Mental health workers' attitudes toward mental illness in Fiji.(RESEARCH PAPER)(Survey) Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing (3/1/2008)
...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...

Mental health courts in Canada.(Special Report on Specialized Courts) LawNow (11/1/2008)
...in the numbers of accused persons with mental illnesses. This increase involving mentally...persons has arisen as the provision of mental health-care services in this country...withdrawal of centrally-coordinated mental health supports, services, and resources...

Mental health is integral to public health: a call to scale up evidence-based services and develop mental health research.(Editorials) South African Medical Journal (6/1/2008)
...Disease studies documented the challenges posed by mental illness. (1) Mental illness comprised an estimated 12% of the global...2000, and is predicted to rise to 15% by 2020. Mental disorders comprise 5 of the 10 leading causes of...

Mental health and social services: results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006.(Report) Journal of School Health (10/1/2007)
...the 1999 Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health (1) and the 2000 Report of the...General's Conference on Children's Mental Health, (2) 1 in 5 children and adolescents...behavioral problems sufficient to warrant a mental health diagnosis. In addition to those...

Mental Illness in America: 50 Million People a Year; Surgeon General's Report Addresses Barriers to Treatment The Washington Post (12/14/1999)
...million Americans suffer from some kind of mental illness each year, and many fail to...first surgeon general's report on mental health. The primary reasons for this failure to find help for their mental illnesses are lingering social stigmas...

Mental health law reform for a new government in New Brunswick. University of New Brunswick Law Journal (1/1/2011)
...year of consultations with experts on mental health care, service providers, and people suffering from a range of mental illnesses, Judge Michael McKee released...Together into the Future: A Transformed Mental Health System for New Brunswick. This...

Mental health benefits financed by employers. Monthly Labor Review (7/1/1987)
Mental health benefits financed by employers Although...financed health insurance plans cover mental disorders, benefits have traditionally...than for other illnesses. Coverage for mental disorders is usually for shorter periods...

Mental health as a key issue in the future or global health developments. International Review of Mission (1/1/2006)
Abstract Mental and behavioural disorders are common...people at some time during their lives. Mental disorders are also universal, and affect...least one member with a behavioural or mental disorder. Suicide is a leading cause...

Mental health agencies call cash crunch a crisis.(Cuyahoga County)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) Crain's Cleveland Business (8/19/2002)
Crisis is the word many mental health officials use to describe the state of funding for non-Medicaid mental health services in Cuyahoga County. Mental health agencies in Cuyahoga County already were reeling from increased regulatory restrictions...