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Homeless mentally ill or mentally ill homeless? [PDF]
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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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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