Mental health articles
OF mental health care and mentally ill
November, 2012
The Parent’s Mental Illness Presenting Through the Physically Well Infant
Parental Mental Health The review of referrals at RCHIMHG revealed that the majority of infants (75%) had at least one parent with a significant mental health problem. The full spectrum of mental health problems was represented— with parents experiencing mild anxiety or depressive symptoms through to posttraumatic stress disorder and to major psychotic illnesses. The […]
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The strategies to regulate emotion
Affect regulation is considered to be the keystone of social–emotional development during infancy characterising early childhood behaviour. The strategies infants develop to regulate emotion during the first year of life are theorised to underlie their ability to develop secure attachment relationships and achievement of autonomy in the second and third years of life. Characteristic patterns […]
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Prenatal Drug Exposure and Development
Recognition that the use of opiates during pregnancy has potentially harmful effects to the foetus extends back to antiquity; Hippocrates noted that ‘uterine suffocation’occurred in conjunction with maternal opium use (Zagon & McLaughlin, 1984). More recently, arising from public concern about foetal alcohol syndrome in the 1970s and the ‘crack baby epidemic’of the 1980s, a […]
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Aboriginal Children and Their Social and Emotional Wellbeing
The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey (Zubrick et al., 2005) showed the number of life stress events was the factor most strongly associated with high risk of clinically significant behavioural and emotional difficulties for Aboriginal children. The survey found 22% of Aboriginal children were living in families where seven or more major life stress […]
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Social, Emotional and Physical Wellbeing
Currently, on all socioeconomic, health and welfare indicators, Aboriginal people are the most disadvantaged population group in Australia. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report (2005) on the health and welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples suggest that, overall, Aboriginal people are more likely to be unemployed; have lower household incomes; […]
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How to improve memory
How to Improve memory?Here we introduce some methods of improve memory 1、To improve sensory memory Sensory memory, also known as sensory registration，refers to the learning materials maintain the memory of the moment, about 0.25-2 seconds . Sensory memory storage is characterized by a large storage capacity, has a distinctive image. To enhance sensory memory effect, […]
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Parental Mental Health and Children’s Functioning
There is a substantial association between parental and,in particular,maternal mental health and children’s adjustment. Perinatal mental illness has been shown to have potential long-term negative developmental consequences for infants and children, especially in combination with other risk factors (Goodman & Gotlib, 2002; Murray, Cooper,Wilson,& Romaniuk, 2003; Radke-Yarrow & Klimes-Dougan, 2002). Refugee populations have a high […]
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General Principles in Use of Medication for Perinatal Anxiety and Depression
Medication should be avoided where possible, especially during the first trimester; however alternative, nondrug treatments need to be considered where available and untreated anxiety and depression also pose risks. •All the risks from exposure to eithermedication orillness are not yet known. •All medication crosses the placenta and also appears in breast milk — to varying […]
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Postnatal Anxiety and Depression
Incidence Postnatal mood disorders are commonly described as falling into three main categories: the ‘blues’, postnatal depression, and postpartum psychosis, with rates of 50–80%, 10–15%, and 0.2% respectively. A range of postnatal anxiety disorders have been described, including generalised anxiety, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (Brockington, Macdonald,& Wainscott,2006a; Rogal et al, 2007).Comorbidity […]
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Routine Perinatal Mental Health Assessment
Evidence indicates that many women fail to identify themselves as depressed or to seek help (Murray, Woolgar, Murray,& Cooper, 2003). Sadly, not all health-care providers will identify their condition.As most women will access obstetric, midwifery, nursing or paediatric care during pregnancy or post natally, an ideal opportunity exists to ensure that mental as well as […]
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