Troubles mentaux et violence [PDF]
, 1996 Epidemiologic and clinical studies are presented of persons with mental disorders and a history of violent behavior. Knowledge of the risk factors associated with acts of violence committed by mentally disordered persons is essential for the initiation ...
Millaud, Frédéric
core +1 more source
Treatment of the Mentally Ill in the Pre-Moral and Moral Era: A Brief Report [PDF]
, 2012 Throughout the ages, treatment of the mentally ill has evolved with distinct periods of progression, stagnation and regression. These differences in time mirrored how society understood mental illness and the mentally ill person on both a biological and ...
Carron, Michael A., Saad, Hanna
core +2 more sources
The fate of the mentally ill during the Second World War (1940–1945) in Troms and Finnmark, Norway
Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, 2015 The article analyses the fate of the mentally ill living in northern Norway during the 2nd World War, and the way the war changed their lives. The study is the first to give a systematic account of how the mentally ill fared during the deportation of ...
Åshild Fause
doaj +1 more source
Provider-initiated HIV counselling and testing (PICT) in the mentally ill
South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2013 The prevalence of HIV infection is substantially higher in mentally ill individuals than in the general population. Despite this, HIV testing is not yet standard practice among the mentally ill population, and many mental health settings do not encourage
M Y H Moosa, F Y Jeenah
doaj +1 more source
Investigation of hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus transmission among severely mentally ill residents at a long term care facility. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: A high prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections have been reported among persons with severe mental illness.
Supriya Jasuja +12 more
doaj +1 more source
Knowledge, stigma, and attitude toward mental illness among rural school students
Annals of Indian Psychiatry, 2020 Background: Mental illnesses have been largely neglected in India due to poor knowledge about various categories of psychiatric disorders. While stigma and discrimination toward people with mental illness is an important barrier to mental health services
Parveen Kumar +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Criminal victimisation in people with severe mental illness: a multi-site prevalence and incidence survey in the Netherlands. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BackgroundAlthough crime victimisation is as prevalent in psychiatric patients as crime perpetration (and possibly more so), few European figures for it are available.
Astrid M Kamperman +16 more
doaj +1 more source
Personal Problems Associated with Mental Health and Mental Illness [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 1962 The trend toward the management of an increas ing number of psychiatric patients in the community has led to concern over the evaluation of this policy, particularly with regard to the adjustment of such patients within the community. In the case of patients admitted to a mental hospital, successful treatment must be measured not only by their early ...
S, FOLKARD, B, MANDELBROTE, M, MONRO
openaire +2 more sources
El derecho de ciudadanía del enfermo mental, un desafío al Sistema para la Autonomía y la Atención a la Dependencia [PDF]
, 2010 The «Law for the Promotion of Personal Independence and Care of Persons in a Dependent Situation» guarantees the subjective social right of access to the care system it establishes.
PULIDO MARTÍNEZ, Amparo
core +2 more sources
Mental health law in Montenegro
BJPsych International, 2016 This paper discusses the services and treatments that are offered in Montenegro to persons who are mentally ill. A short history is given. The law on the protection of the rights of patients who are mentally ill is described, along with the regulations ...
Lidija Injac Stevovic +2 more
doaj +1 more source