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Criminalization of the mentally ill
Journal of Forensic Nursing, 2008In the great world of “they sayers,” they say that the more things change, the more things stay the same. Over a decade ago, Peplau (1994), affectionately known as the mother of psychiatric nursing, observed that the first great psychiatric revolution, and the beginning of contemporary psychiatric nursing, occurred when patients were moved from jails ...
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, 1977 Psychiatry is a relative newcomer to rehabilitation. While the basic principles for the rehabilitation of the psychiatric patient are the same as for the physically disabled, there are differences which need explanation. These lie in the nature of the disabilities and in the nature of the adaptation which has to be achieved.
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Personality and Mental Illness
Psychological Reports, 1976The new Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was administered to 441 male and 441 female subjects, 63 in each of seven groups (normal, criminal, schizophrenic, endogenous depressive, personality disorder, anxiety state, reactive depression). Means and SDs are reported for the groups, and a discriminant function analysis was performed to estimate the ...
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Mental Illness and Mental Handicap
1985This chapter, together with the one which follows, concentrates on the needs of particular groups of people and the welfare provision which exists to meet these needs. People suffering from mental illnesses and those with a mental handicap are discussed in this chapter, while the next focuses on the needs of people who are elderly and people with ...
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Psychiatric Quarterly, 1974
The author reminisces about his training in the '40's, when “everything seemed to be in good order in the house of psychiatry,” and then turns to a philosophical consideration of confusions which have arisen because advancing knowledge inevitably complicates rather than simplifies our understanding of mental health and illness.
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The author reminisces about his training in the '40's, when “everything seemed to be in good order in the house of psychiatry,” and then turns to a philosophical consideration of confusions which have arisen because advancing knowledge inevitably complicates rather than simplifies our understanding of mental health and illness.
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Mental Health and Mental Illness
1976In recent years there has been considerable discussion and controversy concerning the concepts of mental health and mental illness. The controversy has centered around the problem of providing criteria for an adequate conception of mental health and illness, as well as difficulties in specifying a clear and workable system for the classification ...
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