Challenging the exclusion of people with mental illness: the Mental Health Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI).
Introduction With high hospitalisation rates and widespread social exclusion, mental illness is a profound health and social need that requires an integrated policy approach (Shepherd 2007). In the past, mental health models of support for people with acute mental illness have focussed on clinical symptoms, rather than...

Doing mental healthcare right the first time: employers are paying more attention to the impact mental illness can have on the bottom line, but determining the causes of many such illnesses merits a more muscular approach.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Employee mental health affects the bottom line and the culprits are many. Stress disability rates have been growing and mental health is also the leading cause of prolonged disability in people with a physical illness. Productivity, retention and medical care utilization are all affected by...

Criminalization of mental illness; crisis and opportunity for the justice system.
9781594602689 Criminalization of mental illness; crisis and opportunity for the justice system. Slate, Risdon N. & W. Wesley Johnson. Carolina Academic Press 2008 407 pages $45.00 Paperback KF9242 Slate (Claremont Graduate...

A select annotated bibliography of public attitudes toward mental illness, 1975-2005.
9780773451698 A select annotated bibliography of public attitudes toward mental illness, 1975-2005. Ed. by Dinesh Bhugra et al. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 225 pages $109.95 Hardcover Z6665 Bhugra (mental health and...

Pregnancy not tied to risk of mental illness.
Pregnancy does not raise the risk of developing any of the most prevalent mental disorders, with the notable exception of postpartum depression, according to a report in the Archives of General Psychiatry. "Pregnancy is traditionally viewed as a stressful period that may provoke mental illness. However, [except...

Development of the NIDA-funded center on substance abuse and mental illness.
This article describes one school's effort to establish a social work research development center in the area of coexisting drug and mental disorders (dual disorders), within the context of the social work profession's efforts to compete more effectively for federal research grants. This center was funded as part of...

Amazing grace in the mental ward: for years, I had fought against the stigmas that dehumanize people with mental illness. Now here I was on the other side.
IT WAS EASTER SUNDAY, and I was in the mental ward. I had been battling a serious depression for several years. I had struggled with inner demons who sought to foist on me the lie that I was shameful, guilty, unworthy of love. I fought back on...

Coming out of the darkness: the holidays are supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. But for the thousands of teens suffering from depression, it's often hard to find anything to be festive about. Here, GL goes into the dark world of teen depression to shed some light on this serious mental illness.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Growing up, Jayme B.* had always been a happy and outgoing girl, full of energy and quick with a smile. But just a few months after her 16th birthday, Jayme's usual sunny personality became much darker. Suddenly sullen and exhausted 24/7, Jayme spent most of...

Mental health workers' attitudes toward mental illness in Fiji.
INTRODUCTION Attitudes influence both professional and personal behaviour. In particular, stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness and expressed by mental health professionals as well as the general public, results in the under-use of mental health services (Esters et al 1998 in Emrich et al 2003). Contact...

The role of sport and exercise in recovery from serious mental illness: two case studies.
Despite continuing interest in the physical activity-mental health relationship, few studies have recently been published concerning the effects of exercise for men with serious mental illness. This study helps fill this gap through an interpretive approach that explores how sport and exercise can contribute to recovery from mental illness....