Mental health in Kansas: hospital treatment and community services.

Mode of access: Internet.

Responsible community care of former mental hospital patients /

Mode of access: Internet.

Annual report of the Board of Visitors of the Brooklyn State Hospital to the Department of Mental Hygiene for the fiscal year ending ...

Fiscal year ends June 30.

Report on the Mental Hospital in the Central Provinces and Berar [Nagpur]

Title Varies: 1899 Report on the Lunatic Asylums In the Central Provinces; Returns of the Lunatic Asylums ((etc) (with Slight Variations); 1919-1923 Report on the Annual Statements (etc); 1933-1937 Annual Report on the Mental Hospital In the Central Provinces and Berar (Nagpur)

The last suffrage frontier : enfranchising mental hospital residents : a report /

"June 1978."

Outcomes for elderly patients with mental illness following relocation from a stand-alone psychiatric hospital to community-based extended care units

Objective: To assess the outcomes for a group of elderly patients with mental illness following their discharge from a stand-alone psychiatric facility to seven extended care units (ECUs). Method: All patients (n = 60) who were relocated to the ECUs were assessed using a number of standardized clinical and general functioning instruments at 6 months and 6 weeks pre-move, and again at 6 weeks, 6 months and 18 months post-move. Results: By 18 months post-discharge, 13 of the 60 patients (21.7%) had died and seven others had been transferred to nursing homes. Those who died were older and had significantly higher levels of physical ill health when compared to those who did not die. Changes on measures of clinical and behavioural functioning in those who remained in the study did not reach statistical significance by 18 months post-move. However, participants did demonstrate improvements in quality of life with significantly higher scores on measures of social contact and community access. Conclusions: The mortality observed in the follow-up period is likely to be related to physical ill health and old age rather than the trauma associated with relocation. While overall functioning did not improve following relocation, patients had more independence and greater access to community-based activities.

Do community treatment orders for mental illness reduce readmission to hospital? - An epidemiological study

Background It has been suggested that community treatment orders (CTOs) will prevent readmission to hospital, but controlled studies have been inconclusive. We aimed to test the hypothesis that hospital discharges made subject to CTOs are associated with a reduced risk of readmission. The use of such a measure is likely to change after its introduction as clinicians acquire familiarity with it, and we also tested the hypothesis that the characteristics of patients subject to CTOs changed over time in the first decade of their use in Victoria, Australia. Method A database from Victoria, Australia (total population 4.8 million) was used. Cox proportional hazard models compared the hazard ratios of readmission to hospital before the end of the study period (1992-2000) for 16,216 discharges subject to a CTO and 112,211 not subject to a CTO. Results Community treatment orders used on discharge from a first admission to hospital were associated with a higher risk of readmission, but CTOs following subsequent admissions were associated with lower readmission risk. The risk also declined over the study period. Conclusions The effect of using a CTO depends on the patient's history. At a population level their introduction may not reduce readmission to hospital. Their impact may change over time.

COMUNICAÇÃO E SAÚDE MENTAL: Estudo de Caso da TV Pinel no Brasil e do Espaço de Comunicação no Hospital Psiquiátrico de Havana

O presente estudo refere-se a uma investigação analítica e descritiva sobre a TV Pinel no Brasil, um programa de televisão desenvolvido no Hospital Psiquiátrico Philippe Pinel, no Rio de Janeiro. E, como trabalho complementar, apresentamos uma análise das atividades culturais, artísticas e esportivas desenvolvidas no Hospital Psiquiátrico de Havana, em Cuba. Este estudo refere-se à busca da compreensão do espaço de comunicação das pessoas que padecem de transtornos mentais, a partir das experiências desses hospitais psiquiátricos os quais se apóiam em estratégias comunicacionais e artísticas para promover a reabilitação psicossocial. As reflexões conceituais sobre o espaço de comunicação estão centradas no conceito de espaço, a partir dos estudos do geógrafo Milton Santos. As discussões teóricas foram sustentadas na Teoria da Complexidade, com base no pensamento do teórico francês Edgar Morin. Apresentamos uma reflexão sobre o modelo de tratamento psiquiátrico a partir dos trabalhos da psiquiatra Nise da Silveira, da artista Lygia Clark, e do médico e artista Lula Wanderley. Esta investigação aborda a importância da arte e da comunicação no processo da ressocialização da pessoa enferma mental.(AU)

Pratique contemporaine de la médecine ayurvédique à la Government Ayurvedic Mental Hospital (Kottakkal, Kerala) : le cas de la santé mentale

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Pratique contemporaine de la médecine ayurvédique à la Government Ayurvedic Mental Hospital (Kottakkal, Kerala) : le cas de la santé mentale

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

"Criterios de salud mental en un Hospital de Día" Una historia de vida institucional del Hospital de Día del hospital Interzonal Especializado en Agudos y Crónicos, Dr. Alejandro Korn, Melchor Romero

Fil: Odorizzi, Evangelina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

"Criterios de salud mental en un Hospital de Día" Una historia de vida institucional del Hospital de Día del hospital Interzonal Especializado en Agudos y Crónicos, Dr. Alejandro Korn, Melchor Romero

Fil: Odorizzi, Evangelina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.