The community mental health center as a setting for a psychiatry junior clerkship

Establishment of a Community-Based Mental Health Center in Yazd: A Short Report

About 40 years ago, the mental health services providing strategies have been dramatically changed worldwide. As well as, it is considered as a new revolution in mental health and named as community-based mental health movement. Moreover, mental health centers in Iran have been established in order to make a change in urban community-based mental health (CMHC). The first CMHC was founded in Teh...

In a Community Mental Health Center

Urban Community Mental Health Centers (CBECos),are faced with large case loads and, long waiting lists. Clionis,failihg the initial appointment represent a significant loss of staff time and resources to CMHCes. Despite the high rate of failed initial appointments reported, no studies have looked at means of reducing the failure.rate. In the current stUd4 ",88 subjects were assigned to.. one of...

Impact of a psychiatry clerkship on stigma, attitudes towards psychiatry, and psychiatry as a career choice

BACKGROUND Mental illnesses are a major public health problem around the world and the prevalence and burden of common mental disorders is growing. Psychiatry is an unpopular career choice for many medical students and this impacts negatively on the supply of psychiatrists to the workforce. The psychiatry clerkship can play an important role in influencing students' attitudes towards psychiatry...

Introducing the Urban Community Health Center (UCHC) as a Nascent Local Model: Will it be a Linchpin in the Health Sector Reform in Iran?

Feasibility of setting up a health promotion and disease prevention center with a healthy aging approach

Introduction: In spite of the global trend towards increased screening efforts, there remain instances where uncertainty surrounds the cost-effectiveness of this approach. In such cases, a comprehensive assessment that considers cost-effectiveness, feasibility, and factors related to epidemiology, socio-culture, and community becomes indispensable. This assessment offers crucial insights to gui...