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OF mental health care and mentally ill
May, 2014
public mental health system rates
public mental health system rates.People that are detained in prisons, jails or police cells of Western countries show more psychiatric illnesses e.g. psychotic disorders, severe depression and personality disorders, than the generalpopulation. Contrarily, clients known at the Public Mental Health Care System run a higher risk for police arrests compared to the general population.4 Moreover […]
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mental health elderly people in developing countries
mental health elderly people in developing countries Developing countries are currently witnessing and will continue to witness large increases in numbers and proportions of elderly members in their populations.Since organic dementias are age-related, a higher prevalence of these disorders will emerge aspopulations age. Furthermore, the prevalence of non-organic mental disorders, such as depression andanxiety, are […]
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Successful policies and programs in support of the elderly mentaly ill
There is little information on which to directly judge specific policies and programs designed to support or furnish care for the elderly with mental health problems. Due to budgetary constraints, developing countries may be unable to divert large amounts of money from other areas of the health care system to meet the needs of […]
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Polices and programs in support of the elderly mentaly ill
Polices and programs in support of the elderly mentaly ill The context: informal and formal care systems The most important system of care for the elderly throughout the world is still informal, as the family orkin group provides the overwhelming majority ofassistance. For example, in an In donesian study, 80% of the elderly in need […]
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family care and urgent medical vancouver wa
Reconsidering generalizations about family care and modernization family care and urgent medical vancouver wa.The previous section, describing the effects ofvarious forces on the ability and willingness of thefamily to care for their elderly supports some of theideas in the influential theory of aging andmodernization, presented by Cowgill and Holmes and revised by Cowgill. This theory,which […]
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Widowhood: a disproportionate threat to elderly women
High percentages of women are widowed throughout the world. In developing countries the proportionof widowed women over 65 varies from 75% in the Republic of Korea, 71% in Morocco, 70% in India,41% in Mexico, 35% in Cuba to 32% in Haiti.Percentages of widowed females are much higher than widowed males. For example, in Indonesia 62% […]
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war and mental health a brief overview
war and mental health a brief overview.The effects of catastrophic political changes, such asethnic conflict, factional fighting and wars can have substantial impacts on the prevalence of psychiatric illnesses, regardless of previous coping strategies. As a result of conflict and political persecution,the world today holds an unprecedented amount ofinternally displaced persons and international refugees(between 20 […]
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relationship between urban residence and mental health symptomology
As described above, patterns of settlement are changing rapidly, as migration from rural to urbanareas, induced in part by the search for employment and education, augments the rapid natural growth that most urban areas of the developing world have experienced over the past few decades. Between 1965 and 1990 populations have become increasingly urbanin all […]
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Elderly Mental Health Concerns: education
Elderly Mental Health Concerns: education.Rates of education have been increasing in many countries of the developing world and should continueto rise. Literacy rates vary from country tocountry. In the poorest countries more than two-thirds of the population are functionally illiterate, with higher rates of literacy among younger members of the population. Illiteracy is almost always […]
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economic changes and health care
economic changes and health care. A shift in the nature of the economy can alter the well-being of the elderly. Many developing countries have primarily rural economies, based on agricultural production. Throughout the world, as countries have industrialized, the values of agricultural products and related assets, like agricultural land, have fallen relative to those of […]
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