{"title":"Gypsy, Roma and Traveller populations and mental health in the UK: a need for real working together and co-production of services","authors":"Radha Kothari, Amy Ward, Derek K Tracy","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2024.14","url":null,"abstract":"Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities have considerably worse mental health outcomes than the general population and many other ethnic minority groups. We argue that there is a dynamic, interplaying ‘accessibility mismatch’, resulting in a failure of healthcare services to adequately understand and work with GRT communities in a meaningful way. The consequences are limited engagement and poor health outcomes. Contact with services is often at crisis points, such as in forensic services, which reinforces existing prejudice. Research is limited, and therefore so is the evidence base. It is critical that the UK's National Health Service takes a culturally informed approach to co-produce services that are accessible and responsive to GRT communities. Here we offer practical actions that healthcare organisations can undertake to help redress imbalances and increase equity of healthcare outcomes for these overlooked populations.","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"349 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141006877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carl Zhou, Keerthana Pasumarthi, Isabella Liang, Jim Xie, Andrew Toyin Olagunju
{"title":"Using a literary and arts magazine to promote mental health and wellness among trainee healthcare professionals: lessons from a Canadian student-led project - ADDENDUM.","authors":"Carl Zhou, Keerthana Pasumarthi, Isabella Liang, Jim Xie, Andrew Toyin Olagunju","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.10","DOIUrl":"10.1192/bji.2024.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"21 2","pages":"49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11035965/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140852690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexandra A Deac, Irina Zaviryukha, Oleksandr Zeziulin, Anna Peycheva, Renata Solórzano de Souza, Harry Skipper, Asmau Abubakar, V. B. Gustilo, S. Shenoi, Graham Thornicroft, Julia Rozanova
{"title":"Ukrainian healthcare providers under siege during the first year of war: challenges and adaptations","authors":"Alexandra A Deac, Irina Zaviryukha, Oleksandr Zeziulin, Anna Peycheva, Renata Solórzano de Souza, Harry Skipper, Asmau Abubakar, V. B. Gustilo, S. Shenoi, Graham Thornicroft, Julia Rozanova","doi":"10.1192/bji.2023.43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2023.43","url":null,"abstract":"The overlapping COVID-19 crisis and the war starting in 2022 threaten front-line healthcare workers’ mental health, well-being and job retention in Ukraine. This paper provides a synopsis of a panel discussion held by the Global Mental Health Humanitarian Coalition in May 2022 and expert consultations with clinicians between December 2022 and February 2023 on these challenges. The crises created new problems and exacerbated many pre-existing difficulties. We found that healthcare workers had needed to mobilise previously untapped strengths, including portable emergency medical documents and bespoke local psychosocial support services, amid the costs and pressures of ongoing healthcare reforms.","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"7 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140673411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"World mental health on a tightrope: evidence, practice, policy and BJPsych International","authors":"M. Kyriakopoulos","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2024.6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"5 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140745615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mehr Muhammad Adeel Riaz, Imrana Imdad, B. Hisam, Muhammad Zeshan
{"title":"From despair to hope: tackling Balochistan's suicide crisis with sustainable solutions","authors":"Mehr Muhammad Adeel Riaz, Imrana Imdad, B. Hisam, Muhammad Zeshan","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2024.8","url":null,"abstract":"Balochistan, Pakistan's largest province, faces a concerning rise in self-harm and suicide, exacerbated by socioeconomic challenges, political instability and events such as climate change and recent suicide bombings. Despite the alarming suicide mortality rate, it remains a neglected public health issue. This perspective paper highlights the need for a comprehensive approach, including suicide prevention initiatives, community-based mental health services, education and research. We also suggest establishing a suicide prevention task force, inclusion of life skills and mental health education in school and undergraduate curricula, conducting research into self-harm, and fostering empathetic media reporting. Additionally, suggestions for sustainable economic change include job creation, development of marketable skills and interest-free microfinance initiatives to empower the community economically.","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"37 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140743491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating the Philippine mental health system for the nation's youth: challenges and opportunities","authors":"Rowalt C Alibudbud","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2024.5","url":null,"abstract":"The challenges besetting the Philippine mental health system demand multifaceted, strategic responses to ensure the holistic well-being of Filipino youth. Through the integration of mental health into primary care, augmentation of the professional workforce, bolstering information infrastructure, reforming medication accessibility, augmenting budgetary allocations and invigorating governance, the Philippines can pave the way for an inclusive mental health system that adequately addresses the exigencies of its younger demographic. In doing so, the nation can make substantial strides towards alleviating the negative impacts of adverse social conditions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, on the mental well-being of its youth.","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":" 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140211397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Australian child and adolescent mental health services","authors":"Paul Robertson, V. Eapen","doi":"10.1192/bji.2024.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2024.4","url":null,"abstract":"We aim to describe the Australian child and adolescent mental health system, which has its historical origins in the child guidance clinic, with recent efforts at modernisation to meet community needs and major policy innovations, including the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and expansion of digital/telehealth services. Shared funding/responsibility across commonwealth and state/territory governments has resulted in country-wide variations, allowing innovation but also introducing fragmentation and duplication. The increase in demand outstripping supply (which was exacerbated by workforce shortages resulting from the pandemic), the lack of robust evaluation, and poor service integration (which make navigation difficult for families) are ongoing challenges.","PeriodicalId":36441,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych International","volume":"23 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140262080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}