Mental health delivery system in Shanghai, China

Mental health literacy among residents in Shanghai

BACKGROUND The recent adoption of China's new national mental health law provides a good opportunity to obtain baseline information about community mental health literacy in the country. AIM Assess knowledge and attitudes about mental disorders among residents in Shanghai. METHODS A total of 1953 residents aged 15 or above selected from all 19 districts in Shanghai completed two self-report...

Mental health service delivery following health system reform in Colombia.

BACKGROUND In 1993, Colombia underwent an ambitious and comprehensive process of health system reform based on managed competition and structured pluralism, but did not include coverage for mental health services. AIMS OF THE STUDY In this study, we sought to evaluate the impact of the reform on access to mental health services and whether there were changes in the pattern of mental health se...

On residents’ satisfaction with community health services after health care system reform in Shanghai, China, 2011

BACKGROUND Health care system reform is a major issue in many countries and therefore how to evaluate the effects of changes is incredibly important. This study measured residents' satisfaction with community health care service in Shanghai, China, and aimed to evaluate the effect of recent health care system reform. METHODS Face-to-face interviews were performed with a stratified random samp...

Mental Health Delivery System in India—a Brief Report

A proforma requesting information regarding various aspects of inpatient psychiatric services was sent to all centres. Information regarding bed strength, total number of patients discharged in the year 1977, their broad diagnostic category, status of admission, outcome of treatment and total number of inpatients on each day (for the year 1977) was collected. National Institute of Mental Health...

A crazy system: mental health care delivery in America.