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

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...

Integrating mental health into primary healthcare.

Health is now widely acknowledged as having both a physical and mental health dimension. Indeed, as far back as 1948, WHO’s constitution recognised health as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’. Despite this, many primary healthcare systems in countries around the world focus on physical care, failing to provide mental...

Integrating tobacco treatment into mental health settings.

INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS ARE DYING 25 years prematurely, and the major causes of death are tobacco-related cancer, heart disease, and lung disease. With a smoking prevalence 2 to 4 times greater than the generalpopulationandagreater likelihoodofheavysmoking, anestimated44%ofcigarettes sold in theUnitedStatesaresold to smokers with mental illness or substance use disorders. In cli...

Cross-National Diffusion of Mental Health Policy

Background Following the tenets of world polity and innovation diffusion theories, I focus on the coercive and mimetic forces that influence the diffusion of mental health policy across nations. International organizations’ mandates influence government behavior. Dependency on external resources, namely foreign aid, also affects governments’ formulation of national policy. And finally, mounting...

Integrating primary mental health care and mental health promotion.