Global mental health (Cambridge, England)最新文献

{"title":"Erratum: Towards decolonising research methods training: The development of a locally responsive online learning course on research methods for mental health in war and conflict for researchers and practitioners in the Gaza Strip - ERRATUM.","authors":"Nancy Tamimi,&nbsp;Hanna Kienzler,&nbsp;Weeam Hammoudeh,&nbsp;Hala Khalawi,&nbsp;Mathias Regent,&nbsp;Rita Giacaman","doi":"10.1017/gmh.2021.46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2021.46","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2021.40.].</p>","PeriodicalId":520633,"journal":{"name":"Global mental health (Cambridge, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e44"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8679831/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39771792","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}

{"title":"Scaling up public mental health care in Sub-Saharan Africa: insights from infectious disease.","authors":"Susan M Meffert,&nbsp;Collene Lawhorn,&nbsp;Linnet Ongeri,&nbsp;Elizabeth Bukusi,&nbsp;Holly R Campbell,&nbsp;Eric Goosby,&nbsp;Stefano M Bertozzi,&nbsp;Simon Njuguna Kahonge","doi":"10.1017/gmh.2021.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2021.41","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Models estimate that the disability burden from mental disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will more than double in the next 40 years. Similar to HIV, mental disorders are stigmatized in many SSA settings and addressing them requires community engagement and long-term treatment. Yet, in contrast to HIV, the public mental healthcare cascade has not been sustained, despite robust data on scalable strategies. We draw on findings from our International AIDS Society (IAS) 2020 virtual workshop and make recommendations for next steps in the scale up of the SSA public mental healthcare continuum.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Early HIV surveillance and care cascade targets are discussed as important strategies for HIV response in SSA that should be adopted for mental health. Advocacy, including engagement with civil society, and targeted economic arguments to policymakers, are reviewed in the context of HIV success in SSA. Parallel opportunities for mental disorders are identified. Learning from HIV, communication of strategies that advance mental health care needs in SSA must be prioritized for broad global audiences.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic is setting off a colossal escalation of global mental health care needs, well-publicized across scientific, media, policymaker, and civil society domains. The pandemic highlights disparities in healthcare access and reinvigorates the push for universal coverage. Learning from HIV strategies, we must seize this historical moment to improve the public mental health care cascade in SSA and capitalize on the powerful alliances ready to be forged. As noted by Ambassador Goosby in our AIDS 2020 workshop, 'The time is now'.</p>","PeriodicalId":520633,"journal":{"name":"Global mental health (Cambridge, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e41"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8607303/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39695465","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}

{"title":"Living under siege: resilience, hopelessness, and psychological distress among Palestinian students in the Gaza Strip.","authors":"Guido Veronese,&nbsp;Alessandro Pepe,&nbsp;Marwan Diab,&nbsp;Yasser Abu Jamey,&nbsp;Ashraf Kagee","doi":"10.1017/gmh.2021.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2021.37","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Moving from an approach oriented to adaptation and functioning, the current paper explored the network of cumulative associations between the effects of the siege and resilience on mental health.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We sought to explore the impact of the siege on psychological distress (anxiety, depression, and stress) and the moderating effect of resilience and hopelessness in a sample of 550 Palestinian university students. We hypothesized that the siege effect would impact psychological distress so that the more people were affected by the siege, the more mental symptoms of common mental disorders they would report. We also expected that the siege would negatively impact both resilience and participants' hopelessness.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings showed that higher scores on the scale measuring effect of the siege were associated with hopelessness. Furthermore, living under siege compromised participants' resilience. The more the siege affected individuals, the lower resilience were protecting participants mental health and the more hopelessness was exposing them to anxiety, stress, and depression.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings draw attention to how the ongoing violation of human rights influences people's mental health in Gaza. Implications for clinicians and policymakers are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":520633,"journal":{"name":"Global mental health (Cambridge, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e40"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8518025/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39570005","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}

{"title":"Barriers and opportunities for refugee mental health services: clinician recommendations from Jordan.","authors":"Majd Al-Soleiti,&nbsp;Mahmoud Abu Adi,&nbsp;Ayat Nashwan,&nbsp;Eric Rafla-Yuan","doi":"10.1017/gmh.2021.36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2021.36","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Jordan has received more than three million refugees from bordering countries during times of conflict, including over 600 000 Syrian refugees between 2011 and 2021. Amidst this humanitarian crisis, a new mental health system for Syrian refugees has developed in Jordan, with most clinical services administered through non-governmental organizations. Prior studies have identified increased risk of psychiatric disorders in refugee populations and significant barriers for Syrian refugees seeking mental health treatment, but few have reviewed the organization or ability of local systems to meet the needs of this refugee population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Qualitative interviews of mental health professionals working with refugees in Jordan were conducted and thematically analyzed to assess efficacy and organizational dynamics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Interviewees described barriers to care inherent in many refugee settings, including financial limitations, shortages of mental health professionals, disparate geographic accessibility, stigma, and limited or absent screening protocols. Additional barriers not previously described in Jordan were identified, including clinician burnout, organizational metrics restricting services, insufficient visibility of services, and security restrictions. Advantages of the Jordanian system were also identified, including a receptive sociopolitical response fostering coordination and collaboration, open-door policies for accessing care, the presence of community and grassroots approaches, and improvements to health care infrastructure benefiting the local populace.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings highlight opportunities and pitfalls for program development in Jordan and other middle- and low-income countries. Leveraging clinician input can promote health system efficacy and improve mental health outcomes for refugee patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":520633,"journal":{"name":"Global mental health (Cambridge, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e38"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/96/9b/S2054425121000364a.PMC8482442.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39502990","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}

{"title":"A bibliometric analysis of international publications and citation trends of articles in mental health produced by Chinese institutions in mainland China (1990-2019).","authors":"Francesca Severino,&nbsp;Valeria Scotti,&nbsp;Tianhong Zhang,&nbsp;Yuchen Zheng,&nbsp;Annalisa De Silvestri","doi":"10.1017/gmh.2021.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2021.35","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background: &lt;/strong&gt;The recognition of the importance of mental health as a health-target to be pursued at a global level has received additional theoretical legitimacy through its inclusion in the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development. The theoretical axiom - mental health as a development priority - is today expected to drive the focus of research efforts and orient the future policies and funds expenditures, at global and local level. According to these premises, it becomes central to track the international trajectories of mental health research and how the different countries are progressively defining their role in the global mental health effort. In this paper we have focused on China. In light of heavy burden of mental and substance use disorders affecting this country, and considering the impact of this burden at a global level, a basic research was conducted with the main aim of offering a preliminary view on the Chinese scientific activity within the context of global mental health research. This study is not intended to assess the quality of Chinese research, but merely to retrieve and measure a specific output of this research: the articles in mental-health produced by Chinese institutions based in mainland China, published in international journals. Although the publication of articles in internationally indexed journals in not exhaustive of China's scientific activity in global mental health, it is nevertheless informative of the production of new knowledge, it allows an assessment of the impact of this knowledge at the global scientific community level and it could partially reflect the Chinese capacity to benefit from research conducted globally.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Objective: &lt;/strong&gt;In consideration of the very limited number of studies assessing the collective evidence of Chinese research in mental health, we developed our analysis with the purpose of providing a preliminary picture of the Chinese contribution, in terms of scientific publications, in this field of knowledge. Our research performs a bibliometric analysis on the articles in mental-health produced by Chinese institutions based in mainland China and published in English-language SCI-E and SSCI journals from 1990 to 2019, providing a measure of the impact of this research at the global scientific community level.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Methods: &lt;/strong&gt;We performed a search on the Web of Science (WoS) using seven mental and substance use disorders according to their global prevalence, as per estimates of the Global Burden of Disease 2019. A dataset including the overall number of publications for seven diseases was created and exported in InCites. The dataset was analysed on the basis of 11 research areas (WoS categories) to which mental health topic is associated in SCI-E and SSCI journals in WoS. We further extracted publications that originated in mainland China. The citational trends over time are calculated with nonparametric test for tren","PeriodicalId":520633,"journal":{"name":"Global mental health (Cambridge, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e37"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8482443/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39502989","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}

{"title":"Feasibility of implementing a culturally adapted Prolonged Grief Disorder scale in the mental healthcare system in Nepal.","authors":"Yoona Kim,&nbsp;Asmita Ghimire,&nbsp;Molly E Lasater,&nbsp;Brandon A Kohrt,&nbsp;Pamela J Surkan,&nbsp;Nagendra P Luitel","doi":"10.1017/gmh.2021.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2021.29","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nepali widows have a high prevalence of mental disorders, including prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Despite the considerable needs that Nepali widows have for mental health services, resources for mental health in Nepal are limited, amplifying the importance of accurate screening and diagnosis. The objective of this study was to explore the feasibility of implementing a culturally adapted Prolonged Grief Scale (PG-12/17-N) and provide actionable recommendations for its implementation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-five mental health service providers in Kathmandu and Chitwan, Nepal were interviewed using a semi-structured guide based on selected constructs from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Qualitative data were inductively and deductively coded and analyzed to identify prominent themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Providers reported that the main advantages of the scale were the need to identify widows at risk, cultural relevance, easy language, and inclusion of detailed and specific symptoms. Perceived weaknesses included the complexity in response options and scoring, length, item redundancy, overlap with depression symptoms, and lack of somatic symptoms. Providers discussed the need for training, supervision, and a referral and detection system required to implement the scale in Nepal. Further development of a brief version of the scale as a routine screener may facilitate detection and referral to care.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Based on the results showing need to address PGD in Nepali widows, further efforts are needed to increase awareness about PGD and develop evidence-supported treatments for PGD, after which screening could be made routine for widows.</p>","PeriodicalId":520633,"journal":{"name":"Global mental health (Cambridge, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e36"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8444270/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39452255","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}

{"title":"Prevalence and underlying factors of mobile game addiction among university students in Bangladesh.","authors":"Md Abu Sayeed,&nbsp;Md Shabbir Rahman Rasel,&nbsp;Abrar Ahamed Habibullah,&nbsp;Md Moyazzem Hossain","doi":"10.1017/gmh.2021.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2021.34","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nowadays, the youth are more engaging with their more advanced smartphones having high-quality graphics and gaming features. However, existing literature depicts that adolescents suffer from several forms of psychological problems including mental health, depression, loneliness, insomnia and low self-control due to mobile game addiction. Therefore, this study aims to find the prevalence and motivating factors for mobile game addiction among university students of Bangladesh.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey was carried out to collect the required information from 1125 students of three universities in Bangladesh. Descriptive statistics, χ² test and ordinal regression model are employed to meet the objective of this study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings reveal that male students are more likely to show addictive behaviours than their counterparts in the context of mobile game addiction. The results depict that loneliness, duration of using smartphones and playing mobile games, and source of entertainment are the main cause of mobile addiction. Also, more than half of the respondents (54.3%) are severely addicted to mobile games who were influenced by friends and YouTube gamers to play games. Moreover, students are suffering from several physical problems such as headaches, eye discomfort, blurry vision and ear discomfort.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Considering the findings of this paper, the authors suggest that the authorities should consider this immediately and arrange a positive entertainment environment to prevent students from mobile games. Furthermore, it is necessary to encourage students to participate in sports or other extracurricular activities that may be helpful to lessen mobile game addiction among students in Bangladesh.</p>","PeriodicalId":520633,"journal":{"name":"Global mental health (Cambridge, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e35"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8444268/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39452252","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}

{"title":"The Friendship Bench as a brief psychological intervention with peer support in rural Zimbabwean women: a mixed methods pilot evaluation.","authors":"Shamiso Fernando, Tim Brown, Kavita Datta, Dzivaidzo Chidhanguro, Naume V Tavengwa, Jaya Chandna, Epiphania Munetsi, Lloyd Dzapasi, Chandiwana Nyachowe, Batsirai Mutasa, Bernard Chasekwa, Robert Ntozini, Dixon Chibanda, Andrew J Prendergast","doi":"10.1017/gmh.2021.32","DOIUrl":"10.1017/gmh.2021.32","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is a large treatment gap for common mental disorders in rural areas of low-income countries. We tested the Friendship Bench as a brief psychological intervention delivered by village health workers (VHWs) in rural Zimbabwe.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Rural women identified with depression in a previous trial received weekly home-based problem-solving therapy from VHWs for 6 weeks, and joined a peer-support group. Depression was assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Shona Symptom Questionnaire (SSQ). Acceptability was explored through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The proportion of women with depression pre- and post-intervention was compared using McNemar's test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ten VHWs delivered problem-solving therapy to 27 women of mean age 33 years; 25 completed six sessions. Women valued an established and trustful relationship with their VHW, which ensured confidentiality and prevented gossip, and reported finding individual problem-solving therapy beneficial. Peer-support meetings provided space to share problems, solutions and skills. The proportion of women with depression or suicidal ideation on the EPDS declined from 68% to 12% [difference 56% (95% confidence interval (CI) 27.0-85.0); <i>p</i> = 0.001], and the proportion scoring high (>7) on the SSQ declined from 52% to 4% [difference 48% (95% CI 24.4-71.6); <i>p</i> < 0.001] after the 6-week intervention.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>VHW-delivered problem-solving therapy and peer-support was acceptable and showed promising results in this pilot evaluation, leading to quantitative and qualitative improvements in mental health among rural Zimbabwean women. Scale-up of the Friendship Bench in rural areas would help close the treatment gap for common mental disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":520633,"journal":{"name":"Global mental health (Cambridge, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8392686/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39409536","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}

{"title":"Erratum: Psychosocial burden of neglected tropical diseases in eastern Colombia: an explorative qualitative study in persons affected by leprosy, cutaneous leishmaniasis and Chagas disease - ERRATUM.","authors":"Robin van Wijk,&nbsp;Lena van Selm,&nbsp;Martha C Barbosa,&nbsp;Wim H van Brakel,&nbsp;Mitzi Waltz,&nbsp;Karl Philipp Puchner","doi":"10.1017/gmh.2021.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2021.31","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2021.18.].</p>","PeriodicalId":520633,"journal":{"name":"Global mental health (Cambridge, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e29"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/gmh.2021.31","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39323169","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}

{"title":"Global estimates of service coverage for severe mental disorders: findings from the WHO Mental Health Atlas 2017 - Addendum.","authors":"Kara Jaeschke,&nbsp;Fahmy Hanna,&nbsp;Suhailah Ali,&nbsp;Neerja Chowdhary,&nbsp;Tarun Dua,&nbsp;Fiona Charlson","doi":"10.1017/gmh.2021.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2021.30","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520633,"journal":{"name":"Global mental health (Cambridge, England)","volume":" ","pages":"e28"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/gmh.2021.30","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39323168","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}