Integrating mental health into public health: The community mental health development project in India

Mental health policy and development in Egypt - integrating mental health into health sector reforms 2001-9

BACKGROUND Following a situation appraisal in 2001, a six year mental health reform programme (Egymen) 2002-7 was initiated by an Egyptian-Finnish bilateral aid project at the request of a former Egyptian minister of health, and the work was incorporated directly into the Ministry of Health and Population from 2007 onwards. This paper describes the aims, methodology and implementation of the me...

Perinatal Mental Health: A Public Health Concern

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Community mental health in India: A rethink

BACKGROUND Community care of the chronic mentally ill has always been prevalent in India, largely due to family involvement and unavailability of institutions. In the 80s, a few mental health clinics became operational in some parts of the country. The Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), an NGO in Chennai had established a community clinic in 1989 in Thiruporur, which was functional till...

Starting the conversation - Integrating mental health into maternal health care in India

Taking mental health into the community

The Czech Republic's plan to pilot community-based mental health services is a welcome development for people with both mild and severe forms of mental illness. Petr Třešňák reports.