Mental Health Research Institute, July 13, 1967

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Construction of Mental Health Research Institute building, 1959

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Finished Mental Health Research Institute, 1959

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Comparaison de la performance de deux hôpitaux psychiatriques situés l’un en Colombie et l’autre au Québec

Les problèmes de santé mentale représentent un pourcentage important du fardeau de morbidité mondiale. Cela, ajouté aux ressources limitées disponibles pour le fonctionnement des établissements, encourage l’intérêt pour l’évaluation de leur performance. Ce projet propose d’utiliser le modèle ÉGIPSS pour évaluer la performance de deux hôpitaux psychiatriques dans deux systèmes de santé différents, le « Hospital Psiquiátrico Universitario del Valle » (HPUV) situé en Colombie et l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale Douglas au Québec. Le modèle a été choisi en raison de la richesse des dimensions qu’il comprend et son caractère global. Les données ont été recueillies à travers des entrevues et de la documentation disponible dans les établissements. L’analyse des résultats montre que le Douglas a une meilleure performance générale, même tenant compte qu’il se trouve dans un pays à haut revenu avec des standards d’évaluation supérieures. De vingt-et-une sous-dimensions évaluées, l’HPUV a présente six avec un état préoccupante et le Douglas aucune. L’analyse des résultats a aussi servi pour identifier des facteurs de causalité critiques des problèmes de performance, soit l’organisation à l’intérieur des établissements, la communication interne, les plans de santé mentale et la disponibilité des professionnels. La comparaison a permis apprécier l’influence de ces éléments dans les deux contextes.

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.

National Institute of Mental Health: support programs.

1967 ed. prepared by the Public Information Branch, National Institute of Mental Health.

Repeat speeding offenders from an Australian perspective

Overview -Speeding and crash involvement in Australia -Speeding recidivist research in Queensland -Implications for future speed management

Le développement d’une grille d’évaluation du risque d’agression physique en communauté. L’implantation de G.E.R.A.C. à l’Urgence-Psychosociale-Justice.

Rapport de stage présenté à la Faculté des arts et des sciences en vue de l’obtention du grade de maîtrise en criminologie (option intervention).

Spirituality in Indian University students and its associations with socioeconomic status, religious background, social support, and mental health

The present study aimed to understand spirituality and its relationships with socioeconomic status (SES), religious background, social support, and mental health among Indian university students. It was hypothesized that: - (1) female university students will be more spiritual than male university students, - (2) four domains of spirituality will differ significantly across socioeconomic and religious background of the university students in addition to social support, and; - (3) there will be a positive relationship between spirituality and mental health of university students, irrespective of gender. A group of 475 postgraduate students aged 20–27 years, 241 males and 234 females, from various disciplines of Pondicherry University, India, participated in the study. Students’ background was collected using a structured questionnaire. Overall spirituality and its four dimensions were measured using the Spirituality Attitude Inventory, while mental health status was estimated based on scores of the psychological subscale of the WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire. Female students were significantly more spiritual than male students, particularly in spiritual practice and sense of purpose/connection. Hindu religion and lower family income were associated with lower spirituality. Higher spirituality was associated with congenial family environment and more support from teachers and classmates. There was a strong association between overall spirituality and two spirituality domains (spiritual belief and sense of purpose/connection) with better mental health. Findings suggest an opportunity for open dialogue on spirituality for university students as part of their mental health and support services that fosters a positive mind set and enhancement of resilience.

Mobilizing community resources for mental health through recreation; [a conference report. Held at] Allerton House, University of Illinois, Monticello, Illinois, May 23, 24, & 25, 1966.

"A National Institute of Mental Health technical assistance project."