This paper reviews the epidemiological research evidence on the role of socio-economic
factors in the origins and disease experience of schizophrenia and major depression. The …

There is a need for novel methods to treat violence and the threat of violence on psychiatric
wards. Violence is a complex phenomenon that needs to be met with a multiprofessional …

Aun cuando existe un reconocimiento de la importancia de la salud mental en el campo de
la salud pública y de la amplia utilización de este concepto en los ámbitos profesionales …

Entre esas líneas de acción se encuentran el desarrollo de servicios comunitarios de salud
mental, la integración de la atención de salud mental en los servicios de salud generales y …

Abstract Background The Global Movement for Mental Health has brought renewed
attention to the neglect of people with mental illness within health policy worldwide. The …

Mental health systems in many countries are seriously under-developed, yet mental health
problems not only have huge consequences for quality of life, but–particularly in low-and …

Number and procedures of involuntary hospital admissions vary in Europe according to the
different socio-cultural contexts. The European Commission has funded the EUNOMIA study …

This paper offers a panoramic assessment of the significant changes experienced by
psychiatric care in Western Europe and North America in the course of the last decades of …

Background: Sedation, seclusion or restraint are recognized methods of containing a person
experiencing an acute psychotic episode with behavioural disturbance which has not …

Purpose Research on mental illness stigma in the Arab world has traditionally focused on
socio-cultural barriers that deprive persons with mental illness from their fundamental …