doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.03.007 Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China Correspondence: [email protected] Prior to 2005 China’s mental health services were provided in the same manner as the other types of health services in the country. The hospital was the center of the service delivery network so medical staff only provided services to those who came to the h...

Self-stigma of mental illness hinders work and reduces self-esteem. The aim of the study was to examine self-esteem, self-stigma, and stigmatisation among people with mental illness in Japan who had work experience. Survey respondents were 191 patients with mental illnesses in Japan. Self-esteem and self-stigma were measured, and associations between participants’ characteristics and these vari...

Editorials 3 D r B r o c k C h i s h o l m , t h e fi r s t Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), was a psychiatrist and shepherded the notion that mental and physical health were intimately linked. He famously stated that " without mental health there can be no true physical health ". 1 Half a century later, we have strong evidence elucidating the bidirectional relationship ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the prevalence of cigarette smoking in individuals with severe mental illnesses in a large urban centre of a middle income country. METHODS Cross-sectional study carried out in São Paulo. The sample (N=192) comprised individuals diagnosed with severe mental illnesses who had contact with public psychiatric care services from September to November 1997 and were aged betwee...

OBJECTIVES Forty-one percent (41%) of persons in the U.S. who reported having recent mental illnesses also smoke cigarettes. Tobacco use among this population is associated with up to 25 less years of life and excess medical comorbidity compared to the general population. While research demonstrates that tobacco interventions can be effective for persons with mental illnesses, they are not comm...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate North Korean refugees' knowledge of mental illnesses and treatments and analyze the factors affecting this knowledge. METHODS Subjects were selected via a snowball sampling method, and the survey outcomes of 152 North Korean refugee participants were analyzed. The factors affecting knowledge of mental illnesses were analyzed via a regression analysis...

OBJECTIVE Whereas in the U.S. and Canada the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model has proven to be highly effective in enhancing employment perspectives for persons with severe mental illnesses, the evidence base is less abundant in countries with a different socioeconomic climate. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of IPS in the Dutch socioeconomic context. METHOD...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infections, and mental disorders are diseases that run rampant in Canadian correctional facilities. Prisoners, particularly Aboriginal inmates, bear a disproportionate burden of these diseases as compared to the general Canadian population. The current response by the prison authorities to curb the prevalence of HIV, HCV, and mental il...

Despite decades of research documenting family burden related to mental illness of a relative, little is known about families' responses over time. A grounded theory study was designed to describe families' responses to these severe mental illnesses. Twenty-nine participants representing 17 families were interviewed 3 times over 2 years. Interviews were analyzed using constant comparison. Livin...

While the published scientific literature is used in a biomedical context such as building gene networks for disease gene discovery, it seems to be an undervalued resource with respect to mental illnesses. It has been rarely explored for the purpose of gaining psychopathology insights. This limits our capability of better understanding the underlying mechanisms of mental disorders. In this pape...