more in need of frank discussion than the question of mental health. How important this question is you will realize when I tell you that there are more than 120,000 patients under care in our mental hospitals in England and Wales, and it is estimated that in addition there are 300,000 mental defectives, of whom roughly one-third need institutional care. At the outset I want to remind you of th...

In the 1980 case of Vitek v. Jones, I the United States Supreme Court held that the transfer of a prison inmate to a mental hospital required an administrative hearing to determine whether the transfer was appropriate. This decision "broke new ground in the area of corrections law" since it concluded that "at least one change in a prisoner's status, by its very nature, could not be accomplished...

BACKGROUND Mental illness has brought great economic burden related to misdiagnosis by non-mental health professionals in general hospitals. The aim of this study was to explore non-mental health professionals' conceptions related to the identification of mental illness and perceived treatments, first aid and prognosis. METHODS In 2014-2015, we presented 1123 non-mental health professionals f...

Acute care is a level of health care in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness, for conditions that are the result of disease or trauma, and during recovery from surgery. Acute care is generally provided in a hospital by a variety of clinical personnel using technical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and medical supplies. According to Connecticut public health code that...

BACKGROUND Mozambique has gradually changed its action on mental health (MH) from an asylum-centric care with long-term hospitalization to an innovative approach to community and primary care. OBJECTIVE To collect essential information on Mozambique's MH system for decision making, to improve quality of services delivered, update MH Strategy and Action Plan. METHOD The study used the WHO-AI...

This article describes the development of an advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) service in mental health. The ANPs worked within an existing hospital at night team based at Crosshouse Hospital, a district general hospital in Kilmarnock. Set against the agenda of Modernising Nursing Careers and Modernising Medical Careers, the article describes the professional and organisational background to th...

Mental capacity is required for an adult to make autonomous treatment choices. This review highlights recent legal and clinical developments in the field. The recent English Mental Capacity Act 2005 is described and compared with mental health legislation. Some of the difficulties of defining mental capacity are then outlined. Recent research regarding mental capacity in general hospital patien...

This study investigated the characteristics of mental healthcare in the cities situated at the Alto Uruguai from the perspective of the guidelines of the Brazilian Health System (SUS), and of the Psychiatric Reform. Based on a structured tool, we interviewed 31 subjects working in the public care network. The results point to centralized actions and ' medicalization' of symptoms in the clinical...