Tobacco effects in the mouth : a National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Dental Research guide for health professionals /

Shipping list no: 94-0140-P.

Civil commitment and social policy : an evaluation of the Massachusetts Mental Health Reform Act of 1970 /

Mode of access: Internet.

The public health challenges of mental health problems and associated difficulties

Mental health is a major global health issue. Neuropsychiatric conditions are the most significant cause of disability worldwide, and account for 14% of the global burden of disease. Depression in particular places a huge burden on society, with the Global Burden of Disease 2000 study listing it as the fourth leading cause of disease burden worldwide and the largest non-fatal disease burden. In Australia, mental disorders are startlingly common and related to significant disability. The 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing revealed that the lifetime prevalence of any mental disorder was 45%, and within the last 12 months 20% of Australians met criteria for a mental disorder. Many of the articles in this issue explore mental health issues in young people. Indeed, mental health issues account for a large proportion of the disease burden in young people. Across the globe, mental health disorders caused the greatest number of years lost to disability(YLDs) amongst young people aged 10 to 24 years (45% of total YLDs). Depression caused the highest number of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) across this age group, accounting for 8. 2% of DALYs alone.6 It is clear that mental health is a critical area of focus for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.

Assessment of behavior problems in persons with mental retardation living in the community : report on a workshop, September 9, 1988 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Criminal commitments and dangerous mental patients : legal issues of confinement, treatment, and release /

Includes bibliographical references.

Multi-ethnic literature in the high school: a mental health tool

Bibliography: p. 14-38.

Responsible community care of former mental hospital patients /

Mode of access: Internet.

Automated management information systems for mental health agencies : a planning and acquisition guide /

Mode of access: Internet.

Data on Patients of Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics in the U.S.

Cover Title, 1961-63: Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics

Parent psychopathology and offspring mental disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Background Associations between specific parent and offspring mental disorders are likely to have been overestimated in studies that have failed to control for parent comorbidity. Aims To examine the associations of parent with respondent disorders. Method Data come from the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health Surveys (n = 51 507). Respondent disorders were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview and parent disorders with informant-based Family History Research Diagnostic Criteria interviews. Results Although virtually all parent disorders examined (major depressive, generalised anxiety, panic, substance and antisocial behaviour disorders and suicidality) were significantly associated with offspring disorders in multivariate analyses, little specificity was found. Comorbid parent disorders had significant sub-additive associations with offspring disorders. Population-attributable risk proportions for parent disorders were 12.4% across all offspring disorders, generally higher in high- and upper-middle-than low-/lower-middle-income countries, and consistently higher for behaviour (11.0-19.9%) than other (7.1-14.0%) disorders. Conclusions Parent psychopathology is a robust non-specific predictor associated with a substantial proportion of offspring disorders.

Treating family violence in a pediatric hospital : a program of training, research and services /

Shipping list no.: 88-77-P.

Statistical tables, demographic and psychiatric characteristics of patients of outpatient psychiatric clinics in the United States.

Cover title: Outpatient psychiatric clinics, special statistical report, 1961.

Attitudes toward the mentally ill : research perspectives : report of an NIMH workshop, January 24-25, 1980 /

Item 507-B-5.

Evaluating community mental health services : principles and practice /

Mode of access: Internet.

The Role of the family.

Mode of access: Internet.