Innovations in Global Mental Health [electronic resource] /
Okpaku, Samuel O.editor.
Over the course of the last decade, political and mental entities at large have embraced global mental health: the idea that psychiatric health is vital to improved quality of life.  Physicians globally have implemented guidelines recommended by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in 2007, thereby breaking down barriers to care and improving quality of life in areas where these practices have been implemented.  Programs for training and education have expanded as a result.  Clinicians benefit more from both local resources in some regions as well as in international collaboration and technological advancements.  Even amidst all of these positive outcomes, clinicians still face some stumbling blocks.  With worldwide statistics estimating that 450 million people struggle with mental, neuropsychiatric, and neurological disorders—25 percent of the world’s non-communicable disease burden—rising to these challenges prove to be no small feat, even in wealthy Western nations.   Various articles and books have been published on global mental health, but few of them thoroughly cover the clinical, research, innovative, and social implications as they pertain to psychiatry; often, only one of these aspects is covered.  A comprehensive text that can keep pace with the rapidly evolving literature grows more and more valuable each day as clinicians struggle to piece together the changes around the world that leave open the possibility for improved outcomes in care. This book seeks to boldly rectify this situation by identifying innovative models of service delivery, training, education, research funding, and payment systems that have proven to be exemplary in implementation and scalability or have potential for scalability.  Chapters describe specific barriers and challenges, illuminating effective strategies for improved outcomes. This text is the first peer-reviewed resource to gather prestigious physicians in global mental health from around the world and disseminate their expertise in the medical community at large in a format that is updateable, making it a truly cutting-edge resource in a world constantly changed by medical, scientific, and technological advances. Innovations in Global Mental Health is the ultimate resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, primary care physicians, hospitalists, policy makers, and all medical professionals at the forefront of global mental health and its implications for the future.
Grand Challenges and Innovations (Vice President for Programs Grand Challenges Canada) -- The Role of World Bank the World Health Organization (World Bank) -- The Role of Private Foundations and NGO’s e.g. Wellcome Trust, Bill Gates Foundation, Carter Foundation -- Reducing Stigma in Mental Health -- Enhancing Human Capacity in low resource income countries the case of Liberia -- Lessons from Research Innovations on HIV -- Mental Health Policy (UK) -- Mental Health System reform in Kosovo -- Mental Health System reform in Brazil -- Data Mining & Use to drive decision making and policy -- The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health -- The use of mobile phones for frontline health care workers to manage depression -- Telepsychiatry in Pudukkottai -- Telehealth Mental Health -- Total health screening for integrated care -- Sustaining African Traditional Health, The role of Faith Healers, and Community Health workers: help detect mental illness -- Integration of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services into Primary Care in the Middle East -- Blended Care in Haiti -- Spiritual Leaders and Adopted Therapy -- The use of MPSS in immigration and refugee and immigrants -- Addressing depression in the violence wracked mountains of Pakistan -- Artificial and Technology, Tools for Mental Health, wellbeing, and resilience in refugees -- Attempts to achieve parity and coverage in Chile -- Developing Health Reform in China -- A framework for action on Universal Health Coverage in Africa -- Kenya integrated intervention model for dialogue and screening to promote children’s mental wellbeing (KID) -- Pride (Premium for Adolescents) -- Strong Minds -- Oxygen Youth Health -- Basic Needs, Mental Health, and Development Model -- The friendship Bench -- The Bariyan -- The Nero Strategy -- Community Based Mentoring & Enhanced Supervision (MESIT) to Address Severe Mental Disorders -- Feasibility and effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT) for women affected by urban violence -- A community based mental health intervention for mental health in Rwanda -- Learning Clubs for woman’s health and infant development -- Emerald -- Prime (Programs focus on Intervention Research for Mental Health Affirm (Africa focus on Interventions Research for Mental Health) -- Dealing with the challenges of Human Resources and Capacity Building in India. Carter Foundation programs in Liberia -- National Capacity Building Programs in Ethiopia -- Capacity building in Post Conflict Rwanda -- Capacity building in Mexico -- Improving prevention and treatment systems based on primary prevention for alcohol use problems in 2 Caribbean countries—Guyana and Belgium -- A community oriented non specialist treatment for Alcohol Dependence -- Supporting Addiction affected families effectively (SAFE) -- War and displacement from conflict areas -- Trauma Centers -- Prime programs for South Africa, India, Ethiopia, and Uganda -- Africa (Africa Focus on Intervention research for mental health) -- Collaborative shared care to improving psychosis outcome -- Feasibility study in preparation for rationalized controlled trial: Enhanced primary mental health care -- Self Help Groups for Mental Health -- Consumer Advocacy Movement -- Dementia Home Care project -- Rehabilitation Intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia -- Advances in the Conceptualization and Measurement of Religious and Spiritualties -- 3 Dimensions of Care for Diabetes (3DFD) -- Improving access to care for people with epilepsy through domestic health visitors -- Targeting family violence through domestic health visits -- Epilogue.
Over the course of the last decade, political and mental entities at large have embraced global mental health: the idea that psychiatric health is vital to improved quality of life.  Physicians globally have implemented guidelines recommended by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in 2007, thereby breaking down barriers to care and improving quality of life in areas where these practices have been implemented.  Programs for training and education have expanded as a result.  Clinicians benefit more from both local resources in some regions as well as in international collaboration and technological advancements.  Even amidst all of these positive outcomes, clinicians still face some stumbling blocks.  With worldwide statistics estimating that 450 million people struggle with mental, neuropsychiatric, and neurological disorders—25 percent of the world’s non-communicable disease burden—rising to these challenges prove to be no small feat, even in wealthy Western nations.   Various articles and books have been published on global mental health, but few of them thoroughly cover the clinical, research, innovative, and social implications as they pertain to psychiatry; often, only one of these aspects is covered.  A comprehensive text that can keep pace with the rapidly evolving literature grows more and more valuable each day as clinicians struggle to piece together the changes around the world that leave open the possibility for improved outcomes in care. This book seeks to boldly rectify this situation by identifying innovative models of service delivery, training, education, research funding, and payment systems that have proven to be exemplary in implementation and scalability or have potential for scalability.  Chapters describe specific barriers and challenges, illuminating effective strategies for improved outcomes. This text is the first peer-reviewed resource to gather prestigious physicians in global mental health from around the world and disseminate their expertise in the medical community at large in a format that is updateable, making it a truly cutting-edge resource in a world constantly changed by medical, scientific, and technological advances. Innovations in Global Mental Health is the ultimate resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, primary care physicians, hospitalists, policy makers, and all medical professionals at the forefront of global mental health and its implications for the future.
Psychiatry.
Clinical psychology.
Public health.
Internal medicine.
Psychiatry.
Clinical Psychology.
Public Health.
Internal Medicine.