One of the most important issues on the health promotion agenda in many countries is
mental health (McMurray, 2003). However, a forgotten population in health promotion work …

Difficulties in mental health affect several million people worldwide. The importance and
contribution of family carers in promoting positive wellbeing and improved outcomes for …

Family is the context where mental health recovery takes place. Mental health services need
to take a whole-of-family approach when working with people with a mental illness …

The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive study was to explore the perspectives of
individuals who were caring for a family member with a mental illness, with particular …

320 PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS IN WOMEN partial hospitalization, supportive living facilities,
correctional facilities, and homeless shelters as ways to address these concerns of the …

A reformed mental health system that does not support the family adequately only spreads
the burden of suffering. The evolution of a more sophisticated and precise biological …

It is well known that families represent a major resource for people with severe mental
illnesses. As many as 75% of persons discharged from psychiatric hospitals return home to …

I am extremely delighted with the great honor of Dr. DS Raju memorial oration bestowed on
me and humbly express my gratitude to the AP Chapter of IPS My presentation discusses …

Cultural groups respond differently to mental illness depending on the explanations of the
cause, attitudes in the community toward mental illness and its treatment, and the social and …

Background: There has been a global call for the modernization of models of mental health
service provision reinforcing that care should be mostly provided at the community level. A …