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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"mental health patients"”.
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Prevalence and co-occurrence of substance use in mental health patients at Lewanika general hospital.
… The prevalence of substance use among mentally ill patients across the world has been varying. In 2019 it was reported by the United Nations (UN) that an estimated 271 million people around the world aged between 15 and 64 used substances, which was 11.5% higher than the reported figure …
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Prevalence and co-occurrence of substance use in mental health patients at Lewanika general hospital.
… The prevalence of substance use among mentally ill patients across the world has been varying. In 2019 it was reported by the United Nations (UN) that an estimated 271 million people around the world aged between 15 and 64 used substances, which was 11.5% higher than the reported figure …
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Management of hypertension in mental health patients in a primary care setting : an assessment of quality of care
In his experience working in the Metro District Health Services Clinics of the Department of Western Cape, the researcher has encountered numerous cases of sub-standard quality of medical care for mental health patients. These encounters, as well as a need to audit the general quality of care of …
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Social patterns in knowledge evolution and health policy
… social patterns in knowledge evolution and health policy. Knowledge can be considered to be a network of interconnected concepts, hence, understanding its latent topological structure can reflect many facts about the evolution of knowledge. Here, we study the evolution of computing and …
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An exploration of the experiences of being involved with psychiatric services and psychiatric admission for individuals with psychosis: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Background: It has been found that patients have expressed favourable attitudes towards hospital settings (Weinstein, 1979) but more recently, evidence from service user feedback has indicated the experience of psychiatric admission can be felt to be neither safe nor therapeutic (Department of …
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Too Much Information: Agency and Disruptions of Power in Personal Narratives of Mental Illness and Suffering
Healing in the mental health system of the 21st century is difficult as the credibility of mental health users is constantly called into question, their experiences and perceptions of their "illness" undervalued or even completely ignored. This attitude towards mental health users must be changed …
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Mental Life and Medical Illness: A Study of General Practice Patients
Most research on the mental life of medical patients has focused on personality characteristics said to influence the experience and reporting of physical symptoms. This is despite minimal support for personality as causally related to physical illness. The popularity of daydreaming (and dreaming) …
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An investigation into mental health care deficits in South Africa: exploring an alternative intervention strategy
This study investigates mental health care deficits in South Africa and explores an alternative intervention strategy that promotes an integrated community-based intervention model to reach the vulnerable majority living with the debilitating consequences of mental illness. The research is grounded …
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The road to equally well: Promoting physical health for adolescents with mental health illness
People with mental illness have higher mortality and morbidity rates than the general population. There is a raft of reasons why this occurs but includes stigma and discrimination, poorly connected health services with unclear professional role clarification and the illness itself. Adolescence is a …